Mike your videos, your voice, this series calms my anxiety down so much you have no idea. Love it, thank you! please keep creating more amazing content. Also shout out to John Green doing history
Fun fact about Ten Thousand Treasure Mountain: "Ten thousand" in Chinese is a number that gets used to represent arbitrarily large numbers or everything (much like how the Bible uses forty [whatever] to denote a long period of time). So it's essentially the mountain with all the treasure. (For fans of Avatar the Last Airbender: This means Wan Shi Tong metaphorically claims omniscience.)
All you americans asking about corn: It can mean maize, yes, but it is also used as a more general term for ALL cereal crops. Oats, millet, wheat, barley etc.
Sadly though, it's not only Americans making these redundant comments, *but also non-Americans who had been brainwashed by American English and American-centric assumptions.*
@@Suite_annamite look. It's not our fault that we outnumber the british by about 4 to 1. It's also not our fault that all of these terms are in reference to what is basically cultivated freakish grass.
Please don't lump all the fools under some American banner. I'm American and I knew wtf they were talking about without explanation. The middle of the country drags our average down, I know, but we can be pretty clever near the coasts.
in maori mythology, the four peaks at the centre of the north island (Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, Ruapehu, and Taranaki), originally lived in harmony and peace. that is until a fair, beautiful mountain called Pihanga arrived from the north.The mountains all immediately fell for her, and a war broke out, where every mountain fought for the right to sleep next to Pihanga. In the end, Ngauruhoe won, and the mountains split up, with Ngauruhoe being able to cuddle up next to Pihanga, Tongariro to the immediate south of him, then at the furthest point south, stood Ruapehu. Taranaki, who truly loved Pihanga, chose to flee as far as he could from the mountains he once called brothers. He eventually came to rest at the far west coast of the north island, and his journey was marked by a series of deep valleys and rivers. In his shame, he cloaked himself in cloud, and chose never to look upon his brothers or Pihanga ever again.
Illustrating "corn" with maize is a bit misleading as maize originates in America and was not known to the ancient Chinese. This seems like the result of a typical confusion of the different meaning of "corn" in British and American English.
According to wiktionary, USA, Canada, and Australia use corn to refer exclusively to maize, while in British English it refers to the main cereal of a given region.
*Minor Correction/Clarification:* 6:40 Shintoism itself is not the pre-animistic religion that existed before Heian Era Japan (6th century), but a combination of these animistic elements mixed with Buddhist ideas that were imported during this period. So while yes many of the traditions within Shintoism have their roots in the practices of this animistic religion, it is not that religion. This early religion does not have an official English name, since it was completely absorbed by Shintoism, in fact, in some books this "pre-Shintoism" is just portrayed as an earlier version of Shintoism itself, but this idea completely minimizes the enormous influence Chinese culture and ideas had on Japanese ideas and concepts during the Heian period. . This influence is seen throughout many things that are considered Japanese, like the entire Japanese written language which is a direct result of Chinese influence on Japan, with Kanji being a direct importation of the Chinese writing system, with Hiragana and Katakana being simplified versions of those characters which were made by Buddhist monks, another thing imported from China. I bring this up just to illustrate the complex relationship between Chinese and Japanese culture during this period, showing how many aspects of Japanese culture were completely defined or reimagined during this period. . I understand why Crash Course cut this explanation from the video because if not done fully it may imply to viewers who are unfamiliar with this topic that this pre-existing animistic religion was somehow primitive compared to Shintoism, which is simply not the case, it was just a different religion that was then absorbed by Shintoism, a similar thing happened in India when Buddhism was absorbed into Hinduism. So I am not mad with Crash Course, I just wanted to give this explanation here in case some of you are interested.
The story about water from Fujisan (Mount Fuji) has a practical connection to the non-mythical world. The water that flows from Fuji, percolating downhill for many miles (and years) through permeable layers in the ground, when it finally surfaces, provides some of the most delicious water in Japan.
There's a Hindu myth from the Ramayana where Hanuman needed to bring a medicinal herb called the Sanjeevani Booti from a mountain. He flew over, but couldn't figure out which one was the Sanjeevani. So he lifted the entire mountain and flew it back to Lanka.
