Monsters of Celtic Mythology

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Some of the most frightening and disturbing creatures ever imagined come from stories told in the British Isles of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. From the Banshee who cries at the arrival of death, to the forever hunted Questing Beast. This program will cover a handful of the most dreadful, most mysterious, and most mischievous creatures and monsters of Celtic mythology!
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MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
MUSIC:
"The Elder Path" by Adrian von Ziegler
CLIPS:
Footage of Ireland, Scotland, Orkney, and Loch Ness
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@MythologyUnleashed 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you all for watching our episode on Monsters of Celtic Mythology! If you enjoyed this video, consider leaving a like, sharing the video, subscribing to our channel, or supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/mythologyunleashed

@rogueascendant6611 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Made me want to travel in England, Scotland and Ireland. Traversing in the countryside and wishing for a supernatural encounter xD

@shawnluchenta166 2 жыл бұрын

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@shawnluchenta166 2 жыл бұрын

mom

@shawnluchenta166 2 жыл бұрын

mon

@nicolebogda1482 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate this more than you know!

@avacornthelastponybender8583 Жыл бұрын

The Minotur: "I have the most disturbing origin story in Mythology!" The Questing Beast: "Hold my ale"

@borntogazeintonightskies 2 жыл бұрын

Dearg Due 1:15 Kelpie 2:38 Pooka 4:22 Questing Beast 5:50 Banshee 7:33 Red Cap 9:29 Dullahan 11:04 Nuckelavee 12:25 Barghest 14:26 Loch Ness Monster 15:59

@MariusRomanum 2 жыл бұрын

Tanks homie

@niekr0264 2 жыл бұрын

You're the man

@Elhombre36 Жыл бұрын

Thanks !!!

@WitmanClan Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 🗒️

@ultimatebishoujo29 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@NightRaiderTea Жыл бұрын

The kelpie also has another Welsh counterpart called the Ceffyl dwr, it has people climb on its back and fly into the air before dissipating into mist, causing the person to fall to their death.

@samf.s.7731 Жыл бұрын

Seeing the Torrent inspiration here...

@nocturnalcove9736 Жыл бұрын

The Banshee gets way too much hate. Poor girl is just doing her job.

@francesbernard2445 11 ай бұрын

😀I wonder how loud Joan of Arc could talk sometimes too.

@TingTingalingy 10 ай бұрын

Yes and so was Josef Stalin.

@Katya_Lastochka 2 ай бұрын

@@TingTingalingy Yeah, saving Europe.

@TingTingalingy 2 ай бұрын

@@Katya_Lastochka you believe that? 😆 If anyone, that was the Poles under King Jan Sobieski

@Cuban20 2 жыл бұрын

Well the Dearg-Due isn’t just a bloodsucking Vampire. She also had the power to extract breathe of life from people. When she killed her bastard of a father it wasn’t by bloodsucking. She kissed him on the lips and sucked out all the air in his lungs including his life force. He died instantly. She also didn’t kill herself right away. The husband had her locked in a tower with rats. So after a while of being there, the isolation drove her to suicide. And she tore her husband apart with her teeth and drained him good. Also it didn’t happen right away. It took a whole year before she rose from her grave to take vengeance. The young Peasant boy tried to find her to help her move on. But she always ran from him. I think it’s because she didn’t want redemption. Maybe she knew if she saw him she would go back to being good. And would have to face what she had done. Always she would return to her grave in the morning. So one day the peasants placed stones atop her grave to stop her from leaving. And so far it has worked. The grave is a tourist attraction to this day. Oh! And it turns out that Dearg-Due was a mistranslation someone made. It actually means “Crimson Darkness” in Gaelic.

@daisyphinney1038 Жыл бұрын

Sooo, she's a form of airbender (this is a joke).

@surprisedlobsta8543 Жыл бұрын

Given that she hasn't been sighted for centuries she's probably moved on to the next life, and i'd imagine that her husband is the one more in danger in not getting redeemed, considering he was an abuser

@IrishTechnicalThinker Жыл бұрын

The Banshee is probably the strongest and most feared here in Ireland, Bean Si translates as Women Faerie or Faerie woman. Sounds like Ban She. The Banshee is possibly related to the Tuatha de Danann and this makes her even more powerful.

