For those who want to know: Alps were originally fairies. Infact the middlegerman term Alp or Alb has the same linguistical roots as Elf. So picture Legolas sitting on your chest and giving you horrible dreams.
Imagine meeting your wife, having three kids, living a life together, only to learn she was actually a night paralysis demon and your kids were going to be demons too.
More common than you think. In Brazil, one of the most famous creatures was a one-legged black boy with a red cap, called Saci. When the Saci loses his red cap, he became a slave for the man who stole it.
Here a few more tips to deal with Alps: -Throw a polished knife over them to let there true form appear -Pentagrams. Draw it over windows and doors to keep them from enterin. But beware: if you draw them crooked, the Alps can come in, but not out. - If they are humanborn, the offering of some lifestock gifted them voluntarily should keep them at bay
There's that one bit about the Alps otherwise human children who will apparently similarly thrive off of human suffering... I guess this is a mythological origin story for why sociopaths and/or sadists exist.
As a german: _Albtraum_ -> nightmare (used to be written with a "p" instead of a "b") _Nachtmar_ -> sleep-paralysis-demon-thingy I actually experienced this myself twice, creepy as fragg! -_-
I get sleep paralysis from time to time, at first it was terrifying, being unable to move and to speak, nut after a few years it became just an annoyance.
Nice to see a comical spin on the topic of night terrors, for a change. I've experienced them myself, and they're about level with an asthma attack as the most terrifying experiences I've had.
Cool story. I know that Alps aren't the only creatures that give you sleep paralysis/ nightmares. There is the Mara or Mare,a creature from German and Slavic folklore. The Mara does pretty much the same thing as an alp except the only difference is that a Mara is female and not male. Also Japan has some yokai that does this: the Makuragaeshi or the pillow flipper and Kanashibari( Also fun fact, the name Kanashibari is literally the term used for sleep paralysis) Makuragaeshi and Kanashibari seem to be harmless yokai, but they still cause sleep paralysis.
Well in that particualr case, you had a back water bishop with delusions of grandure calling anythinf he didnt understand (aka MOST things) Witchcraft. Which..... is how most "Witches" ended up being killed.
I get sleep paralysis all the time, pretty much every other night. Seeing (i.e. hallucinating) ghosts and demons and portals to other dimensions is pretty much normal to me at this point. It also seems like most people my age that I know also get it now and again, so I guess the number of alps must have increased some time in the last decade or two...
0:01 I love that quote. 0:56 I thought I would see books there but then remembered that this video won't fit in Extra History. So this is Extra Mythology
myths are not stories that are untrue rather they are tales that don't fit neatly into the historical record which serve as a foundation to a culture this line is what i love about extra mythology
So,your telling me there's a giant eye that can birth demons in its mouth,even though it's an eye and shouldn't have a mouth and the demons can turn into butterflies?
The german word for nightmare is Albtraum, literally alb dream. And a other name for this creature is Mahr or Nachtmahr . Yes we are going here full circle , it is related to the word nightmare it self.
Really thought it was gonna be related to that range of high altitudes measuring a long distance from one edge of the Mediterranean to the Danube River, encompassing an area south of Germania and just North of Cis-Alpine Gaul
Would be useful to mention somewhere what culture the myth is taken from, for the less familiar. "Alps" is kinda hard to look up out of context :P EDIT: before the last sentence, I mean
fun facts : 1. the German word for nightmare (albtraum) is derived from these creatures so its Alb + Traum which means dream. 2. Alp or Darkalp is a new word for a creature that was called Mahr before that. this is where the German word Nachtmahr is derived from which then became the Englisch nightmare 3. Alp also is the old german word for Elf and in German, the word is spelled Alb.
Dear extra credit's. I've watched you for many years. And yet have seen the faces of these talented and brilliant men. At least I want to see Zoye pleaseeee????????? SHE IS SO CUTE
Welcome to your nightmare In this sleepless dreamsphere. Together, we'll be alone. We'll go on a journey In an unmovable way To never come back home. -Alp and Mahra's hymn
I know this is a stretch, but remember The Road to El Dorado movie? There was a mountain range that looked like a great beast and butterflies flew from its “mouth”. Could this myth have inspired the artists?
In the Philippines we have the same kind of monster called batibat( it's bigger, chubbier, tree dweller) they are sometimes guarding trees and if you cut their trees. If you sleep they will sat on stomach give you nightmares. (But they don't feed on blood etc.
Many mythologies and folklores connect slerp paralysis and nightmares with weird sexual experiences. In fact, there are demons who feed on sexual energy of people (and cause sleep paralysis), Incubus/Sucubbus are the most known. Slavic mythology and folklore has planty of these kind of crratures: Zmory/mory (Mora), Perelesnyk/Latawiec/Letun, Noćnica, Vampire...(yes, the twilight romance has origin in Slavic folklore).
