Imagine thousands of years ago, Mayan parents telling this story to their daughters as a warning to never go back to an abuser. That’s so wild.

@sociallyveee

2 жыл бұрын

The power it has is beautiful I will share this with my children too even tho I'm not from the culture I'd like to give them teachings from all cultures across the world

@maiyukinoshita2458

2 жыл бұрын

Gonna shares this story too

@Maya-lk6yo

2 жыл бұрын

Omg and ….man Havent changed ,like no Evolution in jalousy&violence lol

@memyselfandi8544

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine worshipping Satan and never knowing it until you get to heaven. People don’t even know where they get the names of the days of the week, such as Sun (god) day and Moon (god) day. Thursday comes from Thor aka Tammuz. Who’s birthday upon you celebrate Christmas, which FYI has nothing to do with Jesus.

@spicepilled

Жыл бұрын

@@memyselfandi8544 some of us aren’t christian and simply don’t care

"Hey grandpa, can I have that bird?" "Yeah sure just gimme a sec" *Hits it with a blow dart* "NONO NOT LIKE THAT"

@madelinekusuma4009

2 жыл бұрын

well at the end of the day, he deserves it tho

@mercytanchiying

2 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA

@cheesehater1417

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, he’s her grandfather

@sarahcunha7607

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheesehater1417 thanks, I didn't spot that

@cheesehater1417

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarahcunha7607 np!

I feel so bad for the vulture king, like, imagine if your new wife that you love and cherish just disappears one day and you never see her again

@aabe1189

2 жыл бұрын

AAAH, I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PICTURE. :D

@PANDA1000RUL3

2 жыл бұрын

Right! I need know his story now

@Saint.3.3.3

2 жыл бұрын

He’ll be fine. He’s not the important takeaway

@thestarspark2288

2 жыл бұрын

That's who you feel sorry for? How about the goddess who was abused?

@PANDA1000RUL3

2 жыл бұрын

@@thestarspark2288 dude...ppl like you annoying. Of course we feel bad for her and that she shouldn't have to go through that but we can also feel bad for the vulture king too. The Goddess got her good end but we're curious about the king as well.

This has to be of the most “human” of all the gods’ relation I’ve ever heard of.

@etherealbladerx8153

2 жыл бұрын

Eck Ikr 🤣🤣

@uncanny3637

2 жыл бұрын

Then you looked at the train wreck Greek mythology is.

@isaipan1113

2 жыл бұрын

@@uncanny3637 become a rain to have affair with other women and turn them into cows, I must agree Greek myth is crazy.

@hallooos7585

2 жыл бұрын

@@isaipan1113 Yup Zeus turning into things and f everything that moves sounds like a hent story…

@kindred8359

Жыл бұрын

Hent storyline 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ladies, don't get back with your abusers. It doesn't matter how much they beg, cry and swear they have changed. I know it's mithology but it does happen way too often in real life. By the way, I'm from El Salvador, one of the countries inhabited by Mayas and so nice to see these stories on TED! Keep up the good work!

@f.t633

2 жыл бұрын

i agree!!! also i love that your profile picture is that of a moon. i like to think that its the moon goddess giving us wisdom. so cute💕🌕

@firstname405

2 жыл бұрын

Good advice, Mars. Sometimes you can feel trapped, but there are resources to help you break free from abusers.

@suga_latte9306

2 жыл бұрын

good advice!

@omicronlion

2 жыл бұрын

We're MAYAS not MayaNs 😌✨

@kevinlane1219

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for clarifying.

What I love about moon myths is that they always portray the sun and moon as lovers that eventually hated each other.

@luisandrade2254

2 жыл бұрын

In Greece they were twins

@user-nv5sn3tb4e

2 жыл бұрын

@Luis Andrade yea in Haudenosaunee cultures it’s different too, with the moon being referred to as Grandmother and the sun being Elder Brother

@erika.s

2 жыл бұрын

In Philippines (Pangasinan) they are brother and sister.

@kathleenwoods8416

2 жыл бұрын

lets just say that from the perspective of earth the sun and moon are very close.

@aparnashandilya4629

2 жыл бұрын

in Hinduism they are two seperate male god 😅 who have nothing to do with each other

The art style and graphics of this video are so beautiful! Good to see more Mesoamerican myths!

@ultimatebishoujo29

2 жыл бұрын

I know right?

@HeavenlyBrujo

2 жыл бұрын

This i's a Mayan myth

@snakecharmer109

2 жыл бұрын

@@HeavenlyBrujo We know that. Mayans are Mesoamerican.

@igd1315

2 жыл бұрын

Is that you zendrick

@yulypico8983

2 жыл бұрын

@@ultimatebishoujo29 q

Let's also give props to the Mayans for depicting the god of VULTURES as kind and fun-loving. Vultures are crucial to our ecosystem and it's thanks to them that the Earth isn't littered with rotting carcasses.

