"There's ghosts in the sky!" "It's 3 AM, please go to sleep." "Ghosts!" Deep sigh. "Yes, there are sky ghosts, and if you don't pay respects to them by ignoring them and going back to bed you'll dead before sunrise."
@@salvadortoscano2534 Dang it (insert random woman name)! I always say that my friends are coming over on sundays! Also why did you claim that guy is me huh? Are you cheating on me?!
Jacob Grimm, standing in front of 3 boards covered in photos, ripped out pages, thumbtacks and thread: "IT'S ODIN! IT'S ALWAYS JUST ODIN! ODIN, ALL THE WAY DOWN-" Wilhelm Grimm who just wanted to talk about Cinderella: "Go to bed, Jake."
I swear, "That mysterious and elusive figure? Yeah, that's probably secretly Odin." Is the norse version of "That handsome and kinda magic young man? Yeah, that's probably Zeus's bastard child."
@@carrioncrow13 Odin did this, and they became the story of cinterclouse... norse santa... which is just Odin. Testing mortals Or more accurately Santa-clause is a fusion of St. Nicolas and Odin.... thats why he's an old man, he has the epitif of allfather which.. I mean could eventually inspire the whole reason that the poem that refrences how 'Santa' is just your parents says he 'looks like your dad' but also seems to say he isn't. St. Nicholas and Odin.... honestly if there was a myth around them I wouldn't be shocked if they were close friends. And Odin just happened to be some guy who was hanging around. Dude probably had contingencies for ragnarok
@@craytherlaygaming2852 Sinterklaas as we call him is still celebrated every year in the Netherlands. Basically, children who were good get rewarded and the bad ones taken away. He has an army of servants tainted black by chimneys that are super nimble and acrobatic... Sound familiar?
the domino effect we have from "Odin going on a nightly ride for a wild hunt" to "Harley Quinn is basically a version of Odin" is genuinely something mind blowing to me about this video
Even more fun fact; Albinism usually has severe consequences in horses. Horses that look white but are called gray were born a different color and have what is literally called a 'graying gene' that causes them to turn white.
@@limarien6405 "kindly" depends on the god. Odin is nice enough, Freya would probably be just a hippie... Hades is definitely a nice dude! Overall neutral, downright charitable sometimes!
We’ve got plenty of scary folklore aside from that, though. If you’ve never experienced the beauty of Wales, I’d understand why you couldn’t pin down why we don’t often villainize it. Cymru am byth :)
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If you actually look for it in the list, E221 is the actual ‘code’ for “a dead wife haunting her husband on second marriage” From the list itself: “E221. E221. Dead spouse's malevolent return. Usually to protest with survivor because of evil ways.” There’s also different categories of this, its glorious-
What kindled this flame of wrath that burns within me...? ...No. It doesn't matter why it burns, what matters is that I am the ripping and tearing tempest that will bring about their ruin..
@@demonheart13 not exactly, the ghost rider is always portrayed as a lone figure (in the movie, I know that a bunch of ghost riders show up that one time in the comics) and never as a leader of an army of ghosts, and he doesn't fly either
She also mentioned Werewolves at the beginning of the Frankenstein video, so I was kinda expecting them for this years Halloween. However, I still enjoyed this episode bigtime because I really liked learning about all the German folklore!
@@duykhangtran4406 I think that is because Odin valued brains over brawn like Mercury, and he also was a god of magic- that really closed it in on Mercury, I would guess. Like their Northern neighbours I guess the Romans considered magic kinda girly. I think Odin had to beg Freya to teach him seidhr, the Vana magic.
I just realized that there’s probably a connection to Father Christmas here. Flies through the winter sky, you can hear him coming (bells instead of howling wind), rewards good behaviour, punishes bad behaviour, etc.
Like, Frau Gauden LITERALLY is Odin! While she was syncretized with the German Frija figures, but her name is already a giveaway that she's the odd one out (Gode is derived from Wode). But her connection to dogs and the "I wanna hunt forever" story are distinctive traits of the Wild Huntsman.
Note... Odin both could shapeshift into a woman, was a god of deception and had an elite warrior group of women... Anyone else wondering if Odin ever actually showed his true form and if he even really was a guy? damn shapshifters of deception
Right after she said the leader of the hunt is usually riding on a white horse I got a perfume ad with Zendaya riding a white horse in a dress. This is a sign Zendaya is the leader of the wild hunt.
Christians: "It's time to step down Odin, it's Jesus time." Odin: "It's fine, I have a whole of warriors I can hang around with and mess with people now." Christians: "Damnit, not again."
Christmas is the first day of visible movement of the sun on the horizon after winter solstice, why do you think Christian saints, especially Jesus, have halos around their heads or old European churches are aligned to catch the sun rise on their specific Saints day. Christianity is the dun worshipping that has forgotten its pagan roots, Jesus shares his birthday with so many other, mostly forgotten gods,; for example Ra from Egypt was also born on what we in the Gregorian calendar call December 25th.
@@dambrooks7578 But jesus wasn't born in december in early christianity. He was originally born in the spring but christians changed it to december 25th to overtake winter pagan festivals.
Dwarf: Here, have a puppy for being such a good wedding guest King Hurla: That's good *Finds out it's been 300 years and he cannot get off his horse without dying* King Hurla: That's bad
@@cam4636 My thoughts exactly! It can't be all bad if a free puppy is involved. It's all about looking on the bright side. Silver linings and all that. Given they now ride in the clouds, I imagine they will be seeing a lot of silver linings lol XD
Wait so the hound never jumps off the horse? Dude is eternally riding around with a pupper that decides his fate? Wtf dwarf! Thats too much responsibility for a pupper!
Also i always find it funny how these stories forget that this dude needs to use the bathroom at some point, and it don't think he's a skilled enough horse man for that. Unless getting "cursed" automatically fixes the need for basic life needs like food, water, hygene, toilets, exercise, moving (seriously after a year of riding a horse you have to hurt). Unless specifically stated in the curse like how tantulus explicitly can't eat or drink (I know he's dead but its an example)
@@prophetkat Good question. Could be because fey folks are assholes or maybe the guy was a terrible guest, or maybe he didn't bring the right gifts. I do not know the story. Whatever the case, the fact the Dwarf didn't give a heads up beforehand is a big indicator the dwarf didn't care about, or even purposefully left out warnings of, the time thing.
Japanese, Chinese and Korean folklore also have a Wild Hunt - 百鬼夜行 (pronounced ‘hyakki yagyo’, ‘ bai gui ye xing’ and ‘baeggwiyahaeng’ respectively). This phrase is identical in appearance with Japanese kanji and Korean hanja with the Chinese script. It literally means ‘hundred demons wandering in the night’, and was a procession of demons and monsters wandering through the towns, killing everything they can find. Now the phrase also means ‘veritable pandemonium’ or ‘scandalous scene’.
Omg. Have you seen Pom Poko? I love that movie. It's just as good as "Spirited away" All the raccoons and Danzaburo the Tanuki do their own Hyakki Yagyo but most people are too busy to notice. It breaks my heart
I got a book about hessian folklegends (Hessen is the main region Frau Holle comes from. Plus the Grimms came from there and they wrote down the pillow tale among the "German" fairytales. Hmmmmmmmm........) And there are a variety of legends about her and variations of her character with other names, like Frau Schuckel or Frau Else, who all make the weather, bring fertility to the land, reward good people and lead/participate in the wild hunt
The Old Gods coming by and collecting the souls that God and Big J don't want, and taking those souls to their respective afterlives? Sounds pretty sweet to me.
@Dragons Wind The idea is that heaven is bliss, perfection, so existing there for eternity is good (especially when the other option is eternal suffering)
8:03 "she leaves phantom dogs on the houses of people who don't lock up properly" I just like to imagine that she sees the house is unprotected and leaves a dog to guard it.
@@justafallperson2108 I always thought my parents were weird keeping the door locked cause we lived in the middle of the woods. Thing is some animals are smart enough to open doors
Add the idea that they cause misfortune, it’s probably some fair folk symbolism that the dogs have a moral compass that doesn’t really align with human standards, so they’re bringing “gifts” that humans don’t want.
i get the feeling harlequin is probably NOT tied to odin, considering france had a HUGE celtic substrate, especially from the insular celts (celts? i could do a whole rant on it but romans werent good at summarizing cultures basically), and what have you, and how, well, those giants dont act a lot like jotnar/germanic giants in their lore
@@medb1996 Well, the Harlequin seems to be tied to Herla, who is from the British Isles. In some versions, Herla and similar beings (like Herne the Hunter) have antlers, similar to Cernunnos, who is also believed to be an influence. Yet, these folkloric figures as we know them today only really started popping up after the Christianization of Britain, long after the Norse and Germanic invasions/migrations (which also occurred in France). So to rule out Odin from being an influence is a bit hasty. The most likely answer is that Odin, Cernunnos, along with other mythological beings and possibly some historical individuals all played a part in the shaping of Harlequin and other folkloric individuals of similar nature.
