What is described in the presentation as a weasel that could kill a Basiilisk, makes more sense as a mongoose, which are known for their abilities to kill poisonous snakes, such as cobras.
I just liked the description here. "Even if you touch a basilisk with a spear, you will instantly die, since the poison will travel up the spear. However, if you manage to throw the basilisk into a den of weasels, it will die." I was thinking: HOW can you throw a basilisk into a den of weasels, if even touching it with a spear will kill you? Also, I was thinking: Are Egyptian cobras Spitting Cobras? If they are, that can explain the claim of "killing with a gaze".
Perhaps you instead can give any insight into how and why there would be such a mythology, if you know the animal? Must be some logical reason why they mention the smell specifically as a danger to a snake-like monster. I know for example honey badgers develop something close to immunity from snakes, and make animals similar to it are not the least afraid of snakes, but just attack, as if it's a delicious snack.
@@QueenChristine826 Aha! So that's the explanation then. They hunt snakes and are not afraid of them, probably got mixed up with the stink of them. Like: - Weasels stink - Weasels hunt snakes - Basilisks exist - Basilisks are not vulnerable against anything else then weasels - Ergo The stink of weasels are dangerous to basilisks... Only the logic is mixed up in the known/unknown facts, realities/fantasies, making it into mythology.
3:15 apparently saint christophorus became known as a dog-headed man because he came from the region of Cananea, which in Latin is similar to the word canus meaning dog
I just love how the best weapon to defeat some of these overpowered creatures is something comically weird. Like "The only thing that could slay a Basilisk is the smell of a weasel". Thats like if an advanced alien species capable of interstellar travel comes to conquer Earth and the only thing that could defeat them is splashing water on them. OH WAIT....
Honestly those aliens must have been increadibly scared. Imagine trying to colonize an entire planet covered in acid, where it rains acid, and all the natives want to kill you.
It makes sense that the basalisk was a confused account of a cobra, (Other snakes fear it, it keeps it head raised, and it fears "Wesals") (Possibly a mongoos.)
Its really tempting to wonder how did anyone believe in anything so outlandish, but then you remember that Australia has wilder shit that most of these.
Dog-Headed Men is the name of my new electronic trio (and Kraftwerk tribute band) which will be appearing at Taste of Zion, third stage, in the 2AM slot for the 4th of July festival.
St Christoffer is the only saint that sometimes is represented with a dog head. This is because he was a cannanite. People in Europe in the middle ages though that cannanites had dogs heads. This was just racist. Cannanites were black
Hey Garret, i’ve always been curious about healthcare in antiquity.. Specifically about ancient doctors, and what people commonly considered “healthy living” back then.. Ever considered doing a video on this topic?
@@SplendidFellow Oh shit, Garrett*. Just fixed it, thanks for pointing that out I’m reading a book by Chris Ryan atm and they have the same last name, think I got their first names mixed up lol
Been a fan for a few years now. Never get tired of learning the beautiful history of ancient Rome. Can you do a video on the Roman medical field if you havent already?
Awesome video! Given that myths usually have some kernel of truth in them, it is fascinating to speculate what inspired them. Maybe a suggestion for next topic would be something similar but in reverse: animals that were common and known to Romans but have gone extinct or have become severely reduced by our times.
There are some letters between medieval monks discussing (in full theological seriousness) whether the Kynocephali have souls or not. The channel "Voices of the Past" has a dramatic reading of them, and it's absolute gold as unintentional comedy.
I don't know what the monks decided about the dog-faced men, but the question itself was not unimportant since the monks evidently did believe that these creatures were real. When Europeans came to the new world, there was considerable debate about whether or not the natives had souls. Catholics generally argued that they did, while Protestants were more likely to believe that they had no souls. These differing conclusions tended to have an effect on how the natives were treated by the different groups, although this is a broad generalization and both Protestants and Catholics could obviously have done better.
@@briteness You ever feel like the answer can take away from the question asked? I don’t know if you planned to do this thing, but I tilt my fedora at you, good Sir! Next stop: That voices of the past video is one of my favorites, and Britan I like how the rabbit hole started, but even though I’m not the OP here, I’ve covered the ground you changed the conversation into a long time ago. I think when we come across the Dog headed men of the new world, that we approach them as if they did have souls, but also if they have gold or other unknown and preferable spices, and if they do, we go at them hard with Christian God and take every penny the heathens have, but if we don’t, the lord knows we need free labor to start a colony there, and if we see any French or Portages, we will do Gods work.
@@briteness For sure, at the start of the rush to the new world the Catholic church was trying quite hard, relatively to everyone else at least, to protect the rights of the natives (well, not the right to worship their own religions, but their right to some sort of personal liberty and safety) against the crowns and other groups. The belief that all souls were equal before god being a sort of vague prototype of the concept of human rights. Eventually they lost and went with the ethos of the times, down to having their own slaves. Despite having played a big part in dismantling slavery in Europe a Millenia prior. A good example of how morality is shaped by real politik as much as the converse. But also an example of the infamous "What's the sex of angels?" and "How many angels can dance on a pinhead?" debates that occupied old men in dusty rooms and distracted them from taking meaningful actions.
Medieval artist: "Alright fam, and could you describe how fast this African cat going?" Explorer who saw Cheetah: "It was easily going as fast as a bird, it was flying across the plain to catch it's prey." Future inventor of Griffons: "Alright fam, thanks for the description I'll get this drafted up."
