Remember if you hear the Sirens call just put in your earbuds... or run it's your choice.

@dontestevens4831

3 жыл бұрын

Or listen to the free concert

@tayloredwards4968

3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on dragons🐲

@johnnycage112

3 жыл бұрын

Please do a video on Celelias. Seeing a video on Ursula's people would be cool.

@joshrzepka4139

3 жыл бұрын

Forgot about selkies

@mrbrotherjon

3 жыл бұрын

If you confront mermaid and she asked if Alexander the Great is still alive? I'll give you a nickels worth of free advise. Say yes!

In a world tormented by sirens, airpods are our only hope.

@mudkip3603

3 жыл бұрын

Or just regular fucking headphones

@cavalierliberty6838

3 жыл бұрын

How the fuck i got more likes off of a stupidass comment like this than anyone else.

@qzh00k

3 жыл бұрын

In a world of fake news its refreshing to hear opinion science on the facts of mermaid management and abatement. If we lose these lessons generations could be lost.

@mango5673

3 жыл бұрын

@Kowboy Conscious Community That's gonna go over most people's heads. You must elaborate for the intellectualy declined They don't know about harmful..EMF. Remember they are taught to worship technology and struggle to see past the veil of deception within there own lives. Yet alone small material gadgets.

@marinakaiser7639

3 жыл бұрын

Lol😁🤣

The History Channel in the mid 90's was my introduction to Mermaids, they talked about how drunken Sailors would mistaken Manatees as Beautiful Women with a fish's tail, and even at 6 years old 3 questions would pop in my head; 1. How long were they at Sea? 2. How drunk were they? 3. What in the world did the Women from their home look like?

@grossartus

3 жыл бұрын

@Retsuko Fanatic123 lol how could they confuse a manatee with a woman? maybe they knew only fat women

@donnav7412

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@JT5555

3 жыл бұрын

this guy get's it. it just seems absurd to even suggest that mermaids are just mistaken manatees,given the fact that manatees look nothing like fish or humans and not even someone from that age (less of all a experienced sailor) would have been dumb enough to not know the difference so that explanation is weak at best.

@Spongebrain97

3 жыл бұрын

@@JT5555 it seems to me that the talk of mermaids and manatees was exaggerated or flat out made up through the ages. I could see it being something where drunken sailers pointed out that manatees swam like mermaids and through the grapevine of different people the statement changed to "we saw mermaids"

@GuyBradburyy

3 жыл бұрын

at a certain angle at a certain distance, a manatee could be mistaken for a women, though of course being under the influence probably has to do something with these “sightings”

*hears humming and hums along* "Congratulations you were killed by a mermaid!" Well Hell

@devonajohnson280

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@infinitexp420

3 жыл бұрын

GG

@MusicLoverMN

3 жыл бұрын

Right lol me too

@emilymaguire3163

3 жыл бұрын

To me it sounded more like a little girl

@Highlyblessed_favored

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

If a mermaid started singing, I'll start singing to let's see who'll run away.

@mekaylagulley8399

3 жыл бұрын

Make it a sing off instead

@oOcorridosOo

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Bluebelle51

3 жыл бұрын

I used to threaten my children with singing loudly in public as a threat of unending humiliation for misbehavior

@hannahboneo1966

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaooi

@mckenziebaincafesbakeryand4779

3 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOO , Wtff 😆

The Pan's Labyrinth melody in the beginning made me feel so nostalgic ✨🥺🥺😔

@patisr2227

3 жыл бұрын

PANS LABYRINTH IS SUCH A GREAT FILM I ALMOST CRIED WHEN I HEARD THE INTRO

@Werewolf914

3 жыл бұрын

Same here I love that movie and everything Guillermo Del Toro makes, at least every movie I've seen haven't watched Pacific Rim.

@mrs.joestar

3 жыл бұрын

Thought I was the only one that noticed

@k.herzog814

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrs.joestar Came to the comments just to find validation in recognizing it ha

@mrs.joestar

3 жыл бұрын

@@k.herzog814 yep

That transition into the promo was smooth af.

“Messed Up Origins” ..... clever title choice 😉

@izzybane9405

3 жыл бұрын

ahhh hi jon

@tatiaromero

3 жыл бұрын

Lol Jon you are the OG for messed up origins!

@ikazuchioni

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't see the channel name so I was confused to hear a a different voice, and I thought that this was a collab.

@AishaVonFossen

3 жыл бұрын

OMG hey! Welcome to this channel! :D

@MusicLoverMN

3 жыл бұрын

Omg I thought that this was one of your videos for a second I love your channel♥️ Solo Fam♥️

In Jamaica, we call mermaids River Mumma (River Mother), a similar story as Sirens, once men hear their singing you're under their spell and led to their deaths.

@candiceruth10

3 жыл бұрын

But are both same or different ?

@skyelewis9380

3 жыл бұрын

@@candiceruth10 they're pretty much the same

@daisyx1002

3 жыл бұрын

Is that true though ?

@user-hs1nr4he1k

3 жыл бұрын

Um, can women hear the sound too and it just doesn’t hypnotize us? Or women can’t hear it at all ?

@abdul-hakeemyesufu1930

3 жыл бұрын

In the coastal parts of nigeria we call them mammy water and are known to be powerful creatures who sometimes bestow great favours on individuals but are generally avoided

Mermaids are one of my favorite mythical creatures. Sirens are pure evil while Mermaids can be either good or bad.

@purplelover9633

3 жыл бұрын

How do we know that? That mermaids can be either good or bad. Aren’t sirens still mermaids?

@purplelover9633

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Salucci I thought the half birds were harpys. Sirens are a different species from mermaids altogether? And with mermaids how do we know that they are either good or bad like humans?

@ebonysunberry2580

3 жыл бұрын

It's the Sirens for me

@purplelover9633

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Salucci ok I just wanted to know bc I never really thought mermaids and sirens were different. I thought they were the same and I was wondering what good mermaids have done for humans to say they were good or bad. I never really dived deep into mythology

@purplelover9633

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Salucci ok that’s what I really wanted to know. Thank you!

