Thor isnt God (I'm Christian). This story would be a great episode in the Avengers series. I totally was picturing Hemsworth and Hiddleston for this story. Yeah just angry Chris bent out shape and Tom reluctantly babysitting Kids. Can totally see it now. (Also my God converted the viking's, so yeah, Jesus for the win take that hammer boy. Cant kill a giant please. David, rock, sling.)
@@codybarnes1531 Goliath was not a frost giant, he was just a larger-than-average man. A Philistine. He also didn't stand a chance against David. Remember that scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in which Indiana Jones is running through town and runs across a big guy dressed in black and waving a big sword around? Jones simply shot the guy. That is how D vs. G worked.
I love the way you tell stories. You keep the integrity of the tale, while also adding heaps of humor, and your illustrations are great. I've always loved myths, and that's what first drew me to your channel, but your charm and wit is what's kept me around! Thanks for doing what you do, and making great content.
The Midgard Serpent was seriously annoyed by having some redhead with a hammer just grab him and heft him around without so much as by your leave so it held a grudge. So now you know why the serpent made a beeline for Thor in the last battle.
this is one of my favorite buddycop moments for Thor and Loki for me, great video! OF NOTE: as a nod to Loki's cunning, in the version I read he wasnt first to go. he saw the challenge, got the gyst of what was happening, but was still hungry and wanted to feast at the table. After he lost his challenge he essentially remarked on how he didnt care, he'd gotten the meal he wanted anyway. thanks so much for the fun video!
in any version, Loki's still the smartest when picking his challenge, because he still gets a meal svn if he loses. he goes first, last, in the middle, doesn't matter Loki gets his food.
caper, meaning to dance about, comes from capriole, a ballet term, which comes from the horsemanship term, which shares its origin with capra, the latin name for goats. so yes dancing goats
Hey Dael, Our student society actually has a group of people (a guild) who tell stories from world mythology and legends. Because of your awesome reading of Glaucus we actually have a glaucus atlanticus as our logo. It is really cool, we have people from all directions of study. Classicists, Historians, art students, linguists, area studies people. I myself am an Egyptologist. So yea, please do keep up the good work. You inspired me for one so.....
I feel like there's a "who's on first" joke in there somewhere with Loki, Logi and Utegaarde (sp) Loki but I can't quite wrap my head around it. Fantastic story as always. :)
most of Thor's myths seem to be him on comedic adventures where he gets in his own way. like Thor is what stops Thor the most. also, seem like drunk tales, like no way he was sober for most of his stories.
I'm so glad you did this myth! I've always loved this myth and the way you told it somehow made me love it even more. And that drawing of the "cat" just going "no" made me laugh. That is such a cat thing to do. Also liked that lovely drawing of the dancing goat who, sadly, will never dance again. I guess the moral of this story is not to eat bone marrow.
I love the Gaiman book. My daughter (the future herpetologist) is also crazy about myths, especially anything involving Loki (myth version or MCU version, either one) so we bought her a copy, too. There is a Norse animated movie, "Valhalla," about Thor's visit to the giants that is actually pretty good.
By the gods you're beautiful; I'd forgottent both that and to watch for new fairy daels, it seems like absolutely ages since the last myth and I hadn't rewatched any; just kept seeing the other videos come out and was too distracted to watch them. Always something to enjoy though, many thanks for the wonderful stories. I think I'll rewatch them all soon, I'm house/ dogsitting for a couple of weeks and it'll probably rain the whole time.. I wonder if California has done something to offend Thor lately; probably, considering our weather.
...I somehow didn't expect that twist. it's a myth, of course there would be a silly twist. also, I guess ya shouldn't being up the City of Giants in the rainy season, or Thor is gonna get maaaaaad
I do love this story and although the young boy makes another appearance in the myths, I do not think the young girl does; it's as if they forgot about her or something. A good follow up story to this is the Thor's battle with Hrungnir!
But sometimes giants were depicted as normal sized. It's important to remember that people back then didn't view mythology as a consistent, single canon like we tend to. What we have is an anthology gathered from many different people over a large area, compiled by people who weren't even Norse and may or may not have had a bias in both culture and religion when interpreting these myths. What this Norse tribe believed giants to be may not necessarily have been what that Norse tribe did.
