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Animals in Mythology & Folklore

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Though 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
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@SongoftheLute Год назад

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.

@niharg2011 Год назад

Never clicked a video from notifications faster than this one

@iamavoidtrippergutterslush666 Год назад

🕯️😼🕯️

@faranmasood5368 Год назад

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 Год назад

But it also makes me sad that extinct species are gone now 😢

@melanimatejak6821 Год назад

@@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 😉

@zach6395 Год назад

Mammoth skulls are belived to inspire the Cyclops

@wolfblood5596 Год назад

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 Год назад

That would be awesome 😄

@Winteramen Год назад

Omg i wanted to comment the same thing haha

@faranmasood5368 Год назад

@@Winteramen 🐺👍

@noellehollar4347 Год назад

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.

@merlapittman5034 Год назад

Excellent! Id like very much to see more videos about specific animals in folklore, such as one about Coyote

@yolman25 Год назад

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 ❤

@dracone4370 Год назад

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 Год назад

Wolves are even more complex, going from hellish creatures in some cultures to children of gods in others.

@WinterRabbit1 Год назад

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”

@weirdredpanda Год назад

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 Год назад

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!).

@comettamer Год назад

Somwhat surprised that Artio, the celtic bear goddess, did not make the list. Perhaps she will get her own video sometime soon?

@thecartoonsthatmadeus4 Год назад

Most popular mythical creatures unicorn and dragon

@niharg2011 Год назад

Vampires and Werewolves MIGHT be more popular than Unicorns, but it's pretty close

@melanimatejak6821 Год назад

@@niharg2011Popular yes, but subject of this video are mythological animals, and werevolves and vampires are not animals but animal hybrids.

@lefrazier4304 Год назад

Awesome at less half these stores i've heard (most though this channel, other at less one version of it)

@Duelinator Год назад

The Lion King is still the best Disney Movie in the history of Disney Movies

@ShinyGolduck5 Год назад

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.

@flightlesslord2688 Год назад

3:27 Sun Wu Kong: Serves Gods a beatdown

@tonichase8806 Год назад

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!

@beaudoty3465 Год назад

Please make a video about Gashadokuro.

@skrbblr2370 Год назад

cool

@austinroachnichiporowich1679 8 месяцев назад

Now that easy to use for legends and mythology stories.

@drakulta4925 8 месяцев назад

My favourite animal fable would be the two wolves and the tortoise and the hare

@louis_the_hedgehog Год назад

My favorite is the battle between SET and HORUS.

@christianchauhan23 Год назад

💛 all your videos mate👍

@rogueascendant6611 Год назад

THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL THAT I ALMOST CRY!

@DaughterofAnubis Год назад

So beautiful.

@Eye_Exist Год назад

Video suggestion: Finnish mythology and afterlife. it is among the weirdest i've heard

@teyanuputorti7927 10 дней назад

this was enlightening

@madamplatypus313 Год назад

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 11 месяцев назад

Fun fact: Said god was the inspiration for King Shark in Suicide Squad.

@tracymiller1076 Год назад

Absolutely amazing !!! Great work

@robbabcock_ Год назад

Fascinating stuff!

@markgregory8085 Год назад

Most excellent!

@ghosthost100 Год назад

4:19 butt lol. But good content as always.

@mfwiloseintouhoubossfights9305 Год назад

Cerunnos after fgo lostbelt feels good

@iveBENwatchin Год назад

Shout out Maori gods but would love to see a whole video on them

@sharkchaos5160 Год назад

Great video.

@nancyM1313 Год назад

They are pretty Amazing to look at~🦁

@dragowolfraven3806 Год назад

Beautiful.

@user-yx6cg7fm7z 5 месяцев назад

The horned toad says we should head to Mexico 🐸

@Ruby-ps2qh Год назад

The coyote fable

@nellidivina5280 Год назад

Can anyone give me a list about mythical creatures who are animals and not sentient

@melanimatejak6821 Год назад

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...

@shaneburst5661 Год назад

Soon everyone is going to be pooping in their pants.

@KingaKucyk Год назад

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 ❤

@calisthenicsmadness1 7 месяцев назад

"MU2024"

@AngelRiverar-yz7kz Год назад

👍🏼✨️

@skyden24195 Год назад

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 Год назад

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 Год назад

@@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 Год назад

@@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 Год назад

@@melanimatejak6821 I had not considered or realized the "different continents" aspect. Thanks for pointing that out.