Have you also noticed how proeminent is the snake in earlier mythos? Generally as the "bad guy" as well. Abrahamic religions, greek mythology, egyptian...
@@quietone610 I like where this is going. Let me see... The lawyer , ever swooned by the fey, starts to talk with her about herself. You, feeling upset and slightly betrayed remind your attorney that you had already paid retainer and it be in their bar-related oath to cast judgement and care in the best interest of their client.
Communication would be nice too. “You can’t see me on Saturday because if you do I’ll become a monster and never see you again. I can have some women come in and verify this for you.” “Oh, okay, that explains your strange behaviour.” And they lived happily ever after.
yah maybe those kings would be more considerate if she explained the consequences?? I imagine otherworldly supernatural witch-like spells would be prevalent in a world like this. I assume having dragon tails on Saturday would be regarded as having “baggage” he has to deal with…
Fun fact - Melusine's mother Pressyne is sometimes said to be the sister of Morgan le Faye, the demise of King Arthur. And King Elynas is just one example of a "King under the Mountain" in folklore, rumored to one day return when their nation needs them most (King Arthur and Sir Francis Drake are also given this treatment).
@@elbentos7803 then again there’s a stark difference between Holger Danske and the rest of them, namely he’s not a legendary king but a legendary warrior. Supposedly serving under Knud the Holy.
I feel like a little communication would go a long way here. "Hey honey, I'm getting really curious about what you do each Saturday. Can I ask, even if I can't see you, what's up? Or at least get an idea of why I can't?" "Oh, yeah, sure. I was cursed for an overenthusiastic pursuance of justice as a teenager and a terrible consequence will befall me if you do." "Oh wow, sorry to hear that. Well if you ever want to talk on Saturdays I'd be happy for us to work out a system by which we could chat through curtains or the like. Or if you've gotten used to Saturdays being your alone time that's fine too. Love you honey, I'm so glad you're part of my life."
In an alternate scenario She was burned on a stake after being accused of being a witch Also on another note would you just say "oh wow, sorry to hear about that" if your lover responded with that? Thats the modern equivalent of someone saying I'm an alien from outer space
I agree. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
This is what happens when you start a new company and commission the logo design before deciding if the company is going to make coffee or mermaid porn.
So I come from Luxembourg and we have that story of, as we call her, Melusina. But there are some differences. For instance the story about her mother of father doesn't come up here, or we're simply never told. Then here it isn't a half serpent but just a simple woman that transformes into a mermaid when she bathes. She is married to the king siggismond (the first Nobel to settle in the city of Luxembourg) and he is the one that sees her while bathing. Here he doesn't open the door, but she somehow, notices that he looked through the door hole and then she jumps out of the window of the castle into the river (alzette). It is said that still today she lives there. Oh and here nothing is said about her, flying and screaming in the night. But it is quite interesting to see that other countries have the same medieval myth but with time it developed into similar stories with some changes in it.
I found that the version of the story told by Extra-mithology is contained in a poem of the 14th century. The author is called Jean d'Arras,if you are interested.
I had no idea that Melusine was a name from mythology! In my language, melusine (meluzína) is a word for strong winds, usually a snowstorm, and is associated with the different pitched sounds it makes, like the whistling and howling in the trees or down chimneys. Thank you for this video! :)
Is it the Czech language? I read that chimney winds are called meluzina because it was believed the howling noises were caused by Melusines looking for her kids. I read this from a single source though so I can't confirm if it's part of actual Czech folklore
Wow! So cool. Because a synonym to mermaid is siren and in English siren can also mean loud sounds. And in mythology the sirens were singing and making noises at see. So, so cool!
I read a story that melusine married a count of anjou, and was beautiful and perfect in every way, but she would always leave just before the eucharist was brought out in mass, and one day she was stopped from leaving and when the eucharist was brought out she turned into a dragon and flew away, which was why later the plantagenets joked they were descended from the devil.
The lineage Mélusine reputedly married into were the Lusignan - a famous family from Poitou (part of Aquitaine stuck between Anjou and Gascony/Guyenne). The tale "Mélusine" is from a late 14th century author named Jean d'Arras.
