Top 10 GODS of Death, Destruction, and the Underworld
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- The old gods in their many shapes and sizes are as diverse as the people who worshiped them. Before the arrival of monotheism on the world stage, tribes and or other pagan kingdoms were bowing down to an entire pantheon of deities, some good, and some bad and all responsible for everything that’s happening around the world. Each of these gods has a story to tell in terms of its origins, its purpose, and its relation to its worshipers.
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Coming up:
10. Crnobog - The Slavs
9. Coatlicue - The Aztecs
8. Sekhmet - The Egyptians
7. Hel - The Vikings
6. The Morrigan - The Celts
5. Elrik - Siberian Shamanism
4. Ahriman - The Persians
3. Batara Kala - The Javanese and Balinese
2. Sedna - The Inuit people of Canada and Greenland
1. Adro - Lugbara people of Zaire and Uganda
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gipsy.ninja/10-balkan-mytholog...
www.starisloveni.com/English/C...
www.britannica.com/EBchecked/t...
www.ancient.eu/Coatlicue/
www.thaliatook.com/AMGG/sekhme...
paganwiccan.about.com/od/norse...
www.druidry.org/library/gods-g...
books.google.ro/books?id=Exuh...
www.themystica.com/mythical-fo...
markusip.blogspot.ro/2012/01/c...
astrology.richardbrown.com/Ne...
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Well done Simon. I must confess that I do enjoy watching these videos.
Well done & very cool, Simon; I loved the variety & choice of illustrations as well!
The reason that we have little to no absolute knowledge of alot of pagan gods and goddesses and their roles is because Catholicism and Christianity all but wiped their respective records clean, save oral tradition.
How about the systematic wiping out of early beliefs by Islam and Judaism. Judaism predates Christianity.
Try not being so ignorant.
Olwydd you always gotta have that one who makes themselves feel superior by looking down on others for what they believe
@Olwydd I agree, all religions are nothing more than a collection of stories begged, borrowed, and stolen from those who came before. "To the victor goes the spoils", that includes those who get to pen history and religion.
Catholic church has an oral tradition ,,, ask altar boys.
And sometimes, they even got “morphed” into saints; see (Saint) Brigid of Kildare.
Brazill fan here!! Nice video :) Keep up the good work!!
I really enjoyed this video. you are a gentaleman and a scholar simon. cheers
I love how he says “have a go at me in the comments.” 😂
You need to do more videos like this 👍🏻
Thank you for doing the ones who haven't already been done to death (Hades, Osiris, etc.)
Oh, your pronunciation is, I would dare our dear I’m certainly having a go at you. Seriously tho. Excellent piece and clearly took days or thorough research. Well done Simon, well done
By far my favorite channel!!!
One of my favorite videos from this channel!
one of the best yet. Do more of these morbid ones, they are fascinating!
That was really interesting thank u Simon!
Subbed because I absolutely love Simon's voice and I'll take any excuse I can get to listen to him.
i love your videos. =D
I'm Pagan and I can tell you that we strive for balance in all things. We don't believe in denying our darker selves because to do so is to create chaos and instead we accept it as an important part of all things and should be in balance with our lighter side.
@Neal Palmer If we craved attention, we'd be missionaries.
Isis Blackfeather there are many types of pagan beliefs
@@maxzamberlin6994 Indeed, so many,
Modern pagans are just edgy teens looking for attention
@@italiansoldierfromww2460 That would be Wicca n New Age. and I'm not a teen.
Please always know that if I correct your pronunciation it is an effort to add to your knowledge base. You teach me and sometimes I can teach you. I’m subbed to all your channels, I learn more here than I ever did in school, 🙏 thank you ☺️
Well done Simon😁
Evertime I watch one of your videos, I am so impressed with your research and knowledge. I bet you clean house at trivial pursuit. Lol. Being a history buff I absolutely love these videos. Please never stop.
Lord Beerus forever!
Ainz Ooal Gown
Lol really
@@templar333
MASTER!
Aww, I was really hoping to hear you trying to pronounce Coyolxauhqui… 😉
Rich Wilson - People should send him easy-to-read transcriptions of such difficult names: Coyolxauhqui /koh-yohl-shah-oo-kee/
It was bad enough hearing him say something as simple as "Czernobog!"
