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i only knew about the basic werehyena and mokele. At least I don't remember hearing about any more but may have and forgotten. This video does not mention the other African lycans like the werelion.
Luckily there are many overlap with Egypt and the rest Africa they obviously share a history. My Fav is Amun who is the same hidden god as Amma, Anna, Nyame, Nyame, Nzambi etc etc
So interesting! There's not enough interest in the African mythos in fantasy fans, even though they have so much lore. It's great that you're making it more accessible to people.
@@ghost3617 dont forget their intelligence is pretty on par with wolves so its the thought that they’re just a more savage version of a wolf creeps me out
I mean, that’s probably because American audiences laced them with furries. But besides that, how so? I get that they’re animals posing as humans, rather than people who can turn into beasts like werewolves, but I think someone with human intelligence who can turn into a monster is pretty frightening still, since shapeshifting leaves the whole “which one of us is the monster” question. Also, if werewolves are anything like wolves of their namesake, they would have to have exceptional stamina. They don’t have to have the bite force of a hyena or the speed of a cheetah (though werewolves are actually very strong and fast), when they can outlast you. You can keep running and hiding as far as you’d like, but you’d eventually tire, and a determined werewolf would just be getting started. *They would never tire.*
@@ProfessionalScofflaw nikola tesla.. oh. he wasnt from africa. @Jakobi St. Kashius surely racism isnt stopping movies about african myths & such.. if racism had anything to do with it "they" would use them, just change the names & act like it was white folks worthy of all the glory
@@brianwilhelm3777 actually zombies are another monster that come from Africa but over time people start stop associating them with their Afro cultures they spawned from like Haiti,Angola,and congo.(hoodoo and voodoo are also another example)
Honestly, it's mostly just non-familiarity & bad sources creating a disconnect between what Western audiences think when they hear a name & what the original intent in the culture it came from was. Between all of that, a lot of writers may try to steer clear from researching or using unfamiliar mythology, but, trust me, someone, somewhere is going to do it eventually, and then it'll be everywhere. Kind of like how Japan largely moved on & forgot about it's Shinto mythology until some anime artist decided to utilize it in a show, now it's part of Japanese identity & pride again.
It's really cool to see some African mythology represented here. Trust me, there is much more of it. But also similarities with other cultures and deities.
You should see similarities since the ancient world was inspired heavily by African civilizations in the West and many cultures grew by sharing their beliefs through trade and education.
Quick note everyone: we are aware that this video left out some monsters from African lore such as the grootslang, ninki nanka, and others. We intend on doing future videos to cover the monsters missed here, stay tuned!!
Africa is a giant continent, full of an unfathomable number of peoples and cultures, of people that didn't write, imagine what tales were lost to time because storytellers died horribly. North America suffered similarly. Anything that was written down after the fact is likely missing or distorted, because oral tradition can only survive if storytellers live to tell the story.
I mean yeah in the Congo there's been reports of multiple sightings of dinosaur like creatures living there. Emela-Ntouka (a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid) Kasai Rex (a Carcharodontosaurid Theropod) Mokele-Mbembe (a Titanosaurid Sauropod) Nsanga (a Iguanodontid Ornithopod) Nguma-Monene (a Spinosaurid Theropod) Mukuru (a Stegosaurid) Kongamato {a Azhdarchid Pterosaur) Mahamba (depicted as either a large Crocodilian or a Mosasaur)
@@returnoftheromans6726 Pretty much all of them have been debunked. Trey the Explainer does a really good video explaining a lot of the research and exploration for surviving Dinosaurs is deeply flawed, it's worth checking out.
I was wondering if I was going to see the Asambosam here- a vampiric creature with iron teeth that hangs from trees, waiting for unfortunate people to pass by only to drape down and grab them, ripping open their necks to drink their blood.
Just found you man, loving your stuff. Keep going and keep pushing them. The European foke lore is deep. I have the grim tales. Am Irish so I am reading up on the hund if Ulster but great to get more. Thanks again
Finally, I've been immersed in Greek/Roman, Norse, and Celtic mythology since highschool (now 25) and have been wanting a gateway into African Mythology.
I love videos like these, where we can explore a little bit of mythologies and folklore out of your typical greek/norse mythology. I would like a video like this but with venezuelan folklore creatures like El Carey, La Bolefuego, El Silbón etc. As a venezuelan myself i can say some of our creatures are interesting.
Thank you for sharing this! I'm working on the lore for a fantasy game (that I will never actually be able to complete). The world includes an empire inspired by African civilizations; I want to incorporate elements of different African cultures in a respectful way. This was helpful!