My grandpa was a Costa Rican fisherman in the early 1900s; on a tranquil night on the sea, he and his shipmates saw two mermaids come to the bottom of their boat, touch it, circle it, and observe them before swimming off. He said it was terrifying and they looked pale and scary

@historicstudios2708

2 жыл бұрын

How did they see them touch the bottom of their boat? Not trying to be rude, just making sure I’m reading this correctly

@Hulk247

2 жыл бұрын

And you believed him huh😒😒😂🤣😂

@obaoba1934

2 жыл бұрын

bruh that shit probably manatee

@Memeguppy

2 жыл бұрын

Early 1900s? He is around 120 years old then?

@IveGotItTwisted

2 жыл бұрын

@@Memeguppy Early 1900s could be any time from 1900 to like 1945

In Nigerian culture, Mermaids are called 'mami water' it is actually a representation of a Yoruba deity of water but cultures outside the Yoruba cultures see them as sea spirits that cause misfortune. I believe most cultures have mermaids or mermaid like figures in folklore. This video was helpful, thanks!👍

@busisiwemangethe6290

2 жыл бұрын

IN ZULU CULTURE WE CALL THEM AMAKHOSI OR UMAMLAMBO..AND WHEN YOU DREAM OF THEM TALKING TO YOU THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GIFT OF HEALING. WE RESPECT THEM AS WE RESPECT OUR ANCESTORS.

@tadtifartayargawa3718

2 жыл бұрын

@@busisiwemangethe6290 that is beautiful🥺

@al145

2 жыл бұрын

Everyone that lives on the water probably has stories of some kind of a being or creature, I wonder what stories were lost to time. I wish I knew more about all the people of Africa, there's so many different peoples and such a long period of time, it doesn't really get covered here in the US unless you look for it.

@youjustgotburned3980

2 жыл бұрын

In Zimbabwean culture, it is said that if you see one you vanish,but if you do come back by chance,than you'll be a witch doctor or a sangoma

@Nounouxoxo

2 жыл бұрын

In my culture we refer to them as water djinns or water spirits.

As a child I was always fascinated by mermaids and sirens. Now as a 23 year old that fascination is still present and only grows more. They are truly something magical, they appear in so many stories fact & fiction yet we still don’t know that many things about them. I may be made fun of but I do think that they do exist. Only 5% of the ocean is explored and considering how we’ve seen how humans treat other creatures it would make sense that the mer people have learned to not associate with humans. As much as I would love to see them I am afraid that some people would attack and kill them and display their bodies as some sort of trophy.

@SweetGoddess420

3 жыл бұрын

Never goes away. I love Mermaids

@JariahxSynn

3 жыл бұрын

Could be they hangout by beaches at night waiting for poor saps to wander down near the water to ambush and eat them. Just a thought.

@candiceruth10

3 жыл бұрын

@@JariahxSynn I have been to beaches at nights, now I will be afraid. But I will stand far away

@JariahxSynn

3 жыл бұрын

@@candiceruth10 Better safe than a slab of ribs

@klsi8129

3 жыл бұрын

@@candiceruth10 you will be okay, until tsunami will appear or something 😅

"Congratulations, you were killed by a mermaid" Me: I guess I'll call out from work.

...”they preferred to tickle their victims to death instead of drowning them...which Sounds equally as horrifying...” 😄😆

@sweethearts86

3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing like laughing to death but these use to be real forms of torture.

@howardjohnson5802

3 жыл бұрын

yes tourture lol

@cassthegrimm8522

3 жыл бұрын

I would hate to laugh to death ....sounds scary

@Pooky1991

2 жыл бұрын

Or kinky depending on who you ask

The Haitian mermaids actually scare me the stories you hear and when people do come back they’re different.

@sashagayeellis

3 жыл бұрын

@@HortonGourcuff tell me the story....

@bluebear9228

3 жыл бұрын

@@HortonGourcuff make a youtube vid on it

@brianflowers5675

2 жыл бұрын

I'm from Jamaica and they scare me too

@elavke5441

2 жыл бұрын

@@brianflowers5675 why? What do they do?

@CrazyLearningcrazy

2 жыл бұрын

For those of you who are wondering what would mermaids do well here’s the what you need to know merfolk can either be good or bad think of it this way animals have problems people have problems who’s the say those of the mystics and magics and the unusuals of the worlds mythical beings who is to say they don’t have problems of their own so the question you should ask yourself why would a mermaid be good or bad end it is not the fear of wondering whether they are good or bad it’s wondering who’s good or who’s bad in this category because we actually don’t know who is who in this but the same thing is for them they completely don’t know who’s good and who’s bad when it comes to humans so like anything that would react out of fear tear one would lash out at us as we would do the same to them in other words I’m thinking right now we are at some form of a stalemate you see if one doesn’t know about the other then what is there to do if you don’t want to start some violence the answer for the time being is nothing it’s a standstill a stalemate there are reports that we have killed them some of them and there are reports that they have killed us some of us but still it’s a stalemate because not the whole groups have come forth especially on both sides you and others may not notice but something tells me they’re all getting ready Nuh just the merfolk they are trying to make the first move not just the ones of the sea or the waters but the ones of air land both mountain and wood and underground if you haven’t noticed if you haven’t guessed there waiting but is slowly moving forward there are so many signs nowadays they have noticed they have taken noticed how could they not there’s a saying an old one they’re afraid of us more than we are afraid of them but has anyone figured out what would happen if one side knew how much the other side was afraid I fear that when someone steps forward their intentions are either two things in this situation one death or two life but there is a third one a hidden the third one would be……both and believe me in this situation if it is the third it is not good but I hope it will be I have a bad feeling and for those of you who have felt it too I pray and I hope and I wonder if this step forward that they have made will be to step on us or to help us make a step forward to someone say they are drawing the first blood what I’m saying is this why would you draw such a thing unless you have a really good reason one that matches and out dates anything know this something big is going to happen something really big something astonishing terrifying and full of wonder and misery whether it’s the negative or the positive I hope it’s the positive I am being vague there’s a reason for this after all the legends say that the Merfolk and others like them can become more or less……….human

I research all kinds of monsters for my books, and I can assure everyone that it is a good rule of thumb that supernatural beings are more malevolent than they appear in fairy tales. Mermaids, leprechauns, even the tooth fairy.

