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"Myths are not stories that are untrue but rather tales that don't fit neatly into the historical record which serve as a foundation to a culture" this quotation which comes from older extra mythology videos is what made me solidly interested in mythology so thank you so much so much for bringing this series back

So basically: dude got knocked unconscious, woke up and was pissed people had tried to bury him, then got absolutely devastated by two guys with shovels and fire. Dang. Poor Trevor.

Vampire: feeds on the life of others and turns them into selfish parasites Werewolf: twists civilized folk into violent and opportunistic forces of nature Revenant: decks you

Plague was common in medieval times. Burying people alive was a major fear. I'd also say that guards telling people that if they break curfew then they'll get beat up by, what's totally not a guard.

Prime example of a myth that we can apply modern reason to reverse engineer and see how it would have started. Someone gets sick or injured and is buried alive in a shallow grave, wakes up and tries to stumble home before finally succumbing. Boom, instant undead myth.

Satan, dealing with Trevor's whining: Screw it, send him back up.

I can really appreciate the reaction of the brothers. literary stories often have characters like this just refrain from doing anything and later taunt them for ... not chopping up a corpse. This makes them feel less like characters in a story someone invented and more like Pen and paper players who are not going to split up during a horror scenario.

I love that whole bit of them looking on the corpse and questioning if any of it was true as they'd never seen him walk around at night, then shrugging and saying "well we already came this far!"

"Thomas, did you have a fight with one of the king's guards?" "No, uh, Trevor did this to me." "...Trevor's dead." "Yeah, it was so strange, but I wouldn't do something that would have me executed."

I saw the grand return of Extra Mythology, and I couldn't do anything but watch.

I like the dnd 5e revenant; a person, who's murdered and wronged so badly, that their rage and need for revenge enables their spirit *to claw their way back from the afterlife* to hunt those who wronged them. For those who caused a revenant to rise, there is no escape; a revenant knows where they are at all times. It's body can regenerate like that of a zombie or vampire. And even if you manage to destroy the body? It will rise again, taking a new corspe as its vessel. Oh, but don't worry, the target will always recognize who, and what, the revenant is no matter what. This isn't to say that revenants are without weaknesses; they have a time limit. One year. One year to avenge themselves. This also comes at a cost; they cannot be resurrected, nor become a revenant again. I just love them, as the perfect revenge plot npc; an innocent who is betrayed, tortured, tormented, then finally murdered dragging themselves back to the world of the living to obtain their vengeance. But their target, some important figure (crime boss, political leader, etc), has so many more resources that they need help.. and they approach thisnparty of adventurers

I wrote a paper in my masters for medieval history that looked at this story, and the evolution of the concept of the undead/unliving and what they were perceived to be and to cause. It was a really interesting look from roughly the 8th century to the 12th.

Other traditions argue that the reason the Revenant doesn't kill random people is that it only searches for the one(s) that murdered it.

I like to think that half of these stories are just people who got prematurely buried clawing their way back out and back into the warmth of a house only to get the last vestiges of life beat out of them

What's interesting about these undead stories is that the corpse specifically moaned. Funny enough, dead corpse can actually make moaning sounds when gas escapes the body.

SO happy to see Extra Mythology come back!! Such a good series! I wonder if you guys will find more material to possibly see Extra Sci-fi come back? ^^ Keep up the amazing work!! :D

Just to add a little more to this, the 'Revenant' is a generic name for a bunch of undead creatures that rise from their graves to prey on the living, scattered throughout Europe (moroi, strigoi, strigon, wampyr, opyr, upor, upir, lepir, vukodlak, vrikolakas, etc.) While your story is from the middle ages, belief in such creatures is still a current thing throughout many rural areas in Eastern and Centeal Europe. In fact, the mythology behind modern vampires began when Austro-Hungarian authorities first witnessed Serbian peasants doing the exact sort of ritual you described in this video: you dig up the body, remove the heart, then you burn the body (it is believed that the revenant body with its heart still attached does not burn), then you take the ash and prepare a drink from it that you give to the dead man's relatives. What you missed were the reasons why somebody becomes a revenant/moroi/strigoi/vampire, etc., which I don't fault you for, since they are pretty long and dull. They can be separated into three: causes from your birth (being born with the placenta on your head, being born the seventh son in a family, being an illegitimate child or the child of a witch), causes from your life (being unfaithful, impious, excommunicated, dying without the last sacraments performed) and causes from after you die (a chicken, cat or mouse passes by your coffin, the rain hits your coffin, you are buried in unsanctified ground), so the people who were supposed to bury you did not do it properly. In all these cases, you can return from the dead to torment your community and bring about death and disease. What you explained very well, however, is that this sort of belief served to explain why certain kind of nefarious events (like a plague, for example) could happen to a community. Rene Girard talked about it being a manifestation of "collective murder", which is when a community rails up against a perceived threat or enemy and acts a ritual of exorcisation/elimination/ostracization etc. upon it. The people who performed these exorcization of the dead rituals, who dug up corpses, did it believing full well that what they did was not only ok, but actually useful and necessary in the symbolic economy of the universe. And there's more to say here, because the interest for revenants only entered the public conscience of Western Europe after the witch trials had ended, when the world needed a new enemy to project its anxieties on.