Why is it that if the story has to do with Thor The Midgard Serpent always shows up one way or another? Also why does this sound like a Nordic game of DND ?
Hmm...well, DnD is more or less supposed to let you role-play through Norse myth-like scenarios! Intentionally, via targeting Tolkien-esque events, and just through trying to let players be clever and/or badass and manly, it all sort of leads to the same place. ^_^
I think the Vikings ruined there chances of foreshadowing when one of there first myths is a prophesy about the death of the gods and who will kill them .
Wasn't it Loki who made Tjelfe break a legbone despite Thors warning. I assume you saw the beautiful danish cartoonmovie "Valhalla"? It is based on that same story from the Edda. In that movie, Loki planned this to have a houseslave to do their chores,.
i saw that hail on the news. you have been having a wacky time up there. when you had nearly 50 degrees out in the country and massive bushfires last weekend, it was 20 and rainy down here. and we got some heavy rain this weekend but not anything close to that. stop annoying the gods :P
There was a news update I think the day after that storm which went through stories about the heatwave, the flooding, bushfires taking out houses, and then possibly the largest huntsman ever found. It was... very Australian. Y'all down there are having Summer Lite right now, haha
Dael, you are as epic as the tales you tell. A question for your next Q&A... know any Egyptian, Native American, or Australian Aboriginal myths? Seems you are running out of options with Greece.
When you said Roskva for the first time, I thought you said Rothbart. I had this whole moment of confusion cause as far as I know, Rothbart was nowhere near Norway. then again, the movie would be different if Rothbart was a cleric of Loki... And I couldn't have been the only person thinking of Grog when Thor was bashing on the giants head, right? Grog was a bit more successful in his headbutt however.
So you've now incurred the wrath of Thor as well as technology?! I think you better do some appeasing quick smart! Do you have something you can sacrifice? No, wait, thhhhhat's probably not a good idea... uh... oh well... Good luck. :)
Oh damn, I forgot about your problems with Apollo. Considering how many gods you're insulted in your videos, I'm actually surprised it's only those three. So I guess that is kinda lucky... sorta... I think you're angered and insulted more all-powerful beings than Harry Dresden. That's pretty damn impressive. PS. I'd offer you some of my luck, but it's pretty much all gone bad. :P
I imagine your chances may be better than you think: - You have at least Hera on your side (considering her own history with Apollo and Hephaestus), - You're spreading tales of wisdom of the ancient gods, so Athena will also support you, - I imagine Zeus is just really amused that you decided to go after another God of Thunder instead of him. He may finally have let Hera and Athena convince him to force Apollo and Hephaestus to back down. Those two are probably sulking in a corner on Mount Olympus now. And in case things still go wrong: perhaps Hera and/or Athena will have mercy on you, and turn you into an immortal tortoise to help you avoid the wrath of the other gods... On another note, fun video, as always. :-)
This ending was the best of all great endings. Though I wonder why Thor got so angry at you for making this video, since it feels to me that this story actually shows how ridiculously strong Thor is. Maybe he missed the end of the story?
So let me get this straight. 1) Thor replaced his kids (tiny goats) with kids (tiny humans) 2) A giant king was just chilling in a random cave for no reason (sounds legit) 3) Said giant king was super intimidated by Thor and yet still wanted to hang out with him (Yeah, THAT happened. 🙄) 4) Giant king performed the norse mythology equivalent of trying to make a 'bank robbery social experiment' youtube video. Multiple times. And GOT AWAY WITH IT!? (HOW!?!?) 5) Instead of taking Mjolnr to the bag of provisions, Thor just tried to kill the giant king dude, because that would somehow solve the 'starving and all our food is in a bag I can't open' problem. (Which is worthy of a 'I Am Very Smart' post...) 6) Dael basically just pointed out how Thor made a fool of himself and Thor's response is the Navy Seal Copypasta.