I have a feeling Dinosaur based mythical beasts were distorted because of European intervention. And as most of the culture having oral tradition it distorted to the point of no recognition of what it was before
Malaysian and Indonesian Dayaks have various semi-coherent folktales. One of the most popular Malaysian/Indonesian Bornean folk heroes out there is the Iban Trickster Warrior Deity Rentap. A famed Iban Warrior of the 19th century was also nicknamed after Rentap himself and not the other way around, funnily enough.
ever since i read a cryptid book in 4th grade, ive been in love with mokele mbembe. mythology is such an interesting subject, regardless of culture, and in the end, you actually see how similar we are, even when talking bout gods and monsters.
Seriously a witcher game set in Zerrikania or an African equivalent would be so dope. Perhaps with a wandering witcher. Its crazy how much potential that series had. You could even do a Witcher in an Asian setting, with monsters from Far east culture.
@@theanonymoustemperfray7222 Seriiusly I wish we could send voice notes on You Tube. Its starts with a strange Fire breathing Creature with five heads that comes out of the water and attacks a Village. During this attacks it eats people and when it's full. It just starts killing people and wreaking havoc. Finally they began to offer it beautiful virgins as a Scarifice. Which it didnt eat but Carried them somewhere. This happened for several years. Finally a young man came to the village who was a Warrior and he was begged by a boy to kill Bilisi as his sister was part of the girls to be sacrificed to it. The Warrior lured Bilisi into a swamp to corner him and since the swamp was Wet. His fire would be useless there. The warrior and Bilisi begin they fight with him making several failed attempts at killing Bilisi as his scales were very tough. His machete,spears and arrows continued to bounce off and the monster kept trying to slash,claw,burn,bite and crush him. Finally the warrior found that the monster had parts under his belly that were not covered in tough scales and stabbed the monster there. That was the monsters weak spot and the monster died immediately.
Most mythologies: SPIRITS THAT WILL TEAR YOU APART IN YOUR OWN HOUSE WITH NO SOUND, SHOVE A LEAF IN YOUR EAR AS A SIGN OF RESPECT Africa: We have Dinosaurs
Werehyenas inspired both an enemy type and an npc in Conan exiles (exiled lands map). The Nandi bear may have inspired a mob enemy in the same game (Island of siptah map). I wish to see more African folklore in games they're awesome.
Science, Judaism and Christianity all can agree that in or around Africa is where human life started. So I have no doubt that the continent is rich with myths.
In the bible, it mentions nothing about life coming from Africa if it was 90% of the bible would take place in Africa. The bible takes place in the following places Israel, Babylon, Rome, Persia, Egypt, Assyria, and greece nowhere near Africa except for ancient egupt. If human life did actually come from Africa which the evolution people say in the middle of the continent it would be one heck of A walk especially sailing the seas (which I heavily doubt man at that time would know nothing about traveling the oceans and if they did they wouldn't go as far) or walking the scorching deserts of the Sahara which would have the same response to how the previously enslaved Hebrews treated Moses because of boredom, exhaustion, angst, lost faith, and hunger though God provided then to the Tigris and Euphrates which is known as the CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION to the west and the Yangtze and yellow river to the east either get your facts right or actually read the bible. You seem like A nice person but you are misinformed, God bless and have A wonderful day.
i remember an archeologist on a talk show mounting an expedition into jungles in the Congo. He was convinced he could find living dinosaur due to these legends.
African mythology from like Yoruba and Voodoo are so amazing and intresting to me. I'm glad black panther sparks and interest but I love reading about their myths, It's so intresting to see a different culture who impressively resisted Christianity influence.
HAKUNA MATATA 💜💙 A wildlife story of animals spending time together or African Folklore of characters like the ones in this video, plus African Mythology Hakuna Matata dear Africa your old tales don't scare me they repeatedly attract me. I have no difficulty seeing how science connects to the old stories, I even read your African American animal stories and enjoy them.
Fun fact: Mokele-mbembe is one of the Titans awakened by King Ghidorah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. However, its location was not in Congo, but in Sudan.
Now I would like to see the Kongamato as a kaiju in the MonsterVerse. My guess is that to differentiate it from Rodan, it will look like a demonic Dimorphodon.
I think a lot of these legends came from either people on drugs or tribes finding dinosaur bones and thinking the animal was still alive somewhere, which would explain the Pterodactyl one.
i know that African Creatures exist ( and after watching this i still question why nobody has ever used these in Media) but i sometimes hear the concept of the Zombie came From Africa for some reason
The concept of people returning from the dead by supernatural means is found worldwide, but the term "zombie" comes from Haitian folklore, which has African roots!
