Greece: My heroes fought gods and monsters for love! Japan: My heroes showed no fear in challenge! France: _s n e k_

Note to self: next time you want to talk to a fae... bring an attorney.

...And then Melusine became the Starbucks logo and lived happily ever after...

“If you see a flying serpent, you May be from royalty”. Or you’re in Mexico, or Central America, and it’s just Quetzalcoatl.

"No no no. I don't have massive birth defects because of inbreeding. I'm just...magic. Yeah."

This story is literally: common dude, you had one job.

I feel like a little communication would go a long way here. "Hey honey, I'm getting really curious about what you do each Saturday. Can I ask, even if I can't see you, what's up? Or at least get an idea of why I can't?" "Oh, yeah, sure. I was cursed for an overenthusiastic pursuance of justice as a teenager and a terrible consequence will befall me if you do." "Oh wow, sorry to hear that. Well if you ever want to talk on Saturdays I'd be happy for us to work out a system by which we could chat through curtains or the like. Or if you've gotten used to Saturdays being your alone time that's fine too. Love you honey, I'm so glad you're part of my life."

It's nice to see that people just clicked "agree" under all sorts of contracts even back then

This is really a morality tale on the importance of clear communication.

So the grounds of a good relationship between faes and humans is respecting each other's privacy. Okay. cool.

Imagine claiming to be royal cause you have seen mystical fish grandma.

Moral of the story: Be up front with your husband and have faith in your wife.

I’m surprised none of these guys asked why they couldn’t see their wives at this times.

Fun fact - Melusine's mother Pressyne is sometimes said to be the sister of Morgan le Faye, the demise of King Arthur. And King Elynas is just one example of a "King under the Mountain" in folklore, rumored to one day return when their nation needs them most (King Arthur and Sir Francis Drake are also given this treatment).

Let’s see what this danger noodle has to offer.

*Japan* Crane: don't look Human look *France* Fairy:don't look Human: look Crane& Fairy: what's wrong with you

And this is where the long standing tradition of “Saturday’s are for the boys” started

Fgo took me here

The fact that most of his children were supernatural in their physicality, and he never stopped to wonder: "Maybe what she said about not seeing her is pretty serious, huh?" Also, like @J1P2K commented below... Just talk to your wives. It's way easier.

That shriek, and how "melusine" reads almost like "I made a loud noise" in my native Finnish, amuses me.

I had no idea that Melusine was a name from mythology! In my language, melusine (meluzína) is a word for strong winds, usually a snowstorm, and is associated with the different pitched sounds it makes, like the whistling and howling in the trees or down chimneys. Thank you for this video! :)

“He can totally do that”. I think we all know where This is going.

As a Jewish person, the whole "don't see what I'm doing on a Saturday" sounds...suspicious. Coincidence I think not.

So I come from Luxembourg and we have that story of, as we call her, Melusina. But there are some differences. For instance the story about her mother of father doesn't come up here, or we're simply never told. Then here it isn't a half serpent but just a simple woman that transformes into a mermaid when she bathes. She is married to the king siggismond (the first Nobel to settle in the city of Luxembourg) and he is the one that sees her while bathing. Here he doesn't open the door, but she somehow, notices that he looked through the door hole and then she jumps out of the window of the castle into the river (alzette). It is said that still today she lives there. Oh and here nothing is said about her, flying and screaming in the night. But it is quite interesting to see that other countries have the same medieval myth but with time it developed into similar stories with some changes in it.

Little known fact about the Fae is that most Fae/mortal marriages end happily on account of mutual communication and respect for each others' personal boundaries.

The Daughter's Revenge on their father seemed quite extreme for how minor the promise broken was

The Serpent of Woe Whoa!

I read a story that melusine married a count of anjou, and was beautiful and perfect in every way, but she would always leave just before the eucharist was brought out in mass, and one day she was stopped from leaving and when the eucharist was brought out she turned into a dragon and flew away, which was why later the plantagenets joked they were descended from the devil.

I haven’t even finished the video and I’m already hyperventilating over the whimsical art style and wonderful mythology.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="428">7:08</a> _"....and our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers!" "...alright, then. Don't labor the point.."_ (Monty Python sends their regards..)

