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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 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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#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 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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#5 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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#6 Odyssey

MonkeyTail29:

Odysseus: Shut up Eurylokhos, you s**t. I know what you’re up to.

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#7 They Just Get Bored Sometimes, Ya Know?

THACC-:

Except Hestia and Hades.

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#8 Egyptian Myths In Five Words

EnFulEn:

Set, the god of b**ching, whining, and taking things a bit too far.

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#9 Bro, Why?

Phoebus-Apollo:

I hate it when she embarrasses me infront of the mortals.

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#10 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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#11 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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#12 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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#13 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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#14 Yes Man!

MoongodRai057:

He’s also the god of madness.

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#15 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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#16 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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#17 Hephaestus Deserved Way Better Than Hera Tbh

That-Brain-Nerd:

Clearly she isn’t the goddess of functional family.

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#18 Isn’t This Like The Opposite Of What Simp Means

freckledcas:

He did cheat on her, but only once.

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#19 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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#20 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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#21 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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#22 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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#23 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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#24 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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#25 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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#26 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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#27 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…”