@@gabrielbastos18 and all this mythological discussion just to understand the etymology of an all-job clown with a rainbow-diamond-onsie and a venetian girlfriend
@@girv98 well I'm sure there are many cool Norwegian names in old storys of Norwegian viking , this is about iceland , and funny Icelandic viking names , that comment just feels kinda like a wierd butt-in : /
Folktale Cop: I got an LL6 i repeat I have an LL6 Cruel step mother and step sister Bullying they're poor sister Folktale dispatch: Roger Roger sending a mysterious old lady to give bullied sister blessing
Can I say how absolutely baller Red's art of the Wild Hunt Huntmaster is? The cloak held up so only a single eye shows, the flowing cloth and the hat pulled low. Glorious.
Old societies around the world: *A NEVERENDING TORTURE FOR THOSE SOULS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE NIGHT, ETERNALLY WHAILING THEIR MISERY THROUGHOUT THE DARKENED NIGHT SKY* Current day: it fucken WIMDY
Even older societies around the world: "Honeeey! Odin's taking the Enhinjar for a ride agaaain!", "Just keep the doors locked dear and they'll leave you alone."
When Red said she would do Count of Monte Cristo my heart literally leaped out of my chest. I’d be so willing to be horrifically betrayed by my closest friends, lose my fiancé to her own cousin, and rot in a prison cell for 14 years only to escape following the death of my only friend in isolation for that video.
I pretty sure it was first cousins. Still it's not abnormal for the time. Roughly 50% of all marriages in human history have been between first cousins.
Milk Tagayuna You are suggesting that the modern equivalent of loud, chaotic, and often malevolent ghost armies is Black Friday shoppers and I don’t think you’re wrong.
I want a story with a genre-savvy protagonist and even more genre-savvy fae, and the fae gives the protagonist useless scraps that turn into a different kind of equally useless scraps overnight.
@@dragonmanfirebane5078; It’s actually based off of Uranium and Thorium, which are hard to transmute magically but easy to do so through technological methods.
*Weather:* "You think this is funny?" *Someone mimicking the Wild Hunt's sounds:* "In a cosmic sorta way, yes." *Weather:* "Well, Mister Funny Man...Is this how you get your sick kicks?!" "What? It's just an ordinary windy...OH MY GOODNESS!"
My favorite thing about the Hyakki Yagyou is that onmyouji could predict its path and would give advisories on what regions were at risk for it, in addition to their duties setting the calendar and telling fortunes. "So tonight we have a 30% chance of rain and a 80% chance of unstoppable procession of oni in the Inaba province, better stock up on groceries and then stay inside."
My home town had it's own version of the hidden--gift-of-gold motif: One winter evening Rotkopf [meaning readhead] Görg, a poor but talented fiddler, was walking back home through the trees on the Windberg, when he happened upon a little hooded figure, who asked him to play for a festivity. After agreeing, he was blindfolded and led deep into the mountain to a secret palace, where he played all evening for the little people's dance. As payment, they filled his hat with coal [there was a lot of coal mining in the area] and told him to keep it. Angered by the poor gift, he dumped the coal on his way home and went to sleep. But when he woke up in the morning, the few chunks still remaining in his hat had turned into pure gold.
@@specific_protagonist Cool. Ich muss gestehen, ich war nur einmal östlich vom Harz, in Berlin, 1992... Ich kenne den Osten und den Süden kaum. So Fischkopp hier.
I’m Welsh, and I learned about Arawn (sometimes Gwyn ap Nudd) and the Cŵn Annwn when I was quite young. Then my family moved, and unbeknownst to me we ended up living very close to a guy who fostered a whole pack of rescue huskies. That’s how itty bitty baby RainWelsh spent many years curled up under the covers on summer nights, listening to what honest to god sounded like the Hunt passing nearby. Bad times, my friends. Bad times.
@@ariesthezodiac7274 ... well. Yeah. Fuck. Maybe I should take him a gift or something. For added hilarity, there’s also a guy in the area who walks two black Alsatians, has a glass eye, and knows things he shouldn’t, who I’ve always joked is secretly Odin. Must be something in the water.
@@RainWelsh I mean, "coincidental glass eye" is a WAY better modern cover for the one eyed Allfather than "traveler blatantly missing an eye". Anyone that knows more than they should ought to be respected by default imo.
@@timothymclean I mean, if it's from a text written in 1348, it's probably reasonable to assume that a comment about plague masks is referring to the Black Death.
In the bernese highlands of switzerland the Wild Hunt is called "Wüetisheer" (if you're not german speaking, don't even try to pronounce it...). Sounds very similar to "Wütendes Heer". raging host (as mentioned in the video). The correct translation of Wüetisheer would be Woden's Host.
Phôl ende Wuodan fuorun zi holza. dû wart demo balderes folon sîn fuoz birenkit. thû biguol en Sinthgunt, Sunna era swister; thû biguol en Frîja, Folla era swister; thû biguol en Wuodan, sô hê wola conda: sôse bênrenki, sôse bluotrenki, sôse lidirenki: bên zi bêna, bluot zi bluoda, lid zi geliden, sôse gelîmida sîn. there you go. How does your horse feel?
I'm a german person and I think almost every child here in germany knows the story of Frau Holle. But every adaptation or story I red or seen about her ends with that the "good" sister is lead though a gate in the normal world and gold layed all over her and the "bad" sister goes through the same gate but instead of gold she got Pitch and it won't go off
From the Netherlands, yes, that's roughly the story I grew up with. Tar or pitch, something sticky and yucky and staining anyway. Also I feel there was also something of a warning to not eat the bread of the apples for they have their own curse down the line one way or the other. Maybe that was just my parents going: don't eat other people's food or you might get poisoned.
Intresting interpretation on the "Frau Holle" fairy tale, usually the good girl get literally covered in gold (her dress, hair, ect. turns to gold) and the lazy girl gets the same thing just with tar (tar can be translated to "Pech" in german and "Pech" also a synomyn for bad luck)
That's the version I know from childhood as well. That's why the girls are usually called "Goldmarie" and "Pechmarie". Never heard any other version before but like with every fairy tale there are probably several different versions of Frau Holle as well.
The version I know has a more malevolent witch who refuses to pay the good girl, but when the girl looks up the hearth into the chimney money falls down. The girl then flees and the tree, cow, and oven help her hide. The lazy girl also finds the money up the chimney, but the tree can't help her hide, because it's branches are still heavy with apples. So the girl's caught. It's really interesting to hear the different versions!
I heard a twist on that story where instead of a person giving the gold and tar to the good and bad daughter respectively, it was a elder cat where there's a whole town of talking cats that require someone to take care of them (oh and the good daughter got a gold star on her forehead, while the bad one had a small donkey's tail on their's before a another happily ever after where the good one got to be with a handsome prince, something tells me there's a mashup of different stories for that one)
I mean she was referring to having run out of iconic horror classics, mostly novels. 😆 But yeah, Asian mythology would have a ton of spooky interesting stuff to offer. Chinese folklore too.
An idea maybe borrow internet’s favorite modern creepy horror sci fi compilation mashup and do a nice little lightning round of some of its most well known entries folkloric basis. SCP FOUNDATION the folklores behind the anomalies
Hey so I found out why frau berchta is really passionate about people not weaving during the winter. It's because in the winter it's dark and you could mess up your weaving. And the only way of making it not dark in those times was to use a candle so you know...fire and cotton. Basically she is really passionate about people not messing up her domain of craftsmanship.
In my area we have the story of Frau Percht, who will enter laundry that's been hung up to dry between Christmas and New Year and make in someone's burial clothes. So basically if you do laundry in that time she will come and kill someone of your family or yourself in the next year
@@Victoria-yk1zw I'd love to learn what the moral of that is. Don't do laundry during the transitory time between Christmas and the new year for what reason, you know?
@@pirateking56128 That's exactly the same question I've been asking myself for years now. My personal theory is that it relieved women from some of their duties during the holidays to give them a little freetime, but other than that I have no qualified answer.
