The myth of Thor's journey to the land of giants - Scott A. Mellor

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  • Опубликовано: 21 фев 2018
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    Thor - son of Odin, god of thunder, and protector of mankind - struggled mightily against his greatest challenge yet: opening a bag of food. How had the mighty god fallen so far? Scott Mellor tells the myth of Thor's journey to Utgard.
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  • @TEDEd
    @TEDEd  6 лет назад +1563

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    • @ankits5020
      @ankits5020 6 лет назад +6

      TED-Ed Thanks..!!

    • @1218Draco
      @1218Draco 6 лет назад +10

      TED-Ed Make a video on how Loki became a horse & got pregnant just for a contracting discount

    • @jayashreesreekumar4202
      @jayashreesreekumar4202 6 лет назад +3

      TED-Ed i love you. i love norse mythology. I want to know about it .But i dont have any money.😑😑😑

    • @64standardtrickyness
      @64standardtrickyness 6 лет назад +1

      Why don't the Norse worship the giants if they are more powerful than the gods?

    • @playonce4186
      @playonce4186 6 лет назад +1

      pls tell addison anderson is narrating the audio book

  • @caffeecup5319
    @caffeecup5319 5 лет назад +13460

    Anyone noticed Loki tricked the giant so that he can eat free food?

    • @DoctorFail
      @DoctorFail 5 лет назад +662

      didn't think about it that way. lol

    • @astro7262
      @astro7262 5 лет назад +557

      Loki you trickster you.

    • @isclarasleep
      @isclarasleep 5 лет назад +353

      LOKI'D

    • @IdaeChop
      @IdaeChop 5 лет назад +82

      Yummy

    • @GazzyD
      @GazzyD 5 лет назад +105

      Loki is a G

  • @JonatasAdoM
    @JonatasAdoM 3 года назад +3711

    thalfi: "Isn't it weird the king of giants and loki have the same name?"
    thor: "nah"

    • @lychee349
      @lychee349 3 года назад +213

      Well actually I’m pretty sure Utgard Loki is called that because he’s manipulative and a trickster. I don’t think it’s his real name.

    • @anintellectual9839
      @anintellectual9839 3 года назад +179

      Well I looked it up, and apparently Loki means 'King', and Utgard-Loki means Loki of the outlands

    • @karmakaughtthekat
      @karmakaughtthekat 3 года назад +84

      @@anintellectual9839 so Loki is pretty much just named King? Sick!

    • @ahmedalani9518
      @ahmedalani9518 3 года назад +56

      @@anintellectual9839 that means loki is the rightful king of ASGARD

    • @Divinemakyr
      @Divinemakyr 3 года назад +12

      @@anintellectual9839 Where did you find that? Because I'm pretty sure Loki does not mean "king."

  • @scabberdabber2597
    @scabberdabber2597 4 года назад +4490

    Thalfi:I can outrun anything in the wild
    Thor: I am mightier than all of you
    Loki: I can eat really fast

    • @krishafyme
      @krishafyme 4 года назад +28

      Lol!!

    • @epser5842
      @epser5842 4 года назад +91

      true power

    • @eisque
      @eisque 4 года назад +23

      Can't?

    • @crazyroundman7049
      @crazyroundman7049 4 года назад +207

      Actually Loki was a trickster god and his speciality wasnt eating. He was actually a very slow eater. Rather he tricked the giants out of a free meal

    • @schoolboyartist7926
      @schoolboyartist7926 4 года назад +9

      u spelled Thalfi's name wrong so im just correcting-no offense

  • @giddy7079
    @giddy7079 4 года назад +1668

    Thor, Loki and Thjalfi: *show how strong they are*
    King of Giants: "Thanks! I hate it!!!"

    • @russellzhang3218
      @russellzhang3218 3 года назад +46

      Thor, Loki, and thjialfi could destroy hi giants so he was so scared he didn’t let them in his land

    • @coyolord8031
      @coyolord8031 Год назад +2

      he didn't hate it he was scared of it.

    • @brynnatang
      @brynnatang 11 месяцев назад +1

      Thor and Thjalfi: Having really useful powers
      King of Giants: ahh scary
      meanwhile Loki: haha I can eat fast

  • @ironvanguard7219
    @ironvanguard7219 5 лет назад +6717

    “But. My hammer,’ said Thor.
    ‘Shut up, Thor,’ said Loki.”

  • @NonLogicUser
    @NonLogicUser 6 лет назад +1832

    Anyone else impressed that a mortal almost outran thought itself?
    Dude must dedicate to his leg days.

    • @teli6350
      @teli6350 6 лет назад +50

      NonLogicUser or else thought might've had a few too many meetings with Elli and got Parkinson. Just a guess.

    • @NonLogicUser
      @NonLogicUser 6 лет назад +44

      Professorbairos I can imagine a version of this story where Thjalfi goes and makes several distractions before the race so Thought loses track of what he's doing and loses.

    • @user-pf3zb7lv9b
      @user-pf3zb7lv9b 5 лет назад +4

      or thought thinks slow ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    • @emilyjew-wor-ski6630
      @emilyjew-wor-ski6630 5 лет назад +14

      NonLogicUser it’s *always* leg day

    • @siddarth3955
      @siddarth3955 5 лет назад +3

      Leg days doesn't make you fast or else mr olympiads would be the fastest

  • @makkussy
    @makkussy 5 лет назад +5501

    Thor and Loki lost because they didn't do "get help"

    • @dearmalaysia
      @dearmalaysia 4 года назад +184

      of course they wouldn't, it's humiliating.

