What if Atlas Dropped the Sky:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYBx2CrbnWI
Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today’s video, we’re going to discuss how Hades could usurp Zeus and rise to become the new king of Olympus.
I’d like to preface this video by saying that Hades wasn’t an Evil God. In fact, using a contemporary lens, Hades was downright chivalrous and honorable when you compare his romantic pursuits to those of his two brothers, Zeus and Poseidon, both of them prolific philanderers, cajoling, coaxing, and coercing men, women, magical creatures, and goddesses; both of them powerful and predatory gods who only take their own pleasures into account, disregarding notions like consent and virtues like restraint.
As far as I can tell, the dichotomy of good and evil as represented by two diametrically opposed nexus points seems to have been retroactively applied to the Greek pantheon, shaping the portrayal of Greek mythology in popular culture; movies like Disney’s ‘Hercules’ and ‘Clash of the Titans’ portray Zeus as a force for order and good, while Hades is portrayed as evil and covetous. This seems like a direct extension of how good and evil are portrayed in the Judeo-Christian tradition, whereby good and evil are largely conveyed through God and Satan.
Anyway, completely disregarding how the ancient Greeks perceived the lord of the underworld, we’re going to harness today’s disparaging conceptualization of Hades and run through an elaborate scenario in which Hades overthrows Zeus and becomes the new Lord of the Cosmos.
Let’s get into it.
There are three chief factors on which success is predicated: Zeus needs to be overcome, incapacitated, and deposed, the crux of the matter; Poseidon needs to be temporarily contained to preempt him from vying against Hades for the crown in Zeus’ absence; and Hades needs to operate in complete secrecy to insulate himself from any culpability, which will keep the other gods from turning on him after he takes action.
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"In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons." – Herodotus
I used to think Hades was evil when I was a kid, but know I know Zeus betrayed his own brother
Anybody else consider this false? From my understanding Hades is a pretty neutral god who doesn't care about all the shenanigans his spoiled siblings get up to. He would much rather do his job, love his wife Persephone and play with his dog Cerberus (AKA Spot)
Wtf is with this Clickbait Title?
Hades had no malice against Zeus and was pretty chill actually. (By Greek God standards.)
I thought this was more of kratos job
How strong was Hercules(demigod and as god)?
How strong and powerful was Ares?
Why was Zeus so much stronger than the other gods?
Will Zeus and Metis son ever possibly be born?
Is there an end or any possible ending stories to Greek Mythology?
What would make you make something like this? obviously e^i! Is trying to take over the world, so can we please have some better imaginations about these things and write a great finish to this chapter of our story? These are just stories they told that they are trying to make come true, so let's be proactive and write a different ending than what they had planned.
Families should love each other
I dont even care about the underworld
I just want to put her on a pedestal
Now that's a deep myth.
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Everything comes to Hades in time.
Love it you should do more of these.
The Lion gets his courage back, the Tin man gets a heart and the Scarecrow gets a brain. Dorothy doesn't care! Ding ding the witch is dead!!! She comes back spinning!!! It only works one way!!
you must not have read of the story of hades kidnapping persephone and raping her.
I think this pandemic has taught people the importance of multiple streams of income, unfortunately having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments is the real deal.
I'm in love with these goddesses; they are my wivies
1. Athena
2. Persephone
3. Hera
4. Aphrodite
5. Demeter
6. Nxy
7. Artemis
Go away haters.
Would NEVER happen he would get CURB-STOMPED if he ever tried his FAR more powerful younger brother
For a new video can you talk of the qlippoth, you mentioned them in the Samael video
It’s about danm time why he wait so long
More than likely it would be hera's conniving ways to try and trick hades to fight against his brother cause that's all she does everyone that wants to overthrow zeus is all hera's doing
Hades is really Pluto=Soul, who teaches one how to overcome fear.
I think that , the Hades , was late , because , of the Perseus , who has already , slew the Atlas . I think , that his helm of darkness , works only , outside of the underworld , and he could reconsider , the pure revenge of mostly Perseus and the Hercules , to avenge it ' s father death , along with 30 – 40 , or 50 – 60 , other offsprings of Zeus , aleading with the Apollo , and the Atena . Which could lead to that , that Persefone , could & would leave him . Why does , he has not even a one son , to put on of a throne of a underworld . I think , that you are mixing the Norse with the , greeks . Because that kind of a situation has been happened , in Thor 2 ; Ragnarök , where , when the Odin , the Allfather , has died , then , the Hela , the imprisoned , goddess of the Norse underworld , held her , uprisal of the power , from the Hellheim to the very , very Asgard himself . Would ' t it be easier , for him to just , to go to the mountain of the Olympus , and just steal the Aegida shield , from the very, very goddess of the Athena , and then used it against , the Zeus , now he ' s got , some of the real chances , to fight , the Zeus , of the very, very Zeus .
by his birth right Hades should of been king of the gods
Zeus is powerful enough to rival all the other gods, so, i dont think hades could face him Alone, even in the underworld, plus, i dont think he has interest in rule olympus, cause he has been neutral in many eventos since everything
I would LOVE a story where Zeus is dethroned and where he FINALLY gets what he deserved, Hades would definitely be a much better ruler than Zeus, after all out of the 3 brothers he certainly is the most responsible, but honestly, I wouldn't care who were the one to dethrone Zeus as long as he got dethroned for good so that he could Never ruin anybody else's lives, just cut him in pieces and toss him into Tartarus, I'm sure Kronos would enjoy the company.
Interesting threory but Hades is the happiest god. He is happily married with his dog, solid work and he is richest of all the gods. I think more that Hades would think that ruling all the gods would be too annoying.
They all have already fallen you all can just give it up on your fairly tale dreams 😜🤪😜🤪😜🤪🐱🐱😜🤪😜😜🤪😜😜🤪😜
This sounds like a good pilot episode for a show
OLYMPUS IS WAY BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM COS OLYMPUS IS YAHWEH
Wouldn’t Atlas throw him under the bus after healing?
You should do a video with this plan but instead of Hades you should do Poseidon atempting to cook up a plan like this.
Success is written. Just gotta be patient, right?
Can you plz do one of Poseidon just like this one. It would be very much appreciated.
Keep dreaming, isn't going to happen…