Mythology was probably not meant to be this funny. But here we are… Greek gods behaving badly, Norse deities flexing their drama, and ancient Egyptians making today’s soap operas seem mild.
Petty squabbles, chaos and over-the-top plot twists are the stuff that myths are made of. Add a modern spin to the mix, in the form of a meme, and suddenly, centuries-old becomes comedy gold.
These bite-sized bits of content aren’t just entertaining, they’re educational too. If you ever found yourself zoning out during a boring mythology class, now’s your chance to catch up, while laughing your way through the lesson.
There’s a whole online community dedicated to, and aptly called, Mythology Memes – and we’re here for it. Bored Panda has put together a list of their best posts for you to scroll through when that reality show you’re currently watching becomes a bit too boring. So grab your ambrosia, kick back like a god or goddess, and keep scrolling. Let the drama begin!
#1 Pandora Meets Internet
Reanit:
[All of Olympus laughing in the background]
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#2 Like Sisyphus Pushing That Golden Fleece
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#3 Rip
Dan | Play Solo D&D:
It figures it would take a cat statue to find a way around the whole can’t move unless they blink rule.
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#4 They Just Get Bored Sometimes, Ya Know?
THACC-:
Except Hestia and Hades.
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#5 Yes Man!
MoongodRai057:
He’s also the god of madness.
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#6 Odyssey
MonkeyTail29:
Odysseus: Shut up Eurylokhos, you s**t. I know what you’re up to.
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#7 Egyptian Myths In Five Words
EnFulEn:
Set, the god of b**ching, whining, and taking things a bit too far.
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#8 Someone Failed Their Religion Check
hexidemos:
This is fine, he’s off fathering basterds, and she’s plotting their downfall.
MrS0bek:
To be honest without divine stakes it is much less awesome. Like imagine a small town where she is a teacher at the only school or so and he fathers kids with the local baker, barrista, gardener, tourist guide etc.pp.
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#9 Good Stuff
The_Final_Enemy:
This is way funnier than it should be.
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#10 90% Of Slavic Mythical Creatures Are Basically Old Men And Women
ReformedYordle:
To be fair, there are lots of great mythical creatures, you just have to delve deeper into the mythology.
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#11 I Like Hades, He Is Just Chilling Around With His Wife And His Doggo
AfricaByToto3412:
Most underworld Gods get this treatment, regardless of actual alignment. (The main culprits are usually Hades, Anubis and Hel).
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#12 Sisyphus, The Boundless. He’s Done With His Punishment
AsexualPlantMain:
Nah man, this thing’s trying to tell you you’re fated to die soon.
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#13 Narcissus
tycho-42:
My favorite joke comes from the Disney Hercules movie. The gods are all on Olympus for Herc’s birthday and Hermes says “I haven’t seen this much love in the room since narcissus discovered a mirror”
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#14 What Are This Sub’s Thoughts On Good-Boyification?
Fremen-to-the-end-05:
Cerberus was always a good boy, he made sure the living and the dead were properly separated and obeyed his owners without question.
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#15 Bro, Why?
Phoebus-Apollo:
I hate it when she embarrasses me infront of the mortals.
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#16 Thor Goin To Niffleheim What He Gonna Do
Marvins_creed:
I mean yeah, mythological Thor could wipe the floor with marvel’s Thor.
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#17 You Need To Work Hard To Get Something For Free
probablyblocked:
Just wait until they find the skeletons of an extinct species of bird people.
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#18 Based Prometheus
Anon:
Now that you mention it, I think Jesus also stole my Pringles. There weren’t a lot left so he probably thought I wouldn’t notice. Wellp, I noticed…
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#19 Greek Mythology Be Like
FerretAres:
Except Dienekes. The gods know not to f**k with him unless they want to get stabbed.
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#20 Oh No, Not Again
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#21 Riding On The Back Of A Turtle
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#22 Mind-Blowing
SamuelCish:
I’d never forgive my daughter if she was born not only from my head, but also wearing full armor. She’d be grounded before her feet touch the ground.
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#23 Let’s Go, Y’all
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#24 Hephaestus Deserved Way Better Than Hera Tbh
That-Brain-Nerd:
Clearly she isn’t the goddess of functional family.
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#25 I Would Read This So Hard
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#26 LOL
Cloakbot:
There’s a happy ending, folks. He gets pay back by cursing Hera in the timeout chair while the rest of the gods got to play Musical Chairs!
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#27 Gotcha
Woutrou:
That implies he looked at her eyes tho. He was looking respectfully.
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#28 A Brief Affair
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#29 Isn’t This Like The Opposite Of What Simp Means
freckledcas:
He did cheat on her, but only once.
