Once, there was a war like no other war--for it was a war between the gods. And there will be no other like it until Ragnarok comes. Here's our very first Extra Mythology video, sponsored by God of War! bit.ly/2FBqVPH
"Scott, we're gunna need to you illustrate a bunch of gods spitting berries into a bowl that manifests another god. I'll check back in a couple hours to see what you came up with. Oh and hows the drawing of a god weaving the literal fabric of time coming?"
♪ The Vanir felt deceived ♪ ♪ Hoenir was a fool ♪ ♪ Without Mimir at his side ♪ ♪ Hoenir could not rule ♪ ♪ In a fit of violent rage ♪ ♪ Mimir's blood was shed ♪ ♪ And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head ♪
If it fits your schedule and budget, I'd seriously love to see some more mythology content, specially since I know you folks would absolutely cover some of the lesser known pantheons, like the indo-americans and africans.
I would recommend the myths and legends podcast, Jason wiser (I think that's how you spell it) goes through some lesser known myths. I think you would like it.
Might i interest you in "Overly sarcastic productions" RUclips channel? they talk a lot both about history and mythology, with some TV tropes on the side
Crash Course did a series on mythology that covered quite a few lesser known myths along with more well known stuff like Norse, Roman and Christian/Jewish myths.
oh hell yeah! i love it when these guys get into more obscure things in History! Mythologies can be useful in understanding how these peoples lived so i would love to see some Extra History and Extra Mythology episodes go side-by-side covering certain groups
with tribalistic warfare (way before the viking age something along the times of bronze and early iron age i suppose) tribes would most likely gather at a place and fight and after the fighting was done they would negociate for an exchange either of goods,weapons,herds (cattle and horses most prized) so no trechery would befall either host they would trade hostages to live amongst the other so that they would not betray the pact they had made. If one betrayed the other well the hostages would surely fall.
Still wish that it was separated into their own separate channels cause of my own organization OCDness, but I understand that would cost them having to rebuild their user base every time (though it worked for Matpat :P)
Odin: "Oh no! My best friend and wise advisor has been beheaded! Let me just reanimate the head so that I can ask him questions later" Man, and I thought Greek Mythology was messed up
Some time earlier, you have this; Odin: Hey, Mimir, can I drink from your Well of Wisdom? Mimir: Sure, but you have to give me one of your eyes (thinking this will deter Odin) Odin: Okay! *grisly noises* *Mimir*: What the hell, dude, that was hardcore?! Odin: Can I drink now? Mimir: Uuuh sure, man...help yourself....
He also tortured himself when he went to find the runes in the Well of Urd "Odin hung himself from a branch of Yggdrasil, pierced himself with his spear, and peered downward into the shadowy waters below. He forbade any of the other gods to grant him the slightest aid, not even a sip of water. And he stared downward, and stared downward, and called to the runes." People should probobly keep Odin away from wells at this point.
Remember, this is a world where drinking the blood of a god introduced Poetry into the world... and then farting while running away from giants introduced bad poetry.
the Great Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent, the Balkans, and Rome can tell you how to run the world. the Savage Northmen will tell you exactly how that will turn out, because history is drunk.
Pretty sure that most variants of that.. mostly unsourced story have the sound of "too clever for his own good" included in there - and Odin would no doubt believe that, as would everyone else. The point is it's derived from the original idea in the various sources of someone or something having knowledge simply too great for both men and gods (and dwarves). In the same way, Odin has parts of this wisdom, which he sacrifices his eyesight for. Dwarves have other means. While the head episode... this again is semi-original.. the head here is imparting "hidden things" to Odin, after being "galdret", spellbound or cursed -- not simply giving him general councel all day. It's one of many of those, for mortal men, unfathomable magicks that the aesir make use of to bend the primordial and eternal forces to their will, but that even they can't simply master outright. Etc., etc.
You know, the Aesir could have spared themselves a lot of trouble if they had just... you know, not tried to murder their own house guest on based the flimsiest conceivable evidence. And failing that, after the Vanir discovered the Aesir's deception, why kill the hostage who actually had genuine wisdom and not the dude they just realised was a useless idiot? If I were in their shoes, I'd have killed Hoenir and made Mimir the new adviser.
+Maple Samurai Yeah, well how do you trust the advice of a guy you're holding hostage against their will? Mimir might have been the smart one of the two, but keeping him prisoner for his advices wouldn't have worked out all that well... At least by killing him they'd end the live of someone of equal worth to their own hostages that would probably be killed in return...
In the version of the myth I read, Gullveig goes on about her hedonistic lusts which ends up offending Odin and the Aesir as it runs contrary to their warrior ethos. Gullveig literally means 'gold-greed', by the way.
I love the stories, but I want to give some love to the God of War team for putting money into education instead of more banner ads. And thank you, EC/H/M, for providing quality content and being a way something like this can happen.
Videos like these trip me up because I've heard at least a couple different versions of this story already, and there's always details that differ between them. Still fun to watch though!
Yeah, like Kvasir's blood-wine makes you a great poet, but the piss of someone whos drunken the god wine makes you a boisterous idiot, is a variation i've heard.
The version I know is that when stealing it all back from Utgaard, odin was carrying it in his stomach, in the form of a bird, and the part he had.. digested.. became the bad poets' mead.
