Top 10 Coolest Creatures from Norse Mythology 

Furthermore, Tyr didn't loose his hand battling with Fenrir, he sacrifased it so that it would be bound by the magic rope the dwarves had made.

Glad someone beat me to it. Such a stupid oversight Tyr losing his hand to Fenrir so that he would submit to being bound with Gleipnir is a crucial part of the story.

There's a lot they are mistaken with... The Serpent and Thor kill each other, the name pronunciations gave my hemorrhoids cancer of the AIDS, and they forgot a slew of more well known creatures like the einherijar and Geri and Freki...

+Ryan Kirkwood Yup, that story is the best in Norse mythology imao

+Francis Steitz (PsykoGhost) well it's someone trying to pronounce something from a language they don't speak, did you expect it to be good?

Not the weirdest thing in myth

and we thought Greek Mythology was weird

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Kronos give birth to the Greek Gods out of his FOREHEAD? 😧

@@marakarthegreat aphrodite jumped out ouranus' (i cant spell that shit) dick after being cut off by Kronos. Athena came out of zeus' forhead with fucking battle armour, etc.

@@frankfedison5203 No, Rhea gave birth naturally to them. As mentioned above, Aphrodite was born from Ouranus after Kronos castrated him, rising from the semen which became sea-foam. As for Athena, Zeus had a splitting headache, and she pooped out of his forehead clad in full armor.

No, Fenrir demanded someone be brave enough to put their hand in his mouth, because he believed the next rope was magical. Tyr did so, and Fenrir took his hand as punishment when the rope proved magical.

Tha Dr Pigeon ur right I forgot, sos. Either way the information shown in the video is wrong, as in both scenarios it wasn’t bitten off at ragnarok

@@Freyr._ The part about the Fenrir story is that he saw himself as an ally of the Æsir's but they turned on him and betrayed him out of fear of "what if...". But guess when you've got a wolf soon to be large enough to eat the moon you might wanna keep him on leash :P

The thing is about Loki's brood. They're in the form of their greatest greed. all are formless. Should Fenrir lose his greed the ribbon shall no longer bind him. At least that's what I take from the tale in the Children of Odin (book based on the Edda's and folklore).

@@jakey4931 Hi there, as far as I can recollect there is no specific mention of what you say, only that the rope Gleipne (Gleipnir) was made from "things nobody can find"; The breath of a fish, a womans beard, spit from a bird, the mountains roots, the sounds from a cats paw and the bears sinews. Gleipne will not break before the time of Ragnarok and Fenrir will be free. Read and translated a lot of Edda and the other texts in school. But that was a while ago so if you got some of the texts with reference to the original Edda I would love to read up on it again (specially if I remember it wrongly or have missed something like what you described there)

right

King Mmmkay

you would have done the same, admit it

My kinda guy! Lol

Actually Fafnir wasn't cursed for being Greedy, His Father was Given Cursed gold for the release of some of the Asier gods, and that Cursed gold caused Greed and Fafnir killed his father due to it, and slowly became a dragon due to exposure to the curse

Draugrs gangsta until some boy shouts Nista! and you saw your fellow draugrs dying because some man throws axe.

Phantasm?

I'm appalled that there is not one God of War clip in this whole video

Mikael?

@@fuckboi_factory8876 the video is from 2016. GOW wasn't out yet

Think they induced them because the legend depicted there creation like parasitic maggots

THANK YOU

Absolutely correct. In fact, when tying up Fenrir they disguised it as a challenge of the wolf's strength. Fenrir, somewhat skeptical of the string they brought when he'd passed that test twice with heavy chains, demanded one of the gods place their right (dominant) hand in his jaws as proof that they'd let him go should he be unable to break free. Tyr was the only one willing to do it, and when Fenrir realised that he couldn't break the chains and the Aesir had no intention of letting him go, he bit off Tyr's hand, forcing the god of war to learn to do everything with his left, which probably won't help him in Ragnarok when he achieves a mutial death with Hel's hound Garm.