    • @tapan97
      @tapan97 4 года назад +122

      @@dearmalaysia not for Thor, it isn't

    • @GoforKrogh
      @GoforKrogh 4 года назад +32

      I like you

    • @MarcSpctr
      @MarcSpctr 4 года назад +64

      @@dearmalaysia hey come on, it's fun and it always works.

    • @JavierEscuella1911
      @JavierEscuella1911 4 года назад +28

      I like this one

  • @Medicine91
    @Medicine91 Год назад +427

    He looks like a calm and reasonable person.

    • @ponchopi
      @ponchopi Год назад +26

      When the moment calls for…calm.

    • @ravelnavarro9625
      @ravelnavarro9625 Год назад +11

      IS HE a calm and reasonable person?

    • @kingkase0079
      @kingkase0079 Год назад +8

      Haha, gow reference
      Love to see it

    • @kingkase0079
      @kingkase0079 Год назад +3

      @@ravelnavarro9625 it’s a god of war reference

    • @ponchopi
      @ponchopi Год назад +5

      @@kingkase0079 the guy your replying to is saying the next line

  • @cooldude6269
    @cooldude6269 6 лет назад +8865

    Kudos to the artist for not using the Marvel versions of Thor or Loki!

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +194

      I think the artist is inspired by an old Danish cartoon named Valhalla
      ruclips.net/video/XwAGt9dvZdo/видео.html

    • @karljohanfalkesgaard733
      @karljohanfalkesgaard733 5 лет назад +23

      Indeed he is GorillaGuerilla

    • @Liz-lq8hw
      @Liz-lq8hw 5 лет назад +408

      I mean I LOVE marvel, but it's obviously not supposed to be realistic representations of Norse mythology

    • @conorjasper5814
      @conorjasper5814 5 лет назад +251

      AND ACTUALLY MAKING THOR A FRICKING REDHEAD!

    • @williamworsham1626
      @williamworsham1626 5 лет назад +173

      Too many people think of the comic book when it comes to Thor...Marvel got so many things wrong i really dont want to type them all but for instance Loki is Odins blood brother he is also a fire giant not an ice giant Hella is Lokis daughter not odins there is way more but the one that gets me the most...Heimdall...he is the whitest of all the gods and the actor they chose was black...i mean really?....more people should do the actual research on the European lore and stop thinking the comic book is the real mythology

  • @breyanna6951
    @breyanna6951 6 лет назад +524

    0:13
    “Has trouble with opening a bag of food”
    Me too Thor,
    Me too
    Those darn troublesome chip bags

  • @brettjohnson536
    @brettjohnson536 2 года назад +1196

    Minor point, the "giants" in old Norse mythology aren't actually "giants" the way we think of them. It's sort of a cross translation thing, but giants are are actually the same species as the gods, they're just a different family, so they're the same size as the gods, and completely humanoid.

    • @Aethuviel
      @Aethuviel 2 года назад +94

      Thank you. I was also taught as a child (Swedish, so these myths were as important as the Christian ones) that Loki WAS a giant, he just lived with the Aesir.

    • @Jgaldragon
      @Jgaldragon 2 года назад +56

      Kinda like the titans of Greek mythology

    • @emberhermin52
      @emberhermin52 2 года назад +36

      Some individuals were described as big

    • @marcusblasurca6583
      @marcusblasurca6583 Год назад +44

      Some are big like skrymir, surtur, Ymir, holy cow, and other giants in Jotunheim even Tyr's father

    • @FilthyFloor
      @FilthyFloor Год назад +35

      They are not the same species as the gods.
      Gods are Aser or "Æsir". And as we all know, the "Giants" are Jötunn.

  • @woooooooooooooooooooooooo
    @woooooooooooooooooooooooo 4 года назад +298

    "Congratulations!"
    "Never come here again!"

  • @LW-fe9sq
    @LW-fe9sq 6 лет назад +587

    Wow that was impressive guys! Please never come back!

  • @billyk8397
    @billyk8397 6 лет назад +1792

    That was such an inspirational quote

  • @threat645
    @threat645 5 лет назад +1029

    *Sees Loki eating randomly offered food*
    BOY!

  • @Potato-tb3wy
    @Potato-tb3wy 4 года назад +1289

    Thor raised the horn to his lips, and drank the surprisingly cold, and salty mead, in the longest gulps he could muster
    Plus sharks, octopuses, whales, fish, jellyfish, coral, seaweed, etc.

    • @Basic_Cat
      @Basic_Cat 3 года назад +49

      Don’t forget about shipwrecks. Those would surely pierce him from inside and kill him, right?

    • @personalinfodump2155
      @personalinfodump2155 3 года назад +36

      @@Basic_Cat slurp

    • @TheVillain01
      @TheVillain01 3 года назад +52

      @@Basic_Cat he's a god, shipwreck wouldn't kill him

    • @sudhanshchourasia6454
      @sudhanshchourasia6454 3 года назад +30

      What about plastic?? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @TheVillain01
      @TheVillain01 3 года назад +3

      @@sudhanshchourasia6454 true

  • @_Onlime
    @_Onlime 6 лет назад +1872

    This was extremely entertaining

    • @mdrakonnia2933
      @mdrakonnia2933 6 лет назад +15

      Onlime I can't get the image of Loki (the one in Avengers) eating food as fast as he can, then looking up and seeing nothing in front of him because of the wildfire.