I like how being part of the Hunt is often framed as a punishment, but for me, and I'm sure others, it does seem like the perfect afterlife. Riding through the night on a wild hunt sounds perfect
As a german might I add: -we still joke about Frau Holle letting it snow and her fairytale was one of my best liked ones - allthough in the most common version told here the reward doesn't come out of the girls' mouths: on their way home they pass through a gate and get flooded with gold or pitch. The common version is also obviously christianizerd, both girls are called Mary. -sometimes when dogs die we say "he's entered the eternal hunting grounds. I never knew any story linked to that, but it makes so much sense!!
@Draugr It's kind of comforting to dwell on the idea that our beloved doggos are cared for in the afterlife, being part of a huge pack... gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside...
@BixLovesLife & @Jooneflower I wanted to point out the same thing. Glad to see that my fellow men already have me covered! Sooo... I'll use this opportunity to point out some minor interesting/weird things. 1.) Red describes "Einherjar" as "lone warrior". While technically solid, I find it odd. Now to be fair, I know nothing of the language of the northeners, but at least in german "ein" means "one" - which would turn it from "lone warrior" into "That's ONE DEVESTATING WARRIOR... yo!" (with "herjar" obviously being a combination of the first two meanings) That escalation makes a lot more sense to me. Though I'm admittedly biased, since I have a fable for stuff getting progessively more ludicrous. 2.) I'm marveling at some of the faces depicted at 09:16. The boy on the left graces his peer with a look that I can only describe as an "Are you f***ing kidding me!?" expression, seemingly garnering an "I know, right!?" reaction from the boy on the right. All while the two ladies in the background are either similarly vexxed by whatever is going on or... just baffled by life. Though I guess UNlife would be more befitting of a ghostly entourage. 3.) Is it just me or did Red take some cues from Kingdom Hearts's heartless for some of the "ghost-tornadoes"? Especially when the "sluagh" (bless you) is looking through the window with that signature "fresh meat"-dead-eyed-stare. 4.) Omen of misfortune my ass! That phantom pupper just wants to play! Real talk though: that did pique my interest. Are there stories (hell, I'ld even take a single one) in which Gauden leaves one of her dogs, comes back after a year and is so astonished, by how well the pup was treated, that not only does she allow the dog to stay with his new family, but drops some bones in front of their house that then turn into gold? (Except for maybe one bone - phantom doggo needs some phantom leg to chew on! ... Wait that doesn't make much sense in english. Alright, here's a german-fun-fact for non-natives: Did you know, that we have very similar words for legs and bones? The former is "Bein" (s) or "Beine" (pl), while the latter is "Gebeine" (pl). Neat, huh? _Kleh... well, ACTUALLY "bones" translates to "Knochen", you hack!_ OH SHUSH YOU! I'm well aware! I just find it fascinating, because it implies, that people were always whining after longer journies about all of their bones aching. And later, when wandering around became more common/more normal and people got a bit sturdier, they watched the old folk complain about their bones which they misinterpreted to only mean their legs - since the young-ones only had a mild case of leg-ache. Mind you, I wouldn't be surprised if that origin story was baseless bs (because I certainly didn't base it on any facts) but the legs-bones-connection is still legit. God only knows where it comes from though...)
The thing with the eternal hunting grounds has nothing to do with the wild hunt but comes from Karl May's western novels where the native americans use the phrase.
I mean, if they're supposed to be a bad omen and do bad things, that's just them doing their jobs and doing it well, no need to hate, so I agree on giving them all hugs and treats. They deserve it for working so hard.
@@hellocentral5551 Dire Straits already has two characters named after them, being Dire and Straizo, and parts 7 and 8 already have stands that involve getting cursed with lots of money but I'm curious to see what your version is
(Sees title) “if Red isn’t singing “Ghost Riders in the Sky” at the end, I’m unsubscribing.” (Watches whole video) “Maybe i should support OSP on Patreon”
Me imagining ancient weather forecasters: Oh, this just in from the local oracle, a harvest moon is expected to be in the seventh house tonight. This raises the potential for ghost tornados to a high 70% this evening. We recommend everyone stay indoors and help any potential strangers who come knocking.
“all roads lead to odin” YOU CANNOT ESCAPE HIM NO MATTER WHAT ROAD HES THERE STRAIGHT ROAD? NOPE HES THERE CURVING ROAD? ALSO THERE CROSS ROAD? ASIDE FROM JESUS TRYING TO HELP A LADY WITH A BROKEN CHARIOT HES ALSO THERE *ALL ROADS LEAD TO ODIN* ow my ears
“O nOe! Exactly what we asked for… this IS the wOrst!” Lmao I love Red and her hilarious delivery in these videos. Very funny and sarcastic… one might say, overl-no… just the right amount of sarcastic.
Austrian here. My mother told me that you usually don't put up laundry to dry on the 12 days of Christmas since the Wild Hunt could get stuck there. It was also costumary in olden times to leave cups of milk at your door for the Perchten to collect and feed her children with.
@@doubleoof7907 Imagine being an army of ghostly hunters and getting stuck because you weren't looking where you were going and got tangled in someone's laundry.
Given how long ago this was made I doubt you’re gonna see this, but thank you for this video! This inspired me to write a paper for a humanities course examining the pagan influence in the Grimms’ fairy tales. Ended up taking me down a massive rabbit hole following Frau Holle specifically. As a psych major this was new ground and exceptionally difficult, but it was fun at least!
Wind: Blows at night
Ancient People: "Must be that demon tornado again"
Those darn demon tornados
I hate those demon tornados
There more like ghost but sure
You say Ancient people but thses days cell phone towers cause disease.
For us it's a badass Snake Eagle Dragon
"There's ghosts in the sky!"
"It's 3 AM, please go to sleep."
"Ghosts!"
Deep sigh. "Yes, there are sky ghosts, and if you don't pay respects to them by ignoring them and going back to bed you'll dead before sunrise."
"So ma'am, you're saying these ghosts came down and stabbed your husband 47 times with a kitchen knife for not respecting them?"
@@magmat0585 No, I'm saying there were thousands of ghosts going through my house, only 47 of them stabbed my husband xD
@@salvadortoscano2534 Dang it (insert random woman name)! I always say that my friends are coming over on sundays! Also why did you claim that guy is me huh? Are you cheating on me?!
Dead by Dawn?
@@Resistant396 more like...Dead by Arawn!! Amiright??
Jacob Grimm, standing in front of 3 boards covered in photos, ripped out pages, thumbtacks and thread: "IT'S ODIN! IT'S ALWAYS JUST ODIN! ODIN, ALL THE WAY DOWN-"
Wilhelm Grimm who just wanted to talk about Cinderella: "Go to bed, Jake."
not... inaccurate lmao
It’s funny because the brothers Grimm live together their entire lives so this probably definitely did happen
*insert the Pepe Silvia rant but replace it with Odin"
Wilhelm: "Go home Jacob, you're drunk."
"But Wil'm, we live in the same house. I AM home."
the feminine urge to lead an army of ghosts on a dark hunt and give gold to people who give you respect
I couldn’t agree more
I am not female but I still wanna join...
@@elywahl9520Then come along, my good friend. It’s too awesome to keep to ourselves.
@@charlottechapin5953 yaasss
Gold and dogs
I swear, "That mysterious and elusive figure? Yeah, that's probably secretly Odin." Is the norse version of "That handsome and kinda magic young man? Yeah, that's probably Zeus's bastard child."
Odin.. or loki....
they both shapeshifted and heck even being a girl wasn't beyond either
"Or an actual god testing your hospitality."
@@carrioncrow13 Odin did this, and they became the story of cinterclouse... norse santa... which is just Odin. Testing mortals
Or more accurately Santa-clause is a fusion of St. Nicolas and Odin.... thats why he's an old man, he has the epitif of allfather which.. I mean could eventually inspire the whole reason that the poem that refrences how 'Santa' is just your parents says he 'looks like your dad' but also seems to say he isn't.
St. Nicholas and Odin.... honestly if there was a myth around them I wouldn't be shocked if they were close friends. And Odin just happened to be some guy who was hanging around.
Dude probably had contingencies for ragnarok
@@craytherlaygaming2852 Sinterklaas as we call him is still celebrated every year in the Netherlands. Basically, children who were good get rewarded and the bad ones taken away. He has an army of servants tainted black by chimneys that are super nimble and acrobatic...
Sound familiar?
@@alastor1052 Ah thank you for telling me the propor spelling. I never knew how it was written, just said.
Wind: A little too loud and wild
Everyone: Weather's haunted
Chronicler: "What?"
Everyone: * Locks door * "Weather's haunted."
Armoury Guard: What?
Knight on five cups of caffeine and -7 hours of sleep: *cocks crossbow* Weather's haunted.