@Sclasspsycho Жыл бұрын

Bean sidhe

@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 9 ай бұрын

@@SclasspsychoTheres many different ways of spelling it. An Bean Sí, Bean Sith or Bean Sídhe. Sí is the most modern version of the language, Sith the more Scots Gaelic and Easter Ulstet Irish version and Sídhe being the Older form of Modern Irish

@pgtv12 Жыл бұрын

Note about kelpies: there are some kelpies that are good and can sometimes prevent an evil one from killing a victim.

@redscale82 Жыл бұрын

We Swedish also have a creature like Loch Ness monster. Stor sjö odjuret (Big Lake monster) and some have claimed that Stor Sjön and Loch Ness is connected through a underwater tunnel.

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

supposedly loch ness has underwater caves that lead out to the sea

@noellehollar4347 2 жыл бұрын

Having a drag of a day at work, and this gem pops up in my feed. :D You delivered some fabulous narration, especially the vocal inflection when describing the darker aspects of these Celtic creatures, and your closing line was perfect. I am SO excited for the promise of a full video dedicated to Nessie. Thank you for another wonderful video!!

@TrevKriderX1Fourze Жыл бұрын

Yeah like how when he was speaking on the questing beast . And his voice got low and stern and eerie hen he said " whatever water source it drinks from will be forever poisonous to all another's"

@inferlynx737 2 жыл бұрын

Barghest are also sometimes described as having reversed paws causing the creature to sound farther away the closer it is to you at least that’s what my gran used to say

@faultyfox669 Жыл бұрын

The Banshee has always been described as this low grating howl in my family, way more like a cow crying out then a typical woman’s scream or moan, which honestly is a lot more off putting. It’s always in the night before someone/thing is found dead the next morning - the last time was years ago with my sister’s hamster 😂

@Amy_the_Lizard Жыл бұрын

I'm surprised she extended her duties to include hamsters - she must be especially diligent!

@Killreligion3_6 11 ай бұрын

The show unexplained caught on camera and paranormal caught on camera have the bean-si it definitely sounds like a woman

@TidusDowthelas 2 жыл бұрын

Most "Celtic Folklore", is about magic, the fae and whimsy of the horrifying and unexplained, both good and bad. Take the Celtic Halloquinn, or Halloween, where we get our modern traditions for trick or treating.

@naturalone6529 2 жыл бұрын

It's why I love Celtic and Pagan mythology so much. It's terrifying, fascinating, and awesome all at the same time.

@slappy8941 Жыл бұрын

Most of what you think of as Celtic mythology is fairly recent invention. You have to understand that the original culture was almost completely wiped out by the Romans and then the Christians.

@dameonboland8381 Жыл бұрын

@@slappy8941 Not necessarly. Mainland Celtic maybe, but Irish and British Celtic folklore lasted long enough to be recorded. Some things are missing for sure but there's enough to remake alot of the old mythos.

@Kellystella97 Жыл бұрын

@@slappy8941 yes and all we have left is what suvived nazi burning or written by christian monk like poetic edda all what most people imagine when they hear about pegan celtic viking annything is either misinterpreted mislearned or changed by a heartless inhuman church

@Kellystella97 Жыл бұрын

Isn’t it samhain or is that just in the clan i was brought?

@Actionfan19 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. I hope you do a video for creature of Canada. People might find it hard to believe but we up here do have a slew of monsters of our own other than Wendigo and the Thunderbird.

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

neither of the two you mentioned are canadian. they are native NA peoples (as in ALL of NA not just Canada) legends

@DarkRider-gy4rl 2 жыл бұрын

I always get so happy when I see a new video come up on this channel. I saw your video on the Jersey Devil on halloween last year and ever since, my interest for cryptids and legends have been sky-rocketed. Keep up the good work! PS: Kelpie, Nessie and Dullahan are my favorites of these legends🙂

@twilitlloyd7167 Жыл бұрын

The actual cause behind the Banshee’s screech was very likely either owls, or my favorite reason: horny foxes basically screaming that their bodies were ready. A Red Fox’s mating call sounds eerily like a woman screaming in terror.

@PuffPastry-ke3cm 2 жыл бұрын

This was really cool! Have you done Romanian mythical creatures yet? I've read that there's some pretty interesting ones.