Most of the differences I was caught up on were about Gullveig. The version I remember best emphasizes that the Aesir were surprised that she could cross the Bifrost bridge; that the fire in the red of the rainbow could not burn her. In that version her motive was to gain gold from the Aesir, and that when they tried to burn her she emerged unscathed because her desire for riches burned hotter than any fire they could muster. She doesn't come off great in that version, and is certainly not Freya in disguise.
the extra credits crew is being overworked its only a matter of time till they start to do a revolution for less hours because i can swear a new episode comes out every other day
I'm not very interested in Mythology, but that's exactly what I said when you launched Extra-Sci-fi, so I think I'm going to enjoy this series quite a bit. :)
The Vanir felt deceived Hœnir was a fool Without Mimir at his side Hœnir could not rule In a fit of violent rage Mimir's blood was shed And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
Have a look over at Overly Sarcastic Production's youtube channel, they've covered everything from Greek mythology to Norse Mythology as well as real life history with great illustrations and humor :)
"The Vanir felt deceived Hone was a fool Without Mimir at his side Hone could not rule In a fit of violent rage Mimir's blood was shed And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head" - War of the Gods by Amon Amarth I like this of you guys doing mythology. Keep it up! Also I hope you can still do more history.
Don't forget to mention how bad poetry came about, when Odin accidentally pooped out some of that poetry juice in eagle form while running (or I guess flying) away from giants. (Well, according to Neil Gaiman at least. But I like that version the best!)
Could'a sworn it came from extraterrestrial visitors from Vogsphere... meh, shows what I know.
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I love that book. One detail caught my attention in particular. When the giant in eagle form chases Odin in eagle form they supposedly fly so fast that they make a noise like thunder. Now I'm like, that sounds a lot like a sonic boom, how would they know about that? Off course there are more grounded explanations but it still tickles my imagination.
Hey I love that you guys are making more content but I really do hope you don't overextend yourselves, and that maybe you guys can take little hiatuses to rest after long video making hours?
YEAH!!! I love mythology and learning it through you guys is going to be sweet!!! THANKS A LOT!! And thanks to the GoW guys for sponsoring Norse mythology! It’s one of the coolest ones, and shows up so much in entertainment nowadays, yet it’s never fairly explained!
this channel is becoming quite a bit similar to crash course... they have a video plalists on mythology and history too! the theirs describes more of the murders and castrations and other unplasentries... its also wold mythology, not just norse!
For anyone who enjoys this kind of stuff, I highly recommend Overly Sarcastic Productions. They cover actual history and mythology with a good dash of humor
My favorite is when discussing christian mythology and Dante's inferno. The fact Dante described the highest circle of heaven as a place where the grandest of christian souls rest directly under god's ass to experience eternal face-sitting never fails to make me laugh.
This video pretty much explains why I think Norse mithlolgy is a LOT better then Greek mithlolgy. Not only is their actual drama here, but the Norse gods actually have to deal with the problems their actions cause. Most of the conflict in Greek mithlolgy pretty much boils down to "Zues didn't keep it in his pants again." with the Greek gods NEVER having to face what they have allowed to happen just because their gods.
Well the Abrahamitic God didn't have much story. Or rather, he(?) no longer has much of a story. An interesting tale of how he(?) came to be the all-primordial and all-powerful monotheistic God we now know though: the joining of two gods, Yhwh and El, and a people trying to find new meaning at a time of utter loss. (Ofc, that's just one of the more prominent theories).
The Greek mythology is pretty interesting in their own way in this regard. Aside from the things the Gods usually do on mortals, the gods are usually there to cause dilemmas for mortals. The earlier Greeks definitely utilized this in Greek tragedies for audience to reflect on. Like in Orestes, is it really right for a person to be punished for murdering his mother even though he did it out of social expectation (as his mother killed his father); and in Medea, is she justified in murdering Jason since Jason made a vow to the gods that he will keep Medea at her side until the very end. Basically the attention is more focus on human's conflict rather than the gods'.
Fantastic idea! This should be a series. Although your poor team might not be able to cope with Extra Credits content, Extra History, Extra Sci Fi and everything else. Regardless, please try to do this.
3:18 "As was the custom, the sides met and offered to exchange hostages to ensure the truce would last." How can this be the custom if this was the first war?
Whenever Asgard was faced with a problem too great for even Odins wisdom, Odin will lift up the head and ask for its advice... “Let someone else decide”
I would love to see them tackle some Slavic mythology, it is always ignored by the west, while just as rich and interesting as the norse or greek myths.
Because Slavs wrote very little down of their folklore. When they became literate, they were more willing to write about their new religion, Eastern Orthodoxy.
Yesssss! I’m so excited for all the mythology will there be a “lies” episode after it since the mythology can have so many versions? I look forward to more, I love your Extra History too! X3
I would absolutely LOVE to see more of this series. I have loved your Extra History segments, but I find the mythology of ancient cultures even more fascinating than their history oftentimes. Really hoping these videos do well.
Great job! its very refreshing. love both your history and mythology work. Hope there will be less known pantheon series in the future such as Polynesian, baltic, slavic and steppe people tengrism.
Love every single bit of your content....every scene and frame,every topic,the gaming and history,the fantasy,and now a new series,mythology!!!You deserve more than a sub and like good sirs......
I would like to see a comparison between lore and mythology. I recently wrote a paper about the influences of norse mythology on skyrim and i was fascinated by the astonishing similarities. I would definitely like to see some more comparisons made by the Extra Credits team.
In much more detail. And Lore in a Minute does not outline the cultural influences on a game by and parallels to mythologies and their stories... So not even close :/
More cultured use of Ad budget than pushing LootBoxes or Day-One retailer exclusives.... Which they still couldn't help doing with exclusive cosmetics for GoW, but it's getting there.
I love everything about this! You guys already handle so much so well, it's amazing to see you tackle another topic like mythology. I love Norse mythology and am perpetually impressed by the quality of your videos. I just wanted to give my support for this series!
I love how the God of War team is sponsoring all these channels. I'm so glad that Total War set a precedent for all this. I've gone and bought a bunch of games from total war since your Punic Wars video and I'm surely going to start looking into some God of War games. Keep up the good work everyone!