This sounds quite similar to a Georgian myth that I heard. Instead of an old man, there's a magic raven king, who offers a poor farmer help after he feeds him and his raven guests if the farmer came to his kingdom. The farmer went to the raven king's domain several times, retrieved several magical items, but then the local lord takes away what the farmer was given by the raven king. At the end, the raven king gives the farmer a chest, and says to keep it in his house. When the lord comes to take away what's inside the chest, he opens it to find an enchanted bat that starts beating him. The king returns all of the farmer's magical item and he lives happily ever after
Hi, considering how vast China is & how many notable mountains there are, could you mention roughly which part this myth/mountain is from please? Seriously have never heard of it & can't even think of anything that broadly matches...
I kept getting distracted by the fact that the grinder was used upside down :) The round, ball-y part is the handle and should face upwards :) Love CC and Rugnetta's narration!
It is said that if you wander the deep forest of Yatsugatake mountain ranges at night, or finding that one abandonded ancient shrine deep within the region, there is a ever so small chance that you will be able to see the original Yatsugatake before it was smashed by Fuji...
Idea for an episode that could overlap with Crash Course Big History: how ancient oral storytelling traditions sometimes overlap with huge geologic events. The Great Flood stories of course come to mind, but another one that comes to mind is the story of Skell and Llao from the Klamath Indians, who witnessed the formation of Crater Lake after the Eruption of Mount Mazama. The formation of the lake is thought to be the basis for the legend.
I've never heard any stories or legend about the Ten Thousand Treasure Mountain nor can I search any source material on Google. Where did this story came from?
Are you going to do a crash course mythology on the Irish myths... Such as the tain, the battles of moytura, tir na nog, the story of the fishing brothers or even of stringy Jack
Wish you guys talked to my professor before making this video, he made a very extensive research about mountains, their myths from so many countries (Middle East, Africa, Asia) and their significance. I could link you to his Facebook if you want to make another video about mountains :)
In Mapuche myths , volcanoes are prisons for Pillan (a kind of god) and the lava pouring out are their arms, fighting to get out. Ngen-winkul are the guardian spirits of mountains and volcanoes and they are the ones in charge of protect their inhabitants. There's also that story about the time Peri-Pillan wanted the most beautiful woman of a village and she throw herself into the volcano because no one was willing to do it and they were all going to die otherwise.
Mt. Damavand in Iran. In Persian mythology it's a magical mountain where the demon King Zahak was imprisoned. Zahak had snakes growing out of his shoulders that ate human brains.
...Gilgamesh walked 12 hours in the dark of the lips/rift in the Persian range east of Edin... ...Enoch, Horus, was taken up the same mountain, on a white horse in whirlwind and hail- and there taught the sons of Enosh Anu Ilu 'god', And witnessed a mountain top shaking... ...Daniel too visited Shushan up the Persian mountain range and had some visions there...
Corn noun mass noun British: The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats. ‘fields of corn’ North American: another term for maize
The Ten-Thousand-Treasure-Mountain reminds me of the Sampo from Finnish myth (best known from the Kalevala). its description varies a fair bit but in the Kalevala and later sources it's usually described as a mill that produces flour, salt, and gold without raw material. It's thought to have originally been a world pillar. Could be a relevant/interesting example for a future episode.
If anyone here is Japanese, can you please explain to me the difference between kami and gami? I'm thinking of the phrase "shinigami" from watching both Death Note and Bleach a good while back. Much appreciated! 🇮🇪 🇯🇵
In Puerto Rico there's a sacred mountain (not the tallest) where the natives said the god Yucayu lives and from where he fought the god of destruction, Yurakan.
Some myths are even hard to imagine, a mountain that destroys another mountain´s peak with a stick or stone grinder producing corn. How did people imagine such things?
The tale of 10000 treasure mountain is not a "Chinese" Chinese folklore, it actually belongs to the Yao people, an ethnical minority now lives in the southwestern part of PRC who speaks an entirely different language. Also in the original myth (at least the version I was told by a 60-years-old local man several years ago) it was indeed about corn. Maize was brought to that part of the world not earlier than 400 years ago, not very long but still long enough for the locals to write a story about it.
well if you look hard enough you'll find on the internet some 20th-century academic books on Miao-Yao people and their traditions, which did mentioned this particular kind of 'archetype' myth being popular among the locals, but apart from that there's not much you could find.
Corn in British English is merely the chief cereal crop of a district, in England wheat or in Scotland oats. In North American English it is used as another term for maize
It's ironic that this video is #33. In Buddhism, the axis mundi of the cosmos is a mountain known as "Sumeru." At the top of the mountain is a heaven called "Trāyastrimsha" which means "of the 33 (gods)."