My grandfather takes that
Great video, learned a ton. Now you need or should to do one for Good Gods. :)
"lust" is a good weapon. lol
"Giltine" is the Lithuanian Goddess of the Underworld. She deserves at least a comment. If not a mention in a future video like this one.
Suggestion: Top 10 things we don't know about Simon Whistler and the TopTenz Net team?
That could be cool, A top Tenz Bio on each person though as doing this with all their support would only offer 1 or 2 bits of info about each person. Today I found out...that the alternate cast member is actually Daven Hiskey, not Dave Nhiskey as I thought he had been saying.
he is a gay canadian with a small wewe noooot wi love you simon
TopTenz But do every single video have to "do well"? Giving your fans a little extra now and then just as a treat, even if you can't immediately make a profit from it will make for a happier and tighter-knit community in the long run. And it is easier to keep old "customers" happy than constantly trying to attract new ones. Marketing 101. :-)
KALI is missing.
Calbairo
Yes, i wondering where she is!
Kali is the manifestation of Goddess's rage against evil.
Mata Kali isn’t evil in the slightest, she loves her children (humanity) and will stop at nothing to protect them. Kali is the deified form of godly destruction of wickedness.
P. R. Your right she isn’t evil but she is still a goddess of death so technically should be in the list...
Dude, you got a like for just owning up to the fact you don't know everything - Re how to say some of the names. Very refreshing and adds a nice wee human element.
Please do Top 10 chief deities in their respective pantheons, like Odin, Zeus, Dadga etc.
Usual high standard being interesting and informative.
ThankS Simon
Love the video... And the Sweater.
Sehkmet was an interesting choice. But my #1 on this list would have been Osiris. No underworld deity had as much of an impact on their people or later mythologies than Osiris for the Egyptians. Having studied Egyptology thoroughly, you would not believe how deep their underworld mythology goes. Another deity I would have loved to see on the list is Ereshkigal from the Sumerians. She is possibly the oldest underworld deity that we have record of. And her sister, Inanna's, journey to the underworld is one of the most important and repeated stories in history.
#11 Did you know Gods of death love apples?
June f you watch to much death note
Jameson Weimann or just enough
Apple used to be thought as poisonous or almost anything red really
June f love that one..lol
Touche
Just a note: Neither Loki, nor any of his children are considered gods among the Nordic peoples. Loki is blood-brother to Odin, but is a Jotun. Furthermore, both Odin and Freyja are considered Death Gods. Freyja gets FIRST CHOICE of those slain in battle to go to Folksvang. Odin gets what she doesn't take for herself. (Hence half those slain were burned to go to Valhalla, and half were buried to go to Folksvang. Moreover, Freyja has such control over death that to win back her stolen property she was able to cause a war with 40,000 dead, then raise them as draugr to kill even more--presumably to split between her and Odin.
I really wish you people would stop getting your information from Marvel Comics and The Vikings, and actually read the Eddas.
Cobalt Blue Odin collected souls of Vikings running from death
No. Odin doesn't collect souls. Odin sends the Valkyries out to collect souls. Odin was, and rightly so, accused of letting the lesser combatant win over the superior warrior in the Flyting of Loki. That was because he was trying to get the best warriors in their prime into Valhalla. Warriors who dedicated themselves to Odin put on the Volknot knowing that Odin would eventually betray them and they were telling him where to put the spear to kill them. (Casting a spear over part of an army was dedicated half of them to Odin).
Cobalt Blue Wait, so you're telling me that Thor is NOT in the Avengers?!
Ah, I thought that the giant Loki (father of Hel, Fenrir & Jormungandr) and the 'trickster' Loki (connected to Thor) were two separate characters? Norse mythology sure gets a bit confusing in places ^^
Azara Fell I don't think so, maybe there were 2 different entities named loki who both happen to be frost giants. Maybe loki is a common frost giant name
*BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD!!!*
SKULLS FOR THE SKULL THRONE
KILL! KILL! KILL!
MILK FOR THE KHORNE FLAKES
Sherlock Holmes but are they crispy or soft?
BLOOD FOR G’HUUN
Love this kinda stuff.
Sekhmet isn't really a death goddess. She is a war goddess. Egyptian gods of death and funerals would be Osiris and Anubis.
did you expect this channel to do any real research and not just read of wiki pages
Pretty sure the title mentions destruction too.