@justyeeeeeetit

3 жыл бұрын

I think its fair to say, as with humans, not all are evil but not all are good.

@grimble4564

3 жыл бұрын

I mean when you look at internet creepypastas, even most modern folklore is about violent and malevolent entities. I think people are just quicker to see the aspects of things that make them afraid.

@Natasha-oz6ik

3 жыл бұрын

@Robert Canter you are right!

@MusicLoverMN

3 жыл бұрын

Too sad and true

@scorpiocarnage1055

3 жыл бұрын

@@justyeeeeeetit These stories don't hesitate to point out the beneficial creatures. Like brownies. But there is a reason why certain magical creatures are portrayed as dangerous or evil. On the topic of water creatures, many of them are dangerous because they represent the dangers of water and the sea. Even more benevolent water creatures who are seen as benefactors of life can get aggressive and dangerous if offended. It's better to actually read up on these stories than make a judgment call.

So the mermaids from Pirates of the Caribbean were accurate? Also those from Harry Potter?

@kikicarole9274

3 жыл бұрын

Yes it is

@PA-1000

3 жыл бұрын

Yep

@WilliamJulienNkogheOlympio

3 жыл бұрын

In Pirates, the mermaids were fairly accurate indeed

@nadillasakinah950

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I now have an idea for a future story

@dseray9494

3 жыл бұрын

The Harry Potter one is arguable, but yes

Sirens/Mermaids are one of my favorite mythical creatures so this video intrigues me. Also there is a Philipine equivalent called Sirena. Which is very similar to other mermaid equivalents. Half fish, luring song, drowning.

@NovaGirl8

3 жыл бұрын

and then there's the siokoy - the males. Not attractive at all and even more hostile if I recall correctly.

@voldemortthenoselessfreak2126

3 жыл бұрын

@@NovaGirl8 The Shokoy look quite similar to the character in Shape of Water and Hellboy.

@kawaiihana2303

3 жыл бұрын

The Serina in the tagalogs are way more nicer but, the marinaga/maguindara are hostile and viscous towards adults specially men, they eat humans but, not the young ones that is from bicolandia myths while, the Kataw is a merefolk the royalty of the sea they can surely control water and they could appear almost human with webfeets, hands and can also have tails that's more on a Visayan background.

And this is a good example of why I don't fuck with the ocean.

@thefunden9128

2 жыл бұрын

You should also not fuck the ocean.🤣

@brianflowers5675

2 жыл бұрын

Ion fuck with the ocean at all

@kylietrevino8582

2 жыл бұрын

ive also heard that some sirens live in lakes and rivers too. i’m choosing to not fuck with any body of water at all lmao

@Havok4191

2 жыл бұрын

Fuck in the ocean lol

@ayeshaKhan77777

2 жыл бұрын

@@thefunden9128 ikr

Japanese mermaid tears can grant wishes if you capture them because they harden to become pearls

I find it terrifying that somehow the whole world (some civilisations that never come into contact with others too) talk about the same subject, slightly different stories just like Greeks but they all mention women like creatures with hypnotic singing voices, or extremely manipulative

@Rissy617

2 жыл бұрын

Carl Jung would call that the collective unconscious and possibly an archetype

@julietfischer5056

Жыл бұрын

Sirens, mermaids, Rhine maidens, the Kappa, and the Bunyip (among many others) are personifications of the dangers of the water. They will wreck you on the rocks or pull you under to drown.

@noyb1010

Жыл бұрын

that same hypnotic singing voices are present in most, if not all modern commercial music, including religious songs. It's more sexually pronounced in pop music and a lot more subtle and "angelic" in religious music. And yes, angelic voices are also still very present in Godly music. The trick in knowing the difference is in the spirit the music evokes. Pray for discernment.

*hears humming* Me: *Loads Shotgun with Malicious Intent and turns on Chainsaw*

@arcamaru8116

3 жыл бұрын

Catch me them mermaids so that we'll devour them😈

@arcamaru8116

3 жыл бұрын

@Christiana Maria Ortega the important thing is that they are not pure human...come to think of it,if you eat a mermaid you will be beautiful

@LogicAndCompassion

3 жыл бұрын

*Hears beautiful siren songs* "Groovy."

12:44 Nigerian here, We usually call them "Mami Water"

@anigbochinaza7744

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yes we do

@justsomeonewholiketoreply9737

3 жыл бұрын

Breast milk?

@tomatopaste1936

3 жыл бұрын

Yes oo In benin we call them olokun In yoruba it's yemoja

@kelskey99

3 жыл бұрын

@@tomatopaste1936 yemoja is more than a mermaid...She is a goddess..Comparable to the Greek god of the sea Poseidon.

@awemanyfit

3 жыл бұрын

To be honest bro,Mami water😂😂😂😂

Hoho this popped up right when I was listening to my jolly sailor bold

@Merlodica

3 жыл бұрын

Hello sailor

@ScrumptiousRump

3 жыл бұрын

@@Merlodica Aye!

@esssmo9285

3 жыл бұрын

Love that song! Especially the Ashley Serena version 🖤

@swastikqjana7128

3 жыл бұрын

An Indian right??👀😂

@-wang.

3 жыл бұрын

Ahoy?

When I saw the american TV show Siren I truly realized that sirens and mermaids are used as synonyms nowadays. I knew sirens as they were described in that story about Odysseus .