    • @JonasBlanchard
      @JonasBlanchard 6 лет назад +1

      The book the video recommended at the end is filled with these types of stories, got it as an audio book a few years ago and have listened to it numerous times and the stories never felt old.

    • @matthewwalts516
      @matthewwalts516 6 лет назад

      Onlime is

    • @alienelephant4721
      @alienelephant4721 6 лет назад +6

      Kratos: BOI, How is this Possible? We went to Jotunheim together not with Thor or a servant. And why did you help Thor steal back the Hammer?
      Atreus: Hey, I'm just as baffled as you are!
      Mimir: Meh, Alternative Universe Perhaps?
      Stan Lee (Special Guest): What's up true Believers! Go purchase the Recent Avengers and Thor Comic today!! :D

    • @jaynehaubner
      @jaynehaubner 6 лет назад

      Onlime maybe you would like the Rick Riordan Books about Norse mythology called Magnus Chase

  • @GlidusFlowers
    @GlidusFlowers 6 лет назад +888

    In Icelandic, these are the rough translations for the names
    Logi = flame
    Hugi = mind
    Elli = old age

    • @claudiag.9307
      @claudiag.9307 6 лет назад +7

      Palli Orri Cool!

    • @Chronically_ChiII
      @Chronically_ChiII 6 лет назад +75

      Yeah, you see the twist from a mile away as an Icelandic person. It's still pretty cool.

    • @MegaXXSomeoneXx
      @MegaXXSomeoneXx 6 лет назад +31

      It makes sense considering Icelandic is linguistically very close to what these myths were written/ told in.

    • @mazenkhallaf4787
      @mazenkhallaf4787 6 лет назад +4

      +Matt M. Didnt the norse name iceland and greenland?

    • @Chronically_ChiII
      @Chronically_ChiII 6 лет назад +13

      Bill Cipher Settlers of Iceland were mainly from Norway. So much that old norse is very close to Icelandic today.

  • @jragonjewel5745
    @jragonjewel5745 5 лет назад +544

    1:27
    “Loki went first, declaring himself the world’s fastest eater.”
    Me: “HOLD MY MEAD!”

    • @lunartimberwolf
      @lunartimberwolf Год назад +2

      I would probably win because my stomach is like Kirby’s stomach

  • @miltonsumirat2585
    @miltonsumirat2585 2 года назад +71

    I underestimate the story until the twist. It's so beautiful. Thank you, Ted Ed.

    • @jinxed_nobody1133
      @jinxed_nobody1133 Год назад +1

      Norse mythology is better than any Marvel thor movie

  • @luqcrusher
    @luqcrusher 6 лет назад +1091

    Wow. I’m so used to Greek mythology that I assumed all myths end with the moral basically boiling down to: don’t mess with arrogant gods.
    So fascinating and refreshing to learn of one with actual morals.

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 6 лет назад +23

      Yeah, I prefer any mythology over Greco-Roman myth. :D

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +59

      Nordic Mythology ends with Ragnarökr - where many of the Gods die!
      (For the world to end - and go back to the stage where it was before - and all can start all over again)

    • @dzarko55
      @dzarko55 6 лет назад +27

      GorillaGuerilla not really; it’s not perfectly circular. The new gods are different from the old ones, as are their origins.

    • @ChrisPPotatoIDC
      @ChrisPPotatoIDC 6 лет назад +10

      Percy Jackson and the Olympians

    • @kateshungi8945
      @kateshungi8945 6 лет назад +7

      Myths and legends podcast.

  • @shadowdawns889
    @shadowdawns889 5 лет назад +2121

    Never knew Loki had another super ability
    Marvel should use that in contest with Thanos
    Who ever eats more and fast gets infinity stones

    • @erenbatum8364
      @erenbatum8364 5 лет назад +48

      Nah, he just tricked the giants to get free food

    • @pladderisawesome
      @pladderisawesome 4 года назад +8

      Loki is also Sleipnir and Jormungandr's mothers.
      Yes, mothers. He made himself female.

    • @adi_g
      @adi_g 4 года назад +5

      Marvel ruined Norse Mythology. If you have read Magnus Chase, you will know. I love the series. But Marvel didn't do Norse any justice. The rest is OK

    • @edmontonboy99
      @edmontonboy99 3 года назад

      Are you guys kidding, Thor is marvellous (as in amazing)

    • @finnlewis6207
      @finnlewis6207 3 года назад

      What I want to see more than anything is for them to give Thor his goats. Marvel leaves out all the best parts. They also inexplicably named Loki's father in the movies after his mother in the myths.

  • @HarshilKatira
    @HarshilKatira 5 лет назад +473

    Usain bolt-I am the fastest human of all time.
    Thialfi -Hold my beer.....

    • @betochiwas
      @betochiwas 5 лет назад +15

      Hold my mead

    • @meginna8354
      @meginna8354 5 лет назад +4

      @Better Tomorrow It's actually Þjálfi, pronounced Thjalvi

    • @BingQiLing.
      @BingQiLing. 5 лет назад

      Tjalve shouldve been in marvel comics

    • @leannetsai9171
      @leannetsai9171 5 лет назад

      Technically he isn’t human

    • @meginna8354
      @meginna8354 5 лет назад

      @@leannetsai9171 þjálfi was a normal human.