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#30 I Hate Paper Work
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#31 Disney Tried To Make Hades A Villain, But Instead, All Love Him. I Am Right?
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#32 The Asians Need More Love
Anon:
There’s probably a meme in Korean or mandarin out there somewhere complaining about how little they are exposed to Norse mythology.
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#33 Great Artemis, Goddess Of The Moon
Phoebus-Apollo:
They better not be lesbians or I would have to k*ll them all like I did to Orion.
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#34 Athena Wise Odysseus Pet Liar
I-cant-do-that:
Athena with Achilles: ‘hey buddy, it’s not a good idea to k**l the most powerful king in Greece in his own tent surrounded by his soldiers. Let’s try and think through our actions first.’
Athena with Odysseus: “Dude, this is a crazy idea but I totally think you could pull it off…”
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#35 I Mean Anything
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#36 Helen Was Kinda Hot Tho
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#37 No? Just My Friend Group Then
MonkeyTail29:
I guess I would be the Atropos in this metaphor.
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#38 Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery
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#39 Stumbled Across This Gem
jubtheprophet:
Pretty sure he’s meant to hold up the sky/celestial sphere not the earth but aye maybe he switched to using his legs cause his shoulders hurt and now he’s regretting his not easily reversible decision.
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#40 I Feel It In My Bones
MegaBlade26000:
Hetero. Life. Partners.
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#41 Father’s Day
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#42 Odin Walks Among Us
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#43 Hey, I’ve Seen This One Before
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#44 I Think This Guy Just Met Hestia
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#45 Trashy Griffin
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#46 Concerning
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#47 And He Did
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#48 It’s Exactly The Passive Aggressive Thing The Elder Son Would Do
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#49 I’ll Never Forgive Publius Ovidius Naso
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#50 That’s Definitely Not Good
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#51 *wolf Whistle*
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#52 Pointing My Finger At The Headline Like A Sleeper Agent Seeing A Vague Codeword And Coming Out Of The Woodwork
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#53 Ironically He Would’ve Done A Better Job At Preventing The Trojan War
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#54 The One Nice Goddess
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#55 Just Some Advice For You All!
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#56 Disney+ Might Be Getting A Little Too Progressive
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#57 A Rare Breed: A Zeus Meme Not About Sex
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#58 Wonder If It Came With Circus Music
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#59 Do We All Agree On This?
EntranceKlutzy951:
No. Only Ovid explicitly paints Medusa an innocent victim. No other version explicitly states she was innocent. No other version explicitly states Poseidon raped her. We in the modern read that into the other versions because of Ovid.
Athena has no reason to be mad at Medusa unless Medusa betrayed her. Athena is not Artemis. She is not inherently offended by women losing their virginity. She is not only the wisodm goddess, she is a justice goddess to boot, and the justice deity who proclaimed rape a crime. Athena is also the goddess who aided Perseus to k*ll Medusa.
In order to call Medusa a victim, in order to call Poseidon a rapist, you also have to call Athena unjust. You also throw a massive wrench in the story of Perseus.
About a century before Ovid wrote Metamorphosis, Athens rebelled against Rome. This left a bad taste in the mouth on both sides of the conflict. Ovid may have been commissioned to frame Athens as horrible, and one way to do that would be demonizing two of their most significant deities (Athena and Poseidon). Ovid did eventually get himself exiled, but the evidence that Metamorphosis played a role in that exile is weak. It was most likely his abrasiveness with authority and Octavian’s short fuse that got him exiled. It seems like it must have been Ovid’s poor attitude, as even Tiberius wouldn’t lift his exile.
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#60 Maybe Go To Egypt
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#61 Basically Dante’s Inferno
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#62 A Huge Blow For The Anime And Gaming Industry
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#63 We’re So Back
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#64 Damn
Thatzflow:
And then he accidentally k**led his dad years later. Damn, drama really did help me learn some Greek mythology.
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#65 There Is A Reason Why Pop Culture Media Doesn’t Touch This One
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#66 I Don’t Think There Was A Literal Equivalent To Satan In Greek Mythology, Maybe Eris But Still That’s Not It
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#67 “Yo,this Boar Is Lit”-Freyr
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#68 Baby Kidnapping
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#69 Prepare For Destruction
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#70 Get Ready To Hear “Kidnapping Isn’t That Bad” A Couple Times
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#71 The Trojan War
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#72 They Were All Gods Of War
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#73 The Suitors: Why Is There Boss Music Playing?
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#74 This Is Fun
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#75 I Was Going To Make An Oedipus Meme But Then I Realised That This Applies To Basically Everyone
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#76 Disney,please Stop
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#77 He Misses Her
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#78 And There’s Nothing Wrong With That
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