@theasinclaire52

3 жыл бұрын

Right? The Sirens originally weren't seducers. They sang to Odysseus about knowledge of the future. Basically, they lured people in with what they wanted the most. I guess today they would sing about loan forgiveness or how to get a PS5. I wonder if Harpies and Sirens are related?

@vilena5308

3 жыл бұрын

@@theasinclaire52 As far as I know my mythology, they aren't related. Sirens are sea creatures, harpies are not. Sirens are supposed to be more on the prettier side than harpies which corresponds to their areas: sirens as temptation, harpies as punishment. Etc.

@leonardofaber5823

3 жыл бұрын

@@theasinclaire52 despite both being flying creatures in origin, not much related

@candiceruth10

3 жыл бұрын

@@vilena5308 mermaids are different being?

@vilena5308

3 жыл бұрын

@@candiceruth10 How about you watch the video rather than just read the comments?

My dad actually saw a mermaid. It was in Oklahoma around the 1950 “s. He was a child. A neighbor adult caught two mermaids in a creek. They were babies one male one female. The adult neighbor caught them in a jar. The mail jumped out. The man sold the mermaid to a person from New York City for a large amount of $. My dad said the mermaid was not cute. He said the face was weird. It’s an old story that is told in my family. My dad is 77 and he still tells that story

@angeliqueskye7127

3 жыл бұрын

That’s pretty fucked up if you think about it

@sashagayeellis

3 жыл бұрын

@@angeliqueskye7127 so fucked up

@BxbygIow

3 жыл бұрын

In Oklahoma?😳 I didn’t know they could be anywhere. Even here

@tamishayman2715

3 жыл бұрын

Fucked up

@brianawalton3772

3 жыл бұрын

So these merpeople aren't spiritual beings? They're physical like us? Because I had been friends with someone from Ghana who told me they were demons. Plus all the stories from Zimbabwe I have read saying that mermaids using mystical powers on their victims. Please reply by the way.

Who does the illustrations in these videos? THE ILLUSTRATIONS IN YOUR VIDEOS ARE AWESOME!

@NK-mn6zu

3 жыл бұрын

Markus Stadlober. It says so in the end credits.

Left out, though not well known: The Mud Mermaids of Indiana. A group of mermaids traveled through the Great Lake connectors and ended up making their way into the rivers of Indiana (probably still in the lakes too, but i'm unaware of stories about them.) I am not sure which branch of mermaid they are split from, but were I to guess I would wager the Merrows. These mermaids then settled in these localities and stayed. But as the water can disappear for stretches at a time they began burrowing themselves into the mud to stay wet, and sleeping away the dry spells whenever they arrose. Though if you walk over one, it pulls you down into the mud. Not too useful for hunting, but useful enough to keep people form going back there and disturbing them.

@Introvertsan

3 жыл бұрын

Has anyone ever escaped?

@EverythingsComplicated

3 жыл бұрын

I would assume so. There's unfortunately so little information on them. I am more familiar of stories of alledged sightnings of them in rivers/lakes though.

@naturallyapril333

3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating... I would LOVE to hear more about them..

@danicafugit2697

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I'd love to hear about these!

@elavke5441

2 жыл бұрын

Probably in the Lost River? I have family that's been in Indiana 100+yrs. Never heard of the Mud people. Kind of far fetched if you asked me. Esp. since most of them fish all the time.

As soon as I saw the notification I clicked

That Pan's Labyrinth music at the intro though

Please!!!!!!! Cover Mayan mythology, it's my favourite

Mermaids (especially Rusalka) are one of those cautionary beings. They say DONT FUCK WITH RIVERS

Surprised you didn’t mention the Hans Christian Anderson Little Mermaid. But I guess that story has been told to death by this point.

@EmilReiko

3 жыл бұрын

HC Andersens wrote novels, they arent neither mythology nor legends even thou they sometime borrows from them

I remember one time at night i was with a group of friends by the water, and i saw something, like a human figure in the water slowly moving towards us, getting closer and closer every second...never been so scared in my life

"I knew desperate men at sea, when our suppy ran dry, would quench their thirst by drinking seawater. They swore the sirens, evil creatures singing to them from nearby islands, were in fact their wives and daughters calling them home. They endangered the crew, steering us toward the reefs." "Um... how did you fix them?" "We threw them overboard."

@elavke5441

2 жыл бұрын

Thru who overboard?

I have heard such stories as a child of a man who drown in one of the rivers in my late grandmother's village. People were saying she fooled him to go in the water and cause him to drawn. They are not as beautiful as we would like them to appear in stories but it maybe true that they are able to alter their appearance to hunt the victim down. Strange but real.

My grandma said mermaids do exist. Fishermen would see them and would cover their ears because if they listen to their singing they become hypnotized and the mermaids would lure them and capture them. She said they would say that their singing was beautiful but deadly. Not sure where this would happen but it was in the waters in Mexico.

@vibesxryan

2 жыл бұрын

What about if your not attracted to woman and your out on the sea? Could the mermaids still hypnotize you or would you not be affected ?

@lupethejerk

2 жыл бұрын

He lyin

@obaoba1934

2 жыл бұрын

What if the fishermen we're gay? Like gay ashell 100% gay would the singing still work on gay man?

@Dzanarika1

Жыл бұрын

@@vibesxryan it would work even on gay guys because they have mystical powers, and we as humans, become enchanted by those creatures.

@vibesxryan

Жыл бұрын

@@Dzanarika1 really? Because I’m a gay boy myself and I think it would still work but we can resist it more or at least try to fight back because we aren’t attracted to female mermaids. However, if it was male mermaids it’s a completely different story because I would be in a trance LMAO

I think another cautionary tale in Mermaids, sprites, and Fae in general. Don’t go kissing on random women.. they don’t like it and will likely kill you.

