Animals in Mythology & Folklore
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11 ай бұрынThough myths and legends tend to focus on human characters and figures of supernatural origins, real life animals play a massive role in cultural stories. With thousands of animal species found across the planet, every culture on earth incorporates them to varying degrees in their respective mythologies. Sometimes they are signs and messengers of the gods and higher powers, sometimes they are companions or enemies to the protagonists, and sometimes they are the main characters in their own fables. This program will detail some of the ways that animals have influenced storytelling throughout the ages!
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MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
"Forest" by Eternal Depth
CLIPS:
"The Lion King" Disney 1994
"Deadly Crocodiles of the Nile River" National Geographic
Stock footage of lions, elephants, bears, owls, bison, sharks, wolves, sea turtles, tigers, seals, deer, zebras, kangaroos, cats, whales, gorillas, and gila monsters
OPENING:
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ARTISTS FEATURED:
Taran Fiddler
Anna Ro
Phil El Rassi www.philelrassi.com/
Girric art
Jorge Silva
Plain Oasis art
Antony Galbraith
Giovanni Rapiti
Olya Demidova Wudgla
Picked Pockets art
Alessia H Valastro
Samuel Molina
Gaudi Buendia
Ian Kirkpatrick
Leo D'Amico
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@niharg2011 10 ай бұрын
Never clicked a video from notifications faster than this one
@iamavoidtrippergutterslush666 10 ай бұрын
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@SongoftheLute 10 ай бұрын
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.
@faranmasood5368 10 ай бұрын
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 😉
@wolfblood5596 10 ай бұрын
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
@@Winteramen 🐺👍
@merlapittman5034 10 ай бұрын
Excellent! Id like very much to see more videos about specific animals in folklore, such as one about Coyote
@zach6395 10 ай бұрын
Mammoth skulls are belived to inspire the Cyclops
@noellehollar4347 10 ай бұрын
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.
@yolman25 10 ай бұрын
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 ❤
@WinterRabbit1 10 ай бұрын
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”
@dracone4370 10 ай бұрын
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.
@weirdredpanda 10 ай бұрын
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!).
@lefrazier4304 10 ай бұрын
Awesome at less half these stores i've heard (most though this channel, other at less one version of it)
@Duelinator 10 ай бұрын
The Lion King is still the best Disney Movie in the history of Disney Movies
@comettamer 10 ай бұрын
Somwhat surprised that Artio, the celtic bear goddess, did not make the list. Perhaps she will get her own video sometime soon?
@thecartoonsthatmadeus4 10 ай бұрын
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.
@austinroachnichiporowich1679 6 ай бұрын
Now that easy to use for legends and mythology stories.
@tonichase8806 10 ай бұрын
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!
@skrbblr2370 10 ай бұрын
cool
@flightlesslord2688 10 ай бұрын
3:27 Sun Wu Kong: Serves Gods a beatdown
@ShinyGolduck5 10 ай бұрын
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.
@tracymiller1076 10 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing !!! Great work
@madamplatypus313 10 ай бұрын
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.
@beaudoty3465 10 ай бұрын
Please make a video about Gashadokuro.
@louis_the_hedgehog 10 ай бұрын
My favorite is the battle between SET and HORUS.
@drakulta4925 5 ай бұрын
My favourite animal fable would be the two wolves and the tortoise and the hare
@christianchauhan23 10 ай бұрын
💛 all your videos mate👍
@robbabcock_ 10 ай бұрын
Fascinating stuff!
@sharkchaos5160 10 ай бұрын
Great video.
@rogueascendant6611 10 ай бұрын
THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT I ALMOST CRY!
@markgregory8085 10 ай бұрын
Most excellent!
@DaughterofAnubis 10 ай бұрын
So beautiful.
@dragowolfraven3806 10 ай бұрын
Beautiful.
@nancyM1313 10 ай бұрын
They are pretty Amazing to look at~🦁
@Eye_Exist 10 ай бұрын
Video suggestion: Finnish mythology and afterlife. it is among the weirdest i've heard
@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305 10 ай бұрын
Cerunnos after fgo lostbelt feels good
@ghosthost100 10 ай бұрын
4:19 butt lol. But good content as always.
@shaneburst5661 10 ай бұрын
Soon everyone is going to be pooping in their pants.
@user-yx6cg7fm7z 3 ай бұрын
The horned toad says we should head to Mexico 🐸
@iveBENgaming 10 ай бұрын
Shout out Maori gods but would love to see a whole video on them
@Ruby-ps2qh 10 ай бұрын
The coyote fable
@AngelRiverar-yz7kz 10 ай бұрын
👍🏼✨️
@nellidivina5280 10 ай бұрын
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...
@calisthenicsmadness1 5 ай бұрын
"MU2024"
@CuteDwarf11 5 ай бұрын
MU2024!
@skyden24195 10 ай бұрын
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.
@KingaKucyk 10 ай бұрын
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 ❤
@lesliefreeman1293 9 ай бұрын
P r o m o s m 🔥
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