Many modern takes on revenants usually involve them being undead warriors/ Vikings warriors that either are cursed or have their spirits linger on after death guarding their tombs or treasure hoards.

My favorite strategy to use against Revenants is to hop in the passenger seat and melee the driver... ... oh, wait, wrong kind of Revenant...

I feel like a shallow burial is just how people parked an obnoxious drunk for the night back then. Which would explain the plethora of Irish undead folklore from Banshees to the Fear Gorta.

I prefer what they did with revenents in D&D, i'm only familiar with the 5e version, but it basically does like this: In order to get a revenent you had to have messed up big time, revenents are created from the rage of a deceased person literally willing themselves back to life as an undead, and this only happens if you've done something particularly traumatic to them or caused them extreme amounts of suffering. Revenents aren't weak and for the next year they will relentlessly seek out those who wronged them, they have inherent knowledge of the location of their targets, and if you ever successfully kill it it can possess another corpse to use as it's new body. No matter the body a revenent has it's stats are always the same, so if, say, a child were to raise as a revenent they would have the stats of a fully grown man, and since revenents are powered by rage and hate they'll destroy anything in their way to obtain vengeance, even if they have to go through people who don't deserve it to get to their target.

I'm genuinely fascinated by how similar the start of this is to the Irish tale of Abartach. Same manner of death, just a more gross way of walking the Earth again. I'd definitely take being a vampire king over this.

this is pretty much the basis for the modern zombie! I'm so excited! (yes, i know that the name 'zombie' comes from the voodoo religion, but modern zombies are far more similar to revenants than to voodoo zombies)

Fun video! Please also mention sneeze and cough etiquette, avoiding touching your face, and staying home if you have a temperature along with hand washing in your recommendation. These "non pharmaceutical interventions" (CDC term) are little things that we can do that easily turn into habits that make a big difference disease mitigation.

Leave it to medieval England to explain away a plague by saying an impious man got cucked so hard he transcended death. I can't put my finger on exactly why... but that feels so quintiessential of that era.

Extra Mythology will always be fascinating and enterteining! Keep up the good work guys!

3:38 - I would _totally_ buy a shirt that had this design on it: Frankenstein's monster being zapped alive with a "five more minutes..." speech bubble 5:46 - _fantastic_ reference

I miss when you would verbally say that “myths are not stories that are untrue” opener, followed by the campfire beginning of the tale. It added so much drama to the story and drew you in. I may not be a patron on Patreon but please bring that back.😢

Please say the thing out loud again with "myths are not stories"... It gives me shivers everytime

It's nice to see that Extra mythology is back and I'm looking forward for the new episodes😆

Glad to see it back. May the myths continue

Nice "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" reference 🙂

The one feature I remember about revenants is that they have glowing blue eyes, making them experts at cosplaying as Sans.

5:45 i understood that reference the curious incident of the dog in the night time i have two copies on my shelf for some reason

Thank you for bringing this back! I've been wanting new myths for ages!

Loved this series! So glad to see more of it!

"Wear a mask, wash your hands, and HIT THE THING WITH A FREAKING CAR!" XD

I was waiting for this one to come back!

I'm relieved you're still doing Extra Mythology... Its, one of my fave series here XD

I have waited so long for this. It's 3am and for once I'm loving it

I like how the unfaithful wife never came up ever again and probably got away with it.

So happy Extra Mythology is back ^^

So glad this series is back! Will y’all ever make a video on the Mothman?

Extra Mythology is back!!!! Thank you for bringing it back!

Ahhhh, so glad to have Extra Mythology back and that awesome end credits music.

So glad to see extra mythology return. Thank you!

YAY! Even though I love "So you haven't read...", I've been missing Extra Mythology so much. Thank you for bringing out and bringing back awesome content!

Extra Mythology is back! I am so happy!