Dude

I was aware of the circumstances surrounding the hand loss, but I thank you for informing me of Tyr's unfortunate fate at the hands of another dog

Arm, not just his hand

I knew that

Odin's son Vidar is the one who losses his leg, udring ragnarok. He will be one of the few to survive aswell.

@@alextomra7254 Vidaar, Vali, Modi and Magni. To Gimlé we go!

Beat me to posting this

Lol they got one thing wrong

I can pronounce them and I'm from Finland

and icelandinc like Draugar and words wit ð in it ahahh

Not our fault you forgot your vowels. Lol

Yeah aye I’m an Aussie and I know how to pronunciate the words . Americans 😓😂😂

@@imthedefinitionofatwnk8402 no. Just no. So one aussie can pronounce these words fine and suddenly all of Australia and everywhere else is fine and it's just America? That dosent seem very fair

No Hella was the second norse God of Death, who held Dominion over Helhime (The Christian word for Hell actually comes from Hella's name and came after they tried to force their view upon nordic peoples) she actually wasn't that bad, Helhime wasn't that bad. it was basically just a second midgard where the dead resided and could even visit their living friends and families with permission, HECK it even had flowers

true

James Sarvan 😂😂😂 I am American and i most likely pronounce the names like this, I apologize. I wish I was in Norway with my sister right now where I would get to learn the right way :D!

James Sarvan I know right? but Watchmojo are Canadians, so I forgive them because they live in the similar climate.

LisaLisaKenadoresher Vegetariansoylentgreen The northern half of the U.S is the same climate as Canada. You know, since they are the same continent and all. nice try. Also a lot of the northern population in the U.S are descendents of Scandinavian immigrants

What? What did I ever do to you? Wtf.

Også for oss skandinaviske *facepalm

+Sandra Holand 🇳🇴

Mikio tjon. (Ic) Mye skade. (Nw) Lol!

TheMighty Chabunga Mikið tjón/skaði?

Sandra Holand Já ég veit. Ísland, Noreg, Svíþjóð og Danmörk.

Much cooler! Thanks!!

Wolf, horse and Taylor Swift.

+Matthew butler i Dont think I have ever laughed this hard over a RU-vid comment.

omg i allmost inhaled my beer right know XD

he has with his jotun lover 3 children fenrir the wolf.jormungand the serpent.and hel the half beauty half dead godess of the underworld and he is the mother of sleipnir the horse.

537monster yupp

I read that they tried to bound Fenrir three times, he broke the chains the first two times and on the third time they used magic. The third chain was crafted by the Dwarfs and Fenrir felt the magic, so to earn his trust Tyr put his hand in Fenrir's mouth. When he couldn't break the chains, he bit off Tyr's hand and the gods placed a sword in Fenrir's mouth to keep it open.

Looks like you remember it in more detail then me :D But it's true as you say, I should really know this better considering how many times we read about it in school lol