This story is literally the reason that, if I ever got a cat, I'd name it Jörmungandur ("Jörmi" for short). I own a Bearded Dragon (His Holiness), two geckos (Kami and Kyu) and a Royal Python (Svafnir) and I'm saving the name of the Midgard Serpent for a cat I may never own or, more likely, never be allowed to name :P (my second option on naming a cat is Sith, after the Cat Sìth of Gaelic folklore/mythology, because a) it's pronounced similarly to "she", so irony if the cat was a male, and b) Star Wars :P Moral of the story? I do not give pets normal names)
Little bit late on the reply here, but thank you :) My mum got a cat early last year and I named him Odie, after the dog from Garfield. I kind of hope I get a cat as well :)
Well, sadly Kyu passed away earlier this week. He wasn't doing particularly well towards the end. His brother, Kami, is doing excellently, though, so I still have him.
Another great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. In case you are interested, there is a great sculpture of Thor wrestling old age in Reykjavik: www.reddit.com/r/museum/comments/5nrdbf/einar_j%C3%B3nsson_thor_wrestling_with_old_age_193940/
He replaced the goats with kids, which is great because young goats are called kids!
I picture the kids having to pull his chariot too. Thor's just like "ONWARD! FULL SPEED!"
Let me get this straight: Thor can bring goats back to life after they have been eaten, but he can't fix a broken leg on one of them? Some god he is.
I know right? Pfft...
(Waits for the inevitable return of thunder)
I made sure Thor thinks I live next door to you, so if he seeks revenge against me ... I knew you wouldn't mind.
Thor isnt God (I'm Christian). This story would be a great episode in the Avengers series. I totally was picturing Hemsworth and Hiddleston for this story. Yeah just angry Chris bent out shape and Tom reluctantly babysitting Kids. Can totally see it now. (Also my God converted the viking's, so yeah, Jesus for the win take that hammer boy. Cant kill a giant please. David, rock, sling.)
@@codybarnes1531 Goliath was not a frost giant, he was just a larger-than-average man. A Philistine. He also didn't stand a chance against David. Remember that scene in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in which Indiana Jones is running through town and runs across a big guy dressed in black and waving a big sword around? Jones simply shot the guy. That is how D vs. G worked.
@@michaelsommers2356 that scene was basically improvised, originally having a longer choreographed fight.
Dael! You made a joke! Replaced his goats with Kids... get it. Kids are what you call baby goats! I'm dying.
Ahh! How is this not even the first time I've unknowingly made a goat joke in a video!!
Loki choosing an eating contest was actually pretty clever. Even if he loses, he’s already got free food.
I love the way you tell stories. You keep the integrity of the tale, while also adding heaps of humor, and your illustrations are great. I've always loved myths, and that's what first drew me to your channel, but your charm and wit is what's kept me around! Thanks for doing what you do, and making great content.
my thoughts exactly. such a good story teller. i especially like the variety, really branched out since geek and sundry days
The Midgard Serpent was seriously annoyed by having some redhead with a hammer just grab him and heft him around without so much as by your leave so it held a grudge. So now you know why the serpent made a beeline for Thor in the last battle.
I thought that this story was about giants, turns out it was about giant trolls! :D
this is one of my favorite buddycop moments for Thor and Loki for me, great video! OF NOTE: as a nod to Loki's cunning, in the version I read he wasnt first to go. he saw the challenge, got the gyst of what was happening, but was still hungry and wanted to feast at the table. After he lost his challenge he essentially remarked on how he didnt care, he'd gotten the meal he wanted anyway.
thanks so much for the fun video!
in any version, Loki's still the smartest when picking his challenge, because he still gets a meal svn if he loses. he goes first, last, in the middle, doesn't matter Loki gets his food.
caper, meaning to dance about, comes from capriole, a ballet term, which comes from the horsemanship term, which shares its origin with capra, the latin name for goats. so yes dancing goats
As you said "His goat will never dance again", all I could think was "Guilty hooves have got no rhythm" ... You're welcome :P
I got an image of Tangoist as Black Phillip, rearing up & dancing about.
Hey Dael, Our student society actually has a group of people (a guild) who tell stories from world mythology and legends. Because of your awesome reading of Glaucus we actually have a glaucus atlanticus as our logo. It is really cool, we have people from all directions of study. Classicists, Historians, art students, linguists, area studies people. I myself am an Egyptologist. So yea, please do keep up the good work. You inspired me for one so.....
That's so freaking awesome!! What a kick ass guild!