I hope someday you guys would cover Philippine mythology, I know its not really part of any course (apart those studying Philippine Mythology) but I know many Filipino would be happy if you didn
Can you guys start posting sources and the names of the myths in the original language? Because I'm digging through Chinese sources trying to find this story and I'm coming up with absolutely nothing.
I like how the Greeks and Romans had mount Olympus a place where the gods lived.. even tho its really a very claimable hill, more than an inaccessible mountain.
@CrashCourse - If the mortars collapsed when touched by the officials, it's likely any other mortar (and perhaps even the treasure itself) collapsed as he touched it. Which, thinking about it, has an even better poetic justice to it.
The idea of mountains beating each other senseless with sticks is hilarious!!
Kenny Martin I think that must be a pretty big stick .
But yeah funny.
Until you realize they are way bigger than you...
I love John Green.. But this guy has a great story voice.
The ten thousand treasure mountain is such a pleasant story. I am quite happy having heard it here first.
Mike your videos, your voice, this series calms my anxiety down so much you have no idea. Love it, thank you! please keep creating more amazing content. Also shout out to John Green doing history
Fun fact about Ten Thousand Treasure Mountain: "Ten thousand" in Chinese is a number that gets used to represent arbitrarily large numbers or everything (much like how the Bible uses forty [whatever] to denote a long period of time). So it's essentially the mountain with all the treasure.
(For fans of Avatar the Last Airbender: This means Wan Shi Tong metaphorically claims omniscience.)
I am Chinese and we use “ten thousand” as a mathematical unit, like “thousand”.
Woot, I love Shintoism. Such a fascinating religion. Glad to see some discussion on the cultural context.
All you americans asking about corn:
It can mean maize, yes, but it is also used as a more general term for ALL cereal crops. Oats, millet, wheat, barley etc.
For all you non-Americans asking about corn, it's been answered 50 times already.
Sadly though, it's not only Americans making these redundant comments, *but also non-Americans who had been brainwashed by American English and American-centric assumptions.*
Although I will say it was rather confusing that they used maize as the visual in this
@@Suite_annamite look. It's not our fault that we outnumber the british by about 4 to 1. It's also not our fault that all of these terms are in reference to what is basically cultivated freakish grass.
Please don't lump all the fools under some American banner. I'm American and I knew wtf they were talking about without explanation. The middle of the country drags our average down, I know, but we can be pretty clever near the coasts.
'Thinky face... emoji.' - Mike Rugnetta.
I just had to stop and comment because of that too
🤔
Fellas??
in maori mythology, the four peaks at the centre of the north island (Tongariro, Ngauruhoe, Ruapehu, and Taranaki), originally lived in harmony and peace. that is until a fair, beautiful mountain called Pihanga arrived from the north.The mountains all immediately fell for her, and a war broke out, where every mountain fought for the right to sleep next to Pihanga. In the end, Ngauruhoe won, and the mountains split up, with Ngauruhoe being able to cuddle up next to Pihanga, Tongariro to the immediate south of him, then at the furthest point south, stood Ruapehu. Taranaki, who truly loved Pihanga, chose to flee as far as he could from the mountains he once called brothers. He eventually came to rest at the far west coast of the north island, and his journey was marked by a series of deep valleys and rivers. In his shame, he cloaked himself in cloud, and chose never to look upon his brothers or Pihanga ever again.
It's nice to see some nice myths with happy endings for a change.
Illustrating "corn" with maize is a bit misleading as maize originates in America and was not known to the ancient Chinese. This seems like the result of a typical confusion of the different meaning of "corn" in British and American English.
Yeah, thought cafe done goofed. Oh well.
Is it different between Canadian English and British English?
According to wiktionary, USA, Canada, and Australia use corn to refer exclusively to maize, while in British English it refers to the main cereal of a given region.
Ko-Li and the 10,000 Treasure Mountain
I smell the next Uncharted game
@Xagzan Yes, I do!
Two lovely stories.
1:30 And you can't forget the legend of the Super Solver and the Treasure Mountain. That was one of my favorites as a kid.
*Minor Correction/Clarification:* 6:40 Shintoism itself is not the pre-animistic religion that existed before Heian Era Japan (6th century), but a combination of these animistic elements mixed with Buddhist ideas that were imported during this period. So while yes many of the traditions within Shintoism have their roots in the practices of this animistic religion, it is not that religion. This early religion does not have an official English name, since it was completely absorbed by Shintoism, in fact, in some books this "pre-Shintoism" is just portrayed as an earlier version of Shintoism itself, but this idea completely minimizes the enormous influence Chinese culture and ideas had on Japanese ideas and concepts during the Heian period.
