The Lion Man of Babylon an Ancient Toilet Guardian - Extra Mythology 

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What a hero. The Lion Man of the Latrine, the Protector of Pottygoers, the Beast of the Bathroom, the Best in the Restroom. When nature calls, he protects the stalls.

If these guys can keep my nightmare scenario of spiders hiding under the toilet seat from happening, then I salute them 😊

When using the toilet you really are at your most vulnerable so for those times you really do need a guardian.

Crazy that so early in human history we made such creative and nuanced stories

Oh so THAT is why my kitties wanna watch me when I’m on the porcelain throne! They are descendants of Urmahlullu! 😂

Only the Summerians could make guarding the toilets sound like a badass job.😂

Urmahlullu is truly The People's Protector. May his mane be foever revered, his paws clean, and his pride unblemished.

As a man currently on the toilet watching this, I approve. Thanks Urmahlullu

Midway through this it occurs to me Urmalula's post is a fairly noble if not glamorous one, folks are at their most vulnerable on the pot so having a hulking man-lion at the ready is pretty clutch

This has to be one of the most bizarre myths I’ve seen in this show.

Toilet Guardian

one must imagine the mythical toilet guardian happy

I like to think whenever a toilet flushes, that's Urmahlullu roaring in approval.

If you're watching this while on the toilet may the Lion man give you strength

This is a lesson itself. No matter your job, you have a strong purpose and many people may need or be thankful for you, but many may not. Be proud because what you do is what you make of it. PS: BTW ty so much for protecting my toilet, i fear what may become of me if not

Sometimes the toilet really is a battleground

So you're telling me when i hit the tacobell i unintentionally start a battle between to lion dudes?

A guardian that protects us when we are at our most vulnerable? He might be a lion man but he's a GOAT in my books.

I have a deep fear of being on the toilet during an emergency (fire, earthquake, etc.) so maybe I should toss the liondude a few prayers.

As someone with a poop disease, I appreciate Urmahlullu's fight for us.

Is this the weird time to tell you I'm the songwriter for a metalcore/deathcore toilet themed band and you just gave me a new song idea 😅

Tywin Lannister: The very sigil of my family is a lion, yet you let me die on the toilet? Urmahlullu: I protect people from Shulak, not their own sons. Should've been a better dad!

"Eat s----, Šulak." - Urmahlullu

Seeing an episode on the Mead of Poetry would be amazing: The Norse God's spit in a cup and that spit becomes the smartest of all God's. He then travels around the world helping people until 2 dwarves kill him and brew some mead with his blood. Drinking this blood mead turns them into natural poets. One day a man and woman come by, the dwarves drown one at sea and smash the others head in with a rock. Their son threatens to kill them so they give him the blood mead. He then stores it in the middle of a mountain guarded by his daughter. Odin, after hearing all this, goes to get the mead. He finds 9 labourers and offers a magic scythe to the one left standing after a fight to the death. They all kill each other and Odin offers to till the land for the entire summer in exchange for a 3 sips of the mead, since the landowner was the brother of the owner of the mead, he accepted. One summer later the land owner helps Odin get into the mountain and after turning into a snake and seducing the daughter he drinks all of the mead and flies away. He then barfs all the mead back up, most of it out of his mouth but another portion out of his anus, thus creating 2 different meads of poetry. Odin then gave the Mead that came out of his mouth to the God's.

7:41 The bathroom/toilet is actually one of the most common places/rooms to die in!(it has something to do with how your heart rate and blood pressure drop when your ‘doing your business ‘ and shoot back up when you go back to standing)

He is a guardian that protects all men on their peaceful “Thrones”

So that’s where the scorpion man that Gilgamesh encountered came from. Thanks

Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed.

Now this is real mythology

Urmahlulu: "NOW I FIGHT AS URMAHLULU, WARRIOR!" Loathesome Dungeater: "...understandablehaveaniceday" THE LOUSY, LEACHEROUS LOO-LEACHER.

it's really strangely nice that urmahlullu and his "brothers" weren't the usual "enemies" that heroes have to be killed for the good of the world, but it's a bit ridiculous that a "leon-taur= leonine centaur" was the guardian of the WC, I hope for him didn't have to check the sewers too, where that demon of Šulak, remain to rot there.

Urmahlullu, not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need!

Is that the reason dogs and cats follow you to the toilet? To help in the fight against evil.

So THAT'S why bathroom spiders are always so docile...

Urmahlullu being guardian of toilets reminds me of how in Game of Thrones Tyrion Lannister was put in charge of all the plumbing in Casterly Rock by his father Tywin. A most highborn plumber.

Nobody needs a toilet guardian until a reticulated jormagandr comes out of the drain

Who would have guessed that monster would become protector of my ass

This might be my favorite extra mythology ever

He lost one of his fights at Erfurt in 1184

The Lion in the Loo. Urma-Loo-Loo. I had heard a lot about Mesopotamia (Gilgamesh, Inanna and the Underworld, Enuma Elish, that corrupt copper merchant, the "dog walks into an alehouse" joke), but this guardian of the privy has sadly been forgotten. Thank you for rescuing him for oblivion. Like the Japanese Akaname, this one has potential. Think about him the next time you are doing your business on the potty. Oh, and BTW, Loo is British English for toilets.