And Thoth
You are correct! Sekmet killed a lot of people as a war goddess, but she isn't a funerary deity. That would be Anubis, Nepthys and Osiris - Osiris was the king of the Underworld
@@lukekonopka1344
If you know that they don't supply inaccurate information, then why are you here. Why would you subject yourself to something that irritates you.
Set, Kali, Hades, Satan, just a few more missing
I remember Ahriman from Highlander.
Hello from the future, well 2020 anyway. I enjoy your shows Mr. Whisler. How do I grab pint in this time of need? Blessings to all.
they did not only go to valhalla, they could also go to folkvangr
They didn't download the DLC for Valhalla.
Simon, you should narrate Creepy Pasta stories. Your voice is perfect for it.
Clicked to see if The Morrighan would be mentioned. Nice entry Simon, and you sourced from OBOD too. My Queen and my Order mentioned in the same video 😁. The Morrighan is also mentioned as taking the form of an eel, as She did in her conflict with Cuchulain and Her status as a fertility goddess is debatable, land and sovereignty are more accurate descriptions of some of Her roles than fertility, though like I said, it's debatable and I don't dismiss it or presumento say that those who worship The Morrighan as a fertility goddess are wrong.
How could you have a list like this and not have Hades from Greek mythology?
Tyler Johnson And what about Kali? Too many important ones missed
greek and norse are overrated
Ahmed Ali It said top Gods... Not top Gods minutes the overrated Greek and Norse mythology... Regardless of how you feel about them they are important.
@@AhmedAli-hi4si what does that matter lmao they mentioned Norse
Why go with the already most well known gods. They already have tons of videos about them, to call them overrated is an understatement
I like this video
some small mistakes about Hel, but great video :)
suggestion top 10 things that can go wrong in your life :)
All they'd need do is tell my life story. The ultimate of my things gone wrong was my dying in a car crash. It's hard to have anything worse happen during your day than to die. Luckily I was brought back thanks to paramedics quick action at the crash scene. No respiration no pulse and I lived to tell about it.
“Snakes human hearts and skulls.” Siiick
LOVE!!!
I know some of these from the game smite xD
Pls more of these videos there so interesting
who can have a go at you after that comment, very nicely said
Is there a part two? 👍😁👍
Yes! I love less known religious stuff. People’s collective explanation of the natural world is always weird.
All hail the Lord of Light! For the Night is dark and full of terrors!
Hail Sithis!
Death gives life a meaning. Life gives death a meaning.
Wuuuuuuut????????
Bro i never heard something like that, thank you
Hades love
Hades?
Everyone knows about him - this video seems to have been about the lesser known ones?
Oh. Ok thanks
Hades isn't technically the god of death so it wouldn't count, he is instead the god of the dead
thanatos is the ripper in greek
He was lord of the underworld, that counts given the title of the vid.
🤣🤣🤣 pronunciation! .... but thank you for this video. Love your work! SKOL!
Cthulhu is displeased...
Cthulhu was created in the 1920s by H.P. Lovecraft in the book "The call of Cthulhu"
That joke is an old one
@@diceman199 old one indeed.
Spanky x813 Scientology doesn’t find that point relevant
Wish youtube had a laugh react
I always thought of the Morrigan as the first mother to yell " I gave you life. I can take it back" and mean it.
Simon, this is always so interesting. The only thing, if I may, please try to speak a little less fast? I know that British people tend to speak very fast, but you, Simon, speak very fast even for them. Please, a little less precipitated?
Dayum, Simon has another channel besides today I found out? Subscribe!
Will you make a part 2 including Baron Samedi or Shinagami?
I realize that this video is 5 years old, and I have certainly seen an improvement in quality of these videos since then. That being said, as a general comment for you or for anyone thinking of creating similar content, it isn't that hard to find out how to properly pronounce foreign names & words. Your pronunciation of Crnobog was grating on my ears.
To be honest, I wouldn't complain if your videos were homebrew, amateur acts of love for the community, but you have a pro team of collaborators, so I think you should be held to a higher standard ;)
This video is great, though!