**Wind’s Howling**
Me: *sipping hot chocolate after practicing wind magic from Good Snek Quetzacoatl* I got a little excited, sorry xD
It be ghosts!
“All roads lead to Odin” has the same energy as “all evolutionary lines lead to crab”
All Wikipedia articles lead to philosophy.
all roads lead to rome, all art tips lead to pinterest.
reject humanity, return to crab
All drains lead to the ocean
Odin riding a crab in Rome.
It's the only way.
The idea of an old pantheon being usurped but still surviving in a creepy and “alien” form gives me a cool idea for a dnd campaign
you wanna share buddy?
Read Small Gods by Terry Pratchett
"But not every hunt leader is Odin."
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"Ok maybe every hunt leader IS Odin"
That's great.
the domino effect we have from "Odin going on a nightly ride for a wild hunt" to "Harley Quinn is basically a version of Odin" is genuinely something mind blowing to me about this video
It's either Odin... or Loki
Either way just keep them away from the king or you'll be at war by sunrise
I saw this before the video loaded, short to say I’m confused
Time stamp?
@@WinterPains 12:34
It's like turtles: Odin all the way down.
Fun fact: It was considered terrible luck to call a horse white in ancient times, so they were often characterized as grey.
Even more fun fact; Albinism usually has severe consequences in horses. Horses that look white but are called gray were born a different color and have what is literally called a 'graying gene' that causes them to turn white.
please tell me why
@@beetle7710 It was considered very unlucky to call an animal white in ancient times, as white was associated with death and spirits.
@@VirgoArtsOfficial that makes sense. When you die, the blood drains down and leaves you looking paper white.
To this day at least when I was a kid in the 90s my white pony was called a grey because of this fact so it's still at least around if not common
The idea of old gods taking souls that the Christian god won’t is absolutely awesome, great for any story!
Yeah like it turns out hell isn't real you just get taken in by kindly pagan gods
I can't help but imagine a sort of supermarket location with a bunch of pagan gods beelining it to clearance isle for souls at 70% off.
@@limarien6405 which is what you would want anyway if you weren't christian
@@limarien6405 "kindly" depends on the god. Odin is nice enough, Freya would probably be just a hippie... Hades is definitely a nice dude! Overall neutral, downright charitable sometimes!
God: This bitch sinning! YEET *tosses soul at pagan gods*
Literally every single European culture ever: "Scary ghost army probably lead by Odin Oooooooo~"
The Welsh: "Doggos!"
the wellish version is a lot less scary
@@coromo4978 to be fair it's not meant to be scary. After all their job is to lead lost souls to the afterlife.
We’ve got plenty of scary folklore aside from that, though. If you’ve never experienced the beauty of Wales, I’d understand why you couldn’t pin down why we don’t often villainize it. Cymru am byth :)
@@jamiel6005 Cymru am byth brawd. Spread the good word.
Are you implying the continental wild hunt doesn't have doggos?
Red breaks out the horns and cape. This can only mean one thing.
"This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Halloween
Halloween"
Everybody make a scream!
Red's rundown of "A Nightmare Before Christmas" when?
@@fabiandolch1505 👀
@@fabiandolch1505 y e s
Boys and girls of every age,
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see
This our town of Halloween
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
THIS IS HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
HALLOWEEN
Me: Wait it’s all odin?
Mythology: 🔫 Always has been
Look everything's odin. Odin or a Greek god in disguise, sometimes both. Best not to ask
Odin lookin sus
Ooops, all Odin!
An abundance of Odins
@@mettatonsagent7541 there is an odin among us!
"We have an E221, I repeat E221, a dead wife haunting her husband on the second marriage, over-"
Gold. Just gold.
I would love an SCP-like Story about professional ghost hunters, who have to deal with such stuff!
its real
If you actually look for it in the list, E221 is the actual ‘code’ for “a dead wife haunting her husband on second marriage”
From the list itself:
“E221. E221. Dead spouse's malevolent return. Usually to protest with survivor because of evil ways.”
There’s also different categories of this, its glorious-
Not just funny, but some pretty cool worldbuilding!
@@derkrischa3720i mean, ghostbusters is an MTF
Modern Historians: wait, it's all Odin?!
Ancient Monks and scholars: *aims crossbow* always has been
Ancient Monks and scholars: the truth is it odin telling us to go to Brazil.
@@starmaker75 kinda fitting having a wild hunt here.
Ahem... A crossbow with 10 bolts on it.
Also the monks and Scholars are just different forms of Odin XD
Red- "Harlequin's start character is Odin".
Even Batman cannot prepare for this...
twist. Harley Quinn is Loki pretending to be an npc with a name that indirectly references Odin to stir some shit....
@The Complicator I’ve never found a consistent story on Harlequin.
@The Complicator its just a joke
Odin is kinda the original "Batman is prepared for anything". Spends years upon years preparing for every possible eventuality to stave off Ragnarok.
And this is where the DC and Marvel cinematic universes tie up
"King of the Britons!"
"The who?"
"The Britons!"
"Who are the Britons?"
"We all are and I am your king!"
"Well I didn't vote for ya!"
Look, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.
"You don't vote for kings!"
@@arminiusofgermania Good one for warriors, though.
Monty python moment
@@arminiusofgermania now if I went around saying I was an emperor all because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me they’d throw me away!!
What kindled this flame of wrath that burns within me...?
...No. It doesn't matter why it burns, what matters is that I am the ripping and tearing tempest that will bring about their ruin..
Did not know that Ghost Rider was connected to the Wild Hunt, learn something new every Friday on this channel
Ever heard the song "ghost riders in the sky?" that's what tipped me off anyway
Oh whoops that was the outro song, prolly should've watched the whole video before replying huh
It makes sense when you think about it
It's mentioned at the beginning of the movie isn't it
@@demonheart13 not exactly, the ghost rider is always portrayed as a lone figure (in the movie, I know that a bunch of ghost riders show up that one time in the comics) and never as a leader of an army of ghosts, and he doesn't fly either
Ancient people: "tornadoes are caused by ghosts"
People from Kansas: "is this the afterlife?"
Wizard of oz checks out lol
We’re not in Kansas anymore. (looking out towards the pits of hell)
Kansas might be red Indian mass grave
@@ordhinv.hohenheim5009 Source?
I read the "is this the afterlife" as the "is this the real life" from Bohemian rhapsody.
Red: “I kinda ran out of stuff.”
Headless Horseman: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?!
why's no one talking about this?
I would kill for a sleepy hollow video
Portrait of Dorian Gray joins in
She also mentioned Werewolves at the beginning of the Frankenstein video, so I was kinda expecting them for this years Halloween. However, I still enjoyed this episode bigtime because I really liked learning about all the German folklore!
Same
CATHERINE! I HAVEN'T BROKEN YOUR HEART-- YOU DID; AND IN BREAKING IT, YOU'VE BROKEN MINE!
Catherine...tear me asunder...allow me to see your eyes as I expire..
One by one, the PM canbase will take over the comment section of Red's entire backlog
CASHEEE!!!
Red: I'Ve almost run out of horror stories
My Brain: THE PHAAAAAANNNNNNTOOOOOM OF THE OPERA
I'd better see her cover the Phantom of the Opera next Halloween now
Try *ELECTION 2020: The Trumpening*
Hunchback of Notre Dame/Notre Dame de Paris would work too.
YES
Of course that's what your brain would say, given that the Phantom of the Opera is there inside your mind.
All Roads Lead to Rome, and All Stories Lead to Odin.
Even Frau Gauden is just Odin crossdressing! XD
But no, for real, she might actually still be a genderbent Odin.
@Detlaff von Drac lmfaoo
WODEN
\(○●○)/ ROMA!!!
Odin the Allfucker gets around in mythos.
"If it's a travelling trickster, it's probably Odin."
If he travels in a van and randomly gives u a job,he's probably Odin
If you see a random "attractive" dude wooing you, don't go with him, it's probably Zeus.
Or Hermes... Now I get that part in the Hermes video when Rome think Odin is just Mecury
@@duykhangtran4406 I think that is because Odin valued brains over brawn like Mercury, and he also was a god of magic- that really closed it in on Mercury, I would guess. Like their Northern neighbours I guess the Romans considered magic kinda girly. I think Odin had to beg Freya to teach him seidhr, the Vana magic.
@@definitelynotagenocider5204 If you see a random "attractive" swan wooing you,don't go with him,it's definitely Zeus.
I just realized that there’s probably a connection to Father Christmas here. Flies through the winter sky, you can hear him coming (bells instead of howling wind), rewards good behaviour, punishes bad behaviour, etc.
