Remembering, Jotuns or Giants in Norse Mythology were not Ice Giants monstrous or anything, they were more like a Family of other divinity people, just like the Aesir.
This was kind of painful to watch. Huginn & Muninn were ravens, not crows, Jormungandr was male, Fenrir was a son of Loki, Loki is Sleipnir's mother, Audhumla licked the ice that released Buri & he had a son named Bor (it's unclear how Buri had a son...possibly from one of the giantess's bore by Ymir, who was asexual & could reproduce on his own, or possibly another being licked free from the ice by Audhumla). Bor married Bestla & they had Odin, Vili & Ve. Ymir was essentially Odin, Vili & Ve's grandfather & the world was created from Ymir's corpse, mispronunciations of names left & right. Norse mythology is quite complex & a lot is unknown due to christianity destroying our tales of old. please don't destroy it more by putting out misinformation. Our heritage is not written by Marvel comics.
@@mrpasser-by9386 Thank you. I've been studying & following the ways of my ancestors for 25+ years (yes, I'm THAT old! I pre-date marvel's "Thor" comics or the tv show "Vikings"-which I love for the blood, gore & storyline...NOT historically accurate though! LOL). I do not know everything about our tales, I am always learning things I did not know before, but what he covered in this video is general knowledge by almost any one; even those new to the old ways (except perhaps how to properly pronounce the names. Those can be tricky but rule of thumb, if there's an "r", it's rolled, and "j" is pronounced as "y". Example is Jormungandr.."Yourrr-mun-gaun-drrr" {rrr for the rolling} emphasis on the "Yourrr"). Hope this helps & possible piques some interest in learning about the tales of my ancestors! Skal!
@@locedandloaded6738 Cool! I'm also learning more about my Asian heritage. A lot of foreigner came to Japan simply because of anime and manga. Japan offers more than that. When I told them I learned so many things about the ancient Japanese deity, and a lot of foreigner jump into conclusion that the Yokai (spirits) are bunch of beings made for anime. It really saddened me that a lot of people actually believed anime or cinematic universe as concrete story.
It’s audhumbla/audhumla (h is important for pronunciation) and she did not give birth to buri and isn’t considered his mother. When Zeus birthed Athena from his forehead, she was at least within him and he was part or her conception - so that’s very different.
Vargr or warg is just referring to giant wolf. Which is Fenrir and his off spring. Like Jormangundr being referred to as The World Serpent or Midgard Serpent. It's more of a title or type of giant.
I think there's gonna be a lot of recommendations now cause of God of War Ragnarok was revealed and it's everywhere . I know cause I've never been on this channel and yet this was recommended lol. Awesome vid btw
I've always wondered: What would happen with Elves and Dwarves after Ragnarok? We know that a new generation of gods and humans will take over the world after Ragnarok, but what about the other races like Elves and Dwarves. Did they all died? Were there survivors of Ragnarok?
There were technically no survivors of ragnarok since the void Gununngagap devoured Creation. The only survivors of that where Nidhogg and Surtr. Then a new world was born from the void and the old races where reincarnated. Interesting stuff.
@@thisisarusham7781 I think he is talking about Gullinkambi(In Valhalla), Fialar(in Jotunheim), and an unnamed soot-red rooster referred to as "Nameless" by Odin( in Helheim). It is said that they will inform the worlds they are in that Ragnarok has begun
Well the Jotnar were beings of Chaos so some could change their genders at will, like Loki. There are even a few scoures describing not only Jormungandr, but also Fenris, as female. Most often, however, they are refered to as male.
@@Lupinemancer87 There is also the potential to call something female because it can produce offspring. Often times alone which is mostly seen as done by a goddess or other female being.
Hraesvelgr was not at the top of the tree. It lived at the edge of the world and was a Jotunn. The one with the antagonistic relationship with Nidhoggr was an unnamed eagle that (solely the Prose Edda) had a hawk perched between its eyes, named Vedrfolnir.