Real cool story, also Loki was hedging his bets, even if he doesn't win he still got to eat
Great story!
Sorry to hear about the bad hail, hope it didn't do too much damage (I actually winced when I saw cars out in it).
I feel like there's a "who's on first" joke in there somewhere with Loki, Logi and Utegaarde (sp) Loki but I can't quite wrap my head around it.
Fantastic story as always. :)
most of Thor's myths seem to be him on comedic adventures where he gets in his own way. like Thor is what stops Thor the most. also, seem like drunk tales, like no way he was sober for most of his stories.
Norse gods: "Screw boring transportation; we're gonna use goats, forest cats, eight-legged horses, and wild boars made of gold."
I kept imagining this like an Oregon Trail playthrough. "Tanngnjóstr has died of marrowlessness."
Gabriel Veiga, ditto,dude
This is legit one of my favourite myths ever, thanks for this awesome rendition!
Dael, i love you so much for this, why won't RUclips let me like this video more than once!
Haha, glad you liked it!
I'm so glad you did this myth! I've always loved this myth and the way you told it somehow made me love it even more. And that drawing of the "cat" just going "no" made me laugh. That is such a cat thing to do. Also liked that lovely drawing of the dancing goat who, sadly, will never dance again. I guess the moral of this story is not to eat bone marrow.
Loki and Logi are sat down by utengar Loki (or however you spell that). Say it 10 times fast and you can sit at the giant's table
I love the Gaiman book. My daughter (the future herpetologist) is also crazy about myths, especially anything involving Loki (myth version or MCU version, either one) so we bought her a copy, too.
There is a Norse animated movie, "Valhalla," about Thor's visit to the giants that is actually pretty good.
you keep slaying Dael!
Somebody is slaying Dael?! He or she must be stopped, before it's too late!
By the gods you're beautiful; I'd forgottent both that and to watch for new fairy daels, it seems like absolutely ages since the last myth and I hadn't rewatched any; just kept seeing the other videos come out and was too distracted to watch them.
Always something to enjoy though, many thanks for the wonderful stories. I think I'll rewatch them all soon, I'm house/ dogsitting for a couple of weeks and it'll probably rain the whole time..
I wonder if California has done something to offend Thor lately; probably, considering our weather.
Well spun! Not enough dance puns.
One fun detail you overlooked was that Útgarða-Loki said that it would be best for "both sides" if he and thor never saw each other again.
Crazy storm! Love the video 😁
I found you from a comment on sourcefed. I love these mythology videos. Weird way to gain a sub 🤗
Haha, that's awesome! Very happy you clicked through :D
Great one Dael ;) Thanks! Always love it :)
I love weather when it's bad
The kids were scared because they were children, human children. :)
Fantastic video!
I HAVE MISSED THE MYTH VIDEOS SO MUCH
Nicely told with a lot of personality...
...I somehow didn't expect that twist. it's a myth, of course there would be a silly twist. also, I guess ya shouldn't being up the City of Giants in the rainy season, or Thor is gonna get maaaaaad
Noticed the apostrophe still on the Catan box. You must've shot this right after your Warhammer 40k video. I enjoyed them both.
Haha, actually I just forgot to take it down for a really long time, think I've still got one more that's going to have it in the background. :)
Hello from sweden , lovley show as Always. keep up the good work
Thank you, Sweden!
I read this story when I was like eight man time flies
"I missed the worst of the hail…"
Brave words, Dael! Brave words.
(just accidentally rhymed Dael with hail; make of that what you will)
Dancing Goats is the name of a cafe chain here.
Thor took 3 drinks of the horn. If I remember right Utgard Loki says "Here, all my soldiers can empty this horn in 3 drinks at most."
"Teeth-bearer" and "Teeth-grinder"...yeah, that seems pretty consistent with the general perception of what goats are like. xD
I do love this story and although the young boy makes another appearance in the myths, I do not think the young girl does; it's as if they forgot about her or something. A good follow up story to this is the Thor's battle with Hrungnir!
But sometimes giants were depicted as normal sized.