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This influence is seen throughout many things that are considered Japanese, like the entire Japanese written language which is a direct result of Chinese influence on Japan, with Kanji being a direct importation of the Chinese writing system, with Hiragana and Katakana being simplified versions of those characters which were made by Buddhist monks, another thing imported from China. I bring this up just to illustrate the complex relationship between Chinese and Japanese culture during this period, showing how many aspects of Japanese culture were completely defined or reimagined during this period.
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I understand why Crash Course cut this explanation from the video because if not done fully it may imply to viewers who are unfamiliar with this topic that this pre-existing animistic religion was somehow primitive compared to Shintoism, which is simply not the case, it was just a different religion that was then absorbed by Shintoism, a similar thing happened in India when Buddhism was absorbed into Hinduism. So I am not mad with Crash Course, I just wanted to give this explanation here in case some of you are interested.
The myth of the mt fuji goddess is so cute!
The story about water from Fujisan (Mount Fuji) has a practical connection to the non-mythical world.
The water that flows from Fuji, percolating downhill for many miles (and years) through permeable layers in the ground, when it finally surfaces, provides some of the most delicious water in Japan.
That thinky face emoji line was well delivered. Good job Mike!
There's a Hindu myth from the Ramayana where Hanuman needed to bring a medicinal herb called the Sanjeevani Booti from a mountain. He flew over, but couldn't figure out which one was the Sanjeevani. So he lifted the entire mountain and flew it back to Lanka.
Utkarsh Bansal this is the version I have heard. My grandpa told me so! Man I loved his stories!!
seems reasonable
So... can't find the plant? Take the whole mountain
Also, booti
+ Wong Ian: Good one.
so you've never heard of stories Mount Meru, mount Kailash sacred to Hindus,Bhuddist and Jains?
4:17 - I been there bro. Stay strong
This sounds quite similar to a Georgian myth that I heard. Instead of an old man, there's a magic raven king, who offers a poor farmer help after he feeds him and his raven guests if the farmer came to his kingdom. The farmer went to the raven king's domain several times, retrieved several magical items, but then the local lord takes away what the farmer was given by the raven king. At the end, the raven king gives the farmer a chest, and says to keep it in his house. When the lord comes to take away what's inside the chest, he opens it to find an enchanted bat that starts beating him. The king returns all of the farmer's magical item and he lives happily ever after
Hi, considering how vast China is & how many notable mountains there are, could you mention roughly which part this myth/mountain is from please? Seriously have never heard of it & can't even think of anything that broadly matches...
“Seize the hoe”
I thought this was supposed to be family-friendly?
Damnit you beat me to it XD
Insert "thats the joke" clip here
That's what happens when Emperor's try to firmly seize the means of production.
Adrian Duran I
I kept getting distracted by the fact that the grinder was used upside down :) The round, ball-y part is the handle and should face upwards :) Love CC and Rugnetta's narration!
It is said that if you wander the deep forest of Yatsugatake mountain ranges at night, or finding that one abandonded ancient shrine deep within the region, there is a ever so small chance that you will be able to see the original Yatsugatake before it was smashed by Fuji...
Look, nobody gets weirded out by a boy getting in love with a mountain. Everybody is questioning whether there is really corn or not in ancient China.
I love these videos.
Idea for an episode that could overlap with Crash Course Big History: how ancient oral storytelling traditions sometimes overlap with huge geologic events. The Great Flood stories of course come to mind, but another one that comes to mind is the story of Skell and Llao from the Klamath Indians, who witnessed the formation of Crater Lake after the Eruption of Mount Mazama. The formation of the lake is thought to be the basis for the legend.
*magical grindr
well, gay wizards need to hook up somehow
I only noticed that now i-
😂
I've never heard any stories or legend about the Ten Thousand Treasure Mountain nor can I search any source material on Google. Where did this story came from?
I'd really love a list of all your sources when this series is over. Every time you tell a story, I think, "I want to read that!"
Are you going to do a crash course mythology on the Irish myths...
Such as the tain, the battles of moytura, tir na nog, the story of the fishing brothers or even of stringy Jack
Wish you guys talked to my professor before making this video, he made a very extensive research about mountains, their myths from so many countries (Middle East, Africa, Asia) and their significance. I could link you to his Facebook if you want to make another video about mountains :)
In Mapuche myths , volcanoes are prisons for Pillan (a kind of god) and the lava pouring out are their arms, fighting to get out. Ngen-winkul are the guardian spirits of mountains and volcanoes and they are the ones in charge of protect their inhabitants.