Listening to Norse mythology videos while playing Skyrim is prolly one of the best experiences one can have. Mans said Draugr and my ears perked up so fast
What you didn't say about sleipnir was his parentage. He was a the offspring of Loke (as a female horse) and a horse named Svadilfari. Reference: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
I think it's really cool how Norse Mythology became the basis for D&D. If Tolkien hadn't taken all these creatures and made Lord of the Rings then the greatest tabletop game wouldn't exist.
You're one of the few people who not only addresses the CORRECT name of the Dwarves' realm but to also know the difference between them and the Dark Elves/Drow. Too many other "experts" claim that both groups of creatures are "the same thing"
Also true Norse mythology doesn't have clear cut good or evil, thats just the twisted version the christians rewrote, most of the "Evil monsters" you listed were either just doing things out of their nature, or victims of misunderstanding, Norse Mythology is about the consequences of not being willing to Understand others, Ragnarok comes about as such
One thing I have to say is why is no one making more games to do with Vikings and their mythology and all that as it has some of the best, brutal, and amazing characters places gods and all that it has so much potential for games and also has some of the best kind of music you can find songs such as my mother told me and people like Danheim the music is great and is worth a listen
You know what is fascinating, that the nords were one of the first people that actually thought about different dimentions. I mean think about it! The whole yggdrasil tree and different worlds connected to it?
The realms of fire and ice crashing at the beginning also sounds kinda like the big bang. They might of been onto something. Tho I don't think they were the first time think about different realms. Most mythology there's a realm of the dead and a different one for the gods. Hindu mythology for example has different realms and that might be older than Norse mythology. The celts beloved in this other world where the fey lived. The Greeks believed in Hades Wich is the realm of the dead ectr
Very nice video well done! Norse mythology together with Greek are my favorite and the specific video goes in par with my recent upload about the most terrifying monsters from Greek mythology.Good work keep it up!!
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You pronounce the midgard serpents name completely wrong
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Lord of the Rings was based from all of this. I love Norse Mythology its my 2nd favorite. Greek Mythology will always be number one for me.
me too
Naruto got me in Japanese mythology it’s really good as well
Nah norse is better
I completely agree
Haha I'll just put Egyptian on 2nd place, and Norse on 3rd
Remembering, Jotuns or Giants in Norse Mythology were not Ice Giants monstrous or anything, they were more like a Family of other divinity people, just like the Aesir.
And jotun isnt giant actually
@@willyyeremi5284 Also this, neither in Height or name meaning, the etymology is more like ''Eater, consumer'' etc...
True. This video has so many misleading pronunciation and facts
Finally someone that knows something about Norse Myth :D
It always ticked me off a bit that people keep making that mistake about the Jotnar.
@@Lupinemancer87 what's worse is people trying to connect real Norse mythology with the MCU
This was kind of painful to watch. Huginn & Muninn were ravens, not crows, Jormungandr was male, Fenrir was a son of Loki, Loki is Sleipnir's mother, Audhumla licked the ice that released Buri & he had a son named Bor (it's unclear how Buri had a son...possibly from one of the giantess's bore by Ymir, who was asexual & could reproduce on his own, or possibly another being licked free from the ice by Audhumla). Bor married Bestla & they had Odin, Vili & Ve. Ymir was essentially Odin, Vili & Ve's grandfather & the world was created from Ymir's corpse, mispronunciations of names left & right. Norse mythology is quite complex & a lot is unknown due to christianity destroying our tales of old. please don't destroy it more by putting out misinformation. Our heritage is not written by Marvel comics.
if i could click the like button rapidly i would for the comment especially the 3 sentence
Thank you.
I think you're more suitable in explaining the Norse mythology than the narrator.
@@mrpasser-by9386 Thank you. I've been studying & following the ways of my ancestors for 25+ years (yes, I'm THAT old! I pre-date marvel's "Thor" comics or the tv show "Vikings"-which I love for the blood, gore & storyline...NOT historically accurate though! LOL). I do not know everything about our tales, I am always learning things I did not know before, but what he covered in this video is general knowledge by almost any one; even those new to the old ways (except perhaps how to properly pronounce the names. Those can be tricky but rule of thumb, if there's an "r", it's rolled, and "j" is pronounced as "y". Example is Jormungandr.."Yourrr-mun-gaun-drrr" {rrr for the rolling} emphasis on the "Yourrr"). Hope this helps & possible piques some interest in learning about the tales of my ancestors!