The fact that most of his children were supernatural in their physicality, and he never stopped to wonder: "Maybe what she said about not seeing her is pretty serious, huh?" Also, like @J1P2K commented below... Just talk to your wives. It's way easier.
Little known fact about the Fae is that most Fae/mortal marriages end happily on account of mutual communication and respect for each others' personal boundaries.
*sigh* You sound just like my doctor... always wanting the best for my health... can you believe that my friends called an ambulance on me?!? Drama queens.
Hey, really nice video. Glad to see someone talking about this legend. I come from Poitou in France and I was taught this myth during my youth. Raymond (or Raymondin in local langage) was the count of Lusignan. During the middle ages Lusignan was an important city of the Poitou and the "de Lusignan" house was believed to be descendant of Raymond and Melusine. The area near Lusignan is still today called the "pays Mélusin" (Melusine's country) proof that the legend is still living even after hundreds of years.
So, just to check, the guess is that Melusine was Jewish, and that she was honoring the sabbath on Saturdays while in an area not friendly to jewish people?
@@lux_incola4224 That sound like an interesting interpretation. When you look close enough, most of those stories have very real world basis. After all, myths aren't stories that are untrue ;) It remind me a bit of the story of the biblical flood. If you look at the oldest version we know of, the one from ancient Mesopotamia, it give very pragmatic instruction for how to build the kind of river boat you'd need to survive the type of river flood that could happen in those area. It also make way more sense with the animals. They don't take a couple of each animals, they take a couple of all the differents animals they bred as livestock. Anyway, I think I went a bit off topic there
Yeah. Crusades. Saturdays. Sounds like the fantastical version someone gave for the fact that they took a Jewish/Semitic wife or mistress. And claimed her to be magic.
As someone with the demon countess of Anjou in their family tree, I have zero traces of any Jewish dna. That doesn't necessarily mean she wasn't Jewish as 1 clump of dna that far back can only go so far forward, but i'm still pressing x to doubt. She could just as well have been a pagan honoring the Skyfather on Saturn's day with sacrifices.
Yep, my great grandfather claimed to be descendant of the De Lusignan so I heard that tale many times. Also, Melusine is the symbol of Starbucks, forgot to mention.
Some similarities to other myths, along common threads of bathing, peeping, and lovers making and breaking promises to each other: -Greek mythology has a few stories of men trying to watch Artemis bathe and being punished. The more well-known version involves the peeper being turned into a stag and torn apart by his own dogs, while there's another story of a boy who had to choose between death or being transformed into a girl and joining Artemis's huntresses. -With inverted gender roles, there's also the Greek myth of Semele, Dionysus's mother and Zeus's lover. Zeus promises to fulfill any wish of hers, but asks her not to wish to see his true form, since a mortal will die upon seeing a god. Prodded by a jealous Hera, Semele asks anyway, gets her wish, and is incinerated by the sight. -There's a Hindu story, which Extra mythology covered a few weeks ago, about Parvati creating Ganesha to guard the door while she bathed, and Shiva, Parvati's husband, came in wanting to see his wife, and decapitated Ganesha. -Japanese folklore has a story of a man who saves a crane from hunter. A beautiful woman later comes to him, claiming to be his wife. She goes in a room for several days and tells him not to peek, and comes out with a fine article of clothing that sells for a high price. She does this again, he peeks, and finds out that she was actually the crane, transformed into a woman. Since he learned this, she has to leave and never come back. There are several different versions of this story with different animals such as a fox (kitsune), snake, and clam (who makes delicious soup for her husband by urinating into it). There's also a story of a man who insists that his wife take a hot bath despite her not wanting to. She eventually agrees, but when he returns, he found that his wife is missing and there are only melting icicles in the bath; his wife was a Yuki-onna, a snow spirit, who melted. -Irish mythology has the story of Diarmuid who helps an ugly old lady one night, and the morning after, she becomes a beautiful young woman. She grants him his wish of a house overlooking the sea, and they marry, but under the condition that he never mention how ugly she looked on the first night they met. He agrees, but they later get in an argument and he breaks his promise, which leads to her leaving, the house disappearing, and Diarmuid's beloved dog dying. He then goes on a quest to try to get her back.
