Cuchulain's Origins - The Hound of Culann - Irish - Extra Mythology
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Our last video focused on the end of Cuchulain at the hands of the Morrigan, but where did this hero come from? Was his start as heroic as his end? Well... not precisely. A strong but arrogant young boy Cuchulain was brash. But an encounter with a hound large as a horse and darker than the night sky will change all of that.
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@ClipsFromMaine 11 ай бұрын
This is one of his many stories as a protagonist that my grandmother told me as a child. In her version of this story, Cu Chulain drove a hurly ball down the beasts throat, and arrived at his uncle’s wearing it as a cloak. There’s not mention of puppies, but that Cu Chulain guarded his uncle’s property until the natural death of his uncle. I love oral history. Edit: I just remembered the puppies! The grew to be huge and to view Cu Chulain as their brother. Awesome. Thanks you for helping me remember more of my grandmother!
@crazytim8256 4 жыл бұрын
There are multiple similarities in the myths surrounding Cuhullain, Heracles, Rostem, and Lay of Hildebrand, which is really interesting when one considers that those myths all come from languages that stem from the same Indo-European language family. Perhaps this is a story older than time can tell.
@macgonzo 4 жыл бұрын
This lecture might interest you kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbSmlK2Vu8q0XWw.html
@danilooliveira6580 4 жыл бұрын
or maybe people love unbeatable heroes and their stories only get more and more exaggerated as it gets passed down through oral tradition.
@Raiga0310 4 жыл бұрын
There is a quote from a certain abridged series that should go here
@Gillemear 4 жыл бұрын
I can't speak for the mythology of other cultures but Irish mythology is well known for having been "filtered" through the perceptions of it's transcribers, early Christian monks. As they were often versed in Biblical and Classical texts, these monks tended to make allusions to heroes from other mythologies as they copied these stories from the oral traditions of the Seanací (Shan-ach-ee, storytellers) and Bards (priestly orators). Whether the original stories actually had these elements or not is a matter for debate but there must have been something in them to make the link so strong.
@andreanova3986 4 жыл бұрын
And Gilgamesh
@renwah8833 4 жыл бұрын
Gilgamesh ✅ Heracles ✅ Medusa ✅ Cu Chulainn ✅ Medea Sasaki koujiro Hassan-e Sabbāh King Arthur I wonder who will be next
@danilooliveira6580 4 жыл бұрын
Hassan-e Sabbah would be kind amazing, its one of those tales that walk the line between historical and mythological.
@YouW00t 4 жыл бұрын
@@danilooliveira6580 So what would it be? Extra Mythology or Extra History?
@nidohime6233 4 жыл бұрын
@@danilooliveira6580 You mean the guy who created a sect of assasins which also is where the word assassin came from?
@radjadawamindra697 4 жыл бұрын
And don't forget: Alexander the Great Lancelot Diarmuid Ua Duibhne Gilles De Rais
@anderudp 4 жыл бұрын
@@YouW00t Extra Encore
@caolanochearnaigh9804 2 жыл бұрын
Cú Chulainn is basically the Irish Heracles.... And as an Irishman myself, I am astounded that you pronounced all the names right.
@GarthTheMighty 4 жыл бұрын
Er, “virtuous,” no question, but “selfless?” Bit a of stretch.
@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522 4 жыл бұрын
Swiping left a goddess to stay on his post is selfless enough for me
@finnpom7795 4 жыл бұрын
@@paweandonisgawralidisdobrz2522 beating a god in combat then making her have his kid isnt too selfless (oh and he died at 17 btw)
@eightthgie4579 4 жыл бұрын
@@finnpom7795 and don't forget this bastard killed his own son
@SupernovaOneFourOne 4 жыл бұрын
@@finnpom7795 when did he do that?
@Maggot91ify 4 жыл бұрын
@@SupernovaOneFourOne There's a story in where he had a son with the daughter of Scathach (his teacher). Some years later the son, grown-up, confronts Cúchulainn and they engage in a duel. If memory serves me, Cúchulainn threw Gae Bolga (his special spear) at his son and the wound was fatal. Right as he was dying did Cúchulainn learn that he was his father. That's what I recall learning at some point anyways
@LeodiAstoriaXIII 4 жыл бұрын
He's still fighting the Holy Grail War though.
@vinkosp 4 жыл бұрын
and recently he aid many Rank E Luck masters to regain the humanity foundation
@nicomorgan9604 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf this man's best friend, the dog, gets murdered because the king forgot his nephew. She deserved better.