@DLCS-2

Жыл бұрын

Thats why i am most happy for this story.

How Ixchel's light was dimmed reminds me of the story of Mayari and Apolaki, the Filipino deities of the moon and sun respectively. In this version of the myth, the siblings fought over who would rule the sky. Apolaki struck Mayari so hard that one of her eyes popped out, dimming her light. Regretting what he did, Apolaki agreed to rule the sky with his sister.

@samaraquililan2764

2 жыл бұрын

i wish ted ed would feature filipino myths too!

@dunkey759

2 жыл бұрын

@@samaraquililan2764 agreed, i love moon myths from all around the world, mostly filipino culture, i think it's a very interesting country

@krizhiel6376

2 жыл бұрын

the whole myths across the philippines is so fascinating its sad to hear only few know of it, it would be really great if ted-ed features some of it

@awesomeeliam7882

2 жыл бұрын

@@krizhiel6376 Precisely. I mean, I'm Filipino, and I've never heard of that. All I know is that the first humans came from a plant according to a certain creation myth, and even then, I don't know much about it other than the man was named "Matapang (strong)" and the girl was named "Maganda (beautiful)".

@dannahmoorebonggolto1758

2 жыл бұрын

@@awesomeeliam7882 buong buhay ko akala ko si Makisig at Maganda yun :>

YES! ANOTHER MESOAMERICAN MYTH VIDEO! as an Indigenous Mexican, I Always Love these. The Animation, Art and Colors are Absolutely Beautiful! Thank You for making this TED-Ed! Beautiful Work as Always!

@michellevdheever7619

2 жыл бұрын

Is meso-American a geographic term? What's the pc term for the people whose music features in this video? 🇿🇦 Intrigued South African 🙋‍♀️

@Ljclouie2782

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellevdheever7619 meso America just mean table that's because when euro came they just saw alot of mountains look like tables. But that area includes mexcio and center American counties. However we would reference ourselfs as turtle nation. During the ancient times

@Ljclouie2782

2 жыл бұрын

No you mean navite American and not indigenous Mexican

@michellevdheever7619

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ljclouie2782 Oh, that's interesting; I didn't know that at all. So, is the Native American music actually out of place, i.e. not reflective of the Indigenous Mexican culture?

@runjennierun07

2 жыл бұрын

@@michellevdheever7619 Dont listen to them, theyre saying nonsense. Mesoamerica is Greek for Middle America, which includes northern Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Belize, and central to southern mexico. Native American is the term that is commonly used for indigenous people of the USA, like how First Nations is the term for the indigenous people of Canada, though Native American can be used for all indigenous peoples of the Americas

The art style is fabulous and the voice is so clear and nice! A wonderful job as always!!

@maxhill9254

2 жыл бұрын

+1

@beatriceretops

2 жыл бұрын

The art is spectacular

So beautiful, the story, the animation, Ixchel herself, everything. What a wonderful post for national women’s day! I love hearing mesoamerican myths, thank you Ted Ed

“My first girlfriend turned into the moon” -Sokka

@videogollumer

2 жыл бұрын

"That's rough, buddy" -Zuko

@Sapphiredella

2 жыл бұрын

Looking for this comment and Im not disappointed

Great art, great morals, and great lessons to learn from this mythology. At the start, I was wondering if it would turn out nicely, given that it seemed like a much nicer version of the Zeus and Hera story (where Zeus transformed himself into a bird to trick Hera into falling in love with him). But it's actually a great moral cautionary tale about how you shouldn't get back together with an abuser. I wasn't expecting such an important lesson in this myth but I was pleasantly surprised!

@irfanismail3652

Жыл бұрын

Chinese goddess rabbit mayan not greek god

4:12 its a small detail, but I appreciate the animators giving Ix Chel a nose thats more common with indigenous people! her side profile is very lovely~ my big nose and i thank you 😊😂❤

As a boy grown up in Guatemala, a country that is heir of Mayan culture, listeting to this Mayan story about Ixchel is just gorgeos amd amazing. Thank you for remind us what wonderful myths are, cos they are as mirrors for our ancestors cultural and way to see life.

Ix Chel is easily one of my favorite goddesses, and has been since I was a kid. There's an important bit that this retelling left out! In addition to typical 'moon goddess' stuff (being a goddess of healing, and fertility) Ix Chel is also supposed to be a fierce defender of women. Those who are dealing with an abusive spouse/partner are supposed to be able to turn to her for protection, and she defends women and children with an unwavering fierceness. Absolutely, indescribably pleased to see her story here!!! I love it when you guys post myths from Mesoamerica!