Is a very common type of fairy tale known as "the animal bride": Man meets woman, they both get married but the woman make him promised to make a vow about not doing something, years later man breaks vow, woman runs away when her secret is revealed, and everything goes crap after this.
Amusingly enough there was a tale from the times of revolutionary France that around the ruins of the castle of Lusignan in Poitou, Mélusine was heard one last time wailing about the grim fate of her last descendants then she was never seen, or heard again. Seems to me like an invention, so typical of XIXth romantic writers, in love with dramatic legends.
I read a book once that was a double biography of Joan of Arc and of King Charles' mother Yolande of Aragon. The author argued that Melusine was an archetype for fidelity and betrayal, and Joan of Arc was a Melusine figure, so to speak (person with supernatural power, used their powers to reward a patron, betrayed by the patron). It's called 'The Maid and the Queen" and it's by Nancy Goldstone.
Charles VII (legal and biological) mother was Isabeau de Bavière ; but they simply hated and despised each other. Yolande of Aragon was only Charles mother-in-law, but she was the only maternal figure he had. The two women hated each other as well.
I wonder if the being serpent on Saturday had symbolic significance for the stroy. Saturday was bathing day for vikings and Scandinavian cultures. So being cursed on saturday might have actually meant that the curse struck during bathing day. So significance of the curse turns from being serpent on random day of the week to being serpent while bathing which reminisces of the promise they had with the king.
Fun fact : In my childhood city of Bailleul in France, they have a big metal statue of Mélusine in the top of the town house’s tower. Thanks for the video.
So here’s the thing: Ten children… So she would have been pregnant a total of 7 years, and if they were back to back, the 6weeks between each pregnancy would be another 5 years… They would have been together for 12 years at the minimum. And during that time, both she didn’t think to tell him, and he didn’t think to ask…
My mom dug up as much info as she could about her ancestors and found a Lord de Beaumont among her paternal lineage who claimed to be a descendent of Mélusine.
This is literally why you discuss things like "Why can't I see you saturday?" with your spouse, because "I'll turn into a horrible monster" is a pretty good reason to give someone privacy
Nothing says "mother's love" more than cursing your child horribly, for cursing a guy that broke his vow and angered you enough to isolate and alienate your daughters from the entire world.
“If you see a flying serpent, you May be from royalty”.
Or you’re in Mexico, or Central America, and it’s just Quetzalcoatl.
You can tell them apart by the feathers, just in case
Or you’re in Southeast Asia and it’s a Chrysopelea, gliding snake..
But weren't the Aztec nobles related to Quetzalcoatl in some way?
Or you just mistaken a Chinese dragon
Isn't Quetzalcoatl in Japan right now, sleeping with a little boy?
Greece: My heroes fought gods and monsters for love!
Japan: My heroes showed no fear in challenge!
France: _s n e k_
Every mythology ever:
M A G I C S N E K
France: My heroes got dem snek titties
Have you also noticed how proeminent is the snake in earlier mythos?
Generally as the "bad guy" as well.
Abrahamic religions, greek mythology, egyptian...
Yep monster in musume medieval version. However if you want more french badass legends I recommend you the «la chanson de Roland »
@@nairocamilo maybe because many snakes are dangerous animals that we evolved to have a primal fear of?
Note to self: next time you want to talk to a fae... bring an attorney.
Eh, then she might just get angry and curse you even harder. You dn't have to make a deal with them. See for example half the Brothers Grimm tales.
Yes. And make sure never to see them on Saturday.
That's why the Nac Mac Feegle of Discworld have swords that glow blue in the presence of lawyers...
"The lawyer is now entranced."
"They don't usually see beautiful women."
"NOW what do we do?"
@@quietone610
I like where this is going. Let me see...
The lawyer , ever swooned by the fey, starts to talk with her about herself.
You, feeling upset and slightly betrayed remind your attorney that you had already paid retainer and it be in their bar-related oath to cast judgement and care in the best interest of their client.
"No no no. I don't have massive birth defects because of inbreeding. I'm just...magic. Yeah."
