Common Words With Surprising Mythological Origins
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Date: 2023-04-22
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Kimberly
So many words in our language have Greek roots, such as mega for large micro for tiny or little. Growing up on the island of Crete as a child and being there for some years I had many wonderful experiences and eventually learned enough Greek to carry on a fair conversation with my Greek playmates but I had to laugh one day when one little boy s mother came outside hollering for him for dinner, and she called for him, Jimmy Micro! Jimmy Micro! My sister and I were laughing because she had called for little Jimmy! which we were surprised to hear that all cultures had their ways of calling for Junior!
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So many words in our language have Greek roots, such as mega for large micro for tiny or little. Growing up on the island of Crete as a child and being there for some years I had many wonderful experiences and eventually learned enough Greek to carry on a fair conversation with my Greek playmates but I had to laugh one day when one little boy s mother came outside hollering for him for dinner, and she called for him, Jimmy Micro! Jimmy Micro! My sister and I were laughing because she had called for little Jimmy! which we were surprised to hear that all cultures had their ways of calling for Junior!
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Jennifer
Echo, as far as I know, loved Narcissus(narcisstic personality anyone) who was in love with himself. so she pined away till nothing was left of her but her voice. You forgot Panic. coming from the god Pan who loved to scare travellers who hmm 'panciked' There's also Psyche, greek goddess of the soul, from which a whole bunch of words stem from like psychology, psychiatrist etc OK OK we can stay here all day lol
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Echo, as far as I know, loved Narcissus(narcisstic personality anyone) who was in love with himself. so she pined away till nothing was left of her but her voice. You forgot Panic. coming from the god Pan who loved to scare travellers who hmm 'panciked' There's also Psyche, greek goddess of the soul, from which a whole bunch of words stem from like psychology, psychiatrist etc OK OK we can stay here all day lol
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The
10: 58 Fun Fact: This haunting painting of Goya inspired an infamous scene from the 1976 miniseries
I, Claudius, in which Emperor Caligula devours his sister Drusilla's unborn child after slicing open her womb with a knife. This scene was so controversial, the BBC had to censor it, resulting with the entire graphic content of the scene being considered lost media today
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10: 58 Fun Fact: This haunting painting of Goya inspired an infamous scene from the 1976 miniseries
I, Claudius, in which Emperor Caligula devours his sister Drusilla's unborn child after slicing open her womb with a knife. This scene was so controversial, the BBC had to censor it, resulting with the entire graphic content of the scene being considered lost media today
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seekertosecrets
1: 16 According to one versions of this myth, Athena woven a tapestry of how the gods were betrayed in a positive light. Arachne, however, depicted the atrocities of what the Olympian gods have done to mankind. To make matters worse, it was said that the tapestry Arachne created was so good, Athena became jealous and turned her into a spider.
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1: 16 According to one versions of this myth, Athena woven a tapestry of how the gods were betrayed in a positive light. Arachne, however, depicted the atrocities of what the Olympian gods have done to mankind. To make matters worse, it was said that the tapestry Arachne created was so good, Athena became jealous and turned her into a spider.
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Thomas
Is it just me or is this video quite unsurprising?
Just a list of very common knowledge. There wasn't a single fact on the list, that I hadn't known since I don't know when. Well, since before I was a teen at least.
Unimaginative, boring, lazy and left handed work.
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Is it just me or is this video quite unsurprising?
Just a list of very common knowledge. There wasn't a single fact on the list, that I hadn't known since I don't know when. Well, since before I was a teen at least.
Unimaginative, boring, lazy and left handed work.
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Claire
I see Ceres every day: she's on the New Jersey state flag as a testament to our agricultural prowess. The other supporter of the arms (three ploughs or on a field azure) is Liberty. That means our flag is cereal, buff, and liberated #notsorry
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I see Ceres every day: she's on the New Jersey state flag as a testament to our agricultural prowess. The other supporter of the arms (three ploughs or on a field azure) is Liberty. That means our flag is cereal, buff, and liberated #notsorry
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KO
Here is some little known info. Air traffic controllers at Reagan airport do not say Regan. They call it National airport. I guess the controllers are still mad at Reagan for laying off 11, 000 controllers for striking in 1981.
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Here is some little known info. Air traffic controllers at Reagan airport do not say Regan. They call it National airport. I guess the controllers are still mad at Reagan for laying off 11, 000 controllers for striking in 1981.
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Zachariah
Man, that's something. Such a fascinating topic was this. I think of Morpheus in trying to get his wife Eurydice back from Hades. Also, playing music. Now, the name is associated with the Matrix.
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Man, that's something. Such a fascinating topic was this. I think of Morpheus in trying to get his wife Eurydice back from Hades. Also, playing music. Now, the name is associated with the Matrix.
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Zeryurijin
Weird History makes any thing from our history just so damn interesting. No offense to our teachers, just bam! Kinda like Ze Frank's True Facts about insert creature here series.
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Weird History makes any thing from our history just so damn interesting. No offense to our teachers, just bam! Kinda like Ze Frank's True Facts about insert creature here series.
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Freelance
According to modern scholars, the forbidden fruit was a tidepod.
If pain of labour is a punishment for evil, what did the chicken do to deserve having to give birth every day?
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According to modern scholars, the forbidden fruit was a tidepod.
If pain of labour is a punishment for evil, what did the chicken do to deserve having to give birth every day?
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The
refers to passionate physical love, which can be fun but risky. like roller skating.
Appreciate you throwing that gem of a line on at the end, I finished the video laughing.
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refers to passionate physical love, which can be fun but risky. like roller skating.
Appreciate you throwing that gem of a line on at the end, I finished the video laughing.
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Jennifer
Cereal is coming from Ceres (roman goddess of agriculture, wheat and grains, the roman chick not Demeter the Greek chick. there is a difference. OK OK I'll stop now lol
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Cereal is coming from Ceres (roman goddess of agriculture, wheat and grains, the roman chick not Demeter the Greek chick. there is a difference. OK OK I'll stop now lol
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btetschner
A+ video!
The topic is so brilliant, the video so useful, it is so interesting, and the pictures so perfect that it is hard to even imagine.
I LOVE IT.
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A+ video!
The topic is so brilliant, the video so useful, it is so interesting, and the pictures so perfect that it is hard to even imagine.
I LOVE IT.
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Mary
Excellent H. S. English teacher fueled interest of semantics and etymology-best friend introduced me to Bulfinch s Mythology, need to find/reread that book!
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Excellent H. S. English teacher fueled interest of semantics and etymology-best friend introduced me to Bulfinch s Mythology, need to find/reread that book!
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