Since I was a small toddler, I always had a deep emotional and spiritual connection to water, and I still do at 23 almost turning 24. I grew up watching the little mermaid, and it would annoy everyone in my family, not only because I sang like a dying goat, if you can picture that, but also because the songs were catchy. I’m also half Jamaican on my dad’s side and I absolutely loved Sebastian. My connection to mermaids runs very deep into my heart and soul. My dad is very religious( he's 7th day Adventist) but I'm more of a spiritual person that believes there is more than one God. I also believe in karma( not all karma is bad, some is very good), I believe in aliens, reincarnation, parallel realities, the universe, a Goddess, astrology, chakras, soulmates/twin flames, tarot, numerology, the paranormal, and the supernatural. I'm not a religious person but the idea of mermaids for me does not come from the Bible per se, but if you look in the Book of Enoch it explains how mermaids came to be. It explains how God(Yahweh) banished some of his angels from the Heavens (some landed on land, some angels in the sea; or the in-between; and some in hell). These angels are called Fallen Angels, or if you believe in Aliens that could be the case as well. The fallen angels that fell on land mated with women which have created giants, (or Nephilim. After the Great Flood) and other land creatures, such as gnomes, elves, faeries, goblins, unicorns, leprechauns, and fun fact, there could be some evidence of giants, and some others. There could be some sort of portal where some of these creatures could jump from different realities, or other higher dimensions in the spiritual realm. Getting on with the ocean dwellers, the Fallen Angels( or aliens) mated with fish creating mermaids, and other sea creatures. Same thing, there could be a portal in which mermaids travel to where people could rarely see them, because they are part of the spiritual realm, and come from the higher dimensional plane. The Fallen Angels that landed in Hell, produced Ghouls, ghosts, poltergeists, demons, but these could also come from people that could have passed on. For the sake of mermaids, the first recorded sightings were of Enki a Mesopotamian(Sumerian)sea god of water; he also knew knowledge of occult wisdom. He was part of an ancient technologically advanced tribe known as the Annunak tribe. Another account of early mermaid history is of the God Ea or Ooanes, a sea god, with either the head of a fish and legs, or the head of a man, and a body of a fish. He was another sea god, that gave people metaphysical, philosophical, ancient, esoteric, and spiritual knowledge and wisdom, and was an intellectual. Another recorded mermaid sighting, was the Assyrian(Syrian) Mesopotamian(Babylonian) Goddess of Fertility, better known as Atargatis. She fell in love and married a Shephard man, and eventually had a child. Atargatis later accidently killed her lover, and with deep sorrow tried to drown herself in a lake. But because of her ethereal beauty, the Gods didn't want her to fully transform into a fish, instead she became the first mermaid. In Greek mythology we have the sirens. Sirens have the body of women, and instead of having arms, they had wings instead, with flowy long hair. Sometimes they are shown to have the body of a bird and a head of a woman. They were originally supposed to find Persephone and bring her home back to Demeter, from the Underworld, which Hades kept her hostage. The Sirens failed to locate her so Deméter banished them to the mountains, or the cliffs off of the coast where sailors would find them, but unfortunately those unlucky sailors won’t be returning home, due to the Sirens seductive, luring song which I will explain later. The Sirens made an appearance in Homer's The Odyssey. In the Odyssey, Odysseus had to instruct his crew to fill their ears with wax as to not hear the sirens alluring hauntingly seductive yet destructive song. This is so they don’t drown nor get shipwrecked, as this is what the Sirens are most famous for. Sirens laid on rocks and had hauntingly yet beautiful ethereal voices that lured sailors to their deaths, similarly to the stories of mermaids. Other Greek mythological creatures, similar to mermaids are the water nymphs, nereids, naiads, Undine, Oceanids, and the Tritons. Tritons are considered mermen which are in connection to Poseiden's son Triton. Poseiden's Roman counterpart is Neptune. In ancient Egyptian mythology, Alexander the Great had a half sister named Thessaloniki. Apparently Alexander found the fountain of youth and filled the water into his flask because it is considered immortal water. When anyone drinks it you will have the power of immortality. So Alexander used this on his half-sister’s Thessaloniki’s hair so now she is able to have immortality. But because Alexander was sick and didn’t drink the immortal water from the fountain of youth, he perished. Thessaloniki was completely grief stricken she tried drowning herself, but failed as she turned into the Aegean Sea mermaid. Legend has it if you pass her she will ask you if her brother Alexander is still alive and well, and is still reining. If you tell her no then you will die at sea, but if you tell her the correct answer and tell her yes he still alive and is still king she will let your ship pass. In other parts of the world we have Lemanja or Iara in Brazil, Yemaya, Yemanya or Yemoja in Yoruba religion, which also came to the Caribbean Islands, particularly, in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic in Santeria, during the Atlantic slave trade; La Siren-Lasiren, in Haitian and New Orleans Vodoo, or Voudu( she is a Lua, protector of the seas. It roughly translates The Siren, or The Mermaid in French- Lasiren, and all these other water deities that came from Africa, derived from Mama Wata, and all these Deities such as Riva Rumma, Iara, Lemanja, Yemaya-Yemoja and some others have came from Africans, that were taken in the Atlantic slave-trade.) In Jamaica we have the Riva Mumma. The Riva Mumma, in Jamaica has a story in which a sailor or pirate has lost his chest or a table full of riches, and it was said to be a golden table. But this golden table drowned down in the river, and folklore has it the mermaids are engulfed around it so no one would get it because people are greedy. Where this takes place is the Rio Cobre river, which will turn green when the mermaids are near. This is the Flat Bridge, bridge. I know I said it twice but yes it is a bridge over the Rio Cobre. In Some parts of Africa, Mama Wata or Mammy Wata, translated to Mother Water. Sometimes she is a woman from the waist up with a tail of a serpent, with a snake around her neck, sometimes she has a fish tail down below, and sometimes, she is portrayed as fully human coming out of the water. Also in African customs we have the Njuzu in Nigera, the Mamba Muntu and Jengu in some parts of Nigeria, the Kaaiman, in southern Africa and in Zimbabwe, and of course the Mama Wata people. In Egypt there was a cave painting of mermaids, and if you think about it, has been there for thousands of years and it hasn't been doctored. If you also think of Egyptian hieroglyphics there are also depictions of half-fish, half human species. It is quite interesting, because in other parts of the world they have their own stories and legends of mermaids. For example, the Austrailians have the Likanaya, and the Yawkyawk. If all these places have literally the same definition and have similar features of what a mermaid could look like, then there has to be some truth. I honestly think, no matter how ridiculous it sounds I do 100% think the government is hiding mermaids from existence. I do not believe in the Aquatic ape theory, but it does sound interesting and something to think about, but I do believe that we humans evolved from water onto land and some didn't, and the others developed into more advanced species similar to us, and they have been in hiding. Thats all I have to say. Please don't hate on my comment. Thanks.

