Mythology has so many different aspects. In recent years I've been facinated by a whole branch of mythology from japan on how inate objects can come to life and have their own personalities. Mythology is such a vast ocean, thanks for such a fun video.

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@iamavoidtrippergutterslush666

10 ай бұрын

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As a child I always loved animals , this one really touched me emotionally, remembering our species once being one with nature and telling fantastic tales of the majestic beasts that lived their

@faranmasood5368

10 ай бұрын

But it also makes me sad that extinct species are gone now 😢

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

​@@faranmasood5368Well, all species go extinct eventually. Even humans will be extinct species somewhere in the future. We should all enjoy what we have while it lasts 😉

Excellent! Id like very much to see more videos about specific animals in folklore, such as one about Coyote

This was such a fun video! I loved all the different and widely-varied references to different mythology, media, and literary works that you included here (especially for the nod to Kipling's "The Jungle Book" - one of my favorites!). I would be interested to see a video of how animals, or their likeness, relate to some of the darker figures of mythology and folklore, such as the owl companion to the Wendigo in Algonquian legend and the different animals that Skinwalkers are said to assume the figure of.

Hello! Could you please do a video on specifically wolves in folklore? They were so widespread and now they are in such a small area, yet people still use them in stories today!

@faranmasood5368

10 ай бұрын

That would be awesome 😄

@Winteramen

10 ай бұрын

Omg i wanted to comment the same thing haha

@faranmasood5368

10 ай бұрын

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Animals are an essential part of our lives. Can you guys do a full video about the story of the selkie? Great video as always. Thanks ❤

This video was so cool! But also, I laughed so hard when Zeus and him turning into Aswan was referred to as “dealing with mortals”

Mammoth skulls are belived to inspire the Cyclops

Awesome at less half these stores i've heard (most though this channel, other at less one version of it)

Something I find fascinating is how the animals can represent entirely different things for different cultures. For example, the Otter in Irish mythology belongs to a tribe of nearly invincible warriors akin to the Greek hero Achilles, otters are basically an entire tribe of this, but their weak point is noticeably in a different place than that of Achilles. At the same time, in Japanese culture, the Otter is a tricker, akin to Renard the fox from European mythology or Coyote in Aboriginal American lore.

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

Wolves are even more complex, going from hellish creatures in some cultures to children of gods in others.

I thought that the manticore was possibly inspired by tales of various maned monkeys, which can have a roughly human-like face and lion-like mane.

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

The thing is monkeys are not dangerous, while Manticore is clearly a memory of some deadly being. For me, it sounds more like a human than animal, that is, as memory of hostile primitive tribes hiden deep in the jungles, killing trespassers in their territory with poisoned arrows (Manticore is claimed to shoot those from it's scorpion tail!).

Somwhat surprised that Artio, the celtic bear goddess, did not make the list. Perhaps she will get her own video sometime soon?

I ❤your Channel!!! It is my Go-2 whenever I need to take a few minutes & just chill. Your voice is so soothing plus learning about all different kids of Mythologies, stories, creatures and more is absolutely incredible!!! I love being able to listen and learn new things I’ve never heard about! Or just learning something new about something I’m familiar with!!! Thanks 🙏🏻 for all the hard work to You & Your Team!

The Lion King is still the best Disney Movie in the history of Disney Movies

Now that easy to use for legends and mythology stories.

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Please make a video about Gashadokuro.

Could you make a video on the Goldhorn he is prevalent in Slovene, Italian and Albanian myths, it is an Alpine buck with gold horns.

Absolutely amazing !!! Great work

Most popular mythical creatures unicorn and dragon

@niharg2011

10 ай бұрын

Vampires and Werewolves MIGHT be more popular than Unicorns, but it's pretty close

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

​@@niharg2011Popular yes, but subject of this video are mythological animals, and werevolves and vampires are not animals but animal hybrids.

3:27 Sun Wu Kong: Serves Gods a beatdown

💛 all your videos mate👍

Great video.

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT I ALMOST CRY!

Most excellent!

Fascinating stuff!