Huh, given a fair few Christmas traditions have some very pagan roots, doesn't sound all that strange.
@@josephperez2004It's more like Christmas is 3 pagan holidays in a trench coat wearing a Jesus mask.
Oooh! I want that graphic image!@@daviddaugherty2816
Reindeer are kind of suspicious too in that they are not very Middle Eastern, are they?
He also leaves behind presents in stockings, like how Odin in the first story handed the peasant a gift in a boot. Neat!
The leader of the wild hunt being a woman does not prevent it from being Odin.
There is plenty of Transvestism, Transgenderism, and, even, Trans-speciesism in Norse Myth; so, I guess, it could still be Oden, or at least Loki :D
Like, Frau Gauden LITERALLY is Odin!
While she was syncretized with the German Frija figures, but her name is already a giveaway that she's the odd one out (Gode is derived from Wode). But her connection to dogs and the "I wanna hunt forever" story are distinctive traits of the Wild Huntsman.
So its just Orthinus then?
@@SuperAmaton pretty much, yeah
Odin put on the gender switch crown he got after defeating Bowser.
ah yes the pinnacle of femininity: Charging across the Winters night sky at the head of an army of pagan ghosts bringing snow and gold to the worthy.
we love to see a girlboss winning
Note...
Odin both could shapeshift into a woman, was a god of deception and had an elite warrior group of women...
Anyone else wondering if Odin ever actually showed his true form and if he even really was a guy? damn shapshifters of deception
The feminine urge to get cursed by God to lead a ghostly army through the night
The struggle for the use of a bathroom is a story as old as time.
@@craytherlaygaming2852 Odin was gender non-conforming, actually
"All roads lead to Odin"
Such an accurate statement in Old European Folklore
I mean, with how much that one eyed man wandered the world, is it any wonder that we can trace everything back to him?
Very impressive for what is basically a huge Magic nerd (no disrespect, nerds are awesome)
It's actually very fitting.
More like all roads lead to perkwunos, and his various cultural iterations, on of which is Odin.
Just western European.
Catherine... Appear before me and tear me asunder... Let me see your eyes as I expire...
It matters not what kind of Heathcliff you are! I shall embrace every Catherine, MINE!!!
Even after death ill...
"Oh no! Exactly what we asked for! This is the worst."
That has the same energy as "if you say your asexual no one will want to date you"
.......like yeah... that's the point...
@@Ellie._dav.s Exactly!
I mean, getting turned into a hunting dog maybe wasn't ideal for them though :P
@@Daniel-qt5ib yeah, the dog part makes it a bit of a monkey's paw wish
Right after she said the leader of the hunt is usually riding on a white horse I got a perfume ad with Zendaya riding a white horse in a dress.
This is a sign Zendaya is the leader of the wild hunt.
I got one welcome Zendaya as our Wild Hunt leader
@Moros God Of Doom
No she’s too pretty tho :((
So... is Zendaya Odin? Or a variation of an ancient winter goddess? Or both?
@Moros God Of Doom
No >:( I think she’s doing great
*glances at live action PJ series*
"When they tossed an entire horse flank down his chimney"
Sooo they appreciated his mickey and oops him into the afterlife.
Sounds like a very human thing.
I now need an “it was Odin all along” sticker/shirt in the style of “it was Agatha all along”
Mythologically speaking...
Agatha could easily be Odin or Loki in disguise it's kinda their style
Christians: "It's time to step down Odin, it's Jesus time."
Odin: "It's fine, I have a whole of warriors I can hang around with and mess with people now."
Christians: "Damnit, not again."
Odin is Santa Claus!
Odin: Me and this St, nick guy are gonne give good kids presents on midwinter is that fine
Jesus: sure what ever
Odin: Just as planned
Then I'll call myself Santa and REALLY screw with your believers.
Christmas is the first day of visible movement of the sun on the horizon after winter solstice, why do you think Christian saints, especially Jesus, have halos around their heads or old European churches are aligned to catch the sun rise on their specific Saints day. Christianity is the dun worshipping that has forgotten its pagan roots, Jesus shares his birthday with so many other, mostly forgotten gods,; for example Ra from Egypt was also born on what we in the Gregorian calendar call December 25th.
@@dambrooks7578 But jesus wasn't born in december in early christianity. He was originally born in the spring but christians changed it to december 25th to overtake winter pagan festivals.
Dwarf: Here, have a puppy for being such a good wedding guest
King Hurla: That's good
*Finds out it's been 300 years and he cannot get off his horse without dying*
King Hurla: That's bad
That dwarf is a terrible friend
...But on the plus side, free puppy
@@cam4636 My thoughts exactly! It can't be all bad if a free puppy is involved. It's all about looking on the bright side. Silver linings and all that. Given they now ride in the clouds, I imagine they will be seeing a lot of silver linings lol XD
on the other side, it saved him from dying due to it making him eternal. And if he ever wants to die he can just punt the dog and chuck himself off
@@cam4636 that’s good!
Wait so the hound never jumps off the horse? Dude is eternally riding around with a pupper that decides his fate? Wtf dwarf! Thats too much responsibility for a pupper!
Also i always find it funny how these stories forget that this dude needs to use the bathroom at some point, and it don't think he's a skilled enough horse man for that.
Unless getting "cursed" automatically fixes the need for basic life needs like food, water, hygene, toilets, exercise, moving (seriously after a year of riding a horse you have to hurt). Unless specifically stated in the curse like how tantulus explicitly can't eat or drink (I know he's dead but its an example)
@@jasonreed7522 The whole thing is considered a torture for a reason. Well, more than one, you provided a pretty extensive list ^^
@@jasonreed7522 Be that person
Go to a dwarf's wedding
Forever constipated
@@benlubbers4943 why did the dwarf want to torture him though?
@@prophetkat Good question. Could be because fey folks are assholes or maybe the guy was a terrible guest, or maybe he didn't bring the right gifts. I do not know the story. Whatever the case, the fact the Dwarf didn't give a heads up beforehand is a big indicator the dwarf didn't care about, or even purposefully left out warnings of, the time thing.
Japanese, Chinese and Korean folklore also have a Wild Hunt - 百鬼夜行 (pronounced ‘hyakki yagyo’, ‘ bai gui ye xing’ and ‘baeggwiyahaeng’ respectively). This phrase is identical in appearance with Japanese kanji and Korean hanja with the Chinese script. It literally means ‘hundred demons wandering in the night’, and was a procession of demons and monsters wandering through the towns, killing everything they can find. Now the phrase also means ‘veritable pandemonium’ or ‘scandalous scene’.
Omg. Have you seen Pom Poko? I love that movie. It's just as good as "Spirited away"
All the raccoons and Danzaburo the Tanuki do their own Hyakki Yagyo but most people are too busy to notice.
It breaks my heart
Is there a demon in any of them that looks like Miss Piggy?
Gegegegege
Red: "And then there's Frau Holle..."
Me: "Ain't that the..."
Red: "Yep, the pillow shake snow woman"
Dramatic chipmunk!
I got a book about hessian folklegends (Hessen is the main region Frau Holle comes from. Plus the Grimms came from there and they wrote down the pillow tale among the "German" fairytales. Hmmmmmmmm........)
And there are a variety of legends about her and variations of her character with other names, like Frau Schuckel or Frau Else, who all make the weather, bring fertility to the land, reward good people and lead/participate in the wild hunt
I was also surprised when she started telling that story because I read that as a child and was quite surprised that it might have pagan roots
Well in the modern Version the Sisters just get covered in Gold and Tar(?).
Dont know if thats an improvement.
Good Prononciation on her part.
The Pillar Women!?!
The Old Gods coming by and collecting the souls that God and Big J don't want, and taking those souls to their respective afterlives? Sounds pretty sweet to me.
Honestly, why is that a punishment. "Whatever afterlife you were hoping for... IS THE AFTERLIFE YOU GET! Spooooooooooooky"
I think it’s bc the Norse gods had some sort of fated end. With Christianity, you’re fated to a peaceful afterlife until the end of time.
That’s why I go out at night at scream at the sky to hail Satan so Artemis and her hunt can take me when I leave
@Dragons Wind The idea is that heaven is bliss, perfection, so existing there for eternity is good (especially when the other option is eternal suffering)
Norse-Germanic or Celtic, sign me up!!
8:03 "she leaves phantom dogs on the houses of people who don't lock up properly" I just like to imagine that she sees the house is unprotected and leaves a dog to guard it.
I'm surprised she never dropped one at mine...living way out in the boonies as a kid, the door was almost never locked.