@ZecaPinto1 4 жыл бұрын
The question remains. Is the "dog" a dog or a bitch?
@l.o.b.2433 4 жыл бұрын
Wrestling a giant hound? He really is irish Hercules
@francisstaines228 4 жыл бұрын
Cú Chulainn has more in common with Achilles, Beowulf, and Gilgamesh
@jthunderboldt 3 жыл бұрын
i i understood that reference
@Vazk0r 3 жыл бұрын
But can he defeat actually Satan?
@jthunderboldt 3 жыл бұрын
@@Vazk0r Archer: Im not the devil RIN
@durrangodsgrief6503 3 жыл бұрын
@@francisstaines228 agreed he more irish Achilles than Hercules
@shudheshvelusamy7644 4 жыл бұрын
So Cuchulain is basically just the Irish equivalent of a Shonen anime protagonist.
@giovannimidiri3569 4 жыл бұрын
Oh you have no idea, just wait till he goes full Warp Spasm.
@druid_zephyrus 4 жыл бұрын
you act like anime protagonists are anything new!? Gilgamesh might as well have had Yugi-oh hair. And his buddy, Enkidu...clearly a New York accent.
@druid_zephyrus 4 жыл бұрын
now that I'm thinking about it: Can anyone contact Shonen about a pilot I am now working on. it starts in a typical high school and the protagonist is named Gil...
@DeanHarper 4 жыл бұрын
Hindu mythology goes full DBZ at several points.
@FirstnameLastname-bh9qs 4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, Cuchulain is the second most anime protagonist mythological character I've ever witnessed, only behind Sun Wukong. The Riastrad transformation is really like incredibly anime and most of the techniques he learns from Scathath have names like anime attacks. It's honestly shocking there hasn't been a straight anime adaptation of the Ulster Cycle.
@pikachusdisciple7389 4 жыл бұрын
i watched overly sarcastic video of this legend. I cant chose which one i like better
@oakishere8240 4 жыл бұрын
Gabriel Sievert os
@Romellenios_Lanz_Daemos 4 жыл бұрын
OS
@juuuuuuno_7 4 жыл бұрын
OSP
@MrAzulmagia 4 жыл бұрын
There is no better, there is only more for us.
@danilooliveira6580 4 жыл бұрын
both have very different approaches, OSP is less detailed and tell more of his legends, EM goes deeper into his origin and ending. OSP also goes deeper into the historical aspects and contexts of those tales, while EM usually only recounts the legends.
@Borderose 4 жыл бұрын
"He's pretty much Irish Hercules, Rin!"
@cathpalug1221 4 жыл бұрын
Timestamps
@sarosp9330 2 жыл бұрын
But is he SATAN?
@tsargoomba91 3 жыл бұрын
‘HE’S PRETTY MUCH IRISH HERCULES, RIN!’
@rafioli6675 4 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for the part where he fights in the holy grail war
@nikitastrygun3875 4 жыл бұрын
Im Irish and although you have a few minor mistakes in the tale that ive been told, im genuinely impressed by the accuracy. Keep up the good work :p
@nameofacreativevariety9985 4 жыл бұрын
It's not that this telling or the one you heard are wrong it's that as storys and legend grow in age the may chang especially those that were passed orally
@kennethallen3843 4 жыл бұрын
I'm Irish myself and my biggest fear was pronunciation
@zozo3616 4 жыл бұрын
Love how they’ve got what looks like Cashel in the background even though Cú Chulainn was an Ulsterman and this from the ULSTER cycle..... :/
@PainCausingSamurai 4 жыл бұрын
My family is almost entirely descended from Gaelic (Welsh, Scottish, Irish) ancestors, but it's only been recently (thanks a lot to OSP and EC) that I've been learning about Gaelic mythology.
@jonm7512 4 жыл бұрын
Same but with South English instead of Irish
@PainCausingSamurai 4 жыл бұрын
@@sevatarlives185 Thanks. Case in point; I'm woefully disconnected from my family history before the Highland clearances
@nightbridge1027 4 жыл бұрын
Look up the "Celtic Myth Podshow" -- that place is a TREASURE TROVE
@Crazael 4 жыл бұрын
Gaelic mythology is sadly under represented in modern culture.
@fullirishham1015 4 жыл бұрын
Might just be semantics, but the Welsh aren't Gael's like the Irish and the Scots. They're Brythonic Celts.
@MrRando-cs1sn 4 жыл бұрын
Rin watch out something tells me this guy's trouble and never wins fights.