Indeed. Knowing of the prophecy that Loki's spawn would be at the kill at Ragnarök, they abducted the three children from their mother, Angrboða [the Bringer of Amguish]. Hel, who never smiled [you wouldn’t smile either if above the waist you looked alive but below your body was a corpse], Odinn cast into Hel, that lies near Niflheim. There she would guard and rule over the dead-all that did not die in battle. Jörmungandr, was thrown into the sea, where unrestrained he grew so great as to encompass the earth beneath the waves. But Fenrir, the Fenrisulfr, Odin thought could be tamed and so he kept him with them. But daily the Wolf grew and the Gods feared. Only Tyr had the courage to feed the Wolf and there was a certain trust between them. The Gods decided the Wolf must be bound [they who would fight against their fate often find they have brought it to pass]. They brought to the Wolf a chain called Laeding challenging him to test his strength. He broke through it easily; the broken chunks of chain went flying with a crack like thunder. They brought again a second chain called Dromi. The Wolf sniffed at it and though it was visibly stronger he knew he had grown stronger as well. “One can gain no fame without taking some risks,” he growled. This chain he burst as well and the molten chunks of steel flew like comets, forcing the Gods to take cover. From that was coined a saying-“To leap out of Laeding and to dash out of Dromi,” when anything was especially difficult. At last they determined to call in the specialists-the Dwarves, who had made all the treasures of the Gods-every single one. Odin’s spear Gungnir, his arm ring Draupnir and Odroerir, the mead of inspiration; Frey’s ship Skithbladnir and his boar Gullinbursti; Thor’s hammer Mjolnir and Freya’s necklace Brisingamen. Skyrnir, Frey’s servant, it was who went to Svartalfheim to put the Gods’ request and when he returned he was carrying the rope Gleipnir. Now Gleipnir was not much to look at; in appearance it was only a slender, silken band. How could something so flimsy bind the Wolf when such mighty iron mongery as Laeding and Dromi had so miserably failed? Skyrnir told them what the Dwarves had told him. The rope was made from invisible and hidden things, things that are not found on Earth because the Dwarves have them in their keeping but they are things whose strength is beyond compare. And Skyrnir chanted the magick Runes that the Dwarves taught him; the six strands of which Gleipnir was woven: “Af Din Kattarin “Ok af Skeggi Konunar “Ok af Rotum Bjargsins “Ok af Sinum Bjarnarins “Ok af Anda Fisksins “Ok af Vogel’s Hraka.” [The Noise of a Running Cat The Beard of a Woman The Roots of Mountains The Sinews [or sensibilities] of a Bear The Breath of a Fish And Bird’s Spittle] They took the rope to the Wolf and challenged him to one final contest. “It may not look like much but it’s a bit stronger than it looks.” “You will break through it surely.” “And if you cannot break it it will show that you are no threat to the Gods and we will free you-you can trust us!” The Wolf replied, “That rope is so small it will be no contest-but if it is made with magick, I’m not having that put around my legs. And if I couldn’t break free it would be a long time before I’d get any help from you. Nevertheless, rather than be thought a coward by any of you I will let you bind me on the condition that one of you sets his right hand between my jaws as a gurantee you will let me go. I know you won’t object to my keeping you honest.” You should have seen the Gods all looking every which way except directly at the Wolf. Seeing how things were and how none of the Aesir or Vanir knew how to deal with this unforeseen circumstance Tyr stretched out his hand and set it firmly in Fenrir’s jaws. “Good-” mumbled the Wolf, speaking with his mouth full, “-you’re the only one of them I trust.” Then began the contest. The Wolf struggled and strained but no matter the force he exerted the narrow band grew tighter and tighter. Boiling in ever-growing rage and fury the Wolf stressed and strove; so powerful were his efforts that the force of gravity began to warp out of shape around him; darkness began to cover the Hvedrung’s son. And then the Wolf knew he was beaten. He looked at Tyr. The God of righteous war looked upon him unflinchingly. “Bite-” he said, “-for we have sworn a false oath to you.” The “Leavings of the Wolf” bore his pain in silence but all the Gods rejoiced. They took then a sword and set it to hold open Fenrir’s flashing jaws. In the end they buried him deep in the earth, fastening the rope Gleipnir in such a way that it might never become free from where they’d anchored it. And so the Wolf will remain until the Day of Ragnarök. But that Day will come and the Wolf will break free once he understands the mystery of Gleipnir’s making; once he understands that those six impossible things of which the rope is made, and which hold him prisoner, are Kennings. Kennings for mysteries, within mysteries, within mysteries; mysteries upon which the Power of the Gods is built. But when the Wolf solves these Mysteries-in that Day the Power of the Gods will be broken and the Wolf shall walk free. He will know the Gods to be no Gods at all; he will know himself to be held fast, only so long as he believes in them. In that Day shall the Ragnarök occur and the Powers that be in the Heavens shall be shaken [Matthew 24:29].