Having played 4 of the games from Greek trilogy? Yeah, somehow I just know Kratos is gonna kill them all. Not so sure if his kill counter going to include the World Serpent.
This brings so much to two of my favourite books, Runemarks and Runelight. It is also one of my new favourite episodes, so thank you God Of War team for sponsoring, and another huge thank you to everyone involved in creating this. Love you guys
Cybermancer Christian monks wrote some of their legends, though highly changed to fit monotheism, gods becoming supernatural or heroic humans and that stuff. Still, Ireland has a very interesting mythology, with their invasions and the misterious Fomorians. I would also like(and will comment that on the next video) an Extra Lore(refering to literary/fictional history) series. There are many subjects to be covered and stories to be told, some examples: A Song of Ice and Fire's battles and legends(focusing on the ones that happen before the books, as they are sometimes overlooked), The Silmarillion's battles(I really loved the description of the strategies and the battles in the Northern War and Justinian & Theodora videos, I would love to see it applied to the Eldar of the first age), Cthulhu Mythos(because Lovecraft is a must have), etc. Maybe even World of Warcraft's battles of the past. But I prefer the ones I can see the strategy happening
Lovlediga video, if Im going to be nitpicky though, Odin would have had both his eyes at the time of Mimers beheading, he sacrificed the eye to the well of mimer for knowlage
Also because of the chain of events leading to that mead, it's not simply mead it's mead made out of blood made out of wine made out of spittle and oaths. And grapes.
That’s kind of inaccurate. The Aesirs tried to kill Freyja because, though she did do them some favours, continually tricked them and deceived them. They thought she was up to no good and then decided to execute her for her misdeeds only to be revived again and again. In fact, the reason why Freyja was there in the first place was because her family had kicked her out because of her bitchiness.
Markus Haahr also the part where the wine made from God blood was taken from the dwarf by a giant and later got stolen back by Odin. Also Odin know everything since he have 2 raven that travel and tell him all the hag happen on earth
Oh man I've been waiting so long for mythology from you guys! I'm so excited to see more! You make the greatest history videos so I'm so excited to see these!
I can't wait for the extra mythology series! When i read up on the mythologies in the web.. it sounded to me like it was just a bunch of gods with superpowers and having different children. But Extra Credits actually presented the information in a digestible manner and explained the motivation behind the conflict. Just supported you guys on patreon. Keep up the good work EC!
Excuse me ? Mimir, INFINITE WISDOM MIMIR ? That Mimir ? What kind of crazy person offers him as a hostage ? Didn't Odin trade his eye to Mimir for the foresight not to make bad decisions ? Wasn't Freja Odin's daughter who ran the other hall for fallen warriors ? I'm so confused.
+KaiserAfini No. Mimir was beheaded at some point, and Odin, being the lovable guy that he is, kept his severed head which recites secret knowledge to him. Freyja is the daughter of Njörðr by way of his sister as well as the twin sister of Freyr.
Freja is almost always depicted as a vanir and the daughter of Njord. She does indeed run the other hall of fallen warriors, as stated in the video after the war they became great friends. The eye trade came afterwards but this is probably one of the reasons why Odin needed to give up his eye. As for the reason he is missing one in the video. Nobody told the hardworking Scott, or they chose to do it anyway because else people maybe wouldn't recognize Odin. For why they might trade him, Odin hadn't gotten foresight also some sources claim Mimer to be a jötunn which might also have factored in.
Some even tell there are 3 houses/races of the gods. Odin and Heimdal come from the oldest one and founded the aesir. And Heimdal has 8 mothers and no father and is odins nephew.
I had already learned about the aesir-vanir war, but i forgot and this was a great format to revise it, plus im an absolute sucker for mythology, keep it up! : )
I wish I had money to help you keep this rolling. Love Extra History and Extra Sci Fi. Love mythology in general since I've been a kid. You made my day. Thanks for existing in this timeline.
Are you guys really doing FOUR episodes on Greek Mythology? Please oh please if your going to do Mythology branch out beyond just the Greeks! African, Asian, South American, Native America, Pacific Islands even other Europeans.... there is so much more mythology than just the Greeks which have been discussed to death.
Greek alone could easily warrant 400 episodes, and all mythological canons have been discussed to death if you know where to look. When you seek to learn piano you start with little star. even if you have to spend 4 days practicing it. You start with the fundamentals, and then move on to lesser known and hence less influential specificities. Even extra scifi had 4 episodes on Frankenstein, and no one took the opportunity to name drop proper nouns in the comments to show that they already knew about obscure authors before it was cool to do so and those episodes came out. It's because those things are inevitable, in time. Every time someone has ever asked "are you gonna be doing this?" The answer has always been "yes, eventually".
I agree with both Mr. Divery and Paige Wilson They will start with the Greeks, because everyone talks about Greco-Roman Mythology when they talk of mythology, but please please please expand beyond it and quickly. One of my favorite episodes of a mythology show talked briefly of Koschei the Deathless, who I knew next to nothing about (and still don't know much of anything to be honest) from Slavic myths, and I nearly tore out my hair when they about faced and talked so much about the Greeks. There is are so many fascinating stories I've never heard that I'd love to hear from middle east, eastern and pacific sources. So, if you are doing a series on mythology, please give those traditions some love.
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Once, there was a war like no other war--for it was a war between the gods. And there will be no other like it until Ragnarok comes. Here's our very first Extra Mythology video, sponsored by God of War! bit.ly/2FBqVPH
Extra Credits please continue with extra mythology
Extra Credits hello
Please make this a new series
That would require money. So we must send them moar monies
Extra Credits Any chance you could do Korean mythology too ? Its not a topic that is usually covered.