Oh, how I have MISSED Extra Mythology! I’m so glad you’re bringing it back! Huzzah!

congrats on getting the pronunciation of Alnwick close enough that a local wouldn't roll their eyes at you ;)

Keep bringing this show back please

Good advice at the end!

Good to see Extra Mythology returning to us 😊

I love revenants in DnD, they have great potential for story telling.

yay!!! extra myth is back, can't wait for more videos

I noticed you really stepped it up with the moving animations recently. Good stuff 👍

So glad to see this back up. I was afraid this series was never going to come back.

Yes I love this series! Love the theme song vocals. This episode was hilarious.

Finally! It's been (litterly) years! I am so happy :D

"what brought him back?" *_PURE. FUCKING. SPITE._*

Please keep extra mythology content coming

so nice to have mythology back

I am so happy to watch Extra Mythology again.!

The amount of pure joy I feel is indescribable right now. 😊😊😊

I loved that little bit at the end🤣

5:47 I seem to remember that book having less undeath, maybe should do a reread lol

'how do we deal with the walking corpse?' 'idk, chop it up and burn it?' Like if your plan to fight dracula was to burn down his castle during the day. Not a terrible plan, all things considered.

Woo-hoo!!! Extra Mythology is back!!!

"Trevinant"...priceless 🤣

Finally! An Extra Mythology story!

Love the random Curious incident of the Dog reference!

It’s back baby!!!

I love the extra mythology series 😊

I've been looking forward to this -Count Dooku after waiting many months for a new extra mythology episode

I must say, you did a pretty good job of pronouncing Alnwick for someone who isn't local, better than most attempts I've heard from other people from in the UK

IT RETURNS mucho appreciato

Nice to have an explanation for one of the most PTSD-inducing enemies in Elden Ring. Screw you From Software, and Medieval Times in general.

When I heard The Revenant in this title, I thought of the Leonardo di Caprio film at first, but this is pretty good too.

The only thing that walks around at night, that knocks on doors, wails and beats you if they find you in my area is drunk students :))

It’s back!

Finally extra mythology is back 😭

That myth does share a name with The Revenant from the Doom series. The one from Doom does punch like in the myth, but he shoots missiles and sometimes homing missiles, which is a ranged attack.

yay its back

So Extra Mithology met the Winchester brothers. Nice ❤😂

Imagine if walking dead were about a bunch of undead people that just got up and beat people up… Rick Grimes would be arresting people left, front and center for battery.

Extra Mythology is my favorite

Beating the crap out of someone and then making up a fantastic creature to explain it the next day is peak British.

The brothers at 6:41: “Hold up. Wait a minute! Something ain’t right!” ✋

I _think_ I see what you did there with that line about a curious case of dogs in the nighttime. Maybe. I dunno, that very specific phrase made my brain go "Wait, that sounds familiar for some reason..." and I think it was a book that came up as a possible reading choice in high school English class. Maybe.

From a logical standpoint, Trevor might not have actually died, but sustained enough damage he went into a coma, and seeing as medicine in a villiage was often basic, they could have buried him alive easily. His stench could be from gangrene, and the discoloration could be from A) the full body bruise he got from falling through a roof, B) bilirubin build up if he damaged his liver, or C) hypoxia and hypothermia if he didn't get enough air underground and it was cold out. He could also have brain damage such that words became meaningless, but reflexes like walking, punching, and mental maps were still accessible, leaving you with: a disfigured, discolored man who still knows what people are, doesn't know what they're saying, but knows how to walk over and punch a person, because reasons

Can start your videos by telling the "Miths are not stories that are not true.."? That intro was so good to hear everytime

"Lookout! It's the evil undead horror, come from the grave for revenge!" "Oh no! Is he going to eat our brains?!" "No!" "Is he going to tear us limb from limb?" "Nope." "Is he...going to drain our blood? Tear our hearts from our chest? Infect us to turn us into undead too?" "No, no and no." "...what does he do then?" "He'll give you a purple nurple!"

YES. IT'S BACK!!!

I am so happy right now

I almost feel called out 😁

"what would you do if you see a revenant ??" FLAMETHROWER

For a second there I thought this was about that leonardo decaprio movie lol

Rumours still fly in small communities like isolated villages, students dorms or fashion shops. People still swear something is real because they had seen it for themselves, that is, a friend of a friend... And back in the day people didn't have cameras or other recording media, also the boredom must have been too much at times so a good, decent haunt was always great I mean horrifying.

PANR has tuned in. Hope everyone is having a great day!