@jonathanmacapagal7185 4 жыл бұрын
Lancer's DEAD!
@Juan94766 4 жыл бұрын
youre not human!
@halikarnak1862 4 жыл бұрын
Finally i found the fate comment
@radjadawamindra697 4 жыл бұрын
@@checkersenjoyer KONO HITODENASHI!
@vinkosp 4 жыл бұрын
KONO HITODENASHI! (2)
@MisterJasro 4 жыл бұрын
Vid "Where did he come from?" Me "Where did he go?" Vid "Also a great question."
@glepnervon9486 4 жыл бұрын
I remember hearing of this from Disney's gargoyles
@marcusbierman5310 4 жыл бұрын
I just re-watched "Hound of Ulster".
@zedatkinszed1216 4 жыл бұрын
Where do you guys get your info on this? That's a serious question- I've genuinely never heard this version of how he killed the hound. I'm Irish we learned this stuff in school, heard at camp fires, read about in college, saw it adapted on tv and theatre. And I never saw this. Generally it's agreed that story goes that he struck the ball into the hound and down it's throat killing it. Also and regarding both Cuchulainn videos - you didn't mention the warp spasm - he's basically the Hulk!
@kishinasura1504 4 жыл бұрын
Hey, no reference to his hawt, skin tight purple teacher???
@HerrUberSniper 4 жыл бұрын
When I was growing up the version of the story I was told made him seem less smug (no 150 vs 1 hurling for instance :P ) and rather than yeeting the hound into the sky he pucked the sliotar so hard at it's mouth it choked to death on it (yikes). Still! A nice telling of the legend!
@vinkosp 4 жыл бұрын
Finally, our favorite doggo enter the spotlight !
@coypirus6872 4 жыл бұрын
Lancer ga shinda!
@dapuk4430 4 жыл бұрын
KONO HITODENASHI!
@F00nyplaysgames 4 жыл бұрын
I was told this story when I was much younger and I’m so happy you guys covered this, thanks extra mythology team!
@steveallen3316 3 жыл бұрын
I remember him dying while trying to save a twintail tsundere
@SeaDog337 4 жыл бұрын
The pronunciation is closer to [coo HULL-in], with the stress and a little extra phlegm on the "hull". This is due to the use of lenition in gaeilge (irish) that softens some consonants under certain circumstances.
@ethanhal2874 2 жыл бұрын
Each part of Ireland has different dialects so the pronunciation varies
@eoghanmcclintock9241 4 жыл бұрын
I was always taught that he hit the ball with his hurley right through the Irish wolf hound's head.
@biologicalshinju9629 3 жыл бұрын
You forgot the part where he fought King Arthur and then killed a fake priest
@nightmarekinggorb 4 жыл бұрын
This series is excellent. Keep up the good work!
@The_Jade_Jester 2 ай бұрын
These stories were told to me as a littleon so it is just grand to hear this channel that I enjoy tell it
@lukono_7794 4 жыл бұрын
These are some of my fav videos are mythology ones. Keep up the great work guys!
@jordanrejon5091 4 жыл бұрын
I love it when extra mythology uploads on my day off
@andrewjohnson6716 Жыл бұрын
I got to play the role of Chu’Chulainn in a play on by an Irish theatre company. The biggest argument among the cast and crew, all from different parts of Ireland, was the correct pronunciation of his name with no two people having a pronunciation in common. 😂
@ZephyrGlaze 4 жыл бұрын
What Zoe really said was "And where did he go? Where did he come from, Cotton-Eye Joe?"
@SAMUELSKUWAR 4 жыл бұрын
This is so cool! It's like a prequel! Thanks, guys!
@kerentan9446 4 жыл бұрын
i really like the aesthetic of all extra credits videos! keep up the great work!
@hamiltoncopy6909 4 жыл бұрын
I love you videos you have helped me learn so much and I always can’t wait till you upload another video
@felixc.3444 4 жыл бұрын
Great video guys, this is one of my favourite ones
@inserisciunnome 4 жыл бұрын
Three mins after realease? Did you fast-forward in time or what?😂
@felixc.3444 4 жыл бұрын
emanuele reali No I think I finished it a minute ago, how does that work Edit: oh god oh fuck I skipped like 3 minutes of it
@samuelschonenberger 4 жыл бұрын
Now I know why they always call him a dog in Carnival Phamtasm
@domsjuk 4 жыл бұрын
1:00 The Rock of Cashel as the seat of the Ulster king? Not sure how I feel about that.