My favourite animal fable would be the two wolves and the tortoise and the hare

My favorite is the battle between SET and HORUS.

So beautiful.

Beautiful.

Video suggestion: Finnish mythology and afterlife. it is among the weirdest i've heard

They are pretty Amazing to look at~🦁

4:19 butt lol. But good content as always.

Ah, yes, all those tigers with human faces.😂 On a lighter note, WHY AM I JUST NOW LEARNING THERE’S A POLYNESIAN SHARK GOD???

@nicholaslienandjaja1815

9 ай бұрын

Fun fact: Said god was the inspiration for King Shark in Suicide Squad.

Cerunnos after fgo lostbelt feels good

Shout out Maori gods but would love to see a whole video on them

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The coyote fable

The horned toad says we should head to Mexico 🐸

Soon everyone is going to be pooping in their pants.

Can anyone give me a list about mythical creatures who are animals and not sentient

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

That would be a very long list... Look only at Greek mythology, they have herons which can throw their feathers like arrows, man-eating horses, deer with golden legs, giant boars with tusks like in elephant...

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Three of my favorite animal myths/folklore all involve lions. 1. The Nemean Lion (Greek Mythology.) This lion isn't so much monstrous such as the Chimera is, instead the Nemean Lion is more of a "Super-Lion," i.e., (typically) larger and stronger than regular lions and has skin that human weapons cannot penetrate with claws that can cut through almost anything. The hero, Hercules, having to more or less use the lion's own power against itself in order for Hercules to defeat the nearly indestructible lion. 2. The lions of "Daniel in the Lion's Den" (Biblical.) The lions are regular Earth-born lions held in a dungeon as a means of execution for prisoners, yet by a miracle (of God) these lions do not harm the prisoner/prophet Daniel, which is to be an inspiration to others to have faith as well as demonstrate the power of (a) God. 3. The now exaggerated true story, but no less legendary, story of "The Ghost and The Darkness," (true Africa history.) The very real (but since then, highly exaggerated by Hollywood and other medias,) story of two African lions that went on a killing "rampage," for several months, through a railroad workcamp at the end of the 19th Century. These lions remind us of the fact that all too often, truth can be stranger than fiction.

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

Hmmm, a true story by definition is not a legend. Besides, there were many man-eating lions in the history. Maybe better to pick some of the lion fables as the third one 🙂

@skyden24195

10 ай бұрын

@@melanimatejak6821 I get what you're saying, but for one, I'm not going to try to narrow down another of the countless lion stories just to make an alternate third entry, lol. And, yes, the third story is a true story, and other human-hunting-lion stories may be out there, but as best to my knowledge, this is one of the most, if not the most famous, of lion-maneaters' stories. And the point of it being my third pick was due to the fact that it is unique from the others in that it is based on an actual historical event, but even in this relative short time of history since the event did happen, the story is steadily being warped into some semblance of legend. The first two stories of my list are millennia's years old, so who knows how much of them are actually based on some sort of true events, other than there were lions then as there are now. 😉

@melanimatejak6821

10 ай бұрын

@@skyden24195 Ah, good then. Well, there had to be some true story even behind first two stories: after all, myths have some foundations. Of course that unpiercable skin is an exaggeration 😀 But another interesting fact: are you aware you picked lions from three different continents? Because Heracles's lion was European lion (in his time, native lions of Europe weren't yet extinct!), and Daniel's was Asian lion, while Ghost and Darkness were African sort 😉

@skyden24195

10 ай бұрын

@@melanimatejak6821 I had not considered or realized the "different continents" aspect. Thanks for pointing that out.

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Mythical creatures did NOT come from "imagining" of known animals. Manticores, Griffins, Dragons... They are all real. But they are not animals, they are spiritual creatures on higher level than human. Nevertheless, such many stories about animal kingdom. Beautiful indeed ❤ The Nature has always fascinated humans and for a good reason 💖 There's such majesty and magick in the animal kingdom and once You learn to look through their eyes and think like them, as You interact with them... Priceless experience ❤

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