  • @kensingcd
    @kensingcd 2 года назад +30

    This is probably the most significant of all the Norse myths. It’s not about victory or fame or glory, it’s about the constant push to attempt what is deemed impossible, to not fear failure.

  • @brittanybroquadio8846
    @brittanybroquadio8846 6 лет назад +295

    "'Shut up, Thor' said Loki" honestly..... those two in a nutshell

  • @cactuspham4322
    @cactuspham4322 6 лет назад +391

    That quote at the beginning, though

  • @user-fp1go9fl7n
    @user-fp1go9fl7n 3 года назад +150

    The Norse Mythology is home to a plethora of massively interesting stories that doesn't always seem to teach us a specific lesson. It feels actually like a chronicle as a whole. Thanks for the interesting and amazing content and hope to see more.

  • @idiotgoddess2114
    @idiotgoddess2114 4 года назад +43

    0:15
    TedED: "Thor is stuggling against his greatest challenge yet"
    also TedED: *"Opening a bag of food"*

  • @coolguy5541
    @coolguy5541 5 лет назад +389

    Damn the King of Giants is badass has thought,fire,old age as his servants. Ocean in his drinking horn.His pet is the serpent coiling around earth. And can deflect blows that make valleys in mountains.

    • @chanbricks4461
      @chanbricks4461 4 года назад +51

      Jotuns have insane magic powers, especially Utgard-loki, one of the greatest sorcerers

    • @shreyanksurve8100
      @shreyanksurve8100 3 года назад +6

      @Non Non damn you genius. I've Never read such an interesting comment on RUclips at 4am

    • @shreyaspamaraju4844
      @shreyaspamaraju4844 3 года назад +5

      dude whats with your challenges? said the group
      shut up and get out of my fortress! said nyholmier

    • @05r41
      @05r41 3 года назад +1

      @Non Non dude get help, take your meds

    • @zunigairving
      @zunigairving 2 года назад +4

      @@shreyanksurve8100 who is Non Non?

  • @siva2727
    @siva2727 6 лет назад +2321

    Better story than dark world

    • @wserthmar8908
      @wserthmar8908 6 лет назад +40

      Captain Deadpool
      Better story than all Thor films together taken

    • @udbhavprasad3521
      @udbhavprasad3521 6 лет назад +41

      umm..no

    • @CalexanderJ
      @CalexanderJ 6 лет назад +7

      By far

    • @nikag7732
      @nikag7732 6 лет назад +3

      True.

    • @nikag7732
      @nikag7732 6 лет назад +24

      Kentr, though they changed the actual myth in Ragnarok, Thor Ragnarok was good.

  • @DonNinja05
    @DonNinja05 5 лет назад +190

    For those who want to know, the contestants' true names are references to their "identities" as their names are also names for things in Icelandic
    Logi: flame
    Hugi: Mind
    Elli: Old age

    • @MM-vs2et
      @MM-vs2et 3 года назад +1

      It's really neat that modern Icelandic still has a good connection with Old Norse, which is the language most Norse myths are written in.

  • @savetheworldtribe
    @savetheworldtribe 6 лет назад +213

    When I was 11 this was one of my favorite stories. I laughed so hard that Thor had drank up part of the ocean.

    • @barkingnoise
      @barkingnoise 6 лет назад +2

      That part boggled my mind a bit. But because in the story I heard, the tip of the drinking horn had an opening and that opening was beneath the water. Which seemed weird because I knew water didn't flow upwards (from the ocean), usually.
      Maybe it was my dad's creative take on it though, don't recall.

    • @sorenmine7765
      @sorenmine7765 6 лет назад +2

      thor drank bleach.

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +9

      barkingnoise
      You don't apply mortal physics to the realm of Jötnar

  • @elmsigreen
    @elmsigreen 6 лет назад +350

    Not really a twist when you read the story in Icelandic.
    Logi (Icelandic word for flame)
    Hugi (Icelandic word for mind)
    Elli (Icelandic word for old age)

    • @highstreet2535
      @highstreet2535 6 лет назад +6

      Not everyone is a know it all

    • @johnborat3113
      @johnborat3113 6 лет назад +1

      Elmar A. Hannah damnnnn!!! Mind blown

    • @elmsigreen
      @elmsigreen 6 лет назад +23

      I'm not a know it all. I just happen to have been born in a country that still speaks the same language that the ancient Norse people spoke.

    • @gaiabhmandresen3192
      @gaiabhmandresen3192 6 лет назад +5

      It is the same in Danish.
      Lue, Hu (which also means to do something fast) and Elle (ælde).
      My guess is that all the countries with the mythology named the characters after real things.

    • @elmsigreen
      @elmsigreen 6 лет назад +3

      The difference between those are that the original texts are almost exactly the same as the Icelandic language but only some words are the same in danish, most are just related (I speak danish too)

  • @lamocontentgay75
    @lamocontentgay75 4 года назад +134

    “Old age makes everyone frail”
    Killer Whales: am I a joke to you

    • @ZAH33D
      @ZAH33D 4 года назад

      Explain!
      Pls

    • @noahtheoldman6152
      @noahtheoldman6152 4 года назад +1

      *Laughs in greek*

    • @ioftenarguewithidiots.3811
      @ioftenarguewithidiots.3811 3 года назад

      Huh. Didn't get it

    • @eliaskjrbo8142
      @eliaskjrbo8142 3 года назад +1

      More like jellyfish (jellyfish can’t die from old age)

    • @Divinemakyr
      @Divinemakyr 3 года назад

      @@noahtheoldman6152 Not even the Greek gods are immune to entropy, though they do grow stronger with age.