"Scott, we're gunna need to you illustrate a bunch of gods spitting berries into a bowl that manifests another god. I'll check back in a couple hours to see what you came up with. Oh and hows the drawing of a god weaving the literal fabric of time coming?"
Michael Olson lol
I once tried distilling "knowledge" from grapes. All I ended up with was this stupid tattoo.
"It's a little dark. Could you...add a beach ball?"
♪ The Vanir felt deceived ♪
♪ Hoenir was a fool ♪
♪ Without Mimir at his side ♪
♪ Hoenir could not rule ♪
♪ In a fit of violent rage ♪
♪ Mimir's blood was shed ♪
♪ And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head ♪
good song
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Mouaz Chikhani AA is great
Amaon amarath!
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If it fits your schedule and budget, I'd seriously love to see some more mythology content, specially since I know you folks would absolutely cover some of the lesser known pantheons, like the indo-americans and africans.
I would recommend the myths and legends podcast, Jason wiser (I think that's how you spell it) goes through some lesser known myths. I think you would like it.
Might i interest you in "Overly sarcastic productions" RUclips channel? they talk a lot both about history and mythology, with some TV tropes on the side
Totally agree, would love to see more of this stuff!
Crash Course did a series on mythology that covered quite a few lesser known myths along with more well known stuff like Norse, Roman and Christian/Jewish myths.
oh hell yeah! i love it when these guys get into more obscure things in History! Mythologies can be useful in understanding how these peoples lived so i would love to see some Extra History and Extra Mythology episodes go side-by-side covering certain groups
"The war that invented war" ... "As was the custom, they exchanged hostages."
Am I missing something?
i dont know, probably some minor skirmishes, my strong is not norse mythology
I'm guessing previous crises had been averted through the exchange of hostages.
Or maybe mortals established the tradition during the war?
with tribalistic warfare (way before the viking age something along the times of bronze and early iron age i suppose) tribes would most likely gather at a place and fight and after the fighting was done they would negociate for an exchange either of goods,weapons,herds (cattle and horses most prized) so no trechery would befall either host they would trade hostages to live amongst the other so that they would not betray the pact they had made. If one betrayed the other well the hostages would surely fall.
So this channel now has Mythology among History, Game Design and Sci-Fi?...Dude, this channel just keeps getting better and better!
Still wish that it was separated into their own separate channels cause of my own organization OCDness, but I understand that would cost them having to rebuild their user base every time (though it worked for Matpat :P)
I just hope they don’t spread themselves too thin. Although I do like the new staff members for extra history. I’m optimistic about this.
The God Emperor; they have their own colors and numbering systems so my OCD has no issue.
Extra Credits:Law?
I second that. Good job, Extra Credits :)
Odin: "Oh no! My best friend and wise advisor has been beheaded! Let me just reanimate the head so that I can ask him questions later"
Man, and I thought Greek Mythology was messed up
Some time earlier, you have this;
Odin: Hey, Mimir, can I drink from your Well of Wisdom?
Mimir: Sure, but you have to give me one of your eyes (thinking this will deter Odin)
Odin: Okay! *grisly noises* *Mimir*: What the hell, dude, that was hardcore?! Odin: Can I drink now? Mimir: Uuuh sure, man...help yourself....
He also tortured himself when he went to find the runes in the Well of Urd "Odin hung himself from a branch of Yggdrasil, pierced himself with his spear, and peered downward into the shadowy waters below. He forbade any of the other gods to grant him the slightest aid, not even a sip of water. And he stared downward, and stared downward, and called to the runes."
People should probobly keep Odin away from wells at this point.
Hey, if it works for team Lagann it can work for Odin.
Achillez Greek Mythology is still way moreee messed up mate.
Nah indian myth is more messed up
Apparently Odin really *did* need Mimir for advice, if he was willing to take "he choked on his own wisdom and died" at face value.
Remember, this is a world where drinking the blood of a god introduced Poetry into the world... and then farting while running away from giants introduced bad poetry.
@@DainnGreywall please tell me you're not joking.
I am not joking.
the Great Civilizations of the Fertile Crescent, the Balkans, and Rome can tell you how to run the world.
the Savage Northmen will tell you exactly how that will turn out, because history is drunk.
Pretty sure that most variants of that.. mostly unsourced story have the sound of "too clever for his own good" included in there - and Odin would no doubt believe that, as would everyone else. The point is it's derived from the original idea in the various sources of someone or something having knowledge simply too great for both men and gods (and dwarves). In the same way, Odin has parts of this wisdom, which he sacrifices his eyesight for. Dwarves have other means. While the head episode... this again is semi-original.. the head here is imparting "hidden things" to Odin, after being "galdret", spellbound or cursed -- not simply giving him general councel all day. It's one of many of those, for mortal men, unfathomable magicks that the aesir make use of to bend the primordial and eternal forces to their will, but that even they can't simply master outright. Etc., etc.
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Dwarfs: "Oh poor Kvasir, he choked on his own wisdom."
Odin: "Yeah, seems legit."
Me standing on the sides: "What?"
frigg: honey i love you but they are lieing to you odin: wdym thats the most beliveble story i heard all day? frigg: nvm
You know, the Aesir could have spared themselves a lot of trouble if they had just... you know, not tried to murder their own house guest on based the flimsiest conceivable evidence.
And failing that, after the Vanir discovered the Aesir's deception, why kill the hostage who actually had genuine wisdom and not the dude they just realised was a useless idiot? If I were in their shoes, I'd have killed Hoenir and made Mimir the new adviser.
Hoenir is one of Odin's brothers, if I remember right, so that would have gone over just as bad if not worse.
