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Hades and Persephone are my favorite greek myth, and I bought the Pins that OSP put out of Hades and Persephone, they hold hands
Oh MY GODDESSES
LISTEN TO HADES TOWN:
It's a retelling of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice, based in 1920's-ish New Orleans where Hades is a Capitalist Factory-town owner. The music is INCREDIBLE.
So for the Zeus and Hera “marriage” Zeus turned into in injured bird near her she came over to help the bird the moment she picked him up he turned back and raped her
To be fair. Hades , as in the greek underworld. contained several domains. The one that is mentioned most often is Tartarus where all the divine ironic/kharmic punishment goes down. But there is also the Elysian fields., which strangely enough is pretty much a match for the christian concept of heaven. A place where you experience an ideal blissful existence reserved for those souls who lived good lives and managed not to piss off any gods. He was the one who more or less decided that .
ANd this is why the greeks generally avoided trying to get Hades attention. If you displease him he will have stern words with you when you arrive before him.,. Unlike the other gods who would torment you for your life or end it tragically, Hades wouldn't. It was very easy to guess when you pissed off any of the other Gods and thus get the idea to make amends in a timely manner…if it was possible. Not so with our boy Hades. You generally wouldn't know you'd pissed him off until you wound up in front of him…when it was generally too late to do anything. And he'd have had your whole life to think up something particularly nasty for you.
On the other hand he might take a shine to you and decide he wants you in his kingdom like right away. Much like dating Apollo, you're fucked if you do, and if you don't.
Lore Olympus ftw!!
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she: what is hadestown
Me: this is my moment >:³
Hadestown is a musical so beautiful about orfeo and Eurydice but it has hades and persephone
Honestly aside from the Disney Hercules movie I've never really viewed Hades as a bad guy. Heck even in that movie it was hard for me to completely hate him because he was also pretty funny. Like someone's gotta be in charge of the underworld and take care of the dead but that doesn't necessarily make em a bad guy you know?
Also just wanna say watching this felt like watching it with a bestie 💖
Hadestown is an awsome Musical based on the Myth of Orpheus and Euridicy, I highly recommend listening to the Sounstrack. I personally prefer the Original Broadway Cast recording but there is also the older recording of Hadestown: The Myth The Musical. It is beautiful and the music is inspired by recession era Black Music, so a lot of Soul, Skat, Call and response all that Jazz (yes, Pun intended)
Watching the video:
My mind: "See why I killed them all," Kratos.
If you're taking suggestions I would suggest this video next as it ties in to the discussion of Hades and Persephone quite well.
https://youtu.be/Ije2WDJttrc
The idea of Hades being the GOOD GUY is actually pretty common. Underworld gods in general are IMPORTANT because they fill a vital role. In the few myths I can think of where an underworld god takes a break or otherwise stops doing their job, the world becomes filled with ghosts, or zombies, or other horrible things. The god of the underworld is NECESSARY, because otherwise spirits can't move on, the living can't console them, and shit goes sideways.
I'd be stoked for a Red/Skitten collab
I love subversive and clearly defined Hades and Persephone is. Hades is a serious duty bound guy with a soft spot and only interested in doing his job and not causing more death than needed. Hades is a Pencil Pusher. Persephone is the Heart of the duo (with all its faults) its also very clear Persephone is the last goddess you want mad because she nearly killed Aphrodite when she forced a woman to try and steal Persephone’s beauty. All the harsh punishments in the after life are her punishments not Hades. She’s loving, trusting and kind until she is given reason to not be. Their titles describe them the Best: Stalwart Hades and Dread Persephone. Aka Responsible Hades and Terrifying Persephone
The only loyal husband and actually good God in the entire pantheon, since if he goes after you it’s because you’re being a scumbag mostly based on other myths, is made into a Satan figure. Tragic
9:38 considering Zeus raped persephone later on yes she could have done worse.
3:24 Whatever your opinions on Apollo and Hades might be, Bernini's statues of The Rape of Proserpina (Persephone's Roman name) and Apollo and Daphne are both remarkable statues.
Hades is the best husband in all of ever. Change my mind.
Thanatos, the Greek god of death, doesn’t kill you. He just leads you to the underworld after the Fates kill you, then you pay the boat-man for passage across the river and you now get to live a new life in the underworld.
If you want both an explanation of the whole Zeus-Hera marriage story, and another fun storyteller, check out the podcast “Myths and Legends.” It’s a guy who retells all sorts of…well…myths and legends from all over the world, and he does it in a funny, modern-esque, sometimes sarcastic way. He covered the marriage of Zeus and Hera in episode 131A, “Sudden but Inevitable Betrayal” (first aired in December 2018, if that helps you find it!).