With the amount of time I spend on the can, Urmahlullu has definitely been looking out for me. Thank you for your service, Guardian of the Toilet! 🤭

I actually had to use the toilet as soon as the video started, so thank you Urmahlullu for keeping me safe enough to enjoy this awesome tale!

"I AM THE GUARDIAN OF THE TOILET!" 😂😂😂 Epic! 🤣🤣🤣

I love these midweek episodes guys! They always make my day 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

The WHO “Diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity in the world” sounds like it’s a fair fight

The guardian of sanitation

I love toilet gaurdians

Well if he keeps away the giant toilet spiders, I salute him.

"It's a crappy job, but someone had to do it."

I love the idea of the guardian also showing up to threaten those with subpar hand hygiene after doing their business 😅

"What do you think when you hear that there's a monster in the story?" Me: New friend! "Yeah, you usually think it'll die. Me: Am I too optimistic, or is it just that I've been playing pokemon recently? ... Nah, I just want a monster friend. :)

This story was written by a person whose cats fought under the door 😾😼😸

Why do they call it a restroom? I'm fighting for my life in here!

Great, now I'm thinking of Urmahlullu if he was created by Shin Megami Tensei fusion. Not sure what class he would fall into, but I'm thinking he'd be a fusion of Pazuzu, Barong, Kanbari, and Belphegor.

As odd as it sounds, the Egyptian t it a step further and made it an actual job: the Guardian of the pharao's anus. It was considered an extremely influential and respected duty and highly regarded

7:23 That jokes about Elvis being taken by the toilet demon caught me off guard 😂😂😂

Now we know what the noise in the toilet is.😅

I think the monster stories of Babylon are interesting not because of what they contain, but what they teach, they seem to have the moral of reformation and not condemnation, which is strange for an ancient civilization

It the part where you yell 'God of the toilet' that made this entire video. I now have to wait to a perfect time to yell "I AM URMAHLULLU THE GUARDIAN OF THE PORCELAIN THRONE!!!!" at work in the bathroom just to mess with coworkers now. Oooh! Definitely gotta do the shattner styled 'KHAN!' pose for that too.

Prev unknown benefit to my being incontinent: I am immune to attacks from Shulock :P

3:28 Ah, I see someone knows their Mummy franchise. :)

You missed a trick not making the pun 'Guardians of the Lavatory'

Lion man of Babylon, there he sat down,...

I mean. The person who guards you when you are vulnerable. Sounds like a proud job.

A monster getting a job? So an autobiography?

Tywin lannister died on the toilet. That day he truly shat gold

Sorry if this is TMI, but I think Šulak was haunting me today, I’ve had some painful diarrhea!

Not the toilets noooo!

If toilets are left unmonitored, you never know what they'll do.

Ah… finally an explanation of where the term “loo” (UrmahlulLU) came from! 🧐

Tyrion Lanister can bribe anyone, it seems.

Shulok has been kickin my rear for awhile after some great tacos last night.. Where are you Urmahluullu, you are my only hope

I need to buy a lion-centaur figurine to decorate my bathroom with.

Thank you Extra History for giving me the perfect myth to watch whilst on the toilet.

He protects us at our most vulnerable.

Would honestly be down for more toilet themed myths

Damn. That is some good work.

Urmahlullu: What is my purpose? Marduk: You guard toilets. Urmahlullu: Oh my God... Marduk: Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.

PANR has tuned in.

This is why cats follow you into the bathroom??

I thought this was going to be about some myth that inspired that Legend of Zelda Hand in the Toilet asking for Toilet paper, but I am not disappointed with what I watched.

So springing this on a player next time I DM. "Right I gotta go to the latrine..." *COSMIC LION MAN FIGHT ENSUES*

Is this just their explanation for loud bowel movements? They kinda sound like lion roars, if they're deep.

This is my new favorite myth! ❤

My toilet already became bloody Battlefield

Best....story.......EVER!!!!!!

Loved this!

Damn scibidi toilet in ancient times

And now we have things like the Wemic race modeled after Urmahlullu, the Tlincalli race modeled after Girtablilu, and many other Mesopotamian monster races in Dungeons & Dragons.

That a very interesting myth. I love it. Man-lion protek me from Lion-man.😂

okay, but where was Urmahlullu when Tim Curry was committing toilet crimes in a clown costume?

Who wouldn't love a monstrous ankle charm bracelet

THE SUN WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR ABOUT A TOILET GUARDIAN

Erfurt was Sulak's greatest victory.

It is rumored that Shulock has taken on a new form... AS A SKIBIDI TOILET!!!!!

The God of sanitation.

Please make some Urmahlullu bathroom stickers or figurines.

Babalonian mythos is one of the coolest and most chadly beliefs.

Gilgamesh needs a mini series on here.