I was thinking the exact same thing, that's a convenient excuse for having a family tree that looks more like a family circle
"Mummy says its a strong chin for a strong boy!"
@@weldonwin Yes, but what does Uncle-Daddy say?
@@magmat0585 Uncle-Daddy couldn't speak. The mutations he got were W I L D.
@@idkwut4523 Fair enough, but then what does my Son, Grandson, and father say to this?
It's nice to see that people just clicked "agree" under all sorts of contracts even back then
So the grounds of a good relationship between faes and humans is respecting each other's privacy.
Okay. cool.
Communication would be nice too. “You can’t see me on Saturday because if you do I’ll become a monster and never see you again. I can have some women come in and verify this for you.”
“Oh, okay, that explains your strange behaviour.”
And they lived happily ever after.
@@danielled8665 communication and respecting each other's privacy For both sides. Main things we should always remember
@@danielled8665 Wouldn't that ensure Melusine's fate as well since her husband found out about her tail?
@@sophieplumbob2900 well, she didn’t mention the tail specifically, but who knows.
This is really a morality tale on the importance of clear communication.
yah maybe those kings would be more considerate if she explained the consequences?? I imagine otherworldly supernatural witch-like spells would be prevalent in a world like this. I assume having dragon tails on Saturday would be regarded as having “baggage” he has to deal with…
Fun fact - Melusine's mother Pressyne is sometimes said to be the sister of Morgan le Faye, the demise of King Arthur. And King Elynas is just one example of a "King under the Mountain" in folklore, rumored to one day return when their nation needs them most (King Arthur and Sir Francis Drake are also given this treatment).
Holger Dansk and Frederic Barbarossa as well...
@@elbentos7803 then again there’s a stark difference between Holger Danske and the rest of them, namely he’s not a legendary king but a legendary warrior. Supposedly serving under Knud the Holy.
and Thorin son of Thrain son of Thror
I feel like a little communication would go a long way here.
"Hey honey, I'm getting really curious about what you do each Saturday. Can I ask, even if I can't see you, what's up? Or at least get an idea of why I can't?"
"Oh, yeah, sure. I was cursed for an overenthusiastic pursuance of justice as a teenager and a terrible consequence will befall me if you do."
"Oh wow, sorry to hear that. Well if you ever want to talk on Saturdays I'd be happy for us to work out a system by which we could chat through curtains or the like. Or if you've gotten used to Saturdays being your alone time that's fine too. Love you honey, I'm so glad you're part of my life."
In an alternate scenario
She was burned on a stake after being accused of being a witch
Also on another note would you just say "oh wow, sorry to hear about that" if your lover responded with that? Thats the modern equivalent of someone saying I'm an alien from outer space
@@tehzhixiang9452 She’s a powerful fae. Who could even catch her?
This story is literally: common dude, you had one job.
That seems to be how a lot of these human/super natural love stories tend to go.
Actually they are noble dudes, not common dudes.
or "why trust is important for love"
@@cooperhawk988 but younstill get my point.
@@florians9949 only if you get my joke.
I’m surprised none of these guys asked why they couldn’t see their wives at this times.
Eh, as a guy, I can say this. When you think you are in love, you just don’t think about anything else. It’s very very weird.
This story shows why communication is important in relationships
Why ask when you can look and see for yourself?
....oh...right...
They were too focused on the snatch quest.
Imagine claiming to be royal cause you have seen mystical fish grandma.
I agree. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.You can't expect to wield supreme executive power just 'cause some watery tart threw a sword at you! I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
Normal tuesday
...And then Melusine became the Starbucks logo and lived happily ever after...
Nope. Turns out she sells hope by the cupful at an exorbitant rate.
@@sandeman1776 Exactly. Think of the royalties she gets in advertising!
This is what happens when you start a new company and commission the logo design before deciding if the company is going to make coffee or mermaid porn.
Wasn't that a mermaid?
ssshhhh that the bad end =3=
Moral of the story:
Be up front with your husband and have faith in your wife.
Let’s see what this danger noodle has to offer.
if its a snake of woe wouldn't that make it a downer noodle?
heck yeah!