Love the detail of her holding the rabbit of the moon. Great work as always.

@ultimatebishoujo29

2 жыл бұрын

I know right?

I love these old mythological stories. I’d like to see more

"Mom why moon comes only at night? " Mom: i have just the right story for that

It seems in most myths the sun and the moon are always in a sort of conflict.

@huskykinoyumi6535

2 жыл бұрын

Heat and cold oppostion

@atrudokht

2 жыл бұрын

Somehow I always prefer the moon than the sun, perhaps because of my zodiac which is under moon's jurisdiction

@dunkey759

2 жыл бұрын

@@atrudokht me too. I dont really believe in zodiac signs, but mine is too, and regardless of that, the moon has always given off a very calm and forgiving aura, similar to the goddess!

It has been 10 years?! Awesome... It's one of the best channels providing quality content freely.. I'll never miss a video.. So informative.. Keep it up 🤗

Maya, the moon goddess was powerful but, she went back to the Sun God who abused her and mistreated her whenever he desired. This incredible story teaches us, that is, women that we have enough strenghth and power and it is not necessary at all to live with abusers who do not understand our value. It is rather better to have somebody who understands our value and treats us correctly as a partner. Life is a huge journey. During this time, we will obviously come across various people, good and bad, but we must learn to pick out the good ones from the lot. As always, the colour, animation and the beautiful explaination deserves a round of applause! Even if I am not related to the country of orgin of this story or myth, I still learnt something in a pleasurable manner. ❤

As someone who's partly Mayan, its amazing to see stories from my culture on the internet! Thank you ted ed!!

The art style of this episode is gorgeous

She is so beautiful and so is the Animation!

@TreeHairedGingerAle

2 жыл бұрын

Major Isabella Madrigal vibes gorgeous gorgeous

Ted-ed never ceases to come up with amazing animation and music which just fits perfectly with it!!!!

Coming from Guatemala (the heart of the Mayan world), I've never heard a more beautiful retelling of Ixchel's story. Thank u!

@renmir4374

21 күн бұрын

Hello there ✨a question, do you know which is the written source of this specific Ted version?? Every time I look for Ixchel's story I find a very different tale. I've never found this one of the controlling grandfather and the abusive husband. That makes me a bit suspicious about its veracity, that's why I'm asking :)

Beautiful story. Loved it better than I love most other stories on this channel.

what a sad, touching, and relatable story. I really admire Ix Chel. And wow, this art work and music is just beautiful! thank you all very much for the video.

oh my goodness the artists really blew me away, this art style was PERFECT for this story!! ugh i adored this, the colors are sooo pretty. i'm going to rewatch this over and over again!

“the variations, speak to what people value and how they see themselves in their mythological heroes” beautiful

I've watched a lot of these TED-Ed animations but, hot damn, the art in this one is on a whole 'nother level. My jaw dropped at the profile of Ix Chel at the end

thank you so much for this beautiful narration and animation in the telling of ix chel. i really admired your correct use of “maya” instead of “mayan” and how you included maya women today so people understand that our culture still lives and our people transcend modern day borders regardless if the country is guatemala, mexico, belize, honduras, or el salvador. i’m maya k’iche’ so i enjoyed seeing the huipils worn by the maya in the guatemalan highlands at the end as well as the traje típico of maya yucatecas in the mexican state of yucatán. maya culture is diverse and not a monolith and we speak over 25 different languages :)

this art-style and animation makes my artist brain happy. thank you ted-ed

Wow another night-related weaver goddess who had a forbidden relationship! It’s fascinating to see how some things reoccur across cultures, like from East Asia to Mesopotamia.

Great myth story in time with the celebration of Women's month.

I LOOOOVE the yucateco huipil art because it's so accurate and really looks like what a yucateco lady would use, and to be honest when i saw the gold earring made me smile, it really reminds me of my grandma who still uses her traditional vest to this day :D

Consistent, educational, unbiased, and just high quality content is what is expected and delivered from Ted-Ed.

I want more such Wondrous Mayan Myths!!!

I wonder how the Maya would explain the moon and sun appearing at the same time in the sky?

@tobilandsfried8083

2 жыл бұрын

Eclipse.

@ZaxorVonSkyler

2 жыл бұрын

They doing the freaky frack!

@mureithikivuti

2 жыл бұрын

Like all toxic relationships, the one abused always seems to come back for a reason. Only to be brutally reminded why they left

@ZaxorVonSkyler

2 жыл бұрын

@@mureithikivuti Obviously that doesn't happen every time

@mureithikivuti

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZaxorVonSkyler Yeah, but it happens enough to be a genuine concern. Plus also it is weird how tempting it is to go back if you ask those that were victims

Moon Godess’ Grandfather: Help! My daughter has gone off with a man! Storm God do something! Storm God: k *kills the Moon Godess* Moon Godess’ Grandfather: _surprised pikachu_

In Philippine mythology, the moon goddess Mayari also suffered an injury from his sun god brother, which cause her light to dim. It's nice to see a commonality in the myths

I think this is the only case where someone has depicted the sun and the moon as a couple. In most cases they are either siblings or somehow closely related.