Check out the movie Serpent and the Rainbow, not sure it’s based on a true story but from what I understand the practice of zombification is legitimate. Some tribes are said to use pufferfish venom and other ingredients to cause the imbiber to appear dead so when they come back all messed up it will appear that they were raised from the dead, they will then walk to their graves to be buried.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer did a "possession by hyenas" story in the first season. Close, and I was hoping to find that that was one of the myths, but alas...
The word zombie is Haitian. Zombies ie walking corpses that eat flesh were really started with Night Of The Living Dead however the word Zombie is never used in any of Romero's movies. In Night they were called Ghouls. Not sure if they called them anything in Dawn , Day , Land, etc.
I would love to see videos on the mythical monsters of Europe like the Loch Ness monster and the Hydra and mythological monsters of North America like the Jersey Devil and Sasquatch and Bigfoot
I'm really loving your videos! I'm just curious, where do you find all of this out? There's so much info, I'm just curious where you get it. Does a simple google search suffice, or is it something more?
Correction. All the creatures of African mthyology(stories included) only came from the numerous tribes of African people. European colonizers had nothing to do with it.
That's not entirely true, a lot of the surviving dinosaur stories are largely from the colonial era. Trey the Explainer does a really good video breaking down the stories of living dinosaurs and their links to European colonization, it's worth checking out.
@@edwarde8703 we’re talking about African Mythology. Not dinosaur stories. So like I stated, the stories, and creatures of African mythology were exclusively created by African people. Just like mythology from other parts of the world were created by those specific groups of ppl.
I have encountered tokoloshe in my boarding school in Botswana, they love doing antics that’s as far as they go, they aren’t so powerful can’t kill a human being, they are made to be servants to witches and shamans. They love boarding schools so much, don’t know why though..
Kongomato is most certainly NOT a pterosaur. Pterosaurs had rounded wing tips and a covering similar to fur referred to as pycnofibers. It's amazing how easy it is to debunk it as a cryptid with just surface-level knowledge on prehistoric life.
Werehyenas might be my new favourite mythological monster XD Also, I'm curious, I've heard a few African heroes like Ditaolane and Anansi, as well as the vast plethera of Gods, but are their any 'villain' type characters in West/South African mythology? I can't seem to find any that aren't just giant monsters. Like, is there a Loki or Set equivalent?
mokele mbimbe is cool. in pathfinder it is a omnivore who has great stealth abilities for its size. there are larger pods when the party gets stronger.
Fun fact is that in Dc rebirth, Wonder Woman: the lies, they incorporated the Boda or were hyenas as worshippers of urzkartaga the god that gives Cheetah her powers. Urzkartaga uses them to keep tabs on Cheetah
The scariest thing I have ever seen was on the border between South Africa and Botswana, I was at night during a storm, we were doing a survey for a French telecoms company who were building old DECT networks for the South African Government. We were about 80km away from the nearest paved road in a small valley, during the evening about 11h30 a storm started and was moving up the valley, the only light before was the light of the fire and then the flash of lightning that light up the area. Around our camp the was a cleared area of broken ground and grass about 150m in all directions, with grass that was about ankle high. I was sitting facing the fire and during one of the lightning flashes, about halfway between our fire and the tree line there was something standing upright watching us, I would guestimate it to being about 6ft5 tall, and it was all hair, like a person with a ghillie suit "if it was human". About 5 seconds later another lightning flash lit up the area........ and it was gone. Don't know of anybody that can do 75m sprints in 5 seconds whilst dressed in a Ghillie suit. 2 other people around the fire saw this as well. This part of South Africa is known for witchcraft amongst the tribes and several "stories" of Were-hyenas turning out to be "sangoma" witchdoctors who are then promptly set on fire "murdered" by the community abounds. Africa is still a truly beautiful and wild place and I would not want to live anywhere other than in my Motherland.
In next video you can mentioned american folklore legends like: 1. Werewolf 2. Werecoyotes 3. Wendigos 4. Wechuge 5. Adlets 6. Dark watchers 7. Nagual or werejaguars 8. Bigfoot
Dark watchers ? fuark you know what the watchers are right ? there angels that observe according to legend a band of watchers got horny they descended on mount hermon and had ''fun time''' with the human women producing 1000 feet giants that cannibalised all creation until god himself had to intervene according to the legends as well the angels bearing the secrets of heaven starting teaching mankind ''dark'' crafts basically gene splicing and human animal hybridization this is all extra canonical but it's an interesting read and the writers had to see something right ?