Manjah Danger Noodle. ITS A SNEK WOMAN!! I REPEAT, ITS A SNEK WOMAN
The most dangerous noodle.
I like snek so I refer to it as a boop snoot :3
So I come from Luxembourg and we have that story of, as we call her, Melusina. But there are some differences. For instance the story about her mother of father doesn't come up here, or we're simply never told. Then here it isn't a half serpent but just a simple woman that transformes into a mermaid when she bathes. She is married to the king siggismond (the first Nobel to settle in the city of Luxembourg) and he is the one that sees her while bathing. Here he doesn't open the door, but she somehow, notices that he looked through the door hole and then she jumps out of the window of the castle into the river (alzette). It is said that still today she lives there. Oh and here nothing is said about her, flying and screaming in the night.
But it is quite interesting to see that other countries have the same medieval myth but with time it developed into similar stories with some changes in it.
I found that the version of the story told by Extra-mithology is contained in a poem of the 14th century. The author is called Jean d'Arras,if you are interested.
Man, I love myths! I just wanted to thank you for sharing your country's variant
"So anyway, I loved your dad dearly, but he happened to see you while you were wet shortly after your birth"
Melusine: "UNFORGIVEABLE!"
I had no idea that Melusine was a name from mythology! In my language, melusine (meluzína) is a word for strong winds, usually a snowstorm, and is associated with the different pitched sounds it makes, like the whistling and howling in the trees or down chimneys. Thank you for this video! :)
Is it the Czech language? I read that chimney winds are called meluzina because it was believed the howling noises were caused by Melusines looking for her kids. I read this from a single source though so I can't confirm if it's part of actual Czech folklore
Wow! So cool. Because a synonym to mermaid is siren and in English siren can also mean loud sounds. And in mythology the sirens were singing and making noises at see. So, so cool!
“He can totally do that”.
I think we all know where This is going.
cue _Always Sunny in Philadelphia_ theme song
*He could not do exactly that*
"He held his promise and they lived happily ever after." - no legend ever
I read a story that melusine married a count of anjou, and was beautiful and perfect in every way, but she would always leave just before the eucharist was brought out in mass, and one day she was stopped from leaving and when the eucharist was brought out she turned into a dragon and flew away, which was why later the plantagenets joked they were descended from the devil.
The lineage Mélusine reputedly married into were the Lusignan - a famous family from Poitou (part of Aquitaine stuck between Anjou and Gascony/Guyenne).
The tale "Mélusine" is from a late 14th century author named Jean d'Arras.
I heard this story as well as the others too.
The fact that most of his children were supernatural in their physicality, and he never stopped to wonder: "Maybe what she said about not seeing her is pretty serious, huh?"
Also, like @J1P2K commented below... Just talk to your wives. It's way easier.
It's obviously magic, do not fuck with obvious magic! Just nod politely and say "Okay, thank you."
*Japan*
Crane: don't look
Human look
*France*
Fairy:don't look
Human: look
Crane& Fairy: what's wrong with you
Little known fact about the Fae is that most Fae/mortal marriages end happily on account of mutual communication and respect for each others' personal boundaries.
And this is where the long standing tradition of “Saturday’s are for the boys” started
😂
I haven’t even finished the video and I’m already hyperventilating over the whimsical art style and wonderful mythology.
Maybe you should stay off the internet for awhile, that sounds serious.
*sigh* You sound just like my doctor... always wanting the best for my health... can you believe that my friends called an ambulance on me?!? Drama queens.
This art style reminds me of cartoons like Adventure Time.
@@notaname1750 Ooh, I was thinking the same thing!
That shriek, and how "melusine" reads almost like "I made a loud noise" in my native Finnish, amuses me.
The Daughter's Revenge on their father seemed quite extreme for how minor the promise broken was
Agreed she deserved the punishment
So nobody freed the father after that?
@@-Timur1214 hard to free someone who's already dead
Hey, really nice video. Glad to see someone talking about this legend. I come from Poitou in France and I was taught this myth during my youth. Raymond (or Raymondin in local langage) was the count of Lusignan. During the middle ages Lusignan was an important city of the Poitou and the "de Lusignan" house was believed to be descendant of Raymond and Melusine. The area near Lusignan is still today called the "pays Mélusin" (Melusine's country) proof that the legend is still living even after hundreds of years.