There's also that story about the time Peri-Pillan wanted the most beautiful woman of a village and she throw herself into the volcano because no one was willing to do it and they were all going to die otherwise.
How does a mountain hold a stick or get one that big? Or should I not question it since its a story?
I can't help but feel that Tolkein's mythology would have been relevant here : p
Those were some cool stories. Thanks for sharing them.
Mt. Damavand in Iran. In Persian mythology it's a magical mountain where the demon King Zahak was imprisoned. Zahak had snakes growing out of his shoulders that ate human brains.
They should have featured Mount Olympus and Mount Sinai.
do one on mythological forests(!!)
brudermüll /// given that hint at the end, I think he just might do so.
...Gilgamesh walked 12 hours in the dark of the lips/rift in the Persian range east of Edin...
...Enoch, Horus, was taken up the same mountain, on a white horse in whirlwind and hail- and there taught the sons of Enosh Anu Ilu 'god', And witnessed a mountain top shaking...
...Daniel too visited Shushan up the Persian mountain range and had some visions there...
On the topic of mountains, I'd love to see you do an episode on the Multnomah Tribe's origin for the local volcanoes Wy'east, Pahto, and Loowit.
Yay myths about forests! I'm trying to write a story center on a forest so next one will be useful!
Everything gets anthropomorphized on the internet
And Ruled 34-ed.
let's keep the train rolling then!!!
*in humanity, mythology, Cartoons, Pixar (lol) etc...
Humans tend to anthropomorphize in general.
I really have to give props to thought cafe for the beautiful thumbnail!
Gloriously bad puns. Man, I love this series. ❤
i have a question. I thought that corn was native from america but it is present in that myth from China. Am i wrong about the origin of corn or what?
Corn
noun
mass noun
British: The chief cereal crop of a district, especially (in England) wheat or (in Scotland) oats. ‘fields of corn’
North American: another term for maize
Bob Emmerson , It was a leanguage problem then.Thank you for the explanation. (I'm not a native english speaker)
The Ten-Thousand-Treasure-Mountain reminds me of the Sampo from Finnish myth (best known from the Kalevala). its description varies a fair bit but in the Kalevala and later sources it's usually described as a mill that produces flour, salt, and gold without raw material. It's thought to have originally been a world pillar. Could be a relevant/interesting example for a future episode.
The graphics on the thumbnail are beautiful.
If anyone here is Japanese, can you please explain to me the difference between kami and gami? I'm thinking of the phrase "shinigami" from watching both Death Note and Bleach a good while back. Much appreciated! 🇮🇪 🇯🇵
I can imagine mt Everest coming across the two arguing mountains and go "pfh, now sweet, they think they're tall"
Type Masters *Olympus Mons laughing in the distance*
Dissapointed Turtle- the HUGE distance
In Puerto Rico there's a sacred mountain (not the tallest) where the natives said the god Yucayu lives and from where he fought the god of destruction, Yurakan.
I'm enjoying this series so much! n_n
you should write a book on mythology i would really be interested in reading it or maybe suggesting some book we could read or textbooks
Would love to see a video on Warner's Ring Cycle and it's use of mythology I'm it's variety. Your thoughts on your music would also be ace! 👌
we anthropomorphize everything!! and it may very well be a good thing, let's not stop.
I love the thinking face... emoji🤔. Keep the myths coming
So, how did a Chinese myth involve corn, which was domesticated in Mexico? Or is corn just a translated version of some unfamiliar Chinese grain?
Some myths are even hard to imagine, a mountain that destroys another mountain´s peak with a stick or stone grinder producing corn. How did people imagine such things?
Drugs. Inhaling "holy" smoke has a long history in all cultures around the world.
Michal Vosyka Nobody can imagine this kind of stuff. It must've happened for real.
...To be frank as a Chinese, I haven't heard the K'o-Li myth until now
Lol! Thinky emoji! How cute! I love these! Thank you so much for so much fun learning and info!
great video! Love it! Can't wait for the next one!
Did anyone else spot a little similarity to the story in Holes, where the young man carries the old person up the mountain for a mystical boon?
The tale of 10000 treasure mountain is not a "Chinese" Chinese folklore, it actually belongs to the Yao people, an ethnical minority now lives in the southwestern part of PRC who speaks an entirely different language.
