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The tragic myth of the Sun God's son - Iseult Gillespie

The tragic myth of the Sun God's son - Iseult Gillespie

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Dive into the Greek myth of Helios and Phaethon, where the Sun God allows his mortal son to drive his chariot for a day. Every morning, Helios unleashed his golden chariot, and set out across the sky. As the Sun God transformed dawn into day, he thought of his son, Phaethon, below. To prove to Phaethon that he was truly his father, Helios decided to grant him anything he wanted. Unfortunately, what Phaethon wanted was to drive Helios chariot for a day. Iseult Gillespie shares the tragic myth of the charioteer. SpeedStriker: I love how Western stories like this are. If it were a Chinese story, Helios or a friend of his would have allowed Phaethon to drive the chariot, but only if he was willing to undergo the necessary trained first. Only after Phaethon has put in the blood, sweat and tear for it would he be allowed to take the reins. The drama and allegorical content would be presented during the training and represented in the results of the training, but Phaeton will never be given the reins until he earns it first, regardless of his birth.
Date: 2022-01-18

Comments and reviews: 9


I really like the way Ted Ed serve stories of d/f mythologies
This story seems similar to hindu mythology story of lord Hanuman he is also son of one of God Vayu the god air and wind and so he have great power in his childhood he fly over to sky to space and eat whole Sun thinking it as a ripen mango and as he ate Sun the god of lightning and thunder as well as king of gods Indra hit him with the bolt called vajra to save the world from darkness, as it hit lord Hanuman he fell to earth in grief of his child lord vayu take all the air from the world and when all gods bring lord hanuman back to life lord vayu return the air

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Does anyone know where did he start the journey? since the sun wasn't boiling the earth at that point it had to be somewhere else, or is the sun on off mode when the chariots are at a stand still? asking because I don't know this religion myth very well and sometimes they have a fun explanation for such things: )
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Phaethon felt there was but one way to prove their connection to the world and himself.
A DNA test? I mean Helios is in charge of the sun so I'm sure there's a million ways to pr-
He needed to drive Helios' chariot for a day.
Of course. This kid I swear.

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This is somewhat similar to what happen in mahabharat. hinduism history some 5000 years old
Prince arjun, son of indra, ak god of thunder, and
Prince karna, son of surya, aka god of sun/life.
although both these sons were born from same mother.

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According to Stephen Fry's book, Mythos, Phoebus Apollo is the father of Phaeton, not Helios. Although Helios is the God of Sun, Apollo was first, but after his son, Phaeton, died he vowed to never drive the chariot of the sun again.
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this is how deception works, just explain something which is a myth a style that, all you're saying is proven fact and then it will take no time to become a lai converted to the truth thing
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Demigods always cause problems in someway in a society. mortal and nymph always get the worse ending with getting into relationship with Greek deities like the nymph Daphne.
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It's is so interesting that in every mythology, there is a story about sun's son. In my hindu mythology his name is karan, who is so mighty that even gods fear him.
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Hm, let's see:
-Demigod
-Curious demigod
-Demigod gets what they want
-Zeus incinerates them
Yup, sounds like a Greek story to me.

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