2:16 how could someone refuse HUGE TRACTS OF LAND
As a Jewish person, the whole "don't see what I'm doing on a Saturday" sounds...suspicious. Coincidence I think not.
So, just to check, the guess is that Melusine was Jewish, and that she was honoring the sabbath on Saturdays while in an area not friendly to jewish people?
@@lux_incola4224 That sound like an interesting interpretation. When you look close enough, most of those stories have very real world basis. After all, myths aren't stories that are untrue ;)
It remind me a bit of the story of the biblical flood. If you look at the oldest version we know of, the one from ancient Mesopotamia, it give very pragmatic instruction for how to build the kind of river boat you'd need to survive the type of river flood that could happen in those area. It also make way more sense with the animals. They don't take a couple of each animals, they take a couple of all the differents animals they bred as livestock. Anyway, I think I went a bit off topic there
@@lux_incola4224 Sounds about right considering our history and all that.
Yeah. Crusades. Saturdays. Sounds like the fantastical version someone gave for the fact that they took a Jewish/Semitic wife or mistress.
And claimed her to be magic.
As someone with the demon countess of Anjou in their family tree, I have zero traces of any Jewish dna. That doesn't necessarily mean she wasn't Jewish as 1 clump of dna that far back can only go so far forward, but i'm still pressing x to doubt. She could just as well have been a pagan honoring the Skyfather on Saturn's day with sacrifices.
The Serpent of Woe
Whoa!
Yep, my great grandfather claimed to be descendant of the De Lusignan so I heard that tale many times. Also, Melusine is the symbol of Starbucks, forgot to mention.
I wonder why they chose her🤔🧜🏼♀️
7:08 _"....and our fathers' fathers' fathers' fathers!" "...alright, then. Don't labor the point.."_
(Monty Python sends their regards..)
3:41 Monty Python Arthur was here
Some similarities to other myths, along common threads of bathing, peeping, and lovers making and breaking promises to each other:
-Greek mythology has a few stories of men trying to watch Artemis bathe and being punished. The more well-known version involves the peeper being turned into a stag and torn apart by his own dogs, while there's another story of a boy who had to choose between death or being transformed into a girl and joining Artemis's huntresses.
-With inverted gender roles, there's also the Greek myth of Semele, Dionysus's mother and Zeus's lover. Zeus promises to fulfill any wish of hers, but asks her not to wish to see his true form, since a mortal will die upon seeing a god. Prodded by a jealous Hera, Semele asks anyway, gets her wish, and is incinerated by the sight.
-There's a Hindu story, which Extra mythology covered a few weeks ago, about Parvati creating Ganesha to guard the door while she bathed, and Shiva, Parvati's husband, came in wanting to see his wife, and decapitated Ganesha.
-Japanese folklore has a story of a man who saves a crane from hunter. A beautiful woman later comes to him, claiming to be his wife. She goes in a room for several days and tells him not to peek, and comes out with a fine article of clothing that sells for a high price. She does this again, he peeks, and finds out that she was actually the crane, transformed into a woman. Since he learned this, she has to leave and never come back. There are several different versions of this story with different animals such as a fox (kitsune), snake, and clam (who makes delicious soup for her husband by urinating into it). There's also a story of a man who insists that his wife take a hot bath despite her not wanting to. She eventually agrees, but when he returns, he found that his wife is missing and there are only melting icicles in the bath; his wife was a Yuki-onna, a snow spirit, who melted.
-Irish mythology has the story of Diarmuid who helps an ugly old lady one night, and the morning after, she becomes a beautiful young woman. She grants him his wish of a house overlooking the sea, and they marry, but under the condition that he never mention how ugly she looked on the first night they met. He agrees, but they later get in an argument and he breaks his promise, which leads to her leaving, the house disappearing, and Diarmuid's beloved dog dying. He then goes on a quest to try to get her back.