@@balsamartic9871 Those other beings are angel mutts minus quetzacoatle he's just Jesus Christ even mermaids are evil spirits there the by products of the women who willingly cohabited with the angels and corrupted there flesh
@@tysolbohan6446 but us two can mentioned i dont know 100 others creatures in american folklore. Like chupacabra, slinwalkers, mapinguari, monthman, lobisomen and je rouges Yes the last two are some kind of werewolfs🤣
It's crazy to see how this mytical creature has been seen by rangers and hickers in national parks of USA. Just discovered about these witnesses on Donavon Dread channel
Monster high creators probably didnt know africa has monster stories which is why they never put traditional african characters of they did it would of been the best and we would feel so represented
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Other than Egyptian gods, many people don't know much about other African mythological beings, so thanks for making this video!
i only knew about the basic werehyena and mokele. At least I don't remember hearing about any more but may have and forgotten. This video does not mention the other African lycans like the werelion.
If monster high had children of african monsters africans would be happy that they are represented
Luckily there are many overlap with Egypt and the rest Africa they obviously share a history.
My Fav is Amun who is the same hidden god as Amma, Anna, Nyame, Nyame, Nzambi etc etc
So interesting! There's not enough interest in the African mythos in fantasy fans, even though they have so much lore. It's great that you're making it more accessible to people.
I absolutely agree! Don't worry, we'll soon see more stories from Africa on this channel!
I have been looking for some time now for for a fantasy story based on African myth.
@@mr.factoid105 try these www.goodreads.com/series/111364-imaro
@@johnstovall7503 ooh some oldies interesting
Interested. More please!
Werehyenas seem way more terrifying than werewolves
Yup stronger bite
@@karolinakuc4783 also hyenas themsethemselves are creepy especially the laughing
@@ghost3617 dont forget their intelligence is pretty on par with wolves so its the thought that they’re just a more savage version of a wolf creeps me out
they're definitely spookier, but at the same time, how many of us grew up around regular hyenas?
I'm a Hyena. And let me say this I saw three Hyenas scare away two full grown Lions in a open field.
I'm a cryptid lover so learning on the African cryptids of mythos is truly awe inspiring!! Thank you for sharing this piece of culture!
Hyenas legends are more scarier than the werewolves.
I mean, that’s probably because American audiences laced them with furries.
But besides that, how so? I get that they’re animals posing as humans, rather than people who can turn into beasts like werewolves, but I think someone with human intelligence who can turn into a monster is pretty frightening still, since shapeshifting leaves the whole “which one of us is the monster” question.
Also, if werewolves are anything like wolves of their namesake, they would have to have exceptional stamina. They don’t have to have the bite force of a hyena or the speed of a cheetah (though werewolves are actually very strong and fast), when they can outlast you. You can keep running and hiding as far as you’d like, but you’d eventually tire, and a determined werewolf would just be getting started. *They would never tire.*
@@Pastamist well I think an animal or hyena Spirit posing as a human is alot scarier than a actual human because you cant reason with an animal.
I think they are equally terrifying tbh, therianthropes in general are one big nope.
@@Pastamist what? Hyenas are very common in the furry fandom!
@surojit karmokar fr or are you being sarcastic
1:08 Werehyenas
2:10 Kishi
2:39 Nandi Bear
3:27 Tokoloshe
4:52 Kongamato
5:43 Mngwa
6:23 Mokele-Mbimbe
Thank you for this.... Many people ignore African mythology.
Not that they ignore, they only care about the egyptian ones.
No it just wasn't brought to attention
Yes normally I "intentionally" ignore African mythology 😆 oh snap it's African??? No no no I cannot.
@@cap350125 Why? It's actually creepy
Every culture or tribe have their mythology, and it is numerous in Africa and the world
As someone who’s making a fictional superhero universe rooted in mythology, fairy tales, and folklore around the world, this was EXTREMELY helpful
So many epic legends and tales. I'm surprised no one has capitalized on movies/shows/games using more African myth lore.
I think we all know why
@Jakobi St. Kashius can you list some examples?
@@ProfessionalScofflaw nikola tesla.. oh. he wasnt from africa.