Shiny Face midgårdsormen

Not quit right but still way better then the video

Thank you for being that guy

This white person pronouciation (sorry, my spelling is bad. My first language is French) is really pathetic

In Icelandic Sleipnir is pronounced (sl A pnirr

You, you forgot that it should be álf and that “ei” is pronounced like the “ai” in English “ei”

Valkyries are humans

I was hoping Fafnir might have gotten an HM

+Finn Clark valkyries are humans? Nope. They're more like angelic warriors. Bringing dead warriors to Valhall.

***** Yeah i know that I was about to say that

cool, cool :)

Legends say he used to dig up health crystals for Kratos

Yeah that was painful to listen to. Like most of the names on the list. RAUTAUTAOSKKKKRT

ratatoskeeeet

The way she pronounced most of these names were abit cringy x) And also, in Norway he is simply called Ratatosk, but in the english language they like to add an r to the end of norse words. Jormungandr, draugr and so forth x) I dont know why

First thing that came to mind is that it sounds like the pokemon Rattata. Sorry

damn mojo u went full savage with dat intro

Hi everyone, can everyone here check out my channel and give me some tips? I want to improve.

+Cow Games yes lol

A good list though you shouldnt have included the zombies from Game of thrones. Those are not Draugars but Wights

you guys should do top 10 most badass actors. such as Bruce Willis, Bruce Lee, Liam Neeson etc.

at least shes trying. gotta give her that

She's Canadian, give her a break!!

+Soshima “Swagdude” Chareezrd Canadians are the ones giving Americans a break. USA is a mess.

She gets points for trying. It's not like she asked any scandinavians how to pronounce the names.

I agree, but I also think it's good that she's trying!

Maximus Kilman ikr

i think it has something to do with the guttural tone of both languages being similar. But i am no linguist expert

as a German I think it just sounds really bad also nothing as German articulation should sound.

But I have a German friend and when he speaks Swedish it sounds like when she talk

Maximus: in all fairness, these names are hardly the Swedish or Norwegian versions, it's more Icelandic. Scandinavian isn't easy for Americans, and even we Scandinavians has no chance of getting Icelandic right, so we shouldn't blame others for the same.

I thought it would be dead just like me

+Harambe Dix out

Just because you don't watch it it doesn't mean is automatically dead. Don't get me wrong im losing my interest in this channel, I just like norse mythology.

Dr. Plague Not what i was saying. It seemed like they're running out of ideas.

+Ethan Hollen Oh, I agree with that then

Haha Icelandic speech go brrrrr

He didnt get betrayed. Fenrir was suspicius of the unbreakable bond since it was so small, and tyr had to give up hos hand to him, and then he realised he couldnt break free. They didnt really betray him

Depends upon the version of the myth. One version fenrir had two kids. Haiti, and Skoll. Skoll is to eat the sun and haiti the moon. In another version fenrir eats both his mouth touches the sky and ground at the same time and he swallows odin whole.

Yes, you are right. I was going to post just that, but I see you beat me to it! Tyr is my favorite Germanic god and just for that reason, that he knowingly sacrificed his hand to save the world while everyone else failed...Thor and Odin included.

Well to tell the truth all the Norse Gods failed in their task, and accidentally set into motions the beginning of ragnorak.

What I mean is at that point he saved the world and everyone else failed to step up to do so. Ragnarok, which was later, is a whole other matter. In that he kills and is killed by Garm, the hellhound.

82SSchultz In all honesty if they didn't tie up Fenrir in the first place he wouldn't have an undying resentment for the norse gods. A couple of the things they did to try and prevent it only furthered it.

OH OH OH OH OH AND I THOUGHT FARMER GIRLS WERE FREAKY

WAIT HE FUCKED A DOG TOO NO WONDER HE TRIED TO KILL THOR THEY KEEP MAKING HIM FUCK BARNYARD ANIMALS

After Loki and Thor crossdressed to infiltrate a wedding and murder a Jotun, The Giant's daughter demanded to be repaid with a show, so Loki tied his balls to a goat and played tug of war with it. Norse mythology is really weird.