Luxembourg mentioned! That’s so rare but always happy when our tiny country in Europe gets represented lol
A boy with one red eye and one blue eye... Did he later join the Disfavored, by any chance?
wait why does it say "11 hours ago"? This video came out 5 minutes ago
Wait what 11 hour ago?
I was thinking Phi from BBBT (Beyblade Burst Turbo) but idk
*cough* Yozora.
I wonder why can't the fae explain their terms to the humans they interact with...
Right? You'd think that Melusine would explain why it is that she can't be seen on Saturdays
Bro how the heck are you two at 18 and 16 hours ago
@@nethascotx24 patreon
Because then there would be no story.
i mean if you come from a land where literally everyone is basically running their own you-tube prank channel you learn to be cunning on reflex.
Imagine being one of the boys stuck with dumbo ear, a cat paw or bieber teeth while your brother gets to have the cool anime eyes
So this is why Melusine has a dragon trait.
I mean, let's give that second guy some credit. He held out long enough to have 10 kids, after all.
Fgo took me here
No joke, this kinda sounds like the plot of Shrek
Is a very common type of fairy tale known as "the animal bride": Man meets woman, they both get married but the woman make him promised to make a vow about not doing something, years later man breaks vow, woman runs away when her secret is revealed, and everything goes crap after this.
Melusine when something bad's gonna happen to the king: aaaúuuhgģh
Melusine in Paris, France, the lord's year 1793: *¡¡¡AAÁÆÍÌÜÝĢHGĞHHH!!!*
what about the french kings of spain getting replaced by habsbergs
You mean the Hapsburgs of Spain being replaced by the french Bourbons ?
Amusingly enough there was a tale from the times of revolutionary France that around the ruins of the castle of Lusignan in Poitou, Mélusine was heard one last time wailing about the grim fate of her last descendants then she was never seen, or heard again.
Seems to me like an invention, so typical of XIXth romantic writers, in love with dramatic legends.
This made me laugh harder than I Should’ve.
King: *sees giant dragon... snake thing?*
Also King: *chuckles* I'm in danger!
I read a book once that was a double biography of Joan of Arc and of King Charles' mother Yolande of Aragon. The author argued that Melusine was an archetype for fidelity and betrayal, and Joan of Arc was a Melusine figure, so to speak (person with supernatural power, used their powers to reward a patron, betrayed by the patron). It's called 'The Maid and the Queen" and it's by Nancy Goldstone.
Philippa Gregory also brings Melusine into the Wars of the Roses in her Rivers trilogy
@@alisaurus4224 nice!
Charles VII (legal and biological) mother was Isabeau de Bavière ; but they simply hated and despised each other.
Yolande of Aragon was only Charles mother-in-law, but she was the only maternal figure he had.
The two women hated each other as well.
Melusine is also a servant from fate series.
Another mythical parable showing us why good communication is key to a healthy relationship
Country: Isle of Avalon
Government: Autonomous Collective.
6:53 AWWWWWW that's heartbreaking.
Let's take a moment to consider that Melusine had healthy children despite their anomalies.
I wonder if the being serpent on Saturday had symbolic significance for the stroy. Saturday was bathing day for vikings and Scandinavian cultures. So being cursed on saturday might have actually meant that the curse struck during bathing day. So significance of the curse turns from being serpent on random day of the week to being serpent while bathing which reminisces of the promise they had with the king.
And here I am looking for FGO Melusine comp
imagine pulling melusine and actually getting her
*cries*
just spent $300 for Melusine and haven't gotten her :((
FGO needs to upgrade their pity system at least :((((((((
gl on the reruns yall. i got two copies in the first 2 multis so never give up!!
Melusine in my mind is the name of one of the houses for Bauxbatons school for wizardry
Wasn't Melusine also a siren boss in the Witcher 3? Awesome to see the story they got the idea from!
Oh, I didn't think that would ever end up here! This is a not so well known tale, which hardly ever leaves its urban origin area :O
"Just what was his wife doing every Saturday" chillin with the girls, the hell.
mfw my recommendations are faster then my notifications
been there
So the story’s moral is: dude, don’t be a peeping Tom, at least with mysterious women in the woods.