It's important to remember that people back then didn't view mythology as a consistent, single canon like we tend to. What we have is an anthology gathered from many different people over a large area, compiled by people who weren't even Norse and may or may not have had a bias in both culture and religion when interpreting these myths. What this Norse tribe believed giants to be may not necessarily have been what that Norse tribe did.
they're godly goats, you know they're fuckin huge.
this adventure felt so much like a journey in DnD, if one got to play a god in a game :D
Awesome video =) Keep up the Epicness
Why is it that if the story has to do with Thor The Midgard Serpent always shows up one way or another? Also why does this sound like a Nordic game of DND ?
Hmm...well, DnD is more or less supposed to let you role-play through Norse myth-like scenarios! Intentionally, via targeting Tolkien-esque events, and just through trying to let players be clever and/or badass and manly, it all sort of leads to the same place. ^_^
Haha, Foreshadowing?
Those two are arch enemies and will end up killing each other when the world ends, so yeah, it's a thing.
I know just if I where them I'd wonder why we keep on bumping into each other, like Odin and Fenrir did have this issue .
I think the Vikings ruined there chances of foreshadowing when one of there first myths is a prophesy about the death of the gods and who will kill them .
There is a wonderful Danish animated movie based on this particular myth. It's called Valhalla and worth checking out.
Well, that was a disaster of a road trip, wasn't it?
Every time I listen to one of these -especially the Nordic tales- I always think "It made sense at the time" 'cause ya know, ..marrow?
How can I own that "Tango-ist" sketch?
Wasn't it Loki who made Tjelfe break a legbone despite Thors warning. I assume you saw the beautiful danish cartoonmovie "Valhalla"? It is based on that same story from the Edda. In that movie, Loki planned this to have a houseslave to do their chores,.
>>Sometimes the cat just turns out to be the Midgard Serpent. It's alright.
i saw that hail on the news. you have been having a wacky time up there. when you had nearly 50 degrees out in the country and massive bushfires last weekend, it was 20 and rainy down here. and we got some heavy rain this weekend but not anything close to that. stop annoying the gods :P
There was a news update I think the day after that storm which went through stories about the heatwave, the flooding, bushfires taking out houses, and then possibly the largest huntsman ever found. It was... very Australian. Y'all down there are having Summer Lite right now, haha
Well I kind of want to see the bloopers for this episode.
You missed out the most important part of the tale: did the goat ever do the tango again?
Dael, you are as epic as the tales you tell. A question for your next Q&A... know any Egyptian, Native American, or Australian Aboriginal myths? Seems you are running out of options with Greece.
So could Thor not differentiate alcohol from saltwater, or were the Nordic seas deceptively meady?
Is it weird that I kinda miss those storms since I left QLD?
Not at all! I know I would :)
Does Thor shout "Fang it!" When he wants to go top Goat speed? :)
Oh, absolutely, only way to do it ;)
twoclouds really gets the molar rolling...
Yay I love this video
Seen the movie Valhalle lately? same story, but with more images and quark
When you said Roskva for the first time, I thought you said Rothbart. I had this whole moment of confusion cause as far as I know, Rothbart was nowhere near Norway. then again, the movie would be different if Rothbart was a cleric of Loki...
And I couldn't have been the only person thinking of Grog when Thor was bashing on the giants head, right? Grog was a bit more successful in his headbutt however.
Well told! :-)
Somewhat unrelated to an extent, but I can't find Thor's Beer Run anywhere.
You have to do a ritual sacrifice to appease Thor.
You look great with that red lipstick.
Also, great video.
Notification squad where y'all at?
Isn't utgard also the name of the city?
Also, OMG a new Gaiman book. News in Egypt travels slow (Or at least it hasn't reached the necropolises yet)
Yep! Good catch - Utgarda, home of Utgarda-Loki. Creatively named.
Thor 1 Dael 1
...Logi? Is this an ancient Norse nursery rhyme now???
So you've now incurred the wrath of Thor as well as technology?!
I think you better do some appeasing quick smart! Do you have something you can sacrifice? No, wait, thhhhhat's probably not a good idea... uh... oh well...
Good luck. :)
It's me VS Thor, Apollo, and Hephaestus.
Imma need all the luck I can get.
Oh damn, I forgot about your problems with Apollo. Considering how many gods you're insulted in your videos, I'm actually surprised it's only those three. So I guess that is kinda lucky... sorta...