+Maple Samurai
Yeah, well how do you trust the advice of a guy you're holding hostage against their will?
Mimir might have been the smart one of the two, but keeping him prisoner for his advices wouldn't have worked out all that well...
At least by killing him they'd end the live of someone of equal worth to their own hostages that would probably be killed in return...
TheGolux, nope, Odins brothers were Vili, and Ve.
In the version of the myth I read, Gullveig goes on about her hedonistic lusts which ends up offending Odin and the Aesir as it runs contrary to their warrior ethos. Gullveig literally means 'gold-greed', by the way.
Dude! That's the norse way! Don't be a biggot!
I love the stories, but I want to give some love to the God of War team for putting money into education instead of more banner ads. And thank you, EC/H/M, for providing quality content and being a way something like this can happen.
Videos like these trip me up because I've heard at least a couple different versions of this story already, and there's always details that differ between them. Still fun to watch though!
Erik Rinard That's pretty much how all mythology is. Multiple records have differing details and no one can truly know the facts.
Yeah, like Kvasir's blood-wine makes you a great poet, but the piss of someone whos drunken the god wine makes you a boisterous idiot, is a variation i've heard.
The version I know is that when stealing it all back from Utgaard, odin was carrying it in his stomach, in the form of a bird, and the part he had.. digested.. became the bad poets' mead.
Most of the differences I was caught up on were about Gullveig. The version I remember best emphasizes that the Aesir were surprised that she could cross the Bifrost bridge; that the fire in the red of the rainbow could not burn her. In that version her motive was to gain gold from the Aesir, and that when they tried to burn her she emerged unscathed because her desire for riches burned hotter than any fire they could muster. She doesn't come off great in that version, and is certainly not Freya in disguise.
Joel Sasmad yep
I recently listened to the audio book of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology and, oh man, you have to hear his version of the origin of poetry. XD
SaiyanHeretic yeah there’s ONE more thing that happens and I’m sad that the story of bad poetry wasn’t brought up
That book is a great read
the extra credits crew is being overworked its only a matter of time till they start to do a revolution for less hours because i can swear a new episode comes out every other day
It makes me wonder which one of them from the team will lead the revolution...
It'll probably be that one guy. You know, the one with the hair. Looks like a Noah.
No, it will be Dan.
So come brothers and sisters for the struggle carries on! The internationalé unites the world in song!
Greg Novitzki The Great Extra Credits Revolution. The most horrible revolution RUclips has ever seen. In a few years EC will make an episode on it
I'm not very interested in Mythology, but that's exactly what I said when you launched Extra-Sci-fi, so I think I'm going to enjoy this series quite a bit. :)
When they launched Extra Sci-fi, you said "I'm not very interested in Mythology"?
It’s mythology but there is history hidden inside: aesir were the Germanic tribes while the vanir were the Celtic tribes.
The Vanir felt deceived
Hœnir was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hœnir could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head
*Headbangs violently*
Using the gift given by the dwarves honey and blood-wine I see.
Do you come up with that? That’s pretty good.
@@gamingemail769 its an amon amarth song
So... Odin invented the magic 8 Ball is what I'm hearing.
Magic 8 Head
yep i actually put that in my essay
Woah! A new series?! What is ACTUALLY up with y'all!
Walpole called. He wants his Extra History Roleplay Accounts back.
He also added that if you dont stop stealing his accounts, he will create another scheme to take your money
WALPOLE WE HAD A DEAL!!
SOMEBODY SCREWED GUTHRUM OVER, AND WE ALL KNOW WHO IT IS!
Of course! Walpole would change his identity to spread word about himself! Well played, Walpole
Im Danish and in school we learn about norse mythology in religion and its awesome to see a video that isn't about the gods featured in marvel
I never knew I needed a mythology series until now
Have a look over at Overly Sarcastic Production's youtube channel, they've covered everything from Greek mythology to Norse Mythology as well as real life history with great illustrations and humor :)
"The Vanir felt deceived
Hone was a fool
Without Mimir at his side
Hone could not rule
In a fit of violent rage
Mimir's blood was shed
And to Odin's court they sent Mimir's severed head" - War of the Gods by Amon Amarth
I like this of you guys doing mythology. Keep it up! Also I hope you can still do more history.
*"He Choked On His Own Wisdom"*
Definitely convincing XD
Ah yes, choking on your own wisdom. I too am so wise that i choke on my wisdoem quite often.
Don't forget to mention how bad poetry came about, when Odin accidentally pooped out some of that poetry juice in eagle form while running (or I guess flying) away from giants. (Well, according to Neil Gaiman at least. But I like that version the best!)
An Unlikely Whale Nope that wasn't just from Neil; that's straight out of the Poetic Edda lol
Could'a sworn it came from extraterrestrial visitors from Vogsphere... meh, shows what I know.
I love that book. One detail caught my attention in particular. When the giant in eagle form chases Odin in eagle form they supposedly fly so fast that they make a noise like thunder. Now I'm like, that sounds a lot like a sonic boom, how would they know about that? Off course there are more grounded explanations but it still tickles my imagination.
We ALL know that bad poetry comes from the Vogons
It's possible it was an asteroid falling to earth that broke the sound barrier.
Hey I love that you guys are making more content but I really do hope you don't overextend yourselves, and that maybe you guys can take little hiatuses to rest after long video making hours?
"The Aesir and Vanir each succumbed to fear, and from fear came hate."
I feel like you're skipping a step...
"Hate leads to suffering" That's it, right?
"fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, and hate...leads to suffering"
Hmmmm, learned well you have. A Padwan, no long are you.
a master yoda said "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering"
What's the difference between anger and hate?