An older word for Alp is "Nachtmahr" which got adopted into the English language as "nightmare". Also the German word for nightmare is "Alptraum" which literally means Alp-dream. I also want to point out that the protestants burned way more witches than the catholics because the vatican deemed the believe in witchcraft a heretical superstition and got the Inquisition involved if the caught one of their priests partaking. At least in the beginning of the witch craze. They later gave up trying to stop it.
For those who want to know: Alps were originally fairies. Infact the middlegerman term Alp or Alb has the same linguistical roots as Elf. So picture Legolas sitting on your chest and giving you horrible dreams.
Alternatively you could imagine Will Ferrell offering you pasta covered syrup in your nightmares.
@@anthonyrodriguez8581 that's worse
I thought it meant the mountains, like the Alps
@@anthonyrodriguez8581 The true nightmare of an Italian or Canadian person
Keep in mind all they wear is a hat, so just a naked Legolass or Will Ferall sitting in your chest and giving you nightmares.
Imagine meeting your wife, having three kids, living a life together, only to learn she was actually a night paralysis demon and your kids were going to be demons too.
CK2 players: *starting the breeding program*
Prenked lmao
Wouldn't change a thing
just a prank bro
*boink*
That Alpha demon is wholesome, he doesn't bring others down to make himself feel better, but he inspire others to be better.
This is true and ironic, considering what he did to the "Bishop".
Taking "having butterflies in stomach" literally with that monster.
Taistelukalkkuna
Funny, this saying is also available in German.
Nice to know my sleep paralysis demon has a home to go back to.
I always just assumed he lived in my closet.
Jin Namgoong Same, I guess I burned down my house for no reason.
@@jdavis9817 That escalated quickly.
i thought mines lived under my bed
I still got Tom Cruise in mine
@@jdavis9817 wth did you just burned down your roommate rude
anyone else think this video would be related to the Alps mountain range lol
I was disappointed.
Gee, where did you get that idea from?
Ye
Yes, I am sad.
I thought it was mythology from the alps
The laid back nature of these creatures added to the dark themes portrayed in the story kinda makes me wish Tim Burton adapted this into a movie
Oh my gosh that would be incredible.
Bruh imagine having all your powers come from a dapper hat
Carson Watts
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More common than you think.
In Brazil, one of the most famous creatures was a one-legged black boy with a red cap, called Saci. When the Saci loses his red cap, he became a slave for the man who stole it.
Frosty the Snowman would like a word
So no change
The title:
Me, before watching: "Wait, the Alps are mountains, not nightmare fiends..."
Me after watching: "nvm, different Alps I guess"
An "Alp" is also known as an "Imp".
Maybe an alp shapeshifted into the Alps.
Don't forget of the South Slavic rain spirit called 'German'
You're right.
They're not nightmare creatures, they're representations of various people and things blamed and persecuted for various ills.
That was my reaction when I first heard/read of Alpes. Was in one of the Monster Hunter International books. Book four I want to say.
I like that qoute, "we are not our mishaps but how much choas we can cause inspite of them" *paraphrase and improvision*
I was impressed by that motivational speech
Tk wallace RIGHT xD
Here a few more tips to deal with Alps:
-Throw a polished knife over them to let there true form appear
-Pentagrams. Draw it over windows and doors to keep them from enterin. But beware: if you draw them crooked, the Alps can come in, but not out.
- If they are humanborn, the offering of some lifestock gifted them voluntarily should keep them at bay
Moral of the story: Unibrow=evil
Konnor Vurtikal I can vouch for that
Yeah, must've been a fun time to be alive when you did have a unibrow though...
but I have a unibrow and I dont think im evil
*chuckles* I am in danger.
*chuckles* _You're in danger._
The voice actor/narrator deserves a raise. The number of voices he did in this video alone shows how talented he is. Well done 👏👏👏👏
This sounds like an amazing concept for a telltale style episodic game!! Each chapter being an excursion out for each demon!!!
There's that one bit about the Alps otherwise human children who will apparently similarly thrive off of human suffering...
I guess this is a mythological origin story for why sociopaths and/or sadists exist.
As a german:
_Albtraum_ -> nightmare (used to be written with a "p" instead of a "b")
_Nachtmar_ -> sleep-paralysis-demon-thingy
I actually experienced this myself twice, creepy as fragg! -_-
alb = alf = elf -> elfdream? But think mischivous fey, not Tolkien.
@@Carewolf yes, alb just means elf, but he referes ti night elfs. But i doubt he knows that, because in english a nightalp=nightmare.
I get sleep paralysis from time to time, at first it was terrifying, being unable to move and to speak, nut after a few years it became just an annoyance.
