Siiderivalas!! OMG I just choked on my coffee. Good video, once again. I love your humour :)

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was a bit concerned whether it would be considered offensive but so far so good 😅

In Wisconsin the cider whale is called Snow cows🤣

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

I think a similar beast has evolved on all continents (not sure about Antarctica) 😅

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

@@dimapez that's classified information!

Great video, when I read folklores I always have hard time finding pronunciations for the different creatures. Thank you for the video.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, especially in languages one doesn't speak the pronunciation can be quite the mystery!

Haha couldn't expect anything less from the troll master 😜 Näsijärvi looks good this time of the year. Im sad that i don't have a hiisi in my elevator

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it was one of the most expensive scenes for this video, hiring a helicopter and film crew for the Näsijärvi shot..

@oddis188

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation insert "pistin parikybää tulee" pasta here😁

Cider Whales ...truly terrifying! Wisconsin has a similar beast but 4 legged the dread Snow Cow!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

They can devour an adult male in minutes!! Maybe these two evolved from the same origin mother? Some primordial beast?

@Redlurk3

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation A BIG mother! Like Grendel's mother LoL!

I really like your Ahti redesign, it's far better than a Poseidon doppelganger.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thank you creature master! :)

Vedenneito is also a pretty cool creature

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Damn right is!

Great video again! Thank You for making them, Maggie,

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your continued support Maggie! :)

@angelsmagick

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation it's a pleasure!

Thank you so much, it is really interesting part of Finnish culture.

Another awesome Video!!! Any chance of a video about the "hannunvaakuna" Symbol?? My Daughter and I are considering Tattoos.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have it tattooed as well. @Irish in Finland has a video about it, I don't think I'd have much to add to it! :)

I remember seeing Ahti once, he basically appeared and dissappeared, looking quite human

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Awesome 😎 did you summon him somehow or he just appeared?

@that_forest_fae

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation He was just chilling in the sea, later found a drawing of him and it was so similar, he dissappeared in a way he couldn't have swam away

@jakkeledin4645

Жыл бұрын

Ahti = Poseidon

@that_forest_fae

Жыл бұрын

@@jakkeledin4645 Not really, they're from different cultures and mythologies

As usally, your videos are really good!! I`m living in Sweden, but my mother was from Finland. And in my search for more knowledge in my finnish heritige, I find your videos so full of really good knowledge, and fun jokes as well. I have a copy of Kalevala and "The magic songs of the Finns". And I really embrace the finnish mythology and take it to my heart. Thanks for your work!!

@Anttimation

2 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Great to hear you find these useful :)

@kristian_the_strongbear_Olsson

2 ай бұрын

Another plus, is that I now also can make some impression to my realtives in Finland. @@Anttimation I.m really glad to have find you here. I can make my finnish side so much stronger now.

Vesihiisi sounds more like the turbolifts on the USS Enterprise TOS. "She's dead, Jim,"

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

I have no idea what that is, but if vesihiisi was spelled vesihissi, it would mean a hydraulic elevator :P

Finland has some interesting monsters. Well presented .

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Yes we do! Thank you for watching! :)

Lol "when something slimy touches your leg" and a picture of south-european looking man fades in!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Finally someone noticed! :D

Bro I had NO idea Finland culture was this cool!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Well now you have an idea! :D

Good to see post something again! Great catalogue of mythical creatures, though I think the Cider Whale is supposed to be a more contemporary concept?

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Probably... I did not find a mention of it in any old poems/runes ;)

Pike,Great Slave Lake. Great channel!