YEAH!!! I love mythology and learning it through you guys is going to be sweet!!! THANKS A LOT!!
And thanks to the GoW guys for sponsoring Norse mythology! It’s one of the coolest ones, and shows up so much in entertainment nowadays, yet it’s never fairly explained!
this channel is becoming quite a bit similar to crash course... they have a video plalists on mythology and history too! the theirs describes more of the murders and castrations and other unplasentries... its also wold mythology, not just norse!
For anyone who enjoys this kind of stuff, I highly recommend Overly Sarcastic Productions. They cover actual history and mythology with a good dash of humor
My favorite is when discussing christian mythology and Dante's inferno. The fact Dante described the highest circle of heaven as a place where the grandest of christian souls rest directly under god's ass to experience eternal face-sitting never fails to make me laugh.
Randal Jeffrey Or how he lauded the emperor of the time as the next great hero, only for him to be deposed a few years later
Or how the whole book is basically a giant religious fanfic with a self-insert character fanboying over Vergil.
Muller Potgieter thanks I will sub them now.
Thank you, I will check it out
This video pretty much explains why I think Norse mithlolgy is a LOT better then Greek mithlolgy. Not only is their actual drama here, but the Norse gods actually have to deal with the problems their actions cause. Most of the conflict in Greek mithlolgy pretty much boils down to "Zues didn't keep it in his pants again." with the Greek gods NEVER having to face what they have allowed to happen just because their gods.
so...You don`t know how Hephaestus lost his knee? You never heard of whole conflict with titans?
But k. It's just like your opinion fellow.
Well Mesopotamian mythology is similar, all the gods suffered problems and the consequences for thier action.
Neither does the abrahamitic God.
Well the Abrahamitic God didn't have much story. Or rather, he(?) no longer has much of a story. An interesting tale of how he(?) came to be the all-primordial and all-powerful monotheistic God we now know though: the joining of two gods, Yhwh and El, and a people trying to find new meaning at a time of utter loss. (Ofc, that's just one of the more prominent theories).
The Greek mythology is pretty interesting in their own way in this regard. Aside from the things the Gods usually do on mortals, the gods are usually there to cause dilemmas for mortals. The earlier Greeks definitely utilized this in Greek tragedies for audience to reflect on. Like in Orestes, is it really right for a person to be punished for murdering his mother even though he did it out of social expectation (as his mother killed his father); and in Medea, is she justified in murdering Jason since Jason made a vow to the gods that he will keep Medea at her side until the very end.
Basically the attention is more focus on human's conflict rather than the gods'.
Fantastic idea! This should be a series. Although your poor team might not be able to cope with Extra Credits content, Extra History, Extra Sci Fi and everything else. Regardless, please try to do this.
Joshuapooleanox yea
it's been a patreon goal for them for quite a while and they just reached it.
They are skipping this week with Games and Scifi
Honestly, an alternate week of history/mythology and sci/games is fine by me.
I mean, one idea for a week could be alternate history, picking apart a specific famous timeline and having a look at its ramifications.
3:18 "As was the custom, the sides met and offered to exchange hostages to ensure the truce would last." How can this be the custom if this was the first war?
Please make Extra Mythology a regular feature!!
"He, uh... He choked on his own wisdom. And died." Oh, okay then, sounds legit.
Whenever Asgard was faced with a problem too great for even Odins wisdom, Odin will lift up the head and ask for its advice...
“Let someone else decide”
I like how this channel is essentially becoming Animated Crash Course- scratch that, I love it! Can't wait for Extra Physics!!
when the gods of war demand something you cannot decline
Asiboe Well ya can. But then they take a page out of Yahweh's playbook and set up the eternal torture routines.
well, he's just a disappointed father now :P
meh, I'm used to disappointing fathers 👍
The Viking metal band Amon Amarth covers this pretty well in their song “War of the Gods”
Is Extra Mythology going to be a regular series?
Edit: Sorry, commented this as the vid was loading. I’m glad you’re doing more of this!
THIS NEEDS TO BE A SERIES, PLEASE PLEASE.
This channel has become crash course but better
A WHOLE series about mythology!! You guys never cease to amaze me!
I would love to see them tackle some Slavic mythology, it is always ignored by the west, while just as rich and interesting as the norse or greek myths.
I mean... do we really need anything other than slav-squats from the Slavic people?
Greywall Nationalists are very attention seeking whores and want to be worshippes by all, however, slavic myths shouldn't be ignored.
Because Slavs wrote very little down of their folklore. When they became literate, they were more willing to write about their new religion, Eastern Orthodoxy.
man, extracredits really is something else... im glad to have watched you guys flourish over the years and all the things you've shone light onto
Yesssss! I’m so excited for all the mythology will there be a “lies” episode after it since the mythology can have so many versions? I look forward to more, I love your Extra History too! X3
I would absolutely LOVE to see more of this series. I have loved your Extra History segments, but I find the mythology of ancient cultures even more fascinating than their history oftentimes. Really hoping these videos do well.
Great job! its very refreshing. love both your history and mythology work. Hope there will be less known pantheon series in the future such as Polynesian, baltic, slavic and steppe people tengrism.
0:34 That picture plus dialogue, sublime.
Oh god I love your channel you have history, gaming, sci-fi and now mythology Damn and thanks to gow to sponsor(ethically) your channel.
Love every single bit of your content....every scene and frame,every topic,the gaming and history,the fantasy,and now a new series,mythology!!!You deserve more than a sub and like good sirs......
Dwarfs see a god.
Dwarfs: Dude! Lets kill him and make mead. Also well say he drowned in his own wisdom. Totally believable
WTF Norsmen????
I mean, that was probably some goddamn good mead though.