@JadeLwoj 4 жыл бұрын
You know, I've always wondered if the actual doggo in this story might be something like or related to a black Caucasian Shepherd Dog aka. a Russian Bear Dog. Now THAT'S a dog to ride into battle.
@nidohime6233 4 жыл бұрын
It was mostly likely to be an irish wolfhound or even a wolf dog.
@baconbreakfast1404 2 жыл бұрын
2:16 THERES ONLY PAWNS AND ONE OF THEM IS TOUCHING THEIR END OF THE BOARD
@arconnelly5365 2 жыл бұрын
Can you make more videos about Celtic mythology?
@awesomebroke 4 жыл бұрын
No wonder cuchulain so pissed when emiya mocked the hound. I still wanted cu dinosaur tho, those berserker is so cool.
@pescifromthehitmanteam3711 4 жыл бұрын
Always love Extra Mythology vids.
@user-gw5df2br5k 4 жыл бұрын
1:40 no words for how disappointed I am that ye didn't even attempt to say sliotar
@bemk 4 жыл бұрын
That shéimhiú in Chulainn though, and that emphasis when trying to make Cú Chulainn a single word ... Would've been awesome to see them try XD
@gibusllama3418 3 жыл бұрын
And the name Cú Chulainn was sung out loud that night. In a tale of rage and ruin and of might, and the name Cú Chulainn so furious and wild. To remain in myth and memory A legend of the isle
@brunontahomvukiye1329 4 жыл бұрын
You guys do great work and explain it so good that even a 1 years old baby would interested and probably watch it for an 1 hour
@jasonbassil9480 4 жыл бұрын
This is inaccurate. Everybody knows lansa has red eyes and blue tights.
@markuscederberg2081 4 жыл бұрын
and dies every time
@rikuvakevainen6157 4 жыл бұрын
You are not a human!
@fakeskyler2305 4 жыл бұрын
Can't forget the Ponytail.
@aliffimran2073 4 жыл бұрын
Lancer died!
@kishinasura1504 4 жыл бұрын
And a hawt teacher
@drthehunterman 4 жыл бұрын
Pretty good! Have you guys heard about the stories of his warp spasms? Some myths claim he had some weird like hulk out thing were his body grew disproportionately and had a bulging eye
@miles3101 4 жыл бұрын
Can't wait for the part whit Scathach.
@TheCreepypro 4 жыл бұрын
nice it was cool to hear this after last weeks tale both were amazing stories really
@chifuee226 4 жыл бұрын
Lancer is dead!
@theotherguy7704 4 жыл бұрын
Great vid
@caelan2960 4 жыл бұрын
I love the animation, awesomeeee
@aaron9042 4 жыл бұрын
Wow I've never heard hear this version! In the Irish account he whacks the ball with his stick, and it lodges straight in the hounds throat and killed it. Didn't know about the throwing him in the air bit. XD
@seriouslycrazy8608 4 жыл бұрын
RANSA GA SHINDA !!! KONO HITO DE NASHI !!!
@caipingcui7594 3 жыл бұрын
OMAE WO SHINDIRU
@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 3 жыл бұрын
Absolute legend...undone by being jettisoned into a ceiling light...or was it by a Pegasus?
@pengi90 4 жыл бұрын
Not sure how I missed the last cu vid... I see cu, I click...
@Amanda_Harper 4 жыл бұрын
“Selfless”...umm...suuuuuuuuuuuure.
@XxelitexX-wy5im 4 жыл бұрын
YAY more Gaelic mythology
@cowboycody8094 4 жыл бұрын
May I suggest doing some myths on the jackalope of Wyoming in the future.
@Numba003 4 жыл бұрын
The animations in this are a ton of fun. Excellent video as always guys. Stay well out there, and Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
@darkithnamgedrf9495 4 жыл бұрын
Good video
@69p59 4 жыл бұрын
👌 Good video
@jonahlivingston4579 4 жыл бұрын
I love the mythology videos
@shaneleskinen2111 4 жыл бұрын
Well that escalated quickly
@1Ficy 4 жыл бұрын
I like that they didn’t even attempt to say the word sliothar
@sidrezig4449 Жыл бұрын
Lancer is so cool!
@jilloconnell6345 4 жыл бұрын
Do you like Irish Myths/Legands? I know the irish is tough to pronounce but this is so cool :D love your stuff!
@therepublicoftexas1539 4 жыл бұрын
Please do an episode on the Alamo
@charliefarmer4365 3 жыл бұрын
That’s one way to make an entrance
@galio7741 3 жыл бұрын
"I'm so sorry that i killed your dog, so now i will be your dog" - CuChulainn, probably
@MythicFool 4 жыл бұрын
A nice short rundown. Take a listen to Ronnie Drew tell the story of Cúchulainn as well.