I think you're angered and insulted more all-powerful beings than Harry Dresden. That's pretty damn impressive.
PS. I'd offer you some of my luck, but it's pretty much all gone bad. :P
That's a mean game of Smite you're setting up there.
I imagine your chances may be better than you think:
- You have at least Hera on your side (considering her own history with Apollo and Hephaestus),
- You're spreading tales of wisdom of the ancient gods, so Athena will also support you,
- I imagine Zeus is just really amused that you decided to go after another God of Thunder instead of him. He may finally have let Hera and Athena convince him to force Apollo and Hephaestus to back down. Those two are probably sulking in a corner on Mount Olympus now.
And in case things still go wrong: perhaps Hera and/or Athena will have mercy on you, and turn you into an immortal tortoise to help you avoid the wrath of the other gods...
On another note, fun video, as always. :-)
Is accidentally dissing a god and invoking their wrath just an occupational hazard for you at this point?
Please! Not so long between Mythology videos, I have so little to look forward to as it is.
This ending was the best of all great endings. Though I wonder why Thor got so angry at you for making this video, since it feels to me that this story actually shows how ridiculously strong Thor is. Maybe he missed the end of the story?
Where did you learn all of the Mythology?
Ever watch Anthony bourdain parts unknown? I've seen that guy eat goat. Bone marrow is delicious. Mmmmm bone marrow....
I Thor that coming
I feel bad for Thor, Odin sleeps with his wife. That's from another myth.
Here's a curveball: try doing a video on ancient meso-american mythology (Mayan, Aztec, Incan, Olmec, etc).
Do you accept the challenge, or yield? lol
Rayce Jacobson or Ausee-Aborigional. I am not sure if there Is a pc term for that ..
What are you studying in school/university?
So let me get this straight.
1) Thor replaced his kids (tiny goats) with kids (tiny humans)
2) A giant king was just chilling in a random cave for no reason (sounds legit)
3) Said giant king was super intimidated by Thor and yet still wanted to hang out with him (Yeah, THAT happened. 🙄)
4) Giant king performed the norse mythology equivalent of trying to make a 'bank robbery social experiment' youtube video. Multiple times. And GOT AWAY WITH IT!? (HOW!?!?)
5) Instead of taking Mjolnr to the bag of provisions, Thor just tried to kill the giant king dude, because that would somehow solve the 'starving and all our food is in a bag I can't open' problem. (Which is worthy of a 'I Am Very Smart' post...)
6) Dael basically just pointed out how Thor made a fool of himself and Thor's response is the Navy Seal Copypasta.
but why did they decided to go there in the first place?
As far as I know, the story doesn't actually say. It's one hell of a dropped story thread.
Is that new lipstick?
This story is literally the reason that, if I ever got a cat, I'd name it Jörmungandur ("Jörmi" for short). I own a Bearded Dragon (His Holiness), two geckos (Kami and Kyu) and a Royal Python (Svafnir) and I'm saving the name of the Midgard Serpent for a cat I may never own or, more likely, never be allowed to name :P
(my second option on naming a cat is Sith, after the Cat Sìth of Gaelic folklore/mythology, because a) it's pronounced similarly to "she", so irony if the cat was a male, and b) Star Wars :P Moral of the story? I do not give pets normal names)
Hahaha, those are all brilliant names - makes me hope you do get a cat
Little bit late on the reply here, but thank you :) My mum got a cat early last year and I named him Odie, after the dog from Garfield.
I kind of hope I get a cat as well :)
Well, sadly Kyu passed away earlier this week. He wasn't doing particularly well towards the end. His brother, Kami, is doing excellently, though, so I still have him.
💖
Another great video. Thoroughly enjoyed it. In case you are interested, there is a great sculpture of Thor wrestling old age in Reykjavik: www.reddit.com/r/museum/comments/5nrdbf/einar_j%C3%B3nsson_thor_wrestling_with_old_age_193940/
Yeah, I guess Thor really hates when anyone tells that story. It's embarrassing.
So this nordic mythological story is telling me that #lastnightinsweden Thor was almost beaten by an old woman?
What the hell
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Are all myths this insipid?
Norse child labor laws are not a thing
Make up
Yep
Any reasons why (you want to tell here)?
MonarchsFactory you look nice