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="136">2:16</a> how could someone refuse HUGE TRACTS OF LAND

So this is why Melusine has a dragon trait.

Imagine being one of the boys stuck with dumbo ear, a cat paw or bieber teeth while your brother gets to have the cool anime eyes

Yep, my great grandfather claimed to be descendant of the De Lusignan so I heard that tale many times. Also, Melusine is the symbol of Starbucks, forgot to mention.

Melusine when something bad's gonna happen to the king: aaaúuuhgģh Melusine in Paris, France, the lord's year 1793: *¡¡¡AAÁÆÍÌÜÝĢHGĞHHH!!!*

King: *sees giant dragon... snake thing?* Also King: *chuckles* I'm in danger!

Melusine is also a servant from fate series.

Hey, really nice video. Glad to see someone talking about this legend. I come from Poitou in France and I was taught this myth during my youth. Raymond (or Raymondin in local langage) was the count of Lusignan. During the middle ages Lusignan was an important city of the Poitou and the "de Lusignan" house was believed to be descendant of Raymond and Melusine. The area near Lusignan is still today called the "pays Mélusin" (Melusine's country) proof that the legend is still living even after hundreds of years.

I mean, let's give that second guy some credit. He held out long enough to have 10 kids, after all.

No joke, this kinda sounds like the plot of Shrek

Let's take a moment to consider that Melusine had healthy children despite their anomalies.

I wonder why can't the fae explain their terms to the humans they interact with...

A boy with one red eye and one blue eye... Did he later join the Disfavored, by any chance?

Country: Isle of Avalon Government: Autonomous Collective.

Some similarities to other myths, along common threads of bathing, peeping, and lovers making and breaking promises to each other: -Greek mythology has a few stories of men trying to watch Artemis bathe and being punished. The more well-known version involves the peeper being turned into a stag and torn apart by his own dogs, while there's another story of a boy who had to choose between death or being transformed into a girl and joining Artemis's huntresses. -With inverted gender roles, there's also the Greek myth of Semele, Dionysus's mother and Zeus's lover. Zeus promises to fulfill any wish of hers, but asks her not to wish to see his true form, since a mortal will die upon seeing a god. Prodded by a jealous Hera, Semele asks anyway, gets her wish, and is incinerated by the sight. -There's a Hindu story, which Extra mythology covered a few weeks ago, about Parvati creating Ganesha to guard the door while she bathed, and Shiva, Parvati's husband, came in wanting to see his wife, and decapitated Ganesha. -Japanese folklore has a story of a man who saves a crane from hunter. A beautiful woman later comes to him, claiming to be his wife. She goes in a room for several days and tells him not to peek, and comes out with a fine article of clothing that sells for a high price. She does this again, he peeks, and finds out that she was actually the crane, transformed into a woman. Since he learned this, she has to leave and never come back. There are several different versions of this story with different animals such as a fox (kitsune), snake, and clam (who makes delicious soup for her husband by urinating into it). There's also a story of a man who insists that his wife take a hot bath despite her not wanting to. She eventually agrees, but when he returns, he found that his wife is missing and there are only melting icicles in the bath; his wife was a Yuki-onna, a snow spirit, who melted. -Irish mythology has the story of Diarmuid who helps an ugly old lady one night, and the morning after, she becomes a beautiful young woman. She grants him his wish of a house overlooking the sea, and they marry, but under the condition that he never mention how ugly she looked on the first night they met. He agrees, but they later get in an argument and he breaks his promise, which leads to her leaving, the house disappearing, and Diarmuid's beloved dog dying. He then goes on a quest to try to get her back.

Another mythical parable showing us why good communication is key to a healthy relationship

So the story’s moral is: dude, don’t be a peeping Tom, at least with mysterious women in the woods.

And here I am looking for FGO Melusine comp

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="413">6:53</a> AWWWWWW that's heartbreaking.

Luxembourg mentioned! That’s so rare but always happy when our tiny country in Europe gets represented lol

"Just what was his wife doing every Saturday" chillin with the girls, the hell.

Matt my man, you outdid yourself this time. Really this was fantastic!! Big credits to everyone at EC.

When you see a flying serpent in the clouds, you’re royalty! Orrrrr..... you’re an Australian on a typical Monday afternoon.