@@justafallperson2108 I always thought my parents were weird keeping the door locked cause we lived in the middle of the woods. Thing is some animals are smart enough to open doors
@@limarien6405 True...never thought of that
The idea that the cursed invisible doggo is left behind with kindly intentions is a fascinating story seed
Add the idea that they cause misfortune, it’s probably some fair folk symbolism that the dogs have a moral compass that doesn’t really align with human standards, so they’re bringing “gifts” that humans don’t want.
PM agents raiding random videos is a wild hunt reference
FINALLY, A COMMENT RELATED TO PROJECT MOON!
“Dead but hasn’t got the memo” is the best description of ghosts I’ve heard
Wild Hunt: comes to China
Sun Wukong: that looks fun
Wild hunt: heeeyyy I think I saw a deer in germany. Want to go back ?
That's the kinda crossover episode I want.
I really, really want to see that crossover
Sun and Odin at the same time: "finally a challenge!"
@@marcopohl4875 OUR BATTLE WILL BE LEGENDARY!!
"It looks like all these stories lead back to Odin." Well, he _was_ titled 'The All-Father', y'know...
i get the feeling harlequin is probably NOT tied to odin, considering france had a HUGE celtic substrate, especially from the insular celts (celts? i could do a whole rant on it but romans werent good at summarizing cultures basically), and what have you, and how, well, those giants dont act a lot like jotnar/germanic giants in their lore
good point
@@medb1996 Well, the Harlequin seems to be tied to Herla, who is from the British Isles. In some versions, Herla and similar beings (like Herne the Hunter) have antlers, similar to Cernunnos, who is also believed to be an influence. Yet, these folkloric figures as we know them today only really started popping up after the Christianization of Britain, long after the Norse and Germanic invasions/migrations (which also occurred in France). So to rule out Odin from being an influence is a bit hasty. The most likely answer is that Odin, Cernunnos, along with other mythological beings and possibly some historical individuals all played a part in the shaping of Harlequin and other folkloric individuals of similar nature.
@@gabrielbastos18 and all this mythological discussion just to understand the etymology of an all-job clown with a rainbow-diamond-onsie and a venetian girlfriend
Atleast he stays mostly in Valhalla and not like zeus u know going after every female ever
we literally went from The Witcher to Limbus Company in 8 years
"The amazingly named Erik Bloodaxe"
Red, you sweet summer child, that is only the beginning of amazing Icelandic nicknames.
*Norwegian
Thanks! Now I know where to look for name ideas for my Barbarian in D&D.
Gilius Thunderhead?
@@girv98 well I'm sure there are many cool Norwegian names in old storys of Norwegian viking , this is about iceland , and funny Icelandic viking names , that comment just feels kinda like a wierd butt-in : /
@@dans4129 I don't know what you mean? Erik Bloodaxe was a Norwegian king not an Icelandic one
Folktale Cop: I got an LL6 i repeat I have an LL6 Cruel step mother and step sister Bullying they're poor sister
Folktale dispatch: Roger Roger sending a mysterious old lady to give bullied sister blessing
Meanwhile Odin: *knocks out mysterious old lady* "my turn" *shapeshifts into said mysterious old lady*
I love this
More examples please
This sounds like some alternate SCP Foundation that specifically deals in myths and folktales.
Have you read Indexing by Seanan McGuire?
There’s an episode of CaFae Latte that uses this. Then they have an episode featuring Herla and the Wild Hunt.
Can I say how absolutely baller Red's art of the Wild Hunt Huntmaster is? The cloak held up so only a single eye shows, the flowing cloth and the hat pulled low. Glorious.
I've been making a D&D setting out of as much mythology as I could find and this is totally the design I'm using for the Lord of the Wild Hunt.
CATHERINE!!!! WHERE ARE YOU????!!!! APPEAR BEFORE ME, AND TEAR ME ASUNDER!!!??!
Urban-legend version: Rather than being a band of invisible hunters chasing prey through the night, it's an invisible biker gang!
That sounds like a wicked idea for a TV show.
Dresden Files.
Ghost Riders in the Sky!
HORSE BIKES! Robot horse bikes! Or living bikes made of horse flesh and bones and have a horse head
The biker gang is on a poker run, snagging booze and wenches on their ride through the sky, sometimes dropping platinum poker chips.
Old societies around the world: *A NEVERENDING TORTURE FOR THOSE SOULS UNLUCKY ENOUGH TO BE DRAGGED THROUGH THE NIGHT, ETERNALLY WHAILING THEIR MISERY THROUGHOUT THE DARKENED NIGHT SKY*
Current day: it fucken WIMDY
looks like eight of us got that reference XD
i never fail to say WIMDY now when its wimdy out.
I especially hate the wind sounds in The Forest, super traumatizing for tornado survivors.
You just made me google wimdy and waste 30 minutes laughing at memes.
I don't know if I should thank you or smack you
Even older societies around the world: "Honeeey! Odin's taking the Enhinjar for a ride agaaain!", "Just keep the doors locked dear and they'll leave you alone."
When Red said she would do Count of Monte Cristo my heart literally leaped out of my chest. I’d be so willing to be horrifically betrayed by my closest friends, lose my fiancé to her own cousin, and rot in a prison cell for 14 years only to escape following the death of my only friend in isolation for that video.
it is one of my favorite books too
Wait I didn’t realize they were cousins! Now I have read the book again
@@strawberryfairydust6932 I think it was second cousins through marriage but I might have told myself that-
I pretty sure it was first cousins. Still it's not abnormal for the time. Roughly 50% of all marriages in human history have been between first cousins.
I'm old. I ain't got 14 years most likely. :P
Oh Catherine… I can feel your presence… Oh please…
The Wild Hunt - an ancient memory of the first Black Friday sale.
Ahahaha!
Milk Tagayuna
You are suggesting that the modern equivalent of loud, chaotic, and often malevolent ghost armies is Black Friday shoppers and I don’t think you’re wrong.
XD
@@mythandmayhem1134 My friend who works retail can confirm.
Yep... Totally Odin's fault
German Wild Hunt: this useless scraps were gold the whole time!
British Faerie: the gold was useless scraps the whole time!
I want a story with a genre-savvy protagonist and even more genre-savvy fae, and the fae gives the protagonist useless scraps that turn into a different kind of equally useless scraps overnight.
Equivalent exchange, that's how the magical economy stays afloat
@@jbvikingbat5595 a magical economy that is based on things that are easy to transmute like gold don't exist or at least not for very long
@@dragonmanfirebane5078; It’s actually based off of Uranium and Thorium, which are hard to transmute magically but easy to do so through technological methods.
Or it was a throw away joke about magic rewards everyone, seriously people
*Weather:* "You think this is funny?"
*Someone mimicking the Wild Hunt's sounds:* "In a cosmic sorta way, yes."
*Weather:* "Well, Mister Funny Man...Is this how you get your sick kicks?!"
"What? It's just an ordinary windy...OH MY GOODNESS!"
YOU!!
Just some guy with a moustache yo
“ODIN!”
This is a brilliant reference.
Don't mind me, I'm just a PM sleeper agent, getting some context for The Wild Hunt after witnessing it in Limbus.
My favorite thing about the Hyakki Yagyou is that onmyouji could predict its path and would give advisories on what regions were at risk for it, in addition to their duties setting the calendar and telling fortunes. "So tonight we have a 30% chance of rain and a 80% chance of unstoppable procession of oni in the Inaba province, better stock up on groceries and then stay inside."
Magical/ Divine Weather Forecasters is not something I realized I wanted to see more of until just now
This is so "welcome to nightvale"
Hmm, giant red monsters on a procession that may lead to a great deal of destruction and death. Why does that sound familiar?
@@josephperez2004 This
My home town had it's own version of the hidden--gift-of-gold motif: One winter evening Rotkopf [meaning readhead] Görg, a poor but talented fiddler, was walking back home through the trees on the Windberg, when he happened upon a little hooded figure, who asked him to play for a festivity. After agreeing, he was blindfolded and led deep into the mountain to a secret palace, where he played all evening for the little people's dance.
As payment, they filled his hat with coal [there was a lot of coal mining in the area] and told him to keep it. Angered by the poor gift, he dumped the coal on his way home and went to sleep. But when he woke up in the morning, the few chunks still remaining in his hat had turned into pure gold.
But he did not find those he left behind again
Wo ist denn der Windberg?
@@RikkaP Bei Freital in Sachsen
@@specific_protagonist Cool. Ich muss gestehen, ich war nur einmal östlich vom Harz, in Berlin, 1992... Ich kenne den Osten und den Süden kaum. So Fischkopp hier.