@sturg0353 2 жыл бұрын

Great video!! I didn’t know most of these, the Nuckelavee is terrifying!

@MythologyUnleashed 2 жыл бұрын

The Nuckelavee is by far one of the creepiest monsters we've ever covered!

@marinakaiser7639 2 жыл бұрын

I never heard of Nuckelavee before 😱

@VampiricDragon666 2 жыл бұрын

If you're a fan of the SCP Foundation, the Nuckelavee also pops up as one of the SCPs that have been catalogued, granted it likely having another name entirely.

@1tarawho 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you present your content in a serious voice and tone. There is nothing more disappointing than to click on content like this and have some stupid guy cracking jokes and acting immature when presenting about this type of information. Thank you, new subscriber and great channel..

@robbabcock_ 2 жыл бұрын

What a perfect video for St. Paddy's Day! Thanks, great as always.

@GoldNettle 2 жыл бұрын

We would know more about these if it wasn't for him.

@nazeersadek6705 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing video which introduced me to a lot of mythical creatures keep up the great work guys

@Silverserri 2 жыл бұрын

I won't lie, the Questing Beast's splay legged giraffe stance at the watering hole made me laugh. XD

@BPJD2004 4 ай бұрын

It's kinda cute tho, especially with the ball python head.

@anyamiranda9452 2 жыл бұрын

Beyond amazing video. Would be incredible to turn this into a series, with mythycal creatures from around the world (if you already have, I'll check them out right now - fairly new subscriber:)

@anyamiranda9452 2 жыл бұрын

*Found the American folklore ones 😊

@MythologyUnleashed 2 жыл бұрын

So far we've done ones for Celtic, African, Greek, and American folklore as well as one for monsters of the sea! Later this year we hope to do a few more such as Roman mythology and Aboriginal mythology!

@sarahhurst140 2 жыл бұрын

Delightfully awesome video, my friend! And right on time too, suffice it to say, regarding the day I was having til this hit! I love your conscientious & brilliant finesse & style, when presenting such significant & symbolic figures of lore in general, & in this case, Celtic creatures/concepts of mythos! I learned about many of these for the first time, today! Like the Questing Beast, for instance. And others I learned even more about, like the Loch Ness Monster! Yay-ahh! That one has been ever-igniting my imagination & most likely, will continue to do so! Thanks so much & keep these wonderful videos coming! Rock on & peace out everyone 😎🌍🌈🌠

@niekr0264 2 жыл бұрын

Exactly! The timing was exactly right for me too....

@LacertaZilla2024 2 жыл бұрын

I love Celtic mythology from heroes to monsters

@LacertaZilla2024 2 жыл бұрын

The Banshee from gargoyles voice was terrifying

@BPJD2004 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, that was a great episode tho.

@marinakaiser7639 2 жыл бұрын

Och great i just saw the stories, somehow i missed them.I love Celtic mythology thank you M.U,and drawings are wonderful.😁Wish you a nice weekend ❤🖤🖐‼

@rjmckenzie4706 2 жыл бұрын

awesome video once again. if I ever visit Ireland or the UK I will make sure to not go into the woods at night, those creatures are scary as ever. can you do a video about Selkies and werewolves in Ireland.

@gensischronicles1148 2 жыл бұрын

Probably my favourite video yet. Amazing

@deadlad6911 2 жыл бұрын

As an irish man many of the pronunciations were very good even ireland which many people get wrong

@merlapittman5034 2 жыл бұрын

Well, if I had to meet one of these, I'd definitely choose the Pooka. I love the Jimmy Stewart movie Harvey and I'd hope to meet one like Harvey!

@balkrishnabanjara8514 2 жыл бұрын

King don't mind the views only mature people watch and binge your content 👑

@BinroWasRight 10 ай бұрын

This is lovely! I adore the unique and strange aspects of much of Celtic folklore and myth 💚💙

@blackgrl71 Жыл бұрын

Fascinating! Although I've read that Red Caps were giants, but clearly, at least in Celtic mythology, are goblin-like. Either way both would be terrifying

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

most celtic creatures are shapeshifters.redcaps have been described as gnome-like, goblin-like or larger like an ogre or troll.