  • @rekoken2911
    @rekoken2911 5 лет назад +133

    Loki is also the God of Fire, so Logi is just a servant of Loki.
    Which means, Loki still won.

    • @mestar9547
      @mestar9547 4 года назад +5

      Loki is the god of fire?????? I don't think so

    • @rekoken2911
      @rekoken2911 4 года назад +5

      @@mestar9547 look it up, he is

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 4 года назад +3

      @@rekoken2911 he actually is not and you are doing some major speculation

    • @jacobandrews2663
      @jacobandrews2663 4 года назад +6

      @@mestar9547 he is not by the way, don't believe everything you read online m8

    • @mestar9547
      @mestar9547 4 года назад +3

      @@jacobandrews2663 I know that's why I said I don't think so

  • @richardxx0037
    @richardxx0037 6 лет назад +1137

    This was like the best video ever made by TED-ED

    • @bayareajokester9456
      @bayareajokester9456 6 лет назад +31

      Honestly, every new TED video surpasses the quality of the previous one.

    • @richardxx0037
      @richardxx0037 6 лет назад +2

      Abyssinia Empire So true

    • @prithusharma2559
      @prithusharma2559 6 лет назад

      Abyssinia Empire yes

    • @devinmcgrath6648
      @devinmcgrath6648 6 лет назад +2

      I am not a book person, and I hate reading but the book was really better in the case.

    • @devikabagree7324
      @devikabagree7324 6 лет назад

      RICH TUBE thats what i think everytime😜

  • @sininenblue9161
    @sininenblue9161 5 лет назад +152

    The king of giant basically went
    "You're good, now don't come near me ever again"

  • @yoursleepparalysismonster8391
    @yoursleepparalysismonster8391 5 лет назад +3216

    Then in the future thor plays fortnite and shouts at Noobmaster69

  • @danraskin9943
    @danraskin9943 5 лет назад +56

    0:50 finelly! he goes for the head!

  • @NoodleKidz
    @NoodleKidz 6 лет назад +695

    the art and storytelling are awesome, I actually enjoy this more than Thor The Dark World lol

  • @fairuznurnaghiesa1073
    @fairuznurnaghiesa1073 5 лет назад +27

    The opening quotes, makes me cry as always.
    But this one is tears of laughter.

  • @neotheone5559
    @neotheone5559 Год назад +7

    "His cat was the serpent entagling the world"
    Loki: MY SON!

  • @swaps2655
    @swaps2655 4 года назад +62

    "Shut up Thor."
    -Loki

  • @jordancastillo1315
    @jordancastillo1315 6 лет назад +236

    If you guys continue the mythology series, can you feature myths from non-European continents as well? I'd love to see more myths from around the world!

    • @MH-sk2xr
      @MH-sk2xr 5 месяцев назад

      you should read mythologiques from levi strauss.

  • @theresafushiguro3107
    @theresafushiguro3107 6 лет назад +416

    Woww... I love Ted ed❤

    • @tshapedl
      @tshapedl 6 лет назад +10

      Aaaaand Ted ed loved you too... literally

    • @yojiviriak675
      @yojiviriak675 6 лет назад +1

      Theresa Jayne me too

  • @bluesp6267
    @bluesp6267 3 года назад +12

    "Old age makes everyone frail"
    Queen Elizabeth: "What is old age?"

  • @anha8914
    @anha8914 4 года назад +19

    Every time I look through my favorite TED-ED videos and see they came out like, a year ago, I’m always so surprised! They still feel completely fresh and new to me.

  • @owenkendrick5454
    @owenkendrick5454 6 лет назад +15

    "Wow! That was so amazing that I never want to see you in my kingdom ever again!"
    -Utgard-Loki

  • @SuicideBunny6
    @SuicideBunny6 6 лет назад +796

    Norse mythology: No one can beat old age, weakening even the strongest warriors
    Greek mythology: Zeus fell in love with a bull, and got a child with it.

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +59

      SuicideBunny6
      Don't forget the eschatology of Norse mythology; Ragnarök, the event where most of the gods die - not even the apocalypse comes close to the drama offered in Norse mythology....

    • @teli6350
      @teli6350 6 лет назад +74

      As a Norwegian I might be biased, but sometimes I think that Norse Mythology is both cool and waaay too underrated. Parts like these could *almost* be called philosophy. Not saying that Greek, Roman or Hindu mythologies/religions are boring, of course, as those are awesome too.

    • @alexpantagruelico
      @alexpantagruelico 6 лет назад +18

      SuicideBunny6 Too bad norse storytelling didn't build Athens and Sparta. Where are the norse relics? Wood huts?