Fun fact : In my childhood city of Bailleul in France, they have a big metal statue of Mélusine in the top of the town house’s tower. Thanks for the video.
For a second I thought this gonna be another Yuki Onna story.
So happy this one was covered
When you see a flying serpent in the clouds, you’re royalty!
Orrrrr..... you’re an Australian on a typical Monday afternoon.
Good to see this artist getting better at expressions.
*Every story about a bargain with the fae*
Guy: I can totally do that.
Narrator: Yeah, he's going to screw it up.
Not always! Unfortunately, the one that comes to mind is Welsh and therefore unspellable. :p Pwyll or something like that?
Matt my man, you outdid yourself this time. Really this was fantastic!! Big credits to everyone at EC.
Moral of the story: don't stalk women. Not even your wife. Also don't be angry at a father you have nothing to do with.
They never leaarn!
No one ever meets a woman in the woods near a river singing a haunting melody and suspects a thing. despite all the stories!!!
So here’s the thing:
Ten children…
So she would have been pregnant a total of 7 years, and if they were back to back, the 6weeks between each pregnancy would be another 5 years…
They would have been together for 12 years at the minimum. And during that time, both she didn’t think to tell him, and he didn’t think to ask…
It was 18 or so.
i swear these people who work at extra credits are legends
Also, depending on the historical period and the location your at, being royalty isn't always a good news ...
If only the fay I once loved had had such simple and straightforward terms for her to give her love
i'll always remember melusine as that cute which from the comic book i read while a kid.
i should buy those someday, still never read the full thing.
"the battle is about to begin"
me, a bazbattles watcher: HYPE
Next french legend : the Tarasque !
DnD characters :"run, run away for your life !"
Thanks for teaching me about all these lesser-known myths 😊
Alinus: surely I'll be able to resist seeing my wife and kids bathing!
Me: *flashbacks to Nergal's visit to the Underworld*
You mean Innana/Ishtar ?
really appreciate the lesbian pride flag on the boat in the image of the isle of avalon at 3:45!
I saw that too! Was it there for any reason or did they just put it there?
I spotted too
My mom dug up as much info as she could about her ancestors and found a Lord de Beaumont among her paternal lineage who claimed to be a descendent of Mélusine.
_"The battle is about to begin."_
Oops! Seems I clicked on a BazBattles video by mistake...
Came here, but you had already arrived =D
I loved this one! I've never heard this one before & I know alot of myths. Can you guys please do ALL the myths with this same narrator?
Bruh that Raymond fellas children gave me more lovecraftian horror having children with yog-sothoth type vibes then magical fay wife sort of vibes
This is literally why you discuss things like "Why can't I see you saturday?" with your spouse, because "I'll turn into a horrible monster" is a pretty good reason to give someone privacy
Love the lesbian flag on the back of the boat in the Avalon scene!
I love Extra mythology
Omg the facial expressions of the characters are so great 😂
Inc. the pouting lips 😗
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
And here I thought she was Albion’s left paw
Extra mythology: if you see a giant serpent in the sky good news your royalty
Also me: *chuckles* I'm in danger
Nice lesbian pride flag on the boat. Gave me a chuckle :)
At least I wasn’t the only one to spot that
NEVER BEFORE HAVE I BEEN SO EARLY
Nothing says "mother's love" more than cursing your child horribly, for cursing a guy that broke his vow and angered you enough to isolate and alienate your daughters from the entire world.
Royal Legitimacy through Dragons, huh? I guess this is what the Targaryens were partly based from.
Love the little details in the end animation :) .
The house of Lusigna，which claimed to be descents of Melusine，was from France and once ruled Cyprus.
What bizarrely specific curses.
Wow, I remember beating Melusine of FFXV. So this is the origin of her name.
Hmmmm interesting boat ya got there 3:42
🎶 I ain't sayin she a gold digger, but man that Faye is a cruel trickster 🎶 💰💰💰👩👫
Nice vid man.
What would happen if a human accidentally broke a vow like this?
6:29 When your in the ocean and something touches your foot.
@1:27
NARRATOR:...and her hands were long and delicate
ME: What hands?