the hungry eerie sich thon who ate himself to death have you ever imagined anyone would be
as hungry as to eat themselves i mean a couple of very extreme circumstances could make one
think of cutting up part of himself to quench his hunger for food but never to the extent
of eating oneself to death well this is the story of an ancient greek king who ate himself to death
eerie sisthan whose name translated to terror of the earth son of triopous was a thessalian king
punished by a goddess with fearful hunger for an unforgivable crime he committed against her
in this video we'll be telling you the tale of the king who ate himself to death and how he brought
such a curse upon himself the story may belong to an agricultural religion which also refers to
the infernal regions the story begins with king arishthan trying to build a new banquet hall for
all of his merry makings ordered all the trees in the sacred grove of demeter the goddess of harvest
to be cut down this was a conclusion he arrived at before seeking the council of his advisors
now before we go any further let's talk a little about irish isthan and his family tree iri sisthan
is believed by ancient greek mythology as the son of triopis who according to some sources is
the son of poseidon potentially one of the halites the name given to the daughters of the god helios
and oceanid climein as no one knows their actual names and hisilla a daughter of mimeradin
this therefore makes iristhan a brother to forbis and epifa media now that we're all caught up let's
get back to the tale iri sisthan and 20 of his mighty attendants men who could be likened to
men giants who were able to lift a whole city wielded double axes and the hatchets marched into
the grove of demeter ancient roman history has it that this grove was located at dhadiyam intersali
the forest abounded with all sorts of trees such as pines mighty elms pear trees fair-sweet apple
trees and ditches that gushed up water as it were of amber this was a place the goddess loved and
cherished a lot so they went into this sacred grove with the intention of ridding the area
of the trees that gave the place life in the midst of the trees lay a poplar a great tree reaching to
the sky covered with vative wreaths a symbol of every prayer demeter had granted and oftentimes
dryads tree spirits or tree nymphs would dance underneath the shade of the poplar and often hand
in hand around its trunk the attendants who were in urechuthon knew of the tree and its importance
and were wary of cutting it down upon the command of their king to cut down the tree they hesitated
irishisthan sensing their hesitance snatched an axe and said be this the tree the goddess loves
be this the goddess himself it's a leafy crown shall touch the ground today he also said that he
would stop at nothing to build a hall befitting for banquets for all his companions unknown to
the king the goddess of just retribution nemesis recorded his vile and arrogant words in a slanting
pose he lifted the axe and struck the tree the poplar shuddered groaned and shouted an anguished
cry which was heard by other trees in the goddess the leaves in the tree grew pale as well as every
branch this didn't dissuade irish-a-thon as he struck the tree once more wounding the trunk with
blood flowing from the severed bark just as blood would flow from the neck of a cow being sacrificed
before an altar all his men were in shock and could only watch as blood gushed out of the tree
but one was bold enough to speak against the act iri sisthan looked at the attendant who had spoken
turned his axe against the man and cut his head off before he was going back to hack down the
tree blow by blow then from the deep of the tree's heart came a voice that prayed a great punishment
from demeter to the man who had brought about her death this voice was no ordinary voice but that of
demeter's most favorite nymph erie sisthon finally brought the tree down hauled it down with ropes
and the mighty tree crashes down with its weight destroying the nearby trees heartbroken by what
had happened in the grove as well as the loss of her sister dry aids clothed herself in the morning
black went up to demeter and prayed for punishment on irish-a-thon demeter was moved by all that had
happened and plotted the most piteous punishment a punishment so pitiful it could defeat the aim
of his deed the goddess of the harvest sent out to the journey to find limos the goddess of relenting
and insatiable hunger but since she and limos could never meet she urged a mountain spirit to
take her message to lemos she set the spirit on a chariot that rode through the air the spirit
arrived in cynthia on a peak granite with humans called the caucus and set out to find limos the
spirit found her in a stubborn stony field fearing to get too close stood afar and hastily delivered
demeter's message though the spirit was only there for a short time it had started to feel a great
hunger within it it grabbed the reins of the dre cones and soaring high she drove back to harmonia
limos did demeter's bidding albeit both having opposite aims and purposes she waved down the
wind reached eerie sisthan's palace and it once entered into his room and he slept wrapped him
around her arms and breathed upon him filled with him with herself throughout his mouth throat and
lungs after she was done she returned to her bleak home as eerie shiftthon slept he dreamt of eating
various delicacies while he clamped down empty air but as he woke the peace and euphoria had
left a furious appetite rained in his throat and his belly felt like a burning furnace
the king ate all that was within the palace 20 maids prepared the banquet for him while 12 drew
wine banquet after banquet he consumed and as he finished one he would yell for another to be
brought in the more the king ate the hungrier he became his belly was like the depths of the sea
not only did he consume all he could find during the day but he also tormented in his sleep with
dreams of food and banquets his condition only got worse despite the efforts of his father to
lift the curse his father triopous prayed to his father to come to the aid of his grandson because
they were fast running out of food in the palace in the kingdom at large but poseidon turned a
deaf ear to his prayers the fear of his insatiable hunger made his family stop him from attending any
banquet or function they were invited to they dreaded the embarrassment it would bring them
and as the rivers flow to fill the sea which never gets filled or as fire never refuses fuel
so was the wicked appetite of the king it was only a matter of time before his belly's deep abyss
exhaust is ancestral wealth but did that make the hunger cease no it continued to ravage the
kingdom of all there was to eat all his fortune and slaves were all sold till there was nothing
left for his beautiful daughter maestra not long after he sold his daughter into slavery just
so he could have something to eat in return mestra being highborn didn't wish
to be owned by anyone and prayed to who some sources say was her lover poseidon for help
she stretched forth her hands to the seas as she prayed and poseid and granted her prayer by giving
the ability to shapeshift into another person she used his ability to free herself from her master
when irishisthan realized that his daughter possessed such abilities he sold her time and
time again for a mayor a cow a deer and all that the king collected in exchange for his daughter
was either spent on food as eaten directly as food eventually the king was so hungry he
began to gnaw himself and bite by bite he used his own flesh to satisfy his insatiable hunger
he eventually literally ate himself to death such a terrible way to die
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