+Christopher Wiet Lol and so tame compared to some of the stuff they used to believe around the world!

so a giant doesn't get too marry freya

thanks it feels better now

Not really us Danes don't really care since we like to twist or own mythologi and history.. like theVikings most in DK only know us as savage warriors but we were far from. Also Marvel does an decent job of making norse gods populer which is pretty cool imo.

yeah. I really do feel the pain. I will forgive them regarding the marvel version of Thor though, as I really like the movies.

Glad you know our pain!

A better name for "Fossegrimen" is "The river man", in Sweden he's called "Näcken". It's a wording from the water flower "Nymphaeaceae" - since he was presumed to be by or in the water of rivers where that flower is growing in Sweden. Also, he does not teach you how to play the instrument, he lures young boys to the water to have them drowned.

He does what he wants!!!

It's not even among the weirdest stuff he has done according to myth. Does fit in the top 5 though. Keep in mind stuff like that Fenrir and Hel also are his kids.

It gets even weirder. Loki ate once a half-burned heart he found in a fire during his travels. It made him pregnant and eventually he gave birth to the first trolls.

Loki was actually forced into it this time because the gods did not want to give the goddess Freya to a man who built the wall around Asgard as they promised. In order to stop him from completing the wall in the time he promised, Odin had Loki transform into a heated horse to lure away the man's horse. The horse did mate with Loki, impregnating him, and the man failed to complete the wall. This led to the man being executed by the gods for not fulfilling his promise. The wall is now incomplete and will allow the Jotuns a place to enter during Ragnarok. Also. Fenrir, Jormungandr, and Hel were born from Loki, as the father not mother, and a giantess. All children of Giants were malformed, and technically Loki is a tiny Jotun who was blooded into a Norse god by Odin, making him a Jotun with Aesir blood.

Is that why Tom Hiddleston is "dating" Taylor Swift?

1. Black Volga

2. White Vulva

There are hardly any information about it... much less than Norse mythology. Because at least there is the Edda 1 and 2 unlike Slavic stuff which was mostly destroyed by Slavic Christians. Perun and Svarog are cool tho ^^

Baba Yaga.

im still playing skyrim its so good

Me too lol

Fucking idiot

+Armanon Amrak What's wrong with it?

try play age of mythology. old but you learn a lot about norse, greek and egyptian mythology

what about Skoll and Hati, how did they not place on the list

@@benjaminsmith5109 Reminder that All Norse's great wolves were fucking Kaiju, Fenrir was large enough that his drool became a fucking river, Skoll is so fucking large he can swallow the god damn sun, and Hati is big enough to swallow the moon.... they are Kaiju of Cosmic proportions

ja XD Det är smma sak när man kollar på vikings.

Jag tala svenska!

+Daniel Reyes Du talar inte svensk då?

Majoren Ja! Jag talar spanska också

Argh! ingen kan en gang snakke lit norsk. men di prøver so eg har ikke no problem med de

Kevin Lucero LOL! Which number was that?

Kevin Lucero the “Crack In”

Lol

Are you masochistic but only with insults?

Ikr I wasnt expecting that. Kinda turned me on

no way!

Get out

Get out and listen Björk

nope

Norse mythology = badass warriors Greek Mythology = badass gods

No they weren't at all. xD

+Hazerx Well they were 100 times better than when they don't try.

I only reacted to Sleipnir and how she kept saying Slipnir like the E wasn't there. That's just reading comprehension fail

More than half of them were butchered. Being a swede my ears almost started to bleed from this video.

+ZikkNixx Well again, they usually don't even try. I'm just encouraging them to keep it up.

What about “midgårsormen”

Or the death of Baldur.

The Gods should have thought of that instead of being so afraid of him he was good boy

Sink Naglfar before it arrives

What about Fimbulvinter? How does one stop that?

Cerberusballs 2

Many more than on this list

Loki is like Norse Mythology's Zeuss; If ever there's a problem, it likely originated from their dicks.

Atleast 3

He has 4 sons (Sleipnir, Narfe, Jörmungandr and Fenrir) and a daughter (Hel) as far as I know.

i agree

The way she said Dragur

The way they say anything...