@Nana-lg8tw

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I would love to know more from you. Incredible ❤️❤️ I couldn't stop reading 😄 that was awesome.

@Official.IntuitionQu44n

Жыл бұрын

I’ve never felt something so hard in my life. Thank you so much for sharing your views with us. As someone who has always felt called to water, the ocean, mermaids, and sirens in general, your comment literally spoke to my soul in a way that I cant explain!!! 🥹

@drugs7346

Жыл бұрын

I have been researching mermaids for awhile now and I became interested in the mermaids at Flatbridge in Jamaica. There is an actual video of a mermaid caught on a iphone at that place.

@samanthawright9589

Жыл бұрын

As an adult, I still like fairy tales, both Disney, & occasionally a book with the old stuff I got at B&N, but I like the more "innocents" of the Disney better call it childish, but who cares what other people think about it, as long as I don't make an idol of it or it's not something that hurts people or breaks the 10 commandments.... THEN WHO CARES IF THEY MAY THINK IM ODD?! In my options, as long as the stuff you're into isn't evil & such, then who cares if people think it's weird, u may be more normal than they are! Also, I too, am a Seventh day Adventist. It's nice hearing us mentioned in Good ways

@janiquewynter5908

10 ай бұрын

@@drugs7346 They always say they reside directly under the bridge as well because everytime they try to do constuction on it or put up rails it fails and just sinks. Alot of people also die when the water turns very green and it happensat specific times of the year every year.

The most interesting evil mermaid flick I’ve ever seen is “She Creature,” which was made in 2001. Stan Winston and his special effects team did a phenomenal job on creating the mermaid and the sea monster that she turns into later in the film.

@Kat-rf3rj

Жыл бұрын

Loved that movie , I definitely recommend seeing she - creature .

Some stories say that the experience of a siren/mermaid luring you in is like you hear singing, all of sudden your right next to the water, then like a blink of any eye your fully in the water…then all you can feel is your last breath leaving your lungs beneath the waters.

She Creature is my favorite mermaid tale. Classic horror, reminds me of old Universal films.

@klsi8129

3 жыл бұрын

💖💖💖

@CheerAngelLeShea

3 жыл бұрын

Agree!!

Mermaids and siren myths always center around the men who encounter them (or the women who become them), but I always wondered if a woman on Odysseus’ ship would be as susceptible to the sirens as men.

It's always good to see videos like this that cover general mythical concepts, and this one is good since I am trying to create my own "mermaids" in my story setting that live underground on venus.

Can you please do more videos on south East Asian mythology and fiction? My friend is Thai and she told me about this poet that wrote a story about a prince who had a baby with a mermaid and there’s giants and stuff. The poet’s name was Suthorn Phu he started working on this epic fantasy from 1822 and took 22 years to finish in 1844!

@Introvertsan

3 жыл бұрын

What's the name of the story?

@vegandemon3259

3 жыл бұрын

@@Introvertsan she said it’s called “Phra Aphai Mani”

@Introvertsan

3 жыл бұрын

@@vegandemon3259 thanks much

@shedsumlight268

2 жыл бұрын

There is a syrian tale of a shepherd having sex with a mermaid woman and they had a child called Semiramis, SHE BECAME THE MOTHER and WIFE OF NIMROD the ancient Babylonian king who built a gigantic and high tower to reach into heaven. The tower was destroyed and the people were dispersed all over the world giving rise to many cultures, different tribes, peoples and nations. Within this bloodline of the Babylonian king and Queen, you find the CANAANITE GIANTS. the rafahim, sons of Anuk, short for annunaki. You might have heard of them? So the stories from Japan may be oral traditional stories retold in their new countries, of a time when everyone on the earth was living in one place as one people under the Babylonian king nimrod and that prince and mermaid tale comes straight from ancient babylon.

@Wizzardofficialchannel

10 ай бұрын

In indonesia there is "nyi roro kidul" the queen of the sea who rules the southern sea kingdom in java first written in the kingdom of mataram and rules every spirit and demon from east to west java and protects the royal family of jogja and has an agent on land called lampor (javanese grim reaper) which in javanese means "loud noise" because when you hear lampor or loud noises at night that means "nyi roro kidul" is coming to mount merapi to visit the "pasar setan" or "satan's store" .

I have always been so fascinated with merfolf ever since I was a child ❤️

Well s***, just when I was going to take down Thanos, a bloody mermaid comes along and kills me a bit!!

7:50 Sirens; the dark, edgy sisters of mermaids. Sirens are considered to be evil creatures who live in the sea. Generally, they are depicted as beautiful women with the tails of fish, but they can also be shown as scary, humanoid creatures with sharp teeth for tearing apart humans. Sirens are known for luring in sailors with their enchanting songs and then killing them.

I read years ago that mermen have their own siren singing that when heard by sailing women they would jump off their ships to try and reach them only to drown before they got there.

@esztervarga5431

2 жыл бұрын

Source?

Your voice is so calming. I enjoy listening to you tell stories.