@Jakobi St. Kashius surely racism isnt stopping movies about african myths & such.. if racism had anything to do with it "they" would use them, just change the names & act like it was white folks worthy of all the glory
@@brianwilhelm3777 actually zombies are another monster that come from Africa but over time people start stop associating them with their Afro cultures they spawned from like Haiti,Angola,and congo.(hoodoo and voodoo are also another example)
Honestly, it's mostly just non-familiarity & bad sources creating a disconnect between what Western audiences think when they hear a name & what the original intent in the culture it came from was. Between all of that, a lot of writers may try to steer clear from researching or using unfamiliar mythology, but, trust me, someone, somewhere is going to do it eventually, and then it'll be everywhere. Kind of like how Japan largely moved on & forgot about it's Shinto mythology until some anime artist decided to utilize it in a show, now it's part of Japanese identity & pride again.
It's really cool to see some African mythology represented here. Trust me, there is much more of it. But also similarities with other cultures and deities.
You should see similarities since the ancient world was inspired heavily by African civilizations in the West and many cultures grew by sharing their beliefs through trade and education.
As a South African, thank you for creating this brief but informative video about Africa's mythology!
Quick note everyone: we are aware that this video left out some monsters from African lore such as the grootslang, ninki nanka, and others. We intend on doing future videos to cover the monsters missed here, stay tuned!!
Please include references for each of these or cite the actual region so we can do further research.
I would love to see more. And if posible one day see one of the monsters from Brazil, i would love that
Groomslang is my fvrt
@@sabithasajan5564 Same! I'm really digging the legendary beasts of African lore 🥰
Africa is a giant continent, full of an unfathomable number of peoples and cultures, of people that didn't write, imagine what tales were lost to time because storytellers died horribly. North America suffered similarly. Anything that was written down after the fact is likely missing or distorted, because oral tradition can only survive if storytellers live to tell the story.
Thank you! I love mythology and its great to hear African myths and legends!!!
African mythology and folklore get less talk about but it's interesting to learn about
Give the video a share or two! Help expose more people to African folklore!
Africa deadass still got dinosaurs
I mean yeah in the Congo there's been reports of multiple sightings of dinosaur like creatures living there.
Emela-Ntouka (a Centrosaurine Ceratopsid)
Kasai Rex (a Carcharodontosaurid Theropod)
Mokele-Mbembe (a Titanosaurid Sauropod)
Nsanga (a Iguanodontid Ornithopod)
Nguma-Monene (a Spinosaurid Theropod)
Mukuru (a Stegosaurid)
Kongamato {a Azhdarchid Pterosaur)
Mahamba (depicted as either a large Crocodilian or a Mosasaur)
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Wow! I gotta look into some of these!
@@returnoftheromans6726 Pretty much all of them have been debunked. Trey the Explainer does a really good video explaining a lot of the research and exploration for surviving Dinosaurs is deeply flawed, it's worth checking out.
@@edwarde8703
Okay. I enjoy learning about mythology, tribal tales, and other stories. Whether they are true or not. Lol! 😅 I'll have to check it out!
I don't think they're actually true dinosaurs, but there's something there indeed
I actually got chills watching this! The monsters from Africa mythology are terrifying!
That's maybe why Mattel didn't mention some of them but they could of atleast mentioned the daughter of the werehyena or something
I was wondering if I was going to see the Asambosam here- a vampiric creature with iron teeth that hangs from trees, waiting for unfortunate people to pass by only to drape down and grab them, ripping open their necks to drink their blood.
There are a lot of monsters from African legend that were missed, but don't worry we intend on having more videos on the subject in the future!!
Just found you man, loving your stuff. Keep going and keep pushing them. The European foke lore is deep. I have the grim tales. Am Irish so I am reading up on the hund if Ulster but great to get more. Thanks again
Finally, I've been immersed in Greek/Roman, Norse, and Celtic mythology since highschool (now 25) and have been wanting a gateway into African Mythology.
East/north African *
I love videos like these, where we can explore a little bit of mythologies and folklore out of your typical greek/norse mythology. I would like a video like this but with venezuelan folklore creatures like El Carey, La Bolefuego, El Silbón etc. As a venezuelan myself i can say some of our creatures are interesting.
I love mythology. Beautifully done video
Finally Hyenas getting some love!!!
Thank you for sharing this!
I'm working on the lore for a fantasy game (that I will never actually be able to complete).
The world includes an empire inspired by African civilizations; I want to incorporate elements of different African cultures in a respectful way.
This was helpful!
I have a feeling Dinosaur based mythical beasts were distorted because of European intervention. And as most of the culture having oral tradition it distorted to the point of no recognition of what it was before
Malaysian and Indonesian Dayaks have various semi-coherent folktales.