I have heard this story before but I can't remember where.
I’m Welsh, and I learned about Arawn (sometimes Gwyn ap Nudd) and the Cŵn Annwn when I was quite young. Then my family moved, and unbeknownst to me we ended up living very close to a guy who fostered a whole pack of rescue huskies.
That’s how itty bitty baby RainWelsh spent many years curled up under the covers on summer nights, listening to what honest to god sounded like the Hunt passing nearby. Bad times, my friends. Bad times.
Yikes! My sympathies!
How do you know that the guy who had those huskies wasn't Arawn?
@@ariesthezodiac7274 Oh, dude, great point!
@@ariesthezodiac7274 ... well. Yeah. Fuck. Maybe I should take him a gift or something.
For added hilarity, there’s also a guy in the area who walks two black Alsatians, has a glass eye, and knows things he shouldn’t, who I’ve always joked is secretly Odin. Must be something in the water.
@@RainWelsh I mean, "coincidental glass eye" is a WAY better modern cover for the one eyed Allfather than "traveler blatantly missing an eye".
Anyone that knows more than they should ought to be respected by default imo.
The Wild Hunt will tear Wuthering Heights asunder!!!
Lintgreg: maidshu, we must hunt the wolf
"Plus if there was ever a year to stay in doors this is probably it."
How poetic
I look forward to the day when nobody has any idea what she's talking about.
@@timothymclean We still talk about the Black Death more than half a millennia later so... gonna be awhile.
@@renoloverxoxo Yeah, but we don't assume someone's talking about the Black Death when someone mentions, say, plague masks.
@@timothymclean I mean, if it's from a text written in 1348, it's probably reasonable to assume that a comment about plague masks is referring to the Black Death.
Everyone: "Awwww what a cute pupper"
the night ride: "Are you sure about that?"
"oh no exactly what we asked for! This IS the WoRsT!" Killed me
O Dullahan! March Forth! Until my cry for love reaches Catherine!
“Wotan if you want want to be all Old High German about it”
I do in fact, thank you
In the bernese highlands of switzerland the Wild Hunt is called "Wüetisheer" (if you're not german speaking, don't even try to pronounce it...).
Sounds very similar to "Wütendes Heer". raging host (as mentioned in the video).
The correct translation of Wüetisheer would be Woden's Host.
Phôl ende Wuodan fuorun zi holza.
dû wart demo balderes folon sîn fuoz birenkit.
thû biguol en Sinthgunt, Sunna era swister;
thû biguol en Frîja, Folla era swister;
thû biguol en Wuodan, sô hê wola conda:
sôse bênrenki, sôse bluotrenki,
sôse lidirenki:
bên zi bêna, bluot zi bluoda,
lid zi geliden, sôse gelîmida sîn.
there you go. How does your horse feel?
@@Bird_Dog00 wodan is a very common pronunciation of odin, to the point it probably names a whole week dsy
Wodan and Thuranaz not Odin and Thor okay?
@@Bird_Dog00 not saying it out loud but in my head I head worcester... like the sauce... this is why I kept my mouth shut 🤣
No one:
Every one of Red’s “scary” characters: *dances cutely, but in a spooky way*
The word is "spoopy".
I'm a german person and I think almost every child here in germany knows the story of Frau Holle. But every adaptation or story I red or seen about her ends with that the "good" sister is lead though a gate in the normal world and gold layed all over her and the "bad" sister goes through the same gate but instead of gold she got Pitch and it won't go off
I'm 99% certain the same story got published in Denmark too
I'm not german but yeah what you described is the version I read.
From the Netherlands, yes, that's roughly the story I grew up with. Tar or pitch, something sticky and yucky and staining anyway.
Also I feel there was also something of a warning to not eat the bread of the apples for they have their own curse down the line one way or the other. Maybe that was just my parents going: don't eat other people's food or you might get poisoned.
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I mean it's so common that Goldmarie and Petchmarie are terms that are regularly used to describe whether something is bad.
15:26 I like the implication that you can stop a ghost by letting it know it's dead
Sometimes yes, when you do specific rituals to the dead, they stop being a ghost. These rituals also can prevent someone from turning into ghosts.
Intresting interpretation on the "Frau Holle" fairy tale, usually the good girl get literally covered in gold (her dress, hair, ect. turns to gold) and the lazy girl gets the same thing just with tar (tar can be translated to "Pech" in german and "Pech" also a synomyn for bad luck)
I knew the version with the toads and diamonds... it's probably different depending on where you hear it
That's the version I know from childhood as well. That's why the girls are usually called "Goldmarie" and "Pechmarie". Never heard any other version before but like with every fairy tale there are probably several different versions of Frau Holle as well.
The version I know has a more malevolent witch who refuses to pay the good girl, but when the girl looks up the hearth into the chimney money falls down. The girl then flees and the tree, cow, and oven help her hide. The lazy girl also finds the money up the chimney, but the tree can't help her hide, because it's branches are still heavy with apples. So the girl's caught.
It's really interesting to hear the different versions!
does Pech have anything to do with Pitch?
I heard a twist on that story where instead of a person giving the gold and tar to the good and bad daughter respectively, it was a elder cat where there's a whole town of talking cats that require someone to take care of them (oh and the good daughter got a gold star on her forehead, while the bad one had a small donkey's tail on their's before a another happily ever after where the good one got to be with a handsome prince, something tells me there's a mashup of different stories for that one)
Red: I've almost run out of ghost stories.
Japanese folklore: Allow me to introduce myself.
John Greenleaf Whittier`s Supernaturalism of New England: why, hello there
Africa: Heard you needed some help?
Also, The String of Pearls! It's the series of penny dreadfuls where Sweeney Todd first appeared!
I mean she was referring to having run out of iconic horror classics, mostly novels. 😆
But yeah, Asian mythology would have a ton of spooky interesting stuff to offer. Chinese folklore too.
An idea maybe borrow internet’s favorite modern creepy horror sci fi compilation mashup and do a nice little lightning round of some of its most well known entries folkloric basis.
SCP FOUNDATION the folklores behind the anomalies
"Harley Quinn is Odin" was not the information I expected to get but I'll take it
what we learned:
Odin has some unique tastes
That explains why she's so over the Joker.
So, if I ever want to draw Odin, remember to draw him eating puddin. Got it.
Well, if I ever get the DC Harley Quinn / Marvel Loki crossover I secretly want, I now hope it includes the phrase "Not again, *Dad*!"
with all the crossovers, I'm sure they'll eventually do "Harley Quinn - Ghost Rider"
heh, 'harley'
me when im Heathcliff Wuthering Heights and im having the worst day of my life
Hey so I found out why frau berchta is really passionate about people not weaving during the winter. It's because in the winter it's dark and you could mess up your weaving. And the only way of making it not dark in those times was to use a candle so you know...fire and cotton. Basically she is really passionate about people not messing up her domain of craftsmanship.
Well I mean it's nice that she dosent want them messing up or burning their house.
Fire safety is very important
In my area we have the story of Frau Percht, who will enter laundry that's been hung up to dry between Christmas and New Year and make in someone's burial clothes. So basically if you do laundry in that time she will come and kill someone of your family or yourself in the next year
@@Victoria-yk1zw I'd love to learn what the moral of that is. Don't do laundry during the transitory time between Christmas and the new year for what reason, you know?
@@pirateking56128 That's exactly the same question I've been asking myself for years now. My personal theory is that it relieved women from some of their duties during the holidays to give them a little freetime, but other than that I have no qualified answer.
"The Wild Hunt is often associated with howling winds."
Geralt in The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt, "Wind's howling."
I thought of this too and started scrolling through the comments to find this, this is perfection
I played it while watching this and he even said it at some point.
I read that in Geralts voice
winds howling
yep
"Wind's Howling."
Yes, Geralt, I know.
Looks like rain.
damn, i had to scroll way too far to find this
Finally a Witcher reference. You would think with a title like the wild hunt there would be Witcher references everywhere.
What now you piece of filth !
@@madtrapper1312 How do you like that silver?
I like how being part of the Hunt is often framed as a punishment, but for me, and I'm sure others, it does seem like the perfect afterlife. Riding through the night on a wild hunt sounds perfect
It’s pretty much an eternal road trip with all of your buddies, what’s not to love?
"Probably secretly Odin". Now that's a line that needs to go on a shirt
Yaaaas
Maybe it's zeus
I'd spend my last money on that shirt
Santa Claus. Santa Claus is a Wild Hunt figure. Maybe Santa is Odin?
You mean a hoodie (joking but only mostly)
Can’t wait for the sequel, “Ghostnado 2: The Second One.”