I find it horrifying and glorifying at the same time while they're singing harmonies and luring you to accept your death (unwilling) but hard to not stop listening to the sound of their beautiful voice 😩🌊

@blackmaverick2147

8 ай бұрын

Yeah the most high cursed them the one people say don't exist

This video was actually very enlightening, I learned a lot more than I thought I already knew. Is there a chance you would do a history of dark elves

@daeshannaeraymond3199

2 жыл бұрын

Yes your right

Pan’s Labyrinth in the beginning was **chef’s kiss**

I've binged so many of your stories in the last couple of hours. I've been subscribed for a while but damn, it's always a great time on your channel.

For women month you should make a some videos on incredible female goddesses like Persephone, Ishtar and Freya. Or the goddess Inanna.

@anthiac6934

3 жыл бұрын

Freya! ❤️❤️❤️

@Daphneeoh

2 жыл бұрын

Or Daphne

@shedsumlight268

2 жыл бұрын

Freya is Venus to the Romans, APHRODITE to the greeks, Hathor to the egyptians, ETIDORPHA the Fairy queen to the Freemasons, she was to the babylonians Ishtar and to the Sumerians, Inanna. All one in the same entity, and not a goddess, but a female FALLEN ANGEL, one of the ANNUNAKI, Which was worshipped as a female goddess OF WAR AND SEX, before the world flood, She descended with the rest of the watchers to the earth in a time of our pre-flood history and lusted after mortal men, and so was cursed to become a SIREN after the World flood AND forever lusting, tempting men in either half woman half bird, or half woman half fish form in order to have offspring by them and if she does not succeed kill and eat them, much like the BLACK WIDOW SPIDER

@Jessica-zh2ck

Жыл бұрын

@@shedsumlight268 So basically a female from Jupiter who came to assist humanity and became without peer by surviving every possible attempt to get control of her

@shedsumlight268

Жыл бұрын

@@Jessica-zh2ck I don't believe I said female from Jupiter. The sirens were female angels, the ancients called them fertility goddeses or spirits. An angel is a spirit that can take on a human form often to relay a message to humanity, they are also mediators between humans and our Creator, as well as has a strong connection to creation of our world. Some have assistant many in the human guise with their observers being unaware that these beings are anything but human. However in the days of Jared according to the book of Enoch, 200 angels descended on mount hermon, lusting after humans and longing to beget children themselves. People have always assumed that these were all male heavenly / cosmic entities, The greeks refered to them as the gods that slept with mortal woman such as Zeus (Enlil) the great mountain god and Enki, god of the absu, waters aka Poseidon. yet these greek tales also speak of a few female goddesses that had sexual relations with mortal men, such as INANNA aka APHRODIE with Dinosys and even Demeter, so it wasn't just MALE FALLEN ANGELS but ALSO female angels. The male angels (watchers) as the book of Enoch states were bound together inside the earth, in the epic of gilgamesh they are referred to as the annunaki gods.Yet the females were not bound in tartarus, they were simply transformed into water spirits, into SIRENS to be exact, forever longing and lusting, as well as DECEIVING MANY UNFORTUNATE MEN, whom crosses paths with them. You find them in the tale of Atargatis and the sheptherd, MAMI WATA, in african lore, in fairy mythology, such as Melusine the demon countess of the house of Anjou and even the goddess Danu according to hinduism and Irish mythology etc. I am just piecieng the origins of these myths together for people.

I thought the bird women were Harpy's in Greek mythology

@lostxaesthetic8942

3 жыл бұрын

Multiple bird hybrids. Like a Pegasus and a unicorn or kelpie

@yokhawanha

3 жыл бұрын

The difference is harpies described as half human and bird but the human parts was ugly and theres only female harpies, while sirens their human parts remains beautiful and theres male variant of sirens. Harpies doesn't sing and didnt have connections to the sea, and sirens well known for their singing and often depicted near the sea, thats why sirens and mermaids myth somehow got mixed.

@Anma112

3 жыл бұрын

@@yokhawanha thank you for the clarification 😊

@angelacooper8973

3 жыл бұрын

The harpies are different from Sirens. Sirens were pretty and could sing. Harpies are ugly, can’t sing, and only come when someone was cursed. The harpies are also sisters of Iris and Arke.

my mom's grandpa once saw a mermaid, my mom told me that her grandpa love to fish at night, cause that's what fishermen's do here in the Philippines, one day he sailed at night and he's doing great since he's getting a lot of fish until there's something smelly around him(smell's like fish) suddenly he saw a light , not too far from him, it's really bright then he approached it because of his curiousity and saw a mermaid twirling and swimming round and round looking like she's having fun, my mom said her grandpa got scared because od the looks, it's not pretty at all and looking like a fish, he quickly left and after he left and he's already in distance, the light suddenly dissaperead so that day my Mom's grandpa doesn't sail already at night alone, idk but my mom always said this is true but idk if this true or not

"... reminding you to stay away from the fish women." but ... but .... they started singing Macarena!

@angelacooper8973

3 жыл бұрын

There’s also mermen🧜🏿‍♂️

@SirSoloSoul

3 жыл бұрын

HEYYY Macarena !!! * gets pulled to the bottom of the sea * ... worth it.

The animations are mesmerizing. I love the painterly style, the color choice is deliberate and beautiful and my favorite part is the composition of all the little elements and deep plane movement. All the little animations like moving kelp and water while the camera is moving gives the image a 3D pop in my brain. It looks magical.

As a young man, my mother always told me fables of mermaids 🧜‍♀️

@kentuckywildcatgobigblue7190

3 жыл бұрын

Your mother secretly a mermaid herself

This was amazing as always! I loved the intro and the sponsor segment!

Thank you for covering this topic because I freaking love mermaids 🧜‍♀️ Keep up the great work!

Also I love the improvements in the art and editing as time goes on. Excited for more videos!

Found your podcast!! I’m so happy about this!! ❤️

I love this intro! It really felt like I was walking into the dark Forest Lake

If merfolk were real, I'd hope they were monstrous with an air of ethereal beauty.