One of the most popular Malaysian/Indonesian Bornean folk heroes out there is the Iban Trickster Warrior Deity Rentap. A famed Iban Warrior of the 19th century was also nicknamed after Rentap himself and not the other way around, funnily enough.
ever since i read a cryptid book in 4th grade, ive been in love with mokele mbembe. mythology is such an interesting subject, regardless of culture, and in the end, you actually see how similar we are, even when talking bout gods and monsters.
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Seriously a witcher game set in Zerrikania or an African equivalent would be so dope. Perhaps with a wandering witcher.
Its crazy how much potential that series had. You could even do a Witcher in an Asian setting, with monsters from Far east culture.
Surprised he didnt talk about Bilisi. A hydra like creature.
Tell me more please?
@@theanonymoustemperfray7222 Seriiusly I wish we could send voice notes on You Tube. Its starts with a strange Fire breathing Creature with five heads that comes out of the water and attacks a Village. During this attacks it eats people and when it's full. It just starts killing people and wreaking havoc. Finally they began to offer it beautiful virgins as a Scarifice. Which it didnt eat but Carried them somewhere. This happened for several years. Finally a young man came to the village who was a Warrior and he was begged by a boy to kill Bilisi as his sister was part of the girls to be sacrificed to it. The Warrior lured Bilisi into a swamp to corner him and since the swamp was Wet. His fire would be useless there. The warrior and Bilisi begin they fight with him making several failed attempts at killing Bilisi as his scales were very tough. His machete,spears and arrows continued to bounce off and the monster kept trying to slash,claw,burn,bite and crush him. Finally the warrior found that the monster had parts under his belly that were not covered in tough scales and stabbed the monster there. That was the monsters weak spot and the monster died immediately.
@@thedelordhimselfgokublack cool
@@theanonymoustemperfray7222 the story is similar to Oolong from Dragon ball. Except I think it is someone who controls the monster.
@@thedelordhimselfgokublack can you please provide the source of this story ? Where did you find it ?
This presentation is really good! Thank you for sharing!
Most mythologies: SPIRITS THAT WILL TEAR YOU APART IN YOUR OWN HOUSE WITH NO SOUND, SHOVE A LEAF IN YOUR EAR AS A SIGN OF RESPECT
Africa: We have Dinosaurs
Werehyenas inspired both an enemy type and an npc in Conan exiles (exiled lands map). The Nandi bear may have inspired a mob enemy in the same game (Island of siptah map). I wish to see more African folklore in games they're awesome.
Science, Judaism and Christianity all can agree that in or around Africa is where human life started. So I have no doubt that the continent is rich with myths.
In the bible, it mentions nothing about life coming from Africa if it was 90% of the bible would take place in Africa. The bible takes place in the following places Israel, Babylon, Rome, Persia, Egypt, Assyria, and greece nowhere near Africa except for ancient egupt. If human life did actually come from Africa which the evolution people say in the middle of the continent it would be one heck of A walk especially sailing the seas (which I heavily doubt man at that time would know nothing about traveling the oceans and if they did they wouldn't go as far) or walking the scorching deserts of the Sahara which would have the same response to how the previously enslaved Hebrews treated Moses because of boredom, exhaustion, angst, lost faith, and hunger though God provided then to the Tigris and Euphrates which is known as the CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION to the west and the Yangtze and yellow river to the east either get your facts right or actually read the bible. You seem like A nice person but you are misinformed, God bless and have A wonderful day.
Great work as always
You provide good information I want you to please do every mythology creatures in every continent. You give good information 👏.
Delightful! African cryptids and monsters so often get forgotten.
Very nice video! Subbed.😁👍
Just found your channel bro Loving it
Love this,I didn't know we had so much fascinating myths and stories
Interesting myths to follow up on and gives people the idea of discovering a new creature or species
Greek Mythology better make a run for it’s money
i remember an archeologist on a talk show mounting an expedition into jungles in the Congo. He was convinced he could find living dinosaur due to these legends.
African mythology from like Yoruba and Voodoo are so amazing and intresting to me. I'm glad black panther sparks and interest but I love reading about their myths, It's so intresting to see a different culture who impressively resisted Christianity influence.
Like Voodoo, Hoodoo is partly influenced by both Vodun and Taino mythology.
I’m doing research for my first ever script. Doing it about werehyenas, so thanks for the video! ❤
HAKUNA MATATA 💜💙 A wildlife story of animals spending time together or African Folklore of characters like the ones in this video, plus African Mythology Hakuna Matata dear Africa your old tales don't scare me they repeatedly attract me. I have no difficulty seeing how science connects to the old stories, I even read your African American animal stories and enjoy them.