@underreview7200 4 жыл бұрын
The Hound of Rowan is a great book series
@patrickallen1330 4 жыл бұрын
u guys should do a series about the mahabharat. and it can teach ppl a lot of lessons if they bother to look into it
@cjayx 4 жыл бұрын
Has someone been watching the fate series?!?!?
@alexanderfallon377 4 жыл бұрын
Great content, though a few moments for a Lies episode; 1/ The 'castle' @~1:01 & 1:47 is the modern era monastic ruin in my home town Cashel (~ meaning castle) that was contemporaneously not stone made. The wall was famously built with stone during the Famine work projects era. 2/ Cashel is not in Ulster, where Setanta is heroically heroic. Cashel is co. Tipperary, Munster. Source: I'm from there, the opposite side of that hill (locally erroneously called gallow's hill and Cromwell's hill ) @1:01.
@anonymoussoap8310 4 жыл бұрын
On this episode of "Lets see how much more I'll like OSPs version of this"
@happygoluckyscamp 4 жыл бұрын
No, last week you took two parts of Ulster Cycle, set 5-10 years apart. Also, you left out the bit of him being conceived three times. And been born at Newgrange. And in battle, due to his demigod status, would assume the Riastrad (warp spasm) and that his spear, Gáe Bulg, was forged from a sea monster's spin and would rip anyone apart.
@Tehnikification 4 жыл бұрын
Now I will be waiting for prose and poetic edda
@jvukovic4 4 жыл бұрын
5:31 Metal Gear Revengance,Wolf Mix
@matthorgan2208 4 жыл бұрын
When I was told this story Cú Culainn hit the sliotar directly into the hounds mouth and killed it instantly
@bigpigeon2384 4 жыл бұрын
You gotta find a way to make that intro more snappy
@brunofeitosafl 4 жыл бұрын
nice!
@rosesydney5456 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, Just so you know, This myth is still alive in Ireland ,in fact I learned myself and I am ten. (I am Irish)🇮🇪
@jimmynyarlathotep6857 3 жыл бұрын
I love the way Setanta sounds like Sonic the Hedgehog
@LatinaCreamQueen 4 жыл бұрын
He didn't even have to go over 85 rage to kill a Fenrir... nice. Probably building Warrior's Boots and Berserkers Shield.
@monroerobbins7551 3 жыл бұрын
Damn, the Morrigan! Morrigan is my legal name, and hearing about this is super rad to me!
@ArkadiBolschek 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like Cúchulainn and Samson would have made great pals...
@michaelconnell1010 4 жыл бұрын
Wonder which Extra Credits series should cover the Fate franchise given it’s most notable entries are video games but its major characters the Servants are from mythology and history...
@amei653 4 жыл бұрын
Who Else Watch Fate/Stay Night.
@savilene9773 4 жыл бұрын
Excite! Thanks for doing Celtic/Irish myths, it's so hard to find anything about them and a lot of sources on Celtic myths avoid the Irish side of it all and focus more on the English parts of Celtic mythology. Easily one of my favorite channels on KZfaq
@talideon 4 жыл бұрын
You might be looking in the wrong places: English mythology is Germanic, not Celtic, and has more in common with Norse mythology. The Normans stole some stuff from the Welsh (which gave us King Arthur, &c.), but that's a whole other story. Jeffrey Gantz's "Early Irish Myths and Sagas" is good, and Thomas Kinsella's translation of "Táin Bó Cuailnge" is excellent. I had a dig around, and found "Celtic Myths and Legends" by Peter Berresford Ellis being recommended.
@zerosternritter566 4 жыл бұрын
next vid should be a standoff match between Cu Cuhlain vs Ku Kluxklan
@Dingomush 3 жыл бұрын
This story and the one of single combat at the bridge, are these the only tales of this hero? Or might there be more to be spun in the future?
@jamcdonald120 4 жыл бұрын
where did he come from, where did he go, where did you come from Cuchulain bro!
@jamesrooney8564 4 жыл бұрын
Slightly different version to what we were learned in school. We learned that he hit a sliotar with his hurley into the dogs mouth and killed the Irish Wolf hound
@abcdef27669 4 жыл бұрын
5:35 - It was at that moment that the King knew... He f*cked up.
@JusticePro 4 жыл бұрын
Cuchulain picks up Culann is like "YEEET!!!".
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