Indeed. It was painful to listen to. She tried way to much.

HankTheYank i mean she did try though i dont think she meant to sound cringey

live with honor, protect your family and friends, be a good warrior and worship the old gods and when you die the Valkyries will take you to the halls of asgard where you drink, fight and prepare for Ragnarok with your battle brothers and sisters

so, it's basically heaven but at worlds end, we lose.

No, it's the end of all. the halls of asgard is where part of the dead go to drink, eat and fight to train for the day ragnarok may come.

Mike van der velden It SHALL come, it has been forseen.

Can't wait for it

That's why I clicked on the video

+Kaden M. W. he made it :-)

+DarkHeartz but not #1

+Norman Cruz My homie is 2nd place, so we good

+Kaden M. W. Fenrir does not settle for 2nd place

Ante Uril?

Yes the world we live in isn’t a ball in space like we’ve been told

Thor can't fly... His goat pulled cart can tho..

schmeissergod Unless you are low level and against a death overlord

schmeissergod i can one hit them

Chris Stone sent insults back and forth from the hawk to the dragon

Flyting!

Exactly!

jeff 1010101 me!

in all honesty i think most Danes would be just as bad at the pronunciation of the original old-norse names XD

They are Canadians not Americans.

Ruben Bylov Andersen We would. We even have totally diferent names than the ones on the list. Jotun = Jætter, Jormungandr = Midgårdsormen etc.

Yup, hurts

Same

same as a dane

same as a norwegian

hurts my ears 😥

Yeah, hilarious and ridiculous.

Her trying to roll her Rs just sounded too unnatural and deliberate. It was cringy. If you have to make an effort to roll your tongue then just don't do it.

Agreed, I'm not Norwegian, but I love the language and mythology. Hearing it all mispronounced is truly frustrating.

Jason Brown Both Norwegian, Swedish and Danish is pretty far from Old Norse though, the language closest to it is Icelandic.

anime anime Don't cringe at the horrid bad talk.

Äntligen någån svensk!

Ceedaygaming • tjenare

Inx43 Its old norse

Boy

Well.. Technically. Just to be that guy. When we has bound the 3rd or 4th time..

@@LiquidBlackWolf Third 🤣

My favorite is The horse Who f*ucked loki 🤣

BOI

I'm needing to look up if Niddhog and Jurgmundgar are not the same creature.

+TARDISES Nidhogg is also a bow from fire emblem

+TARDISES YES, I'm not the only one who played Age of Mythology lol

+TARDISES YES, I'm not the only one who played Age of Mythology lol

+TARDISES that's not a problem, it was only in the sacred stones

No, I’m awaited, I’M AWAITED IN VAHALLA!!! WITNESS ME!!!!

+karakun1 baaah!!!!! MEDIOCRE!!!!!!!

Alex Casas weeb*

Helya ftw tho.

Though the world won't end. Ragnarök is just twilight of the gods - man will still survive.

Vampirization and most dead gods like Balder and Honir... and more

Shirou Tokisada Amakusa Kotomine But...it's Surtur that destroys the world by coating it in flames...not Niðhoggr

Jan Vovk He devours the leftovers after all deaths (Odin, Thor, Loki, Sutr, everybody else besides the humans...)

Shirou Tokisada Amakusa Kotomine I don't think this information is correct. Unless you provideca source I cannot agree with that statement. Niðhöggr gnaws at the tree of Yggdrasil and is seen during Ragnarok with corpses in its mouth. It is not stated anywhere that he devours the world. So, some evidence would be lovely to proove one of us wrong. I'm not saying I am correct by no means, I just haven't traced that information anywhere thus far.

Its a cool visual effect for the videp, btw this channel ist really meant as a storytelling one

Denis Merlevede VIDEP XD

Nolan Semprivivo not always a bad. Sometimes you learn about myth in video games or movie then get curious about the real myth.

Nolan Semprivivo yeah myths

I think it's funny that you don't understand that in the broader spectrum, myths and movies are the same. Have a Miller High Life and think about it.