Please make an episode for Middle Eastern mythology and such.
That shit is terrifying check out the legends of the middle east he goes into wonderful detial you do not wanna fuck with a djinn
Love seeing African myths getting attention. I wish to bring more attention to these myths in my comics I plan to make
Fun fact: Mokele-mbembe is one of the Titans awakened by King Ghidorah in Godzilla: King of the Monsters. However, its location was not in Congo, but in Sudan.
Now I would like to see the Kongamato as a kaiju in the MonsterVerse. My guess is that to differentiate it from Rodan, it will look like a demonic Dimorphodon.
I'm a British born Somali, as soon as you said Werehyena. Immediately East Africa came to mind, especially The Horn.
I think a lot of these legends came from either people on drugs or tribes finding dinosaur bones and thinking the animal was still alive somewhere, which would explain the Pterodactyl one.
i know that African Creatures exist ( and after watching this i still question why nobody has ever used these in Media) but i sometimes hear the concept of the Zombie came From Africa for some reason
The concept of people returning from the dead by supernatural means is found worldwide, but the term "zombie" comes from Haitian folklore, which has African roots!
@@MythologyUnleashed no many people know this, great video by the way
Check out the movie Serpent and the Rainbow, not sure it’s based on a true story but from what I understand the practice of zombification is legitimate. Some tribes are said to use pufferfish venom and other ingredients to cause the imbiber to appear dead so when they come back all messed up it will appear that they were raised from the dead, they will then walk to their graves to be buried.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer did a "possession by hyenas" story in the first season. Close, and I was hoping to find that that was one of the myths, but alas...
The word zombie is Haitian. Zombies ie walking corpses that eat flesh were really started with Night Of The Living Dead however the word Zombie is never used in any of Romero's movies. In Night they were called Ghouls. Not sure if they called them anything in Dawn , Day , Land, etc.
I draw the line at hyena skinwalkers. That's a no from me dawg
I would love to see videos on the mythical monsters of Europe like the Loch Ness monster and the Hydra and mythological monsters of North America like the Jersey Devil and Sasquatch and Bigfoot
thank you the content
Interesting creatures. 😍
5:40 Fun bit of trivia: This particular monster (under it's alternate name Nundu) can be seen in Fantastic Beasts in Newt's suitcase.
I found your channel today, I’m from Somalia🇸🇴 , I like your storytelling style, can I translate your videos into my language?
Very interesting!, a lot of preostoric like beasts too, the wherehyena seem preety interesting too 😊😊😊
Finally a proper african mythology video not about Egypt
Look up "The Kishi" by Antoine Bandele. It's a great african fantasy novel, and a very easy read.
Awesome dude!
Nice content
love it!
I notice they used quite a few pictures from the _Weird and Wild_ series of info cards and other merchandise. Interesting to see.
This is so awesome
Thank you for this.
Maybe in your next episode you should do Wepwawet and Anubis
I’d love to see an episode about the werehyenas one of these days.
I need a movie about this stuff.
I'm really loving your videos! I'm just curious, where do you find all of this out? There's so much info, I'm just curious where you get it. Does a simple google search suffice, or is it something more?
The tokoloshe legend here which I had not been aware of, makes it a homunculus familiar
African skinwalkers you should do one on the mayan skinwalkers that turn into jaguars
Correction. All the creatures of African mthyology(stories included) only came from the numerous tribes of African people. European colonizers had nothing to do with it.
That's not entirely true, a lot of the surviving dinosaur stories are largely from the colonial era. Trey the Explainer does a really good video breaking down the stories of living dinosaurs and their links to European colonization, it's worth checking out.
@@edwarde8703 we’re talking about African Mythology. Not dinosaur stories. So like I stated, the stories, and creatures of African mythology were exclusively created by African people. Just like mythology from other parts of the world were created by those specific groups of ppl.
@@LawMakerBlu created by african inspired by colonization.
The Kishi kinda reminds me of the Futakuchi-onna from Japanese mythology!
Can we just admit?
The door to the pass exist in africa that is why they keep meeting so many Dinosaurs.
who are still roaming from what i've heard!
I have encountered tokoloshe in my boarding school in Botswana, they love doing antics that’s as far as they go, they aren’t so powerful can’t kill a human being, they are made to be servants to witches and shamans. They love boarding schools so much, don’t know why though..
how did it look
Kongomato is most certainly NOT a pterosaur. Pterosaurs had rounded wing tips and a covering similar to fur referred to as pycnofibers. It's amazing how easy it is to debunk it as a cryptid with just surface-level knowledge on prehistoric life.