Skal!
@@locedandloaded6738 Cool! I'm also learning more about my Asian heritage. A lot of foreigner came to Japan simply because of anime and manga. Japan offers more than that. When I told them I learned so many things about the ancient Japanese deity, and a lot of foreigner jump into conclusion that the Yokai (spirits) are bunch of beings made for anime. It really saddened me that a lot of people actually believed anime or cinematic universe as concrete story.
Thank you, this needed to be said! Skål!
Legit I learned a lot about these from Marvel comics, Norse mythology is definitely captivating
Just Some Guy without a Mustache bro how tf are you everywhere???
You Wouldn't Get Tons Of Likes In This Section I Bet
If you learned it from Marvel, I'm afraid you don't really learned much about Norse Myth.
U know nothing than
So true mate.
Tolkien was deeply influenced by Norse mythology I'd say
Why is everyone here talking about Marvel, I know they made movies with Norse Mythology containing them but come on guys.
I honestly thought of Lord of the rings
The actual content of Norse Mythology is so vast and dark that Marvel cannot touch it
@@Manuel-gu9ls Tolkein was greatly inspired by Norse myth as well as Christianity, half the names he took like Gandalf were from Norse myth
I was thinking about the god of war lore
Iron man song
Please do one just like this but with Greek mythology and Celtic mythology
yeah
do it but do not call The Gods and Goddess creatures plz
No he butchered Norse mythology when the sources for it are free and accessible right on RUclips.
Technically, Audumbla didn't give birth to Buri, she thawed him from the ice by licking it. But I supposed that could be looked at as birthing him.
Zeus gave birth out his forehead, im not gonna judge the way audumbla gave birth 😂
It’s audhumbla/audhumla (h is important for pronunciation) and she did not give birth to buri and isn’t considered his mother. When Zeus birthed Athena from his forehead, she was at least within him and he was part or her conception - so that’s very different.
4:00 Hugin and Munin were not crows, they were ravens.
thank you, didnt knew that. Norse mythology is truly amazing.
Fafnir - Smaug
I understand monsters wonderfully but still love them
Interesting story my friend
Fenrir is too OP. Literally had the power to devour the multiverse. 👌🔥
Yeah that's true mortal
@@fenrirlokisson9361 Too op, nerf please.
Something that wasn't mentioned is that Vidar one of Odin son's kills Fenrir right after he devours Odin
I had low hp
@@velinivanov607 yup. Vidar is just as badass.
Didnt know fenrir was a warg since he is also the son of loki
Vargr or warg is just referring to giant wolf. Which is Fenrir and his off spring. Like Jormangundr being referred to as The World Serpent or Midgard Serpent. It's more of a title or type of giant.
He's the handsome Warg.
A few of these were definitely used for Lord of the Rings. Fafnir seems like Gollum and Smaug. Wargs and dwarves and trolls.
Watching now...while cleaning my room
One thing for sure Loki had a habit of having weird children like the giant snake, fenrir ,Odin's horse and hela
9:09 The first thing that came to mind when I saw them was
"Pyke the bloodharbor ripper"
Ah yes, Pyke the "Support" champion from League
I think there's gonna be a lot of recommendations now cause of God of War Ragnarok was revealed and it's everywhere . I know cause I've never been on this channel and yet this was recommended lol. Awesome vid btw
It is pronounced: Jor*mun*gander....
Jormungandr was also male not female
I thought that it was pronounced as Jor*mun*gand
@Red Red Thanks
@Red Red from what Ik it’s pronounced both ways Jormungand and jormungander
I've always wondered: What would happen with Elves and Dwarves after Ragnarok? We know that a new generation of gods and humans will take over the world after Ragnarok, but what about the other races like Elves and Dwarves.
Did they all died? Were there survivors of Ragnarok?
There were technically no survivors of ragnarok since the void Gununngagap devoured Creation. The only survivors of that where Nidhogg and Surtr. Then a new world was born from the void and the old races where reincarnated. Interesting stuff.