@robbieoliver7538 2 жыл бұрын

Next time could you do a video about beithir

@marumae Жыл бұрын

This was cool as shit, very well done video! You've got yourself a subscriber! Also I completely forgot what nightmare fuel the Nuckaleavee was holy shit.

@dragowolfraven3806 2 жыл бұрын

Ah more monsters/folklore of different cultures. The Nucklavee, Kelpie, & Dullahan are terrifying.

@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Жыл бұрын

alot of these give me semi real vibes kelpie and pooka - probably revolves around rogue horses questioning beast - probably a random ahh giraffe that somehow made it to the UK banshee - red foxes screaming red caps - idk but they seem like very gnomey demons dullahan - OG headless horseman nuckelavee - unsure but maybe a deceased man ontop of a horse barghest - idk if wolves still existed in the england at that time but im putting it down to either a wolf or a large feral dogs nessie - the OG myth might have come from someone seeing a floating log and exaggerating it or something similar

@dakwa1 Жыл бұрын

I was surprised you did not bring up the Cho-Cho, it I think would have been better than Nessi. It is a very evil monster from Celtic mythology, and a even more interesting one.

@williswameyo5737 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work on Celtic mythology. The Banshee, kelpies are most terrifying.

@garveyneal1672 Жыл бұрын

1:22 Dearg Due 2:42 Kelpie 4:28 Pooka 5:58 Questing Beast 7:38 Banshee 9:34 Red Cap 11:11 Dullahan 12:31 Nuckelavee 14:33 Barghest 16:08 Loch Ness Monster

@joedefilippo9172 2 жыл бұрын

This video was awesome!

@khronicman2009 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed your video.

@Takayama-sama Жыл бұрын

I have some Irish ancestry, but ironically I never heard of a Dullahan until watching Japanese anime. They’re a very popular monster over there for some reason.

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

ive heard of all of these except the first one. Could swear ive seen a nucklavee in an anime too

@christianchauhan23 2 жыл бұрын

❤ all your video's mate 👍.

@isaiasherrero7889 3 ай бұрын

Thanks as a fantasy author I plan to use some of these for my villain's army in my series.

@takerweapon1 Жыл бұрын

I'm hoping God of War is put in this mythology next after Ragnarok. Atreus (Loki) fighting these creatures in search for the giants would be quite the fun experience. I would mix in Shakespearan stories alongside Anglo-Saxon mythology for this saga.

@VictorHernandez-nj2lo Жыл бұрын

When I think of the dullahan, I think of Celty from the anime Durarara. She is a modern dullahan dressed as a biker, who drives a mother cycle & carries a giant scythe

@tell-me-a-story- Жыл бұрын

I notice "The suductive demon" Is a very common architype in myth, almost universal, in fact.

@angelriveraangeldavidriver2004 2 жыл бұрын

Good job 👍 my friend

@5FtOfAnger Жыл бұрын

I definitely would love to see one about Japanese monsters

@MythologyUnleashed Жыл бұрын

We've done an episode on Japanese mythological creatures!

@shiveringmousepodcast7153 2 жыл бұрын

The Dullahan may have been part of the inspiration for the Headless Horseman

@stoffel5423 Жыл бұрын

I once heard what I thought was a banshee scream.. Turns out it was just my mum seeing a rat.

@Drakainas._.heart._. Жыл бұрын

😂 I'm so glad I put my soda down before I read this 🤣

@stoffel5423 Жыл бұрын

@@Drakainas._.heart._. 🤣

@evadoornewaard6559 2 жыл бұрын

Me to myself: why the f would you watch this KNOWING that you'll go to bed soon?!

@Hallel2006 2 жыл бұрын

Love the celtic mythology well done👌

@manuelcantu3808 Жыл бұрын

Would be a great videogame with strong boss fights!!

@shawnpatrich1065 Жыл бұрын

I'm attempting to create a video game that incorporates Celtic Mythology.