@alexwelts2553

5 ай бұрын

The Pike is my uncle

The Cider Whale is the most Terrifying monster lol

When you started on Siiderivalas, I was like "Wait, what?"💀. But Some of these water monsters and vesiväki should really rise back up, and put the fear of littering into us🧜‍♀️🦑... Eikös jonkunlainen vesihiisi myös elänyt kaivoissa ja hiiden/pirun kirnuissa? Vai muistanko väärin🤔 Hyvä video👍

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Kiitos! Ainakin Näkki asustelee myös kaivoissa

Super work! Very entertaining - and informative as well - and such a good structure you made! And always your wonderful drawings!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Danke schön! :)

Interestingly I'd always been told as a kid that Näkki would show up as a very beautiful, androgynous, long haired young man who would be able to seduce both men and women. But I guess the belief is more about Näkki showing up as whatever the swimmer finds beautiful 🤔 Great video!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Yes they seem to come in many shapes and sizes, all the more dangerous;)

The most Ahti fish are foul. Why are they made to be so sweet? Salty is the right taste for herring, just add some onions and perhaps sour cream. That might be my Estonian background speaking though.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Not a big fan either. I can say that freely without the shackles of a sponsor 🤣

@jerrimenard3092

Жыл бұрын

I don't know, I am half Hungarian and sour cream can make almost anything taste good. Still, the way that looks, you would be better off to get that paste which taste of salmon and then drown it in sour cream or cream cheese.It's not the breakfast of champions, that's for sure.

I like your art style. It reminds me of Jon Carling's style.

@Anttimation

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! That is such a great compliment, I'm flattered.

Are there any equivalent "loch ness monster" type urban legends in Finland? Like is there a spot where people claim to spot sea monsters?

@Anttimation

8 ай бұрын

Not that I'm aware of. There are local stories around but bone as well known as Nessie afaik. Except maybe the lion of Ruokolahti 😂

Ahtis stuff with summer taters is good....

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't get much better

Cool.....I have explore Finnish History....Myths are becoming a keen interest like Korean history and American. Going to check out the Finnish Military history

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Yeah! There's a lot of material on Finnish WW2 history also in English 👌

Perkele 🇫🇮🥲

Terribly good to know!

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Keep in mind when swimming! 🏊

@ReidarWasenius

Жыл бұрын

@@Anttimation Exactly what I was thinking... 😬

iku-Turso , in a dream. It was very odd. He was not cute nor cuddly and was protecting something in the water. By his nature he reminds me of another creature aI saw in another dream who I call trout man. So, I have a small amount of Icelandic ancestry. I dreamed I went to Iceland on vacation with friends. We had gone fishing with a guide. At the lake we began to set up while the guide went back to the vehicle and got the poles. Just moments later he ran back and told us we had to leave, not just the lake but Iceland as a whole. Somebody/something had broken all the equipment! Nets were torn up and the poles looked like toothpicks. Well, again this is a dream, we decided to stay because a party or concert was going on that night. When we arrived, I immediately saw a dark haired man dancing with no shirt on. He had a tight pair of what I thought was pants on. These neon rainbow lights made him appear to shimmer like a trout. As I got closer though, I saw it was not the lights that made him shimmer. He was rainbow tinted. Then, I saw his pants were made of bugs! These were gross flies and crawling things like you would see near the shore. I was both repulsed and turned on. When I woke up I googled this but found nothing. The good news is, what ever it was brought money! When ever after that dream I see him again in another dream, I get money. So, I have decided to like sea creatures. I wonder if iku-Turso was protecting money. Could trout man be his more human form in dreams?

@jasonpelto1164

11 ай бұрын

Damn it Menard 😂

... and the Watcher in the Water (Lord of the Rings)

When i heared your take on Iku Turso and Ahti. I cant stop thinking about a Cult of Batshit Crazy Finnish raiders, in an Conan based Universe.

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Ha! Sounds fitting

Pike and Gar look the same, behave very different. The Gar is the aggressive one.

@Anttimation

5 ай бұрын

I had to look it up. Mean looking creature!

please don't stop

My dad once fought a pike, got bit and ended up with a fishing hook in his thumb. In his rage he beat the pike so bad we couldn't even eat it lmao

@Anttimation

Жыл бұрын

Mean fish since the mythical times, it seems!

@The_Horny_Ghost

10 ай бұрын

@@Anttimation My dad got once bitten by one too, a day after the fish was killed. He was proudly showing off yesterdays catch, spreading its mouth open and a finger slipped. The fish drew blood as a revenge, even from the afterlife.