*Every story about a bargain with the fae* Guy: I can totally do that. Narrator: Yeah, he's going to screw it up.

Thanks for teaching me about all these lesser-known myths 😊

Moral of the story: don't stalk women. Not even your wife. Also don't be angry at a father you have nothing to do with.

Omg the facial expressions of the characters are so great 😂 Inc. the pouting lips 😗 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So happy this one was covered

Good to see this artist getting better at expressions.

For a second I thought this gonna be another Yuki Onna story.

Alinus: surely I'll be able to resist seeing my wife and kids bathing! Me: *flashbacks to Nergal's visit to the Underworld*

Next french legend : the Tarasque ! DnD characters :"run, run away for your life !"

I loved this one! I've never heard this one before & I know alot of myths. Can you guys please do ALL the myths with this same narrator?

Oh, I didn't think that would ever end up here! This is a not so well known tale, which hardly ever leaves its urban origin area :O

Melusine in my mind is the name of one of the houses for Bauxbatons school for wizardry

Love the little details in the end animation :) .

i swear these people who work at extra credits are legends

mfw my recommendations are faster then my notifications

I read a book once that was a double biography of Joan of Arc and of King Charles' mother Yolande of Aragon. The author argued that Melusine was an archetype for fidelity and betrayal, and Joan of Arc was a Melusine figure, so to speak (person with supernatural power, used their powers to reward a patron, betrayed by the patron). It's called 'The Maid and the Queen" and it's by Nancy Goldstone.

really appreciate the lesbian pride flag on the boat in the image of the isle of avalon at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="225">3:45</a>!

i'll always remember melusine as that cute which from the comic book i read while a kid. i should buy those someday, still never read the full thing.

Fun fact : In my childhood city of Bailleul in France, they have a big metal statue of Mélusine in the top of the town house’s tower. Thanks for the video.

I wonder if the being serpent on Saturday had symbolic significance for the stroy. Saturday was bathing day for vikings and Scandinavian cultures. So being cursed on saturday might have actually meant that the curse struck during bathing day. So significance of the curse turns from being serpent on random day of the week to being serpent while bathing which reminisces of the promise they had with the king.

They never leaarn! No one ever meets a woman in the woods near a river singing a haunting melody and suspects a thing. despite all the stories!!!

Wasn't Melusine also a siren boss in the Witcher 3? Awesome to see the story they got the idea from!

What bizarrely specific curses.

Nice vid man.

My mom dug up as much info as she could about her ancestors and found a Lord de Beaumont among her paternal lineage who claimed to be a descendent of Mélusine.

Extra mythology: if you see a giant serpent in the sky good news your royalty Also me: *chuckles* I'm in danger

"the battle is about to begin" me, a bazbattles watcher: HYPE

I love Extra mythology

Nice lesbian pride flag on the boat. Gave me a chuckle :)

WOAH!! I have never been so early Amazing episode!

Next time can you cover the “lo specchio di Misurina” (Misurina's mirror) myth? it's a popular myth in Veneto, Italy and i would really apreciate to watch this is this channel

NEVER BEFORE HAVE I BEEN SO EARLY

🎶 I ain't sayin she a gold digger, but man that Faye is a cruel trickster 🎶 💰💰💰👩👫

Two minute Tag in. Already know the video will satisfy my mythology fix for today

This is literally why you discuss things like "Why can't I see you saturday?" with your spouse, because "I'll turn into a horrible monster" is a pretty good reason to give someone privacy

Bruh that Raymond fellas children gave me more lovecraftian horror having children with yog-sothoth type vibes then magical fay wife sort of vibes

If only the fay I once loved had had such simple and straightforward terms for her to give her love

Great video its a shame that more poeple dont wach extra history

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="87">1:27</a> NARRATOR:...and her hands were long and delicate ME: What hands?

Hmmmm interesting boat ya got there <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="222">3:42</a>

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="389">6:29</a> When your in the ocean and something touches your foot.

i never heard this before! cool story

Got me so hyped, but then it seemed like unfinished story 🙃

That was spine chilling scary...........

Also, depending on the historical period and the location your at, being royalty isn't always a good news ...

Ah, so THAT is why I have yet to see a mythical creature! I haven't been in danger yet. Good to know the reason.

Right when I start thinking they stopped making these