There were survivors. Aegir, Vidar, Vali, Hoenir, ,Vili, Magni and Modi, Hermodr, Forseti, and Ullr were the only ones to survive the battle.
You missed Thor's chariot pulling goats Sir
Seems Tolkien got a few ideas from these legends...
Norse mythology is amazing
I do like the creatures from Norse mythology flower mythology you can talk about what creatures
I love this list, many creatures that I love are on there
Say, wasn't there three roosters that crowed at Ragnorak and the four deers/hinds that lived at Yggdrasil?
you mean feige
@@thisisarusham7781 I think he is talking about Gullinkambi(In Valhalla), Fialar(in Jotunheim), and an unnamed soot-red rooster referred to as "Nameless" by Odin( in Helheim). It is said that they will inform the worlds they are in that Ragnarok has begun
man could you do more videos on norse mythology where you can expand more on these fascinating creatures and gods/goddess
Best reading came from an old strategy game by the name of Age of Mythology, that's where all started for me on other Mythology.
Jorm is a she!?? I always thought that serpent is a he
Well the Jotnar were beings of Chaos so some could change their genders at will, like Loki. There are even a few scoures describing not only Jormungandr, but also Fenris, as female. Most often, however, they are refered to as male.
@@Lupinemancer87 There is also the potential to call something female because it can produce offspring. Often times alone which is mostly seen as done by a goddess or other female being.
Hraesvelgr was not at the top of the tree. It lived at the edge of the world and was a Jotunn. The one with the antagonistic relationship with Nidhoggr was an unnamed eagle that (solely the Prose Edda) had a hawk perched between its eyes, named Vedrfolnir.
thank you for sum up nordic mythical creature in one video
Wow I have heard so much about dragurs
My man torbran showing up adding +2 damage from my red sources! 😂😂
Was waiting for someone to notice this.
or toski the indestructible squirrel as ratatoskr
You missed the most terrifying
The Norwegian humans
I'm not weird everyone else is weird and I'm normal
I thought you were gonna say the Christian men
Listening to Norse mythology videos while playing Skyrim is prolly one of the best experiences one can have. Mans said Draugr and my ears perked up so fast
I love mythology.
Norse mythology is Soo interesting. It's the GOAT of all mythologies. We owe a debt of gratitude to the people who wrote the sagas. 🙏
This can make a great bed time stories😴
What you didn't say about sleipnir was his parentage. He was a the offspring of Loke (as a female horse) and a horse named Svadilfari.
Reference: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
In my opinion nymphs are fascinating aswell
Norse mythology is pretty underrated
But thanks to God of war it will become famous
@@justadude274 yeah because people always give the Greek gods more attention
Good video
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Norse mythology I enjoy to
Who recognizes Hrimfaxi from Ace Combat 5?, hooray for getting cultured from video games!
You forgot to add the ultimate beast of all the GHOST OF SPARTA ....KRATOS
I think it's really cool how Norse Mythology became the basis for D&D. If Tolkien hadn't taken all these creatures and made Lord of the Rings then the greatest tabletop game wouldn't exist.
Anyone catch the dwarf pic at 1:27? It's the art for torbran, Thane of redfell from magic the gathering
yup
Your right.
U deserve atleast 1m subs for your content. Great work
Thx for this video!
I'm DM in a roleplaying game with Norse Mythology as its theme.
This video will be a good source of information for my game. :)
Find new one, this Is misleading. Try Neil Gaiman or possibly Rick Riordan
All mythology are weird but cant get enough of it. Thanks and keep up the good work guys
Extra credit for using Drizzt image when talking about the dark elfs!
I thought Chinese names were hard to spell or pronounce but now I found something even more hard
Just learn Icelandic and you're golden
You could see where Tolkien got Inspiration from
Very good
Norse Mythology: exists
J. R. R Tolkien: Itʼs free real estate
Fafnir has some connection with LOTR
Nah mate. It's the other way around.