@bluefox8011 Жыл бұрын

anybody else realize that glasses is still a new thing so, there were alot of people running around for a very long time just not being able to see that well

@LacertaZilla2024 2 жыл бұрын

I believe Loch Ness Monster and I hope to see it one day

@robbieoliver7538 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for doing a some Scottish monsters

@DigitalinDaniel 2 жыл бұрын

Banshees are definitely foxes screaming, it sounds so freakin weird. xD

@JackRabbit002 2 жыл бұрын

Oh God is this gonna call to my people!? I'll shut up and watch

@Tarathathe77wookiee 2 жыл бұрын

Looking forward to the Nessie episode!!

@kkeegan32 9 ай бұрын

I have never heard of the questing Beast before but the description of what it looks like reminds me of a giraffe

@FatalShotGG Жыл бұрын

You're telling me the Barghests I fight in The Witcher 3 are actually CELTIC? That's cool as fuck.

@damionkeeling3103 Жыл бұрын

More like Germanic. The tales come from northern England which was settled by pagan Angles who worshiped the Germanic gods like Woden and Thunor .

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

@@damionkeeling3103 At one time the Celtiic Empire was huge and stretched over a vast portion of Europe with territory from Spain to the Black Sea. In 387 BC Brennus, a celtic warlord, sacked and pillaged Rome and killed most of the Roman Senate. You're a fool if you think the Celts were only in Ireland, Scotland, England and Wales. There were even Celtic settlements in Asia Minor

@isaiahthomas6744 Жыл бұрын

I bet that the banshee mythology spawned from the sound of pumas screaming at night.

@paythefidler3252 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't be more proud of my ancestors coming from the Emerald Isle. ☘️

@alastor-yw7og 2 жыл бұрын

Very fitting for saint Patrick's day

@ambarrose Жыл бұрын

Celtic folklore was perhaps one of the first ones I had access to growing up, through the Arthurian legends. I always tend to think of it with tenderness because of that. I don't think it is the one with the most bizarre creatures at all. South America wins that prize for me. Or the Yokai of Japan. Some of those are truly bizarre.

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

arthurian is more christian than celtic

@MySerpentine 2 жыл бұрын

Always been fond of the Kelpie . . .

@miriamwells35 Жыл бұрын

My then 8 years old son came downstairs and said he heard a woman screaming all night. We didn’t hear anything. Five minutes later I got a call from my brother saying there was nothing more they could do for my mum and we should say our goodbyes. Two weeks after she passed, my sonncame out of school and said he saw her. I was sceptical and asked if she was scary/ see through etc. He said “No, she was just in her ordinary clothes standing in the corner of the canteen smiling at me”. I was taken aback because he didn’t know my mum had volunteered one morning a week at the school canteen and often said it was her favourite part of our young childhood. He is a bit on the autism spectrum and I wonder if that has anything to do with it.

@myworld19822006 Жыл бұрын

If you hear a banshee's cry some close to you will pass, if YOU see her , you are soon to pass.

@alexandramaclachlan7597 Жыл бұрын

NO WAY! Nobody ever talks about Redcaps! Thankyou :D

@justingridley371 2 жыл бұрын

I was always fascinated by (knuckle la ve) the Orkney isles version of Satan able to spew forth Mortashane a place that withers crops kills animals and young children

@WitmanClan Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@daisyphinney1038 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, you used Adrian's music! I love his music! That's a good song for this video.

@robbieoliver7538 2 жыл бұрын

Yea I’m Scottish

@danninmatthews5640 2 жыл бұрын

Dearge Due: *Returns to the peasant and marries him.

@frederickzhou7464 9 ай бұрын

I once heard about a monster, I'm not sure if it came from Celtic legend. This story is about a dwarf king who was greedy for pleasure and made the people miserable. Finally the people killed him and buried him. Later, the king was resurrected and became a zombie to cause trouble in the world, and was eventually killed by the wizard. This story seems to come from Western Europe, but I'm not sure if it's part of Celtic mythology. Does anyone know about this and can help find its prototype, whether it comes from Celtic, and what is the name of this monster?

@VictorHernandez-nj2lo Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the banshee was the inspiration for Sindel from Mortal Kombat

@GamingWife42 Жыл бұрын

If Hollywood would just get it’s shit together, this proves they have lots of fuel to make good movies!

@JK-1975 6 ай бұрын

The Kelpie are just the lost mounts of the Japanese Kappa, you'll see it if you read about both!

@huldaherna3935 Жыл бұрын

The Kelpie has also the hoofs backward. Called Nykur in Iceland.