Also in the original myth (at least the version I was told by a 60-years-old local man several years ago) it was indeed about corn. Maize was brought to that part of the world not earlier than 400 years ago, not very long but still long enough for the locals to write a story about it.
So it's an oral lore? because I can't find it any where else from the internet
well if you look hard enough you'll find on the internet some 20th-century academic books on Miao-Yao people and their traditions, which did mentioned this particular kind of 'archetype' myth being popular among the locals, but apart from that there's not much you could find.
Thanks, would you mind providing the link to it?
Surely the corn would be millet, not maize.
Millet or wheat, yes, but surely nor maize. Didn't we have an episode about the Columbian exchange guys? ^^
Corn in British English is merely the chief cereal crop of a district, in England wheat or in Scotland oats.
In North American English it is used as another term for maize
And in German, 'Korn' can mean grain, corn or kernel, but never maize (at least on it's own), very confusing ^^
Same in Swedish!
Maybe it was the band Korn
That would be one hell of a stick to reach from mountain to mountain.
that stick attack was great
CABRAKEN-Destroyer of Mountains!
I like this mythical stuff, it's feels real
What about Popo and Ixy from Aztec mythology?
Remi Wesnofske I was thinking the same thing! What about Popocateptl and Ixtalcihuatl?
Remi Wesnofske the first rule of mr popo’s training. Don’t talk about mr. Popo’s trainingz
how 'bout Quetzaquatel and his brother? also: pecking order!
Why did the king starve? Couldn't he use some of the magical tools in the mountain to create water and food?
David Gusqui Loor it was shown that only those who are hard working and honest could use the treasures. So the king more than likely died
What about mount Hourai
Can you guys do one on tree worship? Is tree or plant worship a thing?
Just FYI: Episodes #28-33 are not associated with the World Mythology playlist... You may wish to add them!
Vietnam has a similar "golden treasure " place in mythology, except it's actually and island.
More Shintoism!! 😊
It's ironic that this video is #33. In Buddhism, the axis mundi of the cosmos is a mountain known as "Sumeru." At the top of the mountain is a heaven called "Trāyastrimsha" which means "of the 33 (gods)."
I hope someday you guys would cover Philippine mythology, I know its not really part of any course (apart those studying Philippine Mythology) but I know many Filipino would be happy if you didn
Crash Course Mythology is improved with all of the Dad Jokes!
the story about ko li sounds a lot like a folktale from japan... nice
Would appreciate some love for Macchu Picchu, but nonetheless, great content and insights!
Please more mountain myths
Love this show!
I kinda wish they talked about Kaguya for Mt Fuji. Speaking of which do Kaguya for an episode.
3:11 wrong corn! corn is a generic term, like grain or spice, and applies to more than just maize (which is called corn in the US)
You had me at Excelsior.
Can you guys start posting sources and the names of the myths in the original language? Because I'm digging through Chinese sources trying to find this story and I'm coming up with absolutely nothing.
I'm gonna act like a leaf and change colors!
what about Mexico's legend of Popocatepetl and Icztlazihuatl volcanoes?
how come I've never heard this ten thousand treasure mountains myth before. Anyone enlightens me?
You meant to say 600 CE *NOT* 600 BCE. changing our BC and AD still trips us up
DarkDennis1961
What’s the big deal on whether someone uses either one?
Prometheus Titan He can use either one but he made a 1200 year mistake
I like how the Greeks and Romans had mount Olympus a place where the gods lived.. even tho its really a very claimable hill, more than an inaccessible mountain.
The corn HAS to be a recent addition to the Chinese myth, would it have been wheat or turnips originally?
I believe Crash Course should talk to their graphics team regarding the inaccurate depiction of maize instead of corn (grain in general).
Crash Course Military History, Crash Course Geology, Crash Course Geography???
Sho Chak Great idea! Everyone loves shapes.
@CrashCourse - If the mortars collapsed when touched by the officials, it's likely any other mortar (and perhaps even the treasure itself) collapsed as he touched it. Which, thinking about it, has an even better poetic justice to it.
you really should have talked about andean cosmovision, where mountains are the local gods. Pariaqaqa and Ausanqati are two examples
Does anyone else think that they should make Crash Course Anthropology for all those Anthropology buffs?
...there's an ancient Japanese saying that, he-who never climbed Mt. Fuji in his lifetime was a fool and he who climbed Mt. Fuji twice was a fool...
I wish I had a magic weed grinder.