Skinfaxi and Hrimfaxi are the Pokémon origins Glastrier and Spectrier
Including Calyrex as Dagir
Birds and Snakes really don't like each other that they get a squirrel to help them exchange insults!😂
You're one of the few people who not only addresses the CORRECT name of the Dwarves' realm but to also know the difference between them and the Dark Elves/Drow.
Too many other "experts" claim that both groups of creatures are "the same thing"
the fist picture of a dwarf in this vid is art from a magic the gathering
Its the pronunciation for me
Looking forward to see some of these creatures appear in god of war 5: Ragnarok next year... the hype is real
Thank you for the fantastic video! ... hope you are doing well ...
Fun Fact: Most people had their first interaction with Norse Mythology from the MCU.
I'm From Norway 🇧🇻
Me too { born there but raised in Australia } 🤱🇸🇯 👨💻🇦🇺
3:28 is basically the hobbit movie just realized this
Reminds me of Lord of rings
Also true Norse mythology doesn't have clear cut good or evil, thats just the twisted version the christians rewrote, most of the "Evil monsters" you listed were either just doing things out of their nature, or victims of misunderstanding, Norse Mythology is about the consequences of not being willing to Understand others, Ragnarok comes about as such
One thing I have to say is why is no one making more games to do with Vikings and their mythology and all that as it has some of the best, brutal, and amazing characters places gods and all that it has so much potential for games and also has some of the best kind of music you can find songs such as my mother told me and people like Danheim the music is great and is worth a listen
Can you do a video on Sun Wukong.
Lol it's always rough coming across a video you have background knowledge on
You know what is fascinating, that the nords were one of the first people that actually thought about different dimentions. I mean think about it! The whole yggdrasil tree and different worlds connected to it?
The realms of fire and ice crashing at the beginning also sounds kinda like the big bang. They might of been onto something. Tho I don't think they were the first time think about different realms. Most mythology there's a realm of the dead and a different one for the gods. Hindu mythology for example has different realms and that might be older than Norse mythology. The celts beloved in this other world where the fey lived. The Greeks believed in Hades Wich is the realm of the dead ectr
Some claim that the Frost Giants weren't really giant at all, that they actually were as tall as humans.
But I seriously doubt that
Afaik darkelves are still native to alfheimr and svartalfheimr was the dwarven world.
Pls do more of these
Hello there
Seeing the gameplay run through of God of War Ragnorok, one gets to appreciate these creatures the more.
(Nyour-men-gone-der) I'm trying to be a know it all but that's how I always heard it pronounced at least
It's been awhile since I last saw this video. I'm hearing errors. Odin has ravens not crows and, Jormungandr's a dude. The sister is Hel. 😕🤨
Both Lord of The Rings and Skyrim was inspired by Norse Mythology
Very nice video well done! Norse mythology together with Greek are my favorite and the specific video goes in par with my recent upload about the most terrifying monsters from Greek mythology.Good work keep it up!!
Ulfheđinn next pls
I never realized just how much of Tolkien's Middle Earth was inspired by Norse Mythology alone.
Surprsed you didn't mention Garm, or that Fenrir's and Jormangandr's father was Loki
Ok one big thing that’s wrong is in Nordic Mythology Dark Elf and Dwarves are the same thing.
Actually, that's not know, it is only assumed to be the case.
That is a theory not a fact
Nobody:
Dark elves : Antisocial
dwarven women are rarely mentioned in norse mythology but it is said that they were so beautiful that one of them even caught the eye of Odin.
I see tolkein and AOT
make one unknown greek myth cadmus
I already know what a draugr is. I've played skyrim to know them
Wow Tolkein's bible
Old Norse is my favorite. Goodbye
Also Jormungandr is male, and Odin's birds are ravens.
When it comes to Gods, it's a Greek Mythology for me
But for the side character/mythical beast, it's a Norse Mythology for me for sure
Love the fact that most of the concept art for the draugr is from Skyrim
1:36 Dwarf Bitcoin Miner
hahaha
Wow as a scandinavian it's painful to watch. Most of what's being told is either completely wrong or missing major parts
Do one about Beowulf! Please! And use the theme from the 2007 Beowulf!