@Random_Chiroptera Жыл бұрын

Skipped some details on Pookas, but it seems most such videoes as these do. A common practice among farmers was to leave a portion of their harvest in the fields, and this was named The Pooka's Share. This is the food the Pooka would subsist on during the winter, and in exchange, farmers who observed this practice would be protected by the Pooka. Some of their common other forms are those of a large dog, a rabbit, and a hawk or eagle.

@SGMayuriKurotsuchi Жыл бұрын

Video: (shows pictures of the Questing Beast) Me: Oh! That's a giraffe!

@TheKrispyfort Жыл бұрын

Great. My fmr spouse and our kids are Pooka. Explains a lot

@QueenSunstar Жыл бұрын

The questing beast sounds like it might have been a giraffe.

@skurvay3429 2 жыл бұрын

You should do a video about the many bizarre creatures of Philippines Mythology.

@mathieuleader8601 2 жыл бұрын

I can see the Questing Beast to be an obstacle in a past Triwizard tournament

@MythologyUnleashed 2 жыл бұрын

It would have been an even tougher challenge to catch the creature! A Herculean task if ever there was one!

@alexanderricardojimenez138 10 ай бұрын

Pon un buen video sobre los leprechaun,gnomos y elfos nordicos y celtas❤😊

@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Жыл бұрын

i wonder if the origin of the banshee noise comes from red foxes screaming. its deceptively similar to a wailing person

@21Lazuli 4 ай бұрын

The Nucklavee could make for a great AOT Titans "The Horsemen Titan"

@AND-od5jt Жыл бұрын

1:36 Succubi usually don't take blood, but another liquid only provided by male victims...

@tell-me-a-story- Жыл бұрын

Indeed, it's as previlant as "The dragon" "The giant" And "The trickster".

@aidanhever3369 2 жыл бұрын

Can you make a video about the difference between a mermaid and a siren ?

@MythologyUnleashed 2 жыл бұрын

A siren is a bird like creature with a woman's head who sings songs so beautiful it causes sailors to crash their vessels upon rocky shores and eat them. A mermaid is a sea dwelling being with a human's top half and a large fish tail in place of legs, their motives vary between helpful, romantic, and sinister!

@aidanhever3369 2 жыл бұрын

@@MythologyUnleashed What did you mean sinister ? Also, what you described about the sirens sounds more like harpies. Is there any difference between them ?

@MythologyUnleashed 2 жыл бұрын

@@aidanhever3369 "sinister" meaning cruel or deadly. Depends on the story of course! The harpies were ugly screeching creatures, half hag half vulture. They harassed King Phineas relentlessly until Jason and the Argonauts drove them off!

@lassesgamekanaal Жыл бұрын

Quick notes, the whole singing and luring sailers to their deaths is also sometimes attributed to the modern version of mermaids, namely in Danish versions of them, lest I be mistaken. Also, the difference between harpies and sirens isn't that big, physically at least, sirens are mostly depicted as more birdlike, with a women's head, and harpies more as women with wings and often claws and talons, standing more upright, but the designs are kinda used interchangeably, so this isn't always very clear, as for their behaviour, sirens ussually live on rocks/cliffs near the water and lure sailors to their deaths, whereas harpies moreoften make their nests up in trees and generally behave in a more birdlike manner.

@Necrowolf81 Жыл бұрын

@@MythologyUnleashed FYI some legends of mermaids have their human and fish halves switched

@angbandsbane Жыл бұрын

It'll be hard to forget about Kelpies thanks to Ducktales having them as hilariously incompetent murder horses voiced by two of the My Little Pony actresses.

@JV-cy6gu Жыл бұрын

Hahahaha great content❤ thank you

@YummyBiPlutonium Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! Also...there is an SCP based off on of these....try to find it!

@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life Жыл бұрын

Am I the only one who saw the depiction here of the Dullahan and immediately thought of the legend of the headless horseman from the short story by Washington Irving titled The Legend of Sleepy Hollow? By the way to the author of this video I myself used to mispronounce the word mischievous like you and say Miss-Chee-vious which is incorrect. I was corrected by a reputable English professor many years ago and told it is actually pronounced Miss-Chiv-ous.