@@ubergnu LMAO. True. True
Wow, it's like Christmas every week! I'm enjoying all of these new things, and it's obvious they'll only get better!
Its cool to see that almost every word in the nordic mythology is written in Icelandic...very cool
+my dog is named Freyr
YES, MORE PLEASE! This channel is just getting better and better.
Yay! The mythologies begin! Will this also include lore in games as well? Please?
Extra Lore?
I would like to see a comparison between lore and mythology.
I recently wrote a paper about the influences of norse mythology on skyrim and i was fascinated by the astonishing similarities.
I would definitely like to see some more comparisons made by the Extra Credits team.
Lore in a Minute actually does that. Or were you referring to more detailed formats?
In much more detail.
And Lore in a Minute does not outline the cultural influences on a game by and parallels to mythologies and their stories...
So not even close :/
YES! YES PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE MORE SERIES! I DONT KNOW HOW YOU KEEP PUMPING THEM OUT, BUT I ADORE THEM!
God of War pulling all the history channels into this ad campaign 🤔👌🏾
I mean, it's funding a lot of good people and making a lot of cool videos. You don't need to be _that_ cynical about it.
best way to advertise. you make the world a better place
More cultured use of Ad budget than pushing LootBoxes or Day-One retailer exclusives.... Which they still couldn't help doing with exclusive cosmetics for GoW, but it's getting there.
Not really a bad thing considering how awesome the Norse Mythology is.
Ad or not, I enjoy the free and entertaining content.
I love everything about this! You guys already handle so much so well, it's amazing to see you tackle another topic like mythology. I love Norse mythology and am perpetually impressed by the quality of your videos. I just wanted to give my support for this series!
Hey! gods! Look! A *ragna* rock!
YES! ...a Ragnar Lod-rock
I love how the God of War team is sponsoring all these channels. I'm so glad that Total War set a precedent for all this. I've gone and bought a bunch of games from total war since your Punic Wars video and I'm surely going to start looking into some God of War games. Keep up the good work everyone!
Now all we need is Extra Alternate History...
There AlternateHistoryHub
yea seriously. and Cody does a hell of a great job on it.
Always loved Mythology even though I'm a kid and love that you got Extra Mythology and can't wait to see the Greek Mythology videos
...aand then Kratos killed them all.
Kratos and BOI
@@nigerundayo1996 atrocious is a nuisance, don't fancy getting shouted at, "what's over there"s and endless screaming
Having played 4 of the games from Greek trilogy? Yeah, somehow I just know Kratos is gonna kill them all. Not so sure if his kill counter going to include the World Serpent.
RiptideV10 Atreus
@@arjusarauis9901 the world Serpent is Kratos's Grandson as well as an allies of Kratos there is no need for that
You're making these videos even better! I cannot stop watching these. By the way, you also improved my ways presenting other topics.
Ey, Norse Mythos. I hope you do more Videos on this topic post-sponsorship, I would love to see you animate Thor in a Wedding Dress.
This brings so much to two of my favourite books, Runemarks and Runelight. It is also one of my new favourite episodes, so thank you God Of War team for sponsoring, and another huge thank you to everyone involved in creating this. Love you guys
Patreon for Extra Mythology? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!
What a great way to expand upon the teachings of this channel!
But Gullveig=Freyja is a fringe opinion...
I agree. This version of the mythology seems to rely on some very tenuous interpretations.
Thank you for starting this series.
Do you plan to cover Celtic and Irish mythology?
João Pedro +
How else are we gonna learn about best dog and his gay bulge.
celtics barely wrote anything down though so its kind of hard to know who they worshipped.
Cybermancer Christian monks wrote some of their legends, though highly changed to fit monotheism, gods becoming supernatural or heroic humans and that stuff. Still, Ireland has a very interesting mythology, with their invasions and the misterious Fomorians. I would also like(and will comment that on the next video) an Extra Lore(refering to literary/fictional history) series. There are many subjects to be covered and stories to be told, some examples: A Song of Ice and Fire's battles and legends(focusing on the ones that happen before the books, as they are sometimes overlooked), The Silmarillion's battles(I really loved the description of the strategies and the battles in the Northern War and Justinian & Theodora videos, I would love to see it applied to the Eldar of the first age), Cthulhu Mythos(because Lovecraft is a must have), etc. Maybe even World of Warcraft's battles of the past. But I prefer the ones I can see the strategy happening
yeah but not too much. Most of it was written by Christians that visited the Celtic lands who found it interesting.
Yes! All of my yes! Not just history, but teaching us about the mythology that shaped said history? Amazing idea! I love it! All of my support!
Theres no way we can end this with honey wi-
Odin: "ROSES ARE RED!!! VIOLETS ARE BLUE!!!!"
War: *ded*
I love the illustration of Asgard you made, with Bifrost winding up from below!
Lovlediga video, if Im going to be nitpicky though, Odin would have had both his eyes at the time of Mimers beheading, he sacrificed the eye to the well of mimer for knowlage
Great point.
They also missed him hanging in the well to learn the secret of the runes.
^_^
afaik Odin's drinking from the well for knowledge predates Mimir's beheading.
great idea to cover the mythology most games use mythos and its nice to learn about the facts behind all the glamer of games
please keep doing Extra Mythology!
I really hope that this series becomes a regular thing
So the drunk form of the greatest wisdom is poetry?
This... actually really makes sense!
Also because of the chain of events leading to that mead, it's not simply mead it's mead made out of blood made out of wine made out of spittle and oaths. And grapes.
This was really cool and great timing, I just listened to the Neil Gaiman Norse Myths audiobook. I would love to see this as a more regular series
That’s kind of inaccurate. The Aesirs tried to kill Freyja because, though she did do them some favours, continually tricked them and deceived them. They thought she was up to no good and then decided to execute her for her misdeeds only to be revived again and again. In fact, the reason why Freyja was there in the first place was because her family had kicked her out because of her
bitchiness.
