TITAN Revenge: the Only Weapon That Could Destroy ZEUS & the GODS - Greek Mythology Explained
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2:03 - Beginning of Cosmogony / Theogony 5:03 - End of Cosmogony / Theogony Hey everyone, welcome to Mythology Explained. In today's video, we're going to discuss the one weapon that, had the Titans used it, would have vanquished the gods. Let's get into it.As we know, the titans were defeated by the gods, but this wasn't achieved through the power of the gods alone. The cyclopes crafted the gods' awesome weapons - the thunderbolt for Zeus, the helm of darkness for Hades, and a trident that could shake and sunder the earth for Poseidon. The gods were also reinforced by the Hecatonchires, towering hundred-armed behemoths with irresistible strength. The titans, on the other hand, while incredibly powerful in their own right - they, too, were gods after all - weren't bolstered in the same way. No colossal monsters, unassailable in strength and unsurpassed in size, bolstered their forces, no magnificent cyclops-forged weapons boosted the combative abilities of any of their number. But what if their situation had been different? What if there was a weapon that could have augmented their power, and would this have turned the tide of the war?In this video, we're going to discuss the Ophiotaurus, a monster and a somewhat esoteric bit of Greek mythology. Spawned by Gaia, the front half was that of a bull and where the hindquarters should have been was the tail of a snake. The mere fact that it was alive posed an ever-present, existential threat to the Olympians. Supposedly, if its entrails were burned, the person or group that enacted this right became endowed with the power to defeat the gods, a great boon that the Titans were in dire need of, one that would have given them surety of victory.Before we really dive into the Ophiotaurus, we're going to set the stage by giving an overview of the events that lead up to the Titanomachy, the cataclysmic 10-year war between the gods and the titans, in case anyone watching is unfamiliar with them. If this is a part of Greek mythology you already know or just don't want to hear again, feel free to use the time stamps in the description and skip ahead.