Lol conan the barbarian flashbacks... *Two snakes... facing each other!*
in Russia we call him Chornobog (Blackgod)~literal translation
im reminded of rwby i mean the whole brother deities of light and darkness thing
Hel and Fenrir are awesome
Beautifully presented
Thanos- God Of Destroying Avengers Fans
The one religion I've been hoping they could translate from the carvings and sculptures is the one in and around Gobekli Tepe. Thank you for another wonderful video! Oh, to have a go at you for mispronunciations... "GO!" Okay, there is my go at you for it :-)
jaspr1999 there is this channel called ancient architects here on youtube. He states Gobekli is not a religious ruin but rather a time capsule of the survivors of the catastrophe of 11 thousand years ago. They wrote the events that lead to the destruction of everything that was.
SO GLAD MY LADY THEMORRIGAN MADE THIS LIST
I really enjoy this, but do you have to talk so fast? lol, Is it a time constraint or something?
I have always loved the story of The Morigan
7:47 is that Morrigan from Dragon's Age? I notice that pauldron.
You do your best! And those who complain about it. Could you please write and preform a complete essay on pronounciation in a language you do not know. If you cant do it 100% perfectly you have no rite to bash on simon i mean honestly.
That was interesting, if not weird.
All hail sekhmet lordess of college parties
Hel is amazing!
Top 10 God's of War..
Do a Top 10 "Top 10 videos" video.
“During 600 BC, it was a major source of inspiration for monotheistic religions.”
Y’know, despite the fact that the Pentateuch had been written at least 400 years earlier, even by late-date Exodus standards.
7) Battle and Childbirth, both went to Valhalla. Which I always thought was rather neat.
Its pronounced "Tshernobog", literally translated "Blackgod"
I wondered about that when the other is "Belobog" - "Whitegod"
Chernobog (?) is dope af, use him in SMITE all the time
Thats racist
I m the first comment and first like👍👍😉
I think I've heard Crnobog pronounced as Churnovog, if there's an Opera or piece classical music about him then yeah, it's usually pronounced something like that.
It depends on the Slavic language. Eastern languages (Russian, Ukranian) pronounce it as Chernobog/h, Western ones (Polish, Czech) have similar pronounciation, while in the Southern (Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian) it's Tsrnobog.
@TopTenz I noticed the images you used for Elrik were from the Himalayas - is he linked to Tibetan Buddhism in some way?
Only that Buddhists made a deal with an outsider to make him the reincarnation of Kublai Khan and the other one became the 3rd Dalai Lama. After that, it was 300 years of oppression and starvation for everyone that tried to practice their faith and most of the prayers were destroyed or rewritten to please the Buddhist way of teaching. That's what happened in Mongolia
you're doing a video about the gods and you did I t even researched how to pronounced their names . but don't worry , I trust you've got all other things right
Hades, KING OF THE UNDERWORLD. What made him not make this list?
Kaledrone /\ same reason why the Aztec Mictlantecutli, lord of the underworld and owner of the universe (because everything dies) wasn’t included.
lord shiva.
Whatisin thename I prefer Durga Devi
Yamraaj?
thats Hindu :)
interesting
The Moragan was also known to have a thing for Cu Chulainn
Beerus the lord of destruction at least better be an honarble mention.
please do top 10 ways tye world will end in different religions
In the Beginning thyne government indoctrinated education shall be overburdened with Junk Science, phony math and a variety of Spanish dialects. Man shall pray for a better x-box score, more chemicals for meth and pictures of naked women and small boys. Thy will be afraid of the Sun and thyne Mother's basement shall become your only shelter! Amen.
But Fear Not!! Thine shall drinketh thine lip to the sweet taste of Brawndo!! It's got electrolytes!!! Amen.
The Revolution Will Be Televised lol
Morrigan is epic and Hel too 😃
You mispronounced...no wait...I haven't a clue if you mispronounced anything. Love your channel!!!
Mr Whistler should read books on audible he definitely as the voice for it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Anyone have any book suggestions I can purchase for my adult son about this subject?
He has several books, along with my old college texts on the subject.
what happened to Ah puch? he is on of the most terrifying underworld gods of all.
Hail Odin. The old gods are watching!
Hail ODIN Woden WOTAN the ALLfather!!!!ur ancestors are watching from Valhalla waiting for u too join them or forsake them ur choice!!!
I’m pretty sure my wife is a descendant of all these goddess’. And I love her so much because of it!
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