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +29

      +Professorbairos
      As a fellow Scandinavian, I've always loved our common history, and especially the old tales about the gods.
      Aside from the obvious bias we both feel, I think the nature of Norse mythology just resonates a lot more with humans than f.ex the old Greco-Roman gods!
      Now sure, as +Alex pointed out, the Greeks build massive impressive structures to their gods, and regarding ancient Philosophy, no one has contributed as much to Europeans way of seeing themselves, as the old Greeks did!
      But their gods just don't resonate in same way, the Norse gods is in touch with nature, they ARE nature!
      Their roots in old shamanistic religions is just closer to the entire human experience!
      Perhaps it also contributes to the fascinating mythology that it really is a melting pot, with Druidic and Shamanistic influences, coming from east, north east and south west and pantheons of gods from south and south east! If you dive deep into analyzing it, while looking at population movement it ---

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +11

      +GorillaGuerilla continues)
      --- it becomes even more fascinating!
      I spend a great deal of time around Christmas researching the roots of Santa, (how Óðinn is the original Santa), and it was amazing how roots to certain elements could be tracked all the way back in time, back through history and through routes crossing down through eastern Europe and Eurasia and Asia - with elements from the Vedas.....

  • @_shibe_7150
    @_shibe_7150 4 года назад +30

    Ending:
    "in other words"
    *BEGONE,THOR"

  • @klarenzcobie6595
    @klarenzcobie6595 4 года назад +16

    3:21 *The king summons noobmaster69 for thor to wrestle*

  • @shyammohan5000
    @shyammohan5000 6 лет назад +305

    this deserves a movie who agrees?

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +20

      It has already been made, it's an old Danish cartoon named Valhalla.....

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +6

      ruclips.net/video/XwAGt9dvZdo/видео.html
      Trailer

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +5

      Oh, and the Danish director Fenar Ahmad is about to make the old cartoon into a movie with real people!

    • @randomcommenter6734
      @randomcommenter6734 5 лет назад +8

      This would be a very boring movie. Stretching a story told in 5 minutes into 2 hours

    • @ComanderComander
      @ComanderComander 5 лет назад +2

      @@randomcommenter6734 It is a movie. A Da ish Classic

  • @hiiamacat8605
    @hiiamacat8605 6 лет назад +84

    Don't forget the moral:
    If you ever lose it's not your fault

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +9

      Hi, I am a cat!
      That's not really the moral here!
      But sometimes we fail, even after trying our hardest - some fights we simply can't win and it will happen that our perception of the task makes it hard for us to understand.

    • @teli6350
      @teli6350 6 лет назад +2

      Hi, I am a cat too! Well, mostly...
      Oh, and why are you a cat? Did you have a failed meeting with Athena and got transformed?

  • @gassygastronomer
    @gassygastronomer 5 лет назад +292

    probably what would've happened after Loki lost:
    Utgard-Loki: Prepare to die
    Loki: *chuckles* I have never met this man in my life

    • @bidrohibiswas4303
      @bidrohibiswas4303 2 года назад +1

      Wait. Is Utgard-loki a loki variant?

    • @annaofcleves5556
      @annaofcleves5556 2 года назад +1

      @@bidrohibiswas4303 nope, they just share a name as far as I know (a pretty big Norse mythology nerd):)

    • @bidrohibiswas4303
      @bidrohibiswas4303 2 года назад

      @@annaofcleves5556 oh ok

  • @henrythekaktus
    @henrythekaktus 2 года назад +4

    3:04 exactly what happens when I trie to pick my cat up

  • @neelamsingh7733
    @neelamsingh7733 6 лет назад +122

    Can you please do one about Loki?! He has so many interesting stories!

    • @adventureawaits3860
      @adventureawaits3860 6 лет назад +2

      Neelam Singh yes!!

    • @sorenmine7765
      @sorenmine7765 6 лет назад +7

      yeah like the time he turned into a beautiful mare and mated with odin's stallion.

    • @cadence5958
      @cadence5958 6 лет назад +5

      He did a tug of war with a goat, and the rope was tied to his testicles ;)

    • @keir145
      @keir145 6 лет назад +8

      from what i learned in school is that Loki got pregnant with horse named, Svaðilfari. Then that horse was born and was the fastest horse and became Odin's stallion, Sleipnir, the eight legged horse.

    • @sorenmine7765
      @sorenmine7765 6 лет назад

      that is correct.

  • @disturbinglook5779
    @disturbinglook5779 6 лет назад +352

    And thats how he met the avengers

  • @alittlepeaceandkarma
    @alittlepeaceandkarma 5 лет назад +7

    I can remember learning this in primary school when we had a special lesson from a teacher that when around different schools teaching foreign culture.
    The weird thing is that it stuck in my head and began my fascination with the Viking age.

  • @albertzhang6109
    @albertzhang6109 Год назад +5

    Matt Stonie: Eats fast
    Loki: *Pathetic*

  • @DirpyTurtle
    @DirpyTurtle 6 лет назад +136

    There is actually a Danish movie called Valhalla which depicts all these things and much much more

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +7

      Here's the trailer for it;
      ruclips.net/video/XwAGt9dvZdo/видео.html

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +2

      And director, Fenar Ahmad, is going to make it into a movie!

    • @DirpyTurtle
      @DirpyTurtle 6 лет назад +3

      Yep that’s it :) definitely brings back memories

  • @51872
    @51872 5 лет назад +37

    This story turned out to be way more inspiring than expected 😁

  • @Orangejuiceinacan
    @Orangejuiceinacan 5 лет назад +21

    0:03
    Thor: but. My hammer,
    Loki: shut up, thor,
    Made me laugh

  • @mrsolid1449
    @mrsolid1449 Год назад +12

    Where is Kratos?

  • @lliines
    @lliines 6 лет назад +769

    "surprisingly cold and salty mead"
    turns out it was the ocean.
    You sure it wasn't filled with youtube comments?
    [Edit] wow this is the most likes I've ever gotten

    • @gorillaguerillaDK
      @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +20

      David Jiang
      Isn't that what fills the ocean?