Two was found yesterday just outside Kimberly, SA.
There are caves that we are not aware of in SA.
Soo fascinating
I’ve heard that there is an actual video of the mokele-mbimbe that ate a person
Which makes me believe it even more
Lol is it just me or does that one Yowie drawing look like he's going to grab a guitar and sing hair metal?
This is more urban than i thought
You forgot the asanbosam and zombies
I’m from South Africa & even I haven’t heard of these sheesh
Do you know anymore on the mingwa the big cat like a leopard ? I’m curious
Werehyenas might be my new favourite mythological monster XD
Also, I'm curious, I've heard a few African heroes like Ditaolane and Anansi, as well as the vast plethera of Gods, but are their any 'villain' type characters in West/South African mythology? I can't seem to find any that aren't just giant monsters. Like, is there a Loki or Set equivalent?
mokele mbimbe is cool. in pathfinder it is a omnivore who has great stealth abilities for its size. there are larger pods when the party gets stronger.
i wonder what is more powerfull werewolf or werehyna
Fun fact is that in Dc rebirth, Wonder Woman: the lies, they incorporated the Boda or were hyenas as worshippers of urzkartaga the god that gives Cheetah her powers. Urzkartaga uses them to keep tabs on Cheetah
The scariest thing I have ever seen was on the border between South Africa and Botswana, I was at night during a storm, we were doing a survey for a French telecoms company who were building old DECT networks for the South African Government. We were about 80km away from the nearest paved road in a small valley, during the evening about 11h30 a storm started and was moving up the valley, the only light before was the light of the fire and then the flash of lightning that light up the area.
Around our camp the was a cleared area of broken ground and grass about 150m in all directions, with grass that was about ankle high. I was sitting facing the fire and during one of the lightning flashes, about halfway between our fire and the tree line there was something standing upright watching us, I would guestimate it to being about 6ft5 tall, and it was all hair, like a person with a ghillie suit "if it was human". About 5 seconds later another lightning flash lit up the area........ and it was gone. Don't know of anybody that can do 75m sprints in 5 seconds whilst dressed in a Ghillie suit. 2 other people around the fire saw this as well.
This part of South Africa is known for witchcraft amongst the tribes and several "stories" of Were-hyenas turning out to be "sangoma" witchdoctors who are then promptly set on fire "murdered" by the community abounds. Africa is still a truly beautiful and wild place and I would not want to live anywhere other than in my Motherland.
The Nandi Bear reminds me of a real-life extinct Hyaenodont:
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In next video you can mentioned american folklore legends like:
1. Werewolf
2. Werecoyotes
3. Wendigos
4. Wechuge
5. Adlets
6. Dark watchers
7. Nagual or werejaguars
8. Bigfoot
Dark watchers ? fuark you know what the watchers are right ? there angels that observe according to legend a band of watchers got horny they descended on mount hermon and had ''fun time''' with the human women producing 1000 feet giants that cannibalised all creation until god himself had to intervene according to the legends as well the angels bearing the secrets of heaven starting teaching mankind ''dark'' crafts basically gene splicing and human animal hybridization this is all extra canonical but it's an interesting read and the writers had to see something right ?
@@tysolbohan6446 sry i literaly forgot the dark watchers, camazotz, quetzacoatle, jersey devil and more...🤣🤣🤣
@@balsamartic9871 Those other beings are angel mutts minus quetzacoatle he's just Jesus Christ even mermaids are evil spirits there the by products of the women who willingly cohabited with the angels and corrupted there flesh
@@tysolbohan6446 so that literaly a true bro tnx.
@@tysolbohan6446 but us two can mentioned i dont know 100 others creatures in american folklore. Like chupacabra, slinwalkers, mapinguari, monthman, lobisomen and je rouges
Yes the last two are some kind of werewolfs🤣
Half of these creatures sound from something from out of "The Land that Time Forgot"
Who else likes the video just because of the intro??
Werehyena, Kishi, and Tokoloshe.....
It's crazy to see how this mytical creature has been seen by rangers and hickers in national parks of USA. Just discovered about these witnesses on Donavon Dread channel
Ware weasels are by far the most terrifying.
Super
Monster high creators probably didnt know africa has monster stories which is why they never put traditional african characters of they did it would of been the best and we would feel so represented
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where can i find the picture?