This was absolutely gorgeous, the colour scheme of the video is brilliant and the characters are beautiful

Lord my eyes, ears, and soul were blessed once again by the amazing Ted-Ed!

I love mayan mythology I'm so glad more visual vids are being made about it :)

@renmir4374

21 күн бұрын

Hello there ✨a question, do you know which is the written source of this specific Ted version?? Every time I look for Ixchel's story I find a very different tale. I've never found this one of the controlling grandfather and the abusive husband. That makes me a bit suspicious about its veracity, that's why I'm asking :)

Ohhh, I thought it was the Japanese version. Loved this one as well

@scottabernethy100

2 жыл бұрын

In Japanese mythology they are siblings, along with their storm god brother Susano-o, and the genders are reversed Ameterasu is the Sun goddess and Tsukuyoumi is the Moon god.

This art is STUNNING.

Please also do some stories on Hindu mythology if possible. I think there are many interesting stories in the Hindu mythology that people should get to know.

@charles___

2 жыл бұрын

No need for Indians are already doing a good job abt it The Myths Ted ed post are the ones that mostly nobody heard about

@charles___

2 жыл бұрын

@Grease Pencil No it is

Out of all story about women turn into the moon, this is one that heard that the women try to run away from from her husband

Its been 10 years of ted ed Thank you for providing such great videos

The story and the art style were Amazing to watch. Such a beautiful conclusion as well

TED you should totally do a video on Slavic mythology! I don’t see much of Slavic culture anywhere and I think it would be a lovely video. I loved the art style in this one, it was beautiful to watch. I always love the effort put into these videos.

I love the art style with this episode! its so clean and colorful

the art in this was gorgeous!! the best yet!!!

This is a breathtaking video. Such beautiful art and style. I'd watch a hundred of these back to back.

Beautiful art and animation as always

The style of this is so beautiful!

Beautiful work, the art is amazing and the story is so well told.

This is one of my favorite videos of all time thank you

This story was awesome, especially the ending, great job TED-Ed!

this is the most beautiful story

Happy ten years Ted ed 🎉🎉 Thank you for working all this time and making beautiful animations and amazing stories Thank you Ted Ed team 😌

Beautiful!! Thank you Ted for the wonderful mythology video!!

The art style.. The narrating.. The music.....

Congrats and thanks for these 10 years

This is so beautiful and something I relate to ✨✨

@jsjsjsjjs5314

2 жыл бұрын

Same

Such a beautiful tale & the message + artwork are incredible too 😃 Thank you for sharing this with us all 🙏🏽🌌

What a lovely illustration of a great myth. Awesome stuff!

My name is Ixchel!!! I'm Honduran and my parents love our mayan heritage.

This is so magical and beautiful, the moon has always inspired me, thank you for this video

This myth/story video by far is my favorite in terms of art style and story! It's so beautiful!!! :D

The artwork in this video is absolutely stunning!

For an instant, I forgot everything about the chaos in the world outside and I just wondered about the fate of Ix Chel. I miss listening stories like this.

the animation style is mesmerizing.....the whole video was so interesting .. the way of narration is so soothing

Beautiful and soothing to listen

What a beautiful story and the animation is on point.

I’ve always wanted to know this story. Thank you!

This made me cry very much.

I loved everything about this. The story and the graphics were wonderful. I wanna know more about the moon goddess now.

It’s amazing how it resembles the Chinese folktale of the moon goddess, the legend of chang’e. Chang’e was a waver too, and magpie was involved with that story.

Wow! What a beautiful story! And the animation is amazing!👍💜

Great video! and great visuals as well! thank you!

So beautiful. Nice job!

The music is absolutely brilliant!

This was so calming.

So honored to be considered A Native To The Americas seeing as I was born in Honduras, am 100% Latina and my ancestors were Mayans. 💕

Beautifully illustrated!!

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL

Oh i love these informative yet too good to be true videos. Keep up Ted Ed. 🌙

Always so beautiful videos

The moon goddess in this art style is so pretty^^

oh my god the animation is genuinely so pretty

İts so insane that learning so much in only 4 minutes, keep up great work 🔥

This is amazing! I love learning about more myths and congratulations on your 10th anniversary!!

I love ted ed so much, I love when we watch it in class!

I read this story first in a book all about goddesses. So empowering.

this reminds me of princess yue from atla, beautiful art and storytelling as always !!

❤ Thank you ❣️