*N U T*
*N U T*
Demons and nightmares are pretty scary, but not being able to NUT?? There truly is no greater horror
Best typo ever
Nice to see a comical spin on the topic of night terrors, for a change. I've experienced them myself, and they're about level with an asthma attack as the most terrifying experiences I've had.
moral of the story: if you get sleep paralysis, make sure to give the demon his hat back
I really love how every Extra Myth episodes take place in a campfire/bondfire
This would make a great cartoon. Each episode being a different Alp’s goofy adventures in the human world.
Now I want a Pixar movie about the Alps creatures.
Yes.
Same
Cool story. I know that Alps aren't the only creatures that give you sleep paralysis/ nightmares. There is the Mara or Mare,a creature from German and Slavic folklore. The Mara does pretty much the same thing as an alp except the only difference is that a Mara is female and not male. Also Japan has some yokai that does this: the Makuragaeshi or the pillow flipper and Kanashibari( Also fun fact, the name Kanashibari is literally the term used for sleep paralysis) Makuragaeshi and Kanashibari seem to be harmless yokai, but they still cause sleep paralysis.
3:14
Wait a tick that sound like....
What happen to Dracula's wife in Castlevania and the end result of it!
Well in that particualr case, you had a back water bishop with delusions of grandure calling anythinf he didnt understand (aka MOST things) Witchcraft. Which..... is how most "Witches" ended up being killed.
Yea I thought so too XD
Bishop: "You cannot enter the house of God."
Alp: "God...is not here...this is an empty box."
@@kaimagnus5760 I was talking about the Game Castlevania you nerd...
As a person with a unibrow , can confirm we are small troll like monsters
Same, although I'm still trying to figure out why the eyebrow thing comes up so often in stuff like this XD
Why are demons so like, upstanding?
I get sleep paralysis all the time, pretty much every other night. Seeing (i.e. hallucinating) ghosts and demons and portals to other dimensions is pretty much normal to me at this point. It also seems like most people my age that I know also get it now and again, so I guess the number of alps must have increased some time in the last decade or two...
0:01 I love that quote.
0:56 I thought I would see books there but then remembered that this video won't fit in Extra History. So this is Extra Mythology
One of the best so far! I really liked both the graphics and the stories.
Keep it going on! You *have to* reach South America *eventually* ...
yet another myth I had never heard of I love learning new things from you guys
I do like the idea that the alpha alp got his reputation via getting vengeance for a friend.
Knowing that this video isn't about creatures from the Alps makes me disappointed.
(Sad Swiss noises)
myths are not stories that are untrue
rather they are tales that don't fit neatly into the historical record
which serve as a foundation to a culture
this line is what i love about extra mythology
The mouth animations for the little red Alp are really good. I like seeing the animation improve over time.
So,your telling me there's a giant eye that can birth demons in its mouth,even though it's an eye and shouldn't have a mouth and the demons can turn into butterflies?
It's not just an eye, they only showed it's giant eye for scale. At 0:23 you can see it's entire head with the eye and the mouth.
Extra credits: *mentions unibrows
Me: Minecraft *ViLlAgErS*
I knew there was something off with them.
I swear I kept expecting Palpatine in an old fashioned bar tender's outfit to pop in at any moment (shout out to HISHE villain pub)
Is it weird that I'm finishing up writing my book, and that I have an Alp as the main antagonist/villain, and that this video shows up?
No, its not. Same here :D But I don't have an alp as main antagonist.
kimi titan what’s the name of your book sounds like a interesting read?
@@madmatt7059 I'm writing up the last part and should be done by the end of april, hopefully
what if you are actually still sleeping / dreaming ?
May i read that book
I like how this one is basically a bunch of demons chilling at a bar and telling each other stories😂😂😂
The german word for nightmare is Albtraum, literally alb dream. And a other name for this creature is Mahr or Nachtmahr . Yes we are going here full circle , it is related to the word nightmare it self.
6:08
hold it right there fella...
i thought this was gonna be a scary story or something, its actually quite heartwarming? I don't know. It's just not what I expected.
I’m still not over how much I like the visual style of Extra Mythology. Probably the colors
That alpha alp having a teeny tiny baby hat on just one of his horns.... animated perfection.
Alpha Alp is a true bro. You know, I would watch a movie about a Alp getting vengeance for the murder of his innocent human friend
Same, when I heard that I was like " I know he's a literal demon but that is very sympathetic"
my terrore of night is just trying to sleep
Gus Gilman me too
relatable
I remember watching an episode about these creatures on Grimm.
Really thought it was gonna be related to that range of high altitudes measuring a long distance from one edge of the Mediterranean to the Danube River, encompassing an area south of Germania and just North of Cis-Alpine Gaul
You should do a series on switzerland and how they slapped austria multiple times
I think a few other channels like Kings & Generals and HistoryMarche have covered the Swiss Military quite well. :3
2:23 anyone else not caught off guard by that curse word on extra credit???