Thats not entirely accurate either....X_X
wasnt it a gold giant who started the war?
is this a difference-thing between skandinavia and germanic mythology?
Markus Haahr also the part where the wine made from God blood was taken from the dwarf by a giant and later got stolen back by Odin. Also Odin know everything since he have 2 raven that travel and tell him all the hag happen on earth
thinh nguyen okay, avoiding that story makes sense! Those two dwarves are just unpleasant to hear about :P
Norse mythology is not codified and unique and stories often change a lot. Get over it.
Great episode i hope you guys get more sponsors for these types of series. You guys deserve it for sure.
GoW creators took some liberties, for instance, Mimir got his head cut off by Odin not the Vanir.
Tom Zhackray Nope Kratos cuts off his head
Odin imprisoned him while Kratos was the one who beheaded him to free him from his torment and to find a way to Jotunheim.
Oh man I've been waiting so long for mythology from you guys! I'm so excited to see more! You make the greatest history videos so I'm so excited to see these!
I came here because of Fire Emblem Heroes. As of Book VII, the Vanir has appeared.
If all these different shows aren't too much for you, then I'm going to be SO excited to see this added to the mix.
Damn!, this is A story!, and one I never thought there was x'P
I can't wait for the extra mythology series! When i read up on the mythologies in the web.. it sounded to me like it was just a bunch of gods with superpowers and having different children. But Extra Credits actually presented the information in a digestible manner and explained the motivation behind the conflict. Just supported you guys on patreon. Keep up the good work EC!
Excuse me ? Mimir, INFINITE WISDOM MIMIR ? That Mimir ? What kind of crazy person offers him as a hostage ? Didn't Odin trade his eye to Mimir for the foresight not to make bad decisions ? Wasn't Freja Odin's daughter who ran the other hall for fallen warriors ? I'm so confused.
+KaiserAfini
No. Mimir was beheaded at some point, and Odin, being the lovable guy that he is, kept his severed head which recites secret knowledge to him. Freyja is the daughter of Njörðr by way of his sister as well as the twin sister of Freyr.
Boss Isaac Yeah, but according to this video, he was beheaded because of the hostage exchange.
MoronicAcid1 This is abundantly clear to me, I have studied far more about North mythology than the Marvel comics version.
Freja is almost always depicted as a vanir and the daughter of Njord. She does indeed run the other hall of fallen warriors, as stated in the video after the war they became great friends. The eye trade came afterwards but this is probably one of the reasons why Odin needed to give up his eye. As for the reason he is missing one in the video. Nobody told the hardworking Scott, or they chose to do it anyway because else people maybe wouldn't recognize Odin. For why they might trade him, Odin hadn't gotten foresight also some sources claim Mimer to be a jötunn which might also have factored in.
Some even tell there are 3 houses/races of the gods. Odin and Heimdal come from the oldest one and founded the aesir.
And Heimdal has 8 mothers and no father and is odins nephew.
I had already learned about the aesir-vanir war, but i forgot and this was a great format to revise it, plus im an absolute sucker for mythology, keep it up! : )
And bad poetry was born when Odin relieved himself while escaping after drinking the Mead of Poetry(tm). =)
And beer was made from Odins sick after drinking too much of the mead of poetry.
I wish I had money to help you keep this rolling.
Love Extra History and Extra Sci Fi. Love mythology in general since I've been a kid.
You made my day. Thanks for existing in this timeline.
Sounds like a bad frey-r day
Thats what happens when her husband Frey is demoted to only being her brother..
I am a mythology lover so this means a lot to me. I almost cried when I saw this episode
Are you guys really doing FOUR episodes on Greek Mythology? Please oh please if your going to do Mythology branch out beyond just the Greeks! African, Asian, South American, Native America, Pacific Islands even other Europeans.... there is so much more mythology than just the Greeks which have been discussed to death.
Greek alone could easily warrant 400 episodes, and all mythological canons have been discussed to death if you know where to look. When you seek to learn piano you start with little star. even if you have to spend 4 days practicing it. You start with the fundamentals, and then move on to lesser known and hence less influential specificities.
Even extra scifi had 4 episodes on Frankenstein, and no one took the opportunity to name drop proper nouns in the comments to show that they already knew about obscure authors before it was cool to do so and those episodes came out. It's because those things are inevitable, in time.
Every time someone has ever asked "are you gonna be doing this?" The answer has always been "yes, eventually".
I agree with both Mr. Divery and Paige Wilson
They will start with the Greeks, because everyone talks about Greco-Roman Mythology when they talk of mythology, but please please please expand beyond it and quickly. One of my favorite episodes of a mythology show talked briefly of Koschei the Deathless, who I knew next to nothing about (and still don't know much of anything to be honest) from Slavic myths, and I nearly tore out my hair when they about faced and talked so much about the Greeks. There is are so many fascinating stories I've never heard that I'd love to hear from middle east, eastern and pacific sources. So, if you are doing a series on mythology, please give those traditions some love.
Totally need to make more mythology videos like this. Really enjoyed it.
Why was the admiral-Yi theme playing in the end?
I love the mythology. Please keep this series going
What's next extra geology
Extra Numerology
Extra Geography
Extra Literature.
oh my god, thank you guys, I'm currently learning about mythology and this is going to help out a lot. I love you guys.
Yey Norse stuff! Make a vid on that time Thor dressed up as a woman and got married to a troll.
Pasan Hmm wonder if that is included in the God of War game 😂
Want so much more from Extra mythology. Please do more