Ghostnado 2: electric spoogalo
I’m going Sea you leader and SHARK YOU IN YOUR SIDE.
Ghostnado 3: I ain't get no sleep 'cause of y'all.
As a german might I add:
-we still joke about Frau Holle letting it snow and her fairytale was one of my best liked ones - allthough in the most common version told here the reward doesn't come out of the girls' mouths: on their way home they pass through a gate and get flooded with gold or pitch. The common version is also obviously christianizerd, both girls are called Mary.
-sometimes when dogs die we say "he's entered the eternal hunting grounds. I never knew any story linked to that, but it makes so much sense!!
Hmmm... "PERINBABA"
@Draugr It's kind of comforting to dwell on the idea that our beloved doggos are cared for in the afterlife, being part of a huge pack... gives me a warm fuzzy feeling inside...
As a fellow german, I was so surprised to see Frau Holle in this video :D I would have never expected that her tale is connected to the wild hunt
@BixLovesLife &
@Jooneflower
I wanted to point out the same thing. Glad to see that my fellow men already have me covered!
Sooo... I'll use this opportunity to point out some minor interesting/weird things.
1.) Red describes "Einherjar" as "lone warrior". While technically solid, I find it odd. Now to be fair, I know nothing of the language of the northeners, but at least in german "ein" means "one" - which would turn it from "lone warrior" into "That's ONE DEVESTATING WARRIOR... yo!" (with "herjar" obviously being a combination of the first two meanings)
That escalation makes a lot more sense to me. Though I'm admittedly biased, since I have a fable for stuff getting progessively more ludicrous.
2.) I'm marveling at some of the faces depicted at 09:16. The boy on the left graces his peer with a look that I can only describe as an "Are you f***ing kidding me!?" expression, seemingly garnering an "I know, right!?" reaction from the boy on the right. All while the two ladies in the background are either similarly vexxed by whatever is going on or... just baffled by life. Though I guess UNlife would be more befitting of a ghostly entourage.
3.) Is it just me or did Red take some cues from Kingdom Hearts's heartless for some of the "ghost-tornadoes"? Especially when the "sluagh" (bless you) is looking through the window with that signature "fresh meat"-dead-eyed-stare.
4.) Omen of misfortune my ass! That phantom pupper just wants to play!
Real talk though: that did pique my interest. Are there stories (hell, I'ld even take a single one) in which Gauden leaves one of her dogs, comes back after a year and is so astonished, by how well the pup was treated, that not only does she allow the dog to stay with his new family, but drops some bones in front of their house that then turn into gold?
(Except for maybe one bone - phantom doggo needs some phantom leg to chew on!
...
Wait that doesn't make much sense in english. Alright, here's a german-fun-fact for non-natives:
Did you know, that we have very similar words for legs and bones?
The former is "Bein" (s) or "Beine" (pl), while the latter is "Gebeine" (pl). Neat, huh?
_Kleh... well, ACTUALLY "bones" translates to "Knochen", you hack!_ OH SHUSH YOU! I'm well aware!
I just find it fascinating, because it implies, that people were always whining after longer journies about all of their bones aching. And later, when wandering around became more common/more normal and people got a bit sturdier, they watched the old folk complain about their bones which they misinterpreted to only mean their legs - since the young-ones only had a mild case of leg-ache.
Mind you, I wouldn't be surprised if that origin story was baseless bs (because I certainly didn't base it on any facts) but the legs-bones-connection is still legit. God only knows where it comes from though...)
The thing with the eternal hunting grounds has nothing to do with the wild hunt but comes from Karl May's western novels where the native americans use the phrase.
particularly heartbroken man: the wild what…
even if the dog is a bad omen, I would still give them all the hugs and treats, because its not their fault, they are good doggos
All pups are good pups.
You might get along with Barghest. They're my favorite mytho-doggo.
I mean, if they're supposed to be a bad omen and do bad things, that's just them doing their jobs and doing it well, no need to hate, so I agree on giving them all hugs and treats.
They deserve it for working so hard.
dogs, they're not just for xmas...you can have them cold the next day too
All doggos go to heaven
Red: Starts describing the Wild Hunt
Me... Ghost Riders in the Sky?
Red: Mentions ghost rider.
Me... Yay!
I thought the same thing
I actually made a stand based on Ghost Riders in the Sky, @ me if you want the deets
@@PropagandaDS I want deets
@@PropagandaDS wait, like JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, because I made a stand off of Money for Nothing by Dire Straits.
@@hellocentral5551 Dire Straits already has two characters named after them, being Dire and Straizo, and parts 7 and 8 already have stands that involve getting cursed with lots of money but I'm curious to see what your version is
(Sees title)
“if Red isn’t singing “Ghost Riders in the Sky” at the end, I’m unsubscribing.”
(Watches whole video)
“Maybe i should support OSP on Patreon”
Right?! And she sang so well! I got chills man.
@@smileyface81mc77 i know, I want a full version
My first thought!
WHERE ARE YOU, COME TO MY EMBRACE CATHERINE!
Where... Where are... I can hear your voice... Oh please...
Me imagining ancient weather forecasters:
Oh, this just in from the local oracle, a harvest moon is expected to be in the seventh house tonight. This raises the potential for ghost tornados to a high 70% this evening. We recommend everyone stay indoors and help any potential strangers who come knocking.
Underrated comment, this made me laugh so hard
Make sure to review your "tricks to best impossible challenges" manual this night
“all roads lead to odin”
YOU CANNOT ESCAPE HIM NO MATTER WHAT ROAD HES THERE
STRAIGHT ROAD? NOPE HES THERE
CURVING ROAD? ALSO THERE
CROSS ROAD? ASIDE FROM JESUS TRYING TO HELP A LADY WITH A BROKEN CHARIOT HES ALSO THERE
*ALL ROADS LEAD TO ODIN*
ow my ears
jesus is also odin but less cool and that lady with a broken chariot is odin after the mtf r34 community gets a hold of him
@@Crusader-7382 *oh orange no*
I'm also in this comment section
@@Crusader-7382, the actual theory is that Baldur is Jesus
The takeaway that matters the most to me is that someone categorized folklore motifs into an scp-like index
That really is beautiful!
best news ever. XD
Where do you think the concept of SCPs came from?
“O nOe! Exactly what we asked for… this IS the wOrst!”
Lmao
I love Red and her hilarious delivery in these videos. Very funny and sarcastic… one might say, overl-no… just the right amount of sarcastic.
"But not every hunt leader is Odin"
Gets an ad about Hitler
I got that ad too!
Coincidence? I think not!
@@AbdulGoodLooks Aww hell no!
I did Nazi that coming
Oof...
and nowadays the wild hunt just bothers innocent witchers.
Aight found a witcher reference won't comment one
@@acactus8353 i too was searching for one before making one
Yep also thought of that.
Nice comment 👍
Well, The Witcher bothers Moorcock.
This video was so well paced and brilliant. So well done!
Daniel Greene? What is this? A crossover episode?
DUDE we need a crossover
Who is Daniel greene
Hey I know you. You're that book nerd I can't stop watching
funny seeing you here after watching your Witcher reviews
Austrian here.
My mother told me that you usually don't put up laundry to dry on the 12 days of Christmas since the Wild Hunt could get stuck there.
It was also costumary in olden times to leave cups of milk at your door for the Perchten to collect and feed her children with.
imagine trapping an entire army of ghostly hunters just by forgetting to take your laundry inside
@@doubleoof7907 Imagine being an army of ghostly hunters and getting stuck because you weren't looking where you were going and got tangled in someone's laundry.
That dip in tone when she said “This is the worst.” That made me laugh. Red has literally perfected sarcasm.
I mean, it's in the name. So, I would hope so.
yeah it's overly sarcastic imo
PLOT TWIST: Everyone is secretly Odin!
Also, "Oh no! Exactly what we asked for! This _is_ the worst!"
I'm SO going to be turning that into a meme now.
Count of Monte Cristo: "Wait and Hope"
We will hold you to your promise red.
We will...
If not revenge is best served cold
but with our time taken.
I wouldn't Count on it if I were you.
'Eyoooo!
Given how long ago this was made I doubt you’re gonna see this, but thank you for this video! This inspired me to write a paper for a humanities course examining the pagan influence in the Grimms’ fairy tales. Ended up taking me down a massive rabbit hole following Frau Holle specifically.
As a psych major this was new ground and exceptionally difficult, but it was fun at least!
I don't think i'm ever gonna recover from the whiplash Frau Holle's appearance in this video gave me. There's so much lore!