Imagine if a woman described the sirens song and all she heard was terribly loud, deafening screaming. Just something of nightmares.

Me and my cousin saw like 20 or more of them on the side of Santa Monica pier a few years back, at first it was just one, it was on the beach at first we thought it was a dog but then when the waves came in it jumped in the water, then more of them showed themselves but kept a distance. They also stayed out of the moonlight, I think to avoid pictures or to be seen even more, they were also lined up like soldiers.. I’m pretty sure they were there admiring the lights on the pier. Honest Truth. the ones I saw look kinda evil, really straight back posture, and even glowed a little, they looked kinda bluish but not sure what color they were but the glow was yellowish greenish luminescent. It wasn’t a very bright glow it was very dimmed but maybe could’ve been the pier lights reflecting off them but I don’t think so..

In Rwanda, mermaid were called Madame samaki, it was black in colour and white in the belly, it was said to see them around lake kivu. This story was told by a family member so I'm sure it was just to scare me 😃

Hearing the humming in the beginning “hey, I know that song.”

I actually love the intro with the lullaby from Pan’s Labyrinth it just fits the kinda chilling mood

I wish you made more like this, the presentation was totally eye catching, my class lost there minds over this and they want to watch it all the time

I've come to a realization Sirens are evil Mermaids can be bad or good Nymphs are good

I love it how you included Slavic folklore.

The "Creature From the Black Lagoon" 1954 (look him up). What would you call this creature? He is a kind of fish-man or "gill-man." Unlike the Sirens he didn't sing to get chicks to leap from their ships into the sea, no he went onto their boat and TOOK THEM!

@jasonsantos3037

3 жыл бұрын

Well feels like more like HP Lovecraft deep one the creature From the black lagoon

@mrbrotherjon

3 жыл бұрын

HP Lovecraft story called Dagon.

@DEATH-THE-GOAT

2 жыл бұрын

That would be a _seaman_

@maureendonnelly3873

2 жыл бұрын

The Irish have the salmon woman in stories with st. Patrick

I would really like to see a video about ghosts. I think its one of the few topics you haven’t covered yet! Love this channel!!

Keep up the good work, enjoy this very much 😎👍🏼

I love your mithology stories 👍😊i learned so much already from you. Thank you for it🤗

Im glad I found this channel. I hope you do selkies in the future and any other beings that are similar.

Loved the Pans Labyrinth lullaby in the beginning. Such a soothing yet haunting song. I shall hum it to my children in the future.

Really interesting and insightful video Thanks for sharing

It was the movie Pirates 4 what lead me to research those creatures, interesting.

Love the videos keep it up!

🌸 The Rusalka were water sprites, spirt of women that died in water, perhaps murdered, they basically seek revenge So they will drown evil men lol 😂

Ha ha, the introduction tongue in cheek!

i am so so grateful for this. one of my favorite lores - i always thought it was so cool how every region has their own adaptations of mermaids too

considering how lazy and apathetic i am if i ever encountered a mermaid id probably just offer them an Oreo cookie. 🤷🏾‍♂️

@lowesgameing2003

3 жыл бұрын

@@gaventer2022Oh? what makes you say that?🤨

My first visit to the beach yesterday I became dizzy yet drawn to the water.. I got used to it and didn't wanna leave .. I'm ascended much so I recieved a telepathic message of comfort but I knew it wasn't good.. I kept watching the waters .. and I also felt the force of being pulled in not just by the waves but to go in and I've always had a bad fear of drowning.. its unexplainable.. the ocean had a never ending song as the waves crashed and called my name

In the Igbo myth from Nigeria , we also refer to mermaids at Mami water.. known for bringing fortune to those who can sacrifice and leave treasures at the shore. They are also connected to the sea worship and the cleansing of souls

@obaoba1934

2 жыл бұрын

The demon tricked y'all

Will you do a video on the dark origins of Faeries?

@mysteriouscee1086

2 жыл бұрын

Fairies*

@quint3570

2 жыл бұрын

@@mysteriouscee1086 either is correct

Sirens and Mermaids are not the same creature. A Siren is a bird women that lives on the coast by cliffs who lures sailors to crash their ships into rocks with the alluring songs. A Mermaid is a fish woman they live in the sea not on land like a Siren in the original folklore Mermaids would lure sailors with their beauty and pull them into the water taking them down to the depths too drown then let the sea water pickle the sailors before eating them. The latter folklore likely because Mermaids were confused with Sirens it was a Mermaid's song that lured in sailors.

@ebxiii_

3 жыл бұрын

@Aiyana's Rainbow Bridge isnt that all women?

@eemzydemzy3072

3 жыл бұрын

I had heard of a version of the myth that said that one day the sirens were supposed to do a singing face off against the muses, the muses won and plucked the sirens feathers. The sirens fell into the water and grew fish tales which became the mermaids of today.

@mead9

2 жыл бұрын

If you read the book of Enoch since the Church scrutinized this book and excluded it from the bible. They aren't bird-like creatures, Enoch tells the real story of how they came to be.

@grobanite4ever85

Жыл бұрын

I thought a bird woman was a harpy

Proteus is my favourite merman with his shapeshifting powers from Greek Myth

this was beautiful and creative. My students would love this verison of mers

Hold up... Is that why emergency sound signals are called "sirens"? So then there is some truth lost in translation here? Now I'm hooked...

“Now, if there’s one place we can rely on for these stories to get super weird in terms of appearance, you can always count on Japan.” True.

@esztervarga5431

2 жыл бұрын

celtic myth is also in the creepy weirdo category.

Excellent. I really enjoyed this..good job!!!

That humming along with the water and thunder in the begin was hella calming 😂

@xhristopherjones_xr7381

3 жыл бұрын

Only to find out that it killed me

Waited sooooooo long

Whatever people say, I believe this creature exists. And I love them. Thank you for the video! Love your channel. Much love from Malaysia.