0:55 sounds like a dnd tavern
Would be useful to mention somewhere what culture the myth is taken from, for the less familiar. "Alps" is kinda hard to look up out of context :P
EDIT: before the last sentence, I mean
fun facts :
1. the German word for nightmare (albtraum) is derived from these creatures so its Alb + Traum which means dream.
2. Alp or Darkalp is a new word for a creature that was called Mahr before that. this is where the German word Nachtmahr is derived from which then became the Englisch nightmare
3. Alp also is the old german word for Elf
and in German, the word is spelled Alb.
The Horerczy's Mouth - now that's a fun pub!
A little surprised Knights of PnP 2 is still advertising. I distinctly remember playing that about five years ago. . .
This is surprisingly wholesome.
Absolutely loved the giga-alp's villian arc, such story, great character development, amazing ending
0:42 The minute I saw this, the Star Wars Cantina music started playing in my head!n Now I'll have to put up with that for the rest of the day. 😾
*sniffs and wipes away a tear* Cooperation is so beautiful....
Dear extra credit's. I've watched you for many years. And yet have seen the faces of these talented and brilliant men. At least I want to see Zoye pleaseeee?????????
SHE IS SO CUTE
awesome to see an Alp based video
Alps don;t get NEARLY enough attention form mythology youtubers
Welcome to your nightmare
In this sleepless dreamsphere.
Together, we'll be alone.
We'll go on a journey
In an unmovable way
To never come back home.
-Alp and Mahra's hymn
Me infront if the devil bar:
Demon:Tell is a story
Me:So there was this scientist who turned himself into a pickle funniest shit I have ever seen
The featured image is so accurate. Sleep paralysis feels like a devil is near you
I would love a full show about these alps
It's all fun in the demon bar until the doom slayer walks in.
ok now i finally know why a nightmare is called an "Alptraum" (Alp-dream) in german :O
... and yes i am german speaking native
Tarnkappe: A cap that allows the user to be invisible ^^
I love your content so much!
So the Alpha Alp is just sitting here giving pep talk to his bros ? How nice of him
I know this is a stretch, but remember The Road to El Dorado movie? There was a mountain range that looked like a great beast and butterflies flew from its “mouth”. Could this myth have inspired the artists?
I love your videos
Your heart can not burst like that
The Yodeling Doctor of the Alps
i never get sick of the cuteness that is Zoey
Video: hey wanna know more about alps?
Me: *battlebrothers flashbacks*
This would make a great tv show
Well, I guess this is where the whole concept of sleep paralysis demons came from 🤔🤔🤔🤔
In the Philippines we have the same kind of monster called batibat( it's bigger, chubbier, tree dweller) they are sometimes guarding trees and if you cut their trees. If you sleep they will sat on stomach give you nightmares. (But they don't feed on blood etc.
At first I thought this was going to be a video about demons living in the Alps. I guess I was wrong.
That Dapper Alf went in waaaaaay in too deep in that life
The alp that was kind the main character sounds kinda like baby Zane
Love your channel
Many mythologies and folklores connect slerp paralysis and nightmares with weird sexual experiences. In fact, there are demons who feed on sexual energy of people (and cause sleep paralysis), Incubus/Sucubbus are the most known. Slavic mythology and folklore has planty of these kind of crratures: Zmory/mory (Mora), Perelesnyk/Latawiec/Letun, Noćnica, Vampire...(yes, the twilight romance has origin in Slavic folklore).
I like these guy's style.
Alp is where "Alptraum" (German for nightmare) comes from.
This demon is also called "Mahr" ("mare" in English) which led to nightmare.
I love the title card that incorporates the art work of William Blake.
I love these little guys
Excellent voice acting!
This sounds like the inspiration for Pixar's Monsters Inc.
An older word for Alp is "Nachtmahr" which got adopted into the English language as "nightmare". Also the German word for nightmare is "Alptraum" which literally means Alp-dream.
I also want to point out that the protestants burned way more witches than the catholics because the vatican deemed the believe in witchcraft a heretical superstition and got the Inquisition involved if the caught one of their priests partaking. At least in the beginning of the witch craze. They later gave up trying to stop it.
Sleep paralysis is indeed a terrifying experience. No wonder it inspires myths.
I'd just like to say that KoPaP 2 is a genuinely good game.
So that's what this document in Outlast is about
I just found the monkey king in the end of this video!😹
Yes a new episode
Now I know where Alpträume comes from
1:54 putting that patreon money to good use i see
I was expecting the alps as a region haha. Nifty video as always though! Jesus Christ be with you friends.😊
every time is see something like this I always think of the marra
you know that thing from the Netflix series Hilda