    • @tarantinopipp7455
      @tarantinopipp7455 6 лет назад +6

      it could also be twitter

    • @cem271
      @cem271 5 лет назад +4

      Percy: umm dude, you kinda just used half of my source of power

  • @ukaszkot6929
    @ukaszkot6929 6 лет назад +31

    More norse mythology please

  • @alphasaiyanrex1616
    @alphasaiyanrex1616 Год назад +11

    “Are you a calm and reasonable person?”

  • @danraskin9943
    @danraskin9943 5 лет назад +121

    Thanos: 1:28
    Thor, one week later, practicing: 0:50 "I should have gone for the head. I should have gone for the head. I should have gone for the head"

  • @bayareajokester9456
    @bayareajokester9456 6 лет назад +588

    Oddly enough Thor should thank Loki for his Mjölnir.

    • @prithusharma2559
      @prithusharma2559 6 лет назад +2

      Yeah

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 6 лет назад +4

      How so?

    • @ularius
      @ularius 6 лет назад +20

      it was a gift to the son (thor) of his brother odin

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 6 лет назад +27

      Xenopath
      Loki didnt make Mjǫllnir, Dwarves did.

    • @gruu
      @gruu 6 лет назад +63

      Yep! The best part is when Loki turns into a fly and irritates dwarven smiths so that they accidently make the handle too short xD

  • @Third_
    @Third_ 6 лет назад +59

    I’ve read Norse Mythology and the moment I started this video I knew what it was and got super excited! Norse mythology is the greatest!!!
    Can confirm “Norse Mythology” by Niel Gaimen is a quality book

    • @pxlbits6442
      @pxlbits6442 5 лет назад

      You might as well give a shot to Greek mythology.

    • @mohsh3946
      @mohsh3946 5 лет назад

      So I have questions... Aren't Thor and Loki enemies?🤔
      I mean Ragnarok starts when Loki breaks free of the cave and kills balder, Thor's half brother
      Also, isn't Loki a giant himself?🤔

    • @gaiusfulmen
      @gaiusfulmen Год назад +1

      @@mohsh3946 This is late, but if you're still curious...
      Loki was chained up because he killed Baldur, or rather tricked someone into killing him. Loki is indeed a giant, which in Norse mythology are not the typical half-witted huge cannibals we might think of. They were a magical, powerful and intelligent race pretty similar to gods, which were themselves in several groups. The ones we know the most about are the Aesir, who lived in Asgard.
      Thor and Loki fought and quarreled all the time, but I wouldn't say they were truly enemies. Thor was generally a pretty hot-headed guy and Loki had a habit of tricking and cheating people. But things always seemed to work out between them, until later on. The death of Baldur was the final straw for the Aesir, including Thor. That's when they killed Loki's sons, chained him to a rock and made a snake drip acid onto his face endlessly.
      So at that point, yes, they were essentially enemies. It was said that Loki would someday break free and rally the giants to attack the Aesir alongside his other children, Fenrir and the World Serpent. Interestingly though, Thor and Loki don't actually fight in most accounts of Ragnarok. Odin is killed by Fenrir, Thor and the World Serpent kill each other, but Loki and Thor don't actually face each other to my knowledge.

    • @mohsh3946
      @mohsh3946 Год назад +1

      @@gaiusfulmen that was very interesting! Thank you for the information!

  • @savannaho4638
    @savannaho4638 2 года назад +5

    "woah you guys are impressive! thanks for coming"
    "Thanks! See you next time?"
    "Ehhhhhhh"
    *slams door*

  • @hahahanah9954
    @hahahanah9954 5 лет назад +10

    "but. My hammer"
    "Shut up, Thor"
    😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @joeking3181
    @joeking3181 6 лет назад +14

    This is one of my favorite stories out of the whole mythos, however you did neglect some things like how Thjalfi came to be with Thor and Loki because Loki tricked Thjalfi into eating the bones of one of Thor’s magical goats so Thjalfi had to pull their chariot instead. Thor’s belt was also important since if he tightened it, he would grow stronger and stronger.

  • @mint7442
    @mint7442 6 лет назад +22

    Omg I can’t believe you recommend Norse Mythology the book I got it a few days ago and my eyes have been glued to it since I only stopped reading it to watch this video

  • @methodologicaldoubt4857
    @methodologicaldoubt4857 5 лет назад +7

    I just LOVE Neil Gaiman. He knows everything about Norse mythology

  • @yingo4098
    @yingo4098 3 года назад +8

    "wow! you are so good at this!"
    "thanks"
    "NOW GET OUT OF HERE"

  • @durpddurke4633
    @durpddurke4633 6 лет назад +11

    That quote though...
    Gotta love Neil Gaiman!

  • @elizabethkleine8153
    @elizabethkleine8153 6 лет назад +16

    I love this! Hoping that more Norse myths can be animated in the future like this.

  • @maderoki9826
    @maderoki9826 Год назад +2

    Did no one notice how Thalfi put his thumb up and Thor put it down when Utgard-Loki was congratulating them?

  • @thesovietduck2121
    @thesovietduck2121 5 лет назад +61

    Thialvi: *Exists*
    Usain bolt: am I a joke to you?

  • @ornellaaribam
    @ornellaaribam 6 лет назад +19

    I revisited this video right after reading the chapter from Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology.

  • @timetochronicle
    @timetochronicle 6 лет назад +6

    1:38 Youa re now imagining Tom Hiddleston eating an immense amount of food

  • @someonethatexists46
    @someonethatexists46 3 года назад +3

    I really liked that despite the fact that they had to take a really long journey and that they had to cooperate with one another that they stayed together.

  • @ibbi30
    @ibbi30 5 лет назад

    You left out the best part of the story. Thor's building frustration and anger makes this story hilarious. Útgarða-Loki is the biggest troll ever, and perhaps not surprising, being a giant after all.

  • @Enthralpy
    @Enthralpy 6 лет назад +21

    "Thjalfi couldn't outrun Hugi because Hugi was the embodiment of thought, always faster than action."
    No worries Thjalfi, you just need some Ultra Instinct and you'll be good.

  • @santhoshvardhan6603
    @santhoshvardhan6603 6 лет назад +17

    Ted-Ed's animation never fails to impress me..💝💝💝

    • @valustone
      @valustone 6 лет назад +2

      Santhosh Vardhan can u tell what softwares are they usinf

    • @santhoshvardhan6603
      @santhoshvardhan6603 6 лет назад +2

      Moussaab Essatte, I do not know the specific one. But, I do know a few softwares. They're ToonBoom and Animate CC.

  • @jeremyrigdon7875
    @jeremyrigdon7875 5 лет назад +10

    I bought the audiobook and niel is such a good author and i would 100% recommend buying it. And even i dont read much but love it.

  • @stylish_pengu
    @stylish_pengu 5 лет назад +36

    The intro was a Bible like word for
    Thor:but my hammer-
    Loki:shut up

  • @mathiasandersen3401
    @mathiasandersen3401 6 лет назад +48

    Ohh my, it can't be Someone on youtube who DON'T use marvels "Thor" and instead uses what he is descriped as in the stories! Im impressed.

    • @meginna8354
      @meginna8354 5 лет назад

      Mathias Andersen He is only described in Gylfaginning

    • @MsPageMistress
      @MsPageMistress 5 лет назад +1

      Go check out Overly Sarcastic Productions, for their video for the Poetic Edda, the narrator, Red, outright tells the viewer to leave their "Marvel-based assumptions at the door". She actually draws Loki with his proper hair color!

  • @gorillaguerillaDK
    @gorillaguerillaDK 6 лет назад +24

    Now do one about Óðinn......

  • @HeLLBenDr
    @HeLLBenDr 4 года назад +2

    This is perhaps my most favourite Ted ed Video. Such deep meaning.. I come back to it often. ❤

  • @elkiadeerling8358
    @elkiadeerling8358 5 лет назад +8

    Great story, great art, as always. More about Norse Mythology plz, Ted-ed! This is one of my favorite Nordic myths because it is both a way to explain natural phenomenons as well as containing great plot twists. I have read Neil Gayman's book already. I can thorougly reccomend it to anyone either wanting to get into Nordic mythology or anyone as wise as a Völva already. It's the most entertaining version of the famous myths I have ever read.

  • @yukipaw1702
    @yukipaw1702 6 лет назад +12

    I would love to see a Loki and Thor prequel

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 6 лет назад +1

      YukiPaw
      Marvel or Myth?

    • @yukipaw1702
      @yukipaw1702 6 лет назад +4

      Why not both ? because Loki is now Marvel only good villain and get to know a bit more about the Norse is cool

    • @gunjfur8633
      @gunjfur8633 6 лет назад +2

      YukiPaw
      Yeah, it would be cool to see movies about Norse myth aswell

  • @feynstein1004
    @feynstein1004 6 лет назад +29

    Turns out, Neil Gaiman is the same guy who wrote American Gods. I really like that show. Is Season 2 out yet?

    • @Wanderer_of_Sol
      @Wanderer_of_Sol 6 лет назад +1

      Season 2 is in the works. I think it comes out this fall. I heard they had some problems in shooting, but not much detail was given and they said "middle to late 2018".

    • @feynstein1004
      @feynstein1004 6 лет назад

      Ah okay. Should be fun :)

    • @renzocabral784
      @renzocabral784 6 лет назад +1

      Feynstein 100 Production already finished

  • @georgethefossil3542
    @georgethefossil3542 3 года назад +3

    “Thor was having facing his biggest problem, opening a bag of food” honestly I can relate lol

  • @ravnholt
    @ravnholt 5 лет назад +6

    growing up with these stories, it's always interesting to see interpretations of the various characters. This was quite faithful to the eddas ^^d

  • @AvailableUsernameTed
    @AvailableUsernameTed 6 лет назад +16

    So what was the un-openable food bag about? Was that just an airline pretzel packet from the future?

    • @kevinlane1219
      @kevinlane1219 6 лет назад +7

      From what I read, it was sealed with trickery.

  • @junebug241
    @junebug241 6 лет назад +4

    Ah, one of my favorite Norse myths. The illustrations were amazing, by the way. Btw, Neil Gaiman’s book is (IMO) worth every penny.

  • @jeremyrigdon7875
    @jeremyrigdon7875 3 года назад +2

    I got the audiobook and I am NOT DISAPPOINTED... Filled with some of the best myths I've heard

  • @pappy1527
    @pappy1527 3 года назад

    wow i wasnt expecting that ending. This is why i loved learning Mythology in gradeschool man all these crazy cool concepts to wrap your head around.