Idk how you'd go about throwing the basilisk you can't even touch with a spear. Seems like the more logical course of action would be to throw the weasel at the basilisk, not the basilisk to the weasel.
@@shinobi-no-bueno And people with "faces on their chests" could be mother apes with their babies clinging to their chests. These are travelers' tales that are spread over time and distance to attempt to explain what they saw to people who weren't there. If you've ever been interrupted by some "know-it-all" who thinks that they get what you are saying, it's easy to see how the stories got garbled.
I have often thought that the Greeks, for whom Chaos rules all their thoughts, myths and apparent policies in life, was much exaggerated culturally by ‘us’ - a podcast like this serves to remind me how unpredictable and awesome, harrowing, the world around the Greek (and subsequently Roman) appeared in every real sense of the word. Thank you for this - once again - inspired topic!
Recently I've been reading a bit about "monopods" aka sciapods. This sort of stuff stuff cracks me up. Good content as always, even when it gets a bit wacky like this topic.
When I worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I had a boyfriend there who was educated by the communists in Romania. He was a clever guy, but his education was minimal. One day, after looking at all the pictures in the European Paintings gallery, he asked me what the goat-footed, hairy-legged creatures were. I told him they were satyrs. Then he asked me if there were real satyrs in the past...
This channel is SOOO GOOD. The storytelling is out of this world and the details are just so fascinating. You sir, embody eveything I hope to learn from a history channel. I commend you 10/10
Your presentation of facts delivers, hands down, the most bang for your buck of any similar channel. Is there somewhere i can find more lengthy videos???
7:25 This man with a head insted of his trunk makes me curious. I already encountered him when studying a 17th century world map. I would love to know more about those "human creatures" and their origin.
Most of these critters were, by name and ability, listed in Ye Olde AD&D's Monster Manual. I was aware of some being from our own mythologies but I thought a few, like the catoblepas, were just created for the game. They were better read than i thought, heh.
There has never been a story of, or art depicting Puppy headed babies. I just think the ancient world had a first class chance of doing something super cute… But I guess they all got the plague before they had the chance.
they're all real, i dug up intact skeletons of the whole lot just yesterday. they were gathered together for a party, the manticore was passed out on the couch, they died as they lived.
Here's something I just discoverd and am sharing around to the history buffs I know: Around the 17min mark of Dragon Ball Episode 44 (not Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball) the characters are hanging out at a sculpture garden and in that sculpture garden is a pink replica of the "Serpent Column" !!O_O!!
so you're telling me the Deathtouch mechanic in MTG (which started with basilisks before it was a keyword) shouldn't just kill anything the creature touches but should also kill anything that touches the creature. hm
I just want to say for years all of my favorite TH-cam channels and influencers have earned my subscription. That said though my biggest passion is the Catholic Church and Bigfoot. I am not joking around and I've sent numerous replies and requests to a whole litany of creators from famous J-Pop singers, Rich Cooper, Black Gen-Z Mindset, AK Nation News, to even Coffeezilla to at least acknowledge or make a video on Sasquatch!!!!!???? Even if their channel had nothing to do with the subject I just wanted a take on their view of the factual beast in the woods. It's kind of like when you do an interview to an Englishman you may ask whose your favorite futbal team to make small talk as well as show admiration to the person for their personal views/hobbies. All said though Toldinstone has delivered and is a stand up man. He did the task and I am so proud to be a part of this channel everytime he posts to watch. Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this and I know it may be just an 8 minute video but I'm sure it took you almost 12 hours researching and editing this. I know this seems bizarre but I myself am Native American and my own grandmother would tell us stories about these things. When she was little her own grandfather would always warn her to never go alone in the wilderness and be vigilant by the woods. Oddly she knew when I was a child I'd always go into the forest to explore not telling me this until I was over 18 and shared an encounter I had myself. I always wondered about this too, what did the old world and more specifically the Romans thought of these things. In the medieval ages we had the wild men of the forest in literature/ statues. The Babylonians had Enkindu from the epics of Gilgamesh. But the Romans, that is what I wondered? I can't recall his name myself off hand but it was the famous barracks Emperor who allegedly stood 8 feet tall minimum. This man was so tall and massive that he had a game to show his prowess by releasing a horse at the start of a race. The man was so massive and strong he would be able to catch up with it in no time and snatch it up like a mama with her baby to bring it back to the finish as if it were nothing. That's the only story I know of. I do recall the Roman story of Diocletian where he made one of his many edicts of wanting to pay for and see a living cenocepholous or 'dog headed men' of old. At that time it was assumed they were wiped out in Anatolia but some pockets were still living in the Persian controlled areas. It's amazing how an official edict like our Magna Carta from one of the most infomous emperors has a proclamation for wanting to see essentially a werewolf. I also remember a story where this may have sparked Diocletian's interest because occasionally these cenocepholy would be rumoured to appear. After the 3rd Punic War mariners would say the burnt ruins of Carthage the city they would see these dog headed men roam the shores and dart back into the shell buildings for cover. It was as if they were haunting a place that was touched by death and make shift cemeteries. If you wish to know more of these stories there is an actual historian called Josh Turner who speaks 8 languages including Arabic, Spanish, Persian, Hebrew and a few other obscure ones who has dealt into these old stories over in Anatolia/ The Fertile Crescent. His channel is called Paranormal Roundtable but please keep in mind he used to focus on this as a full on cryptid creature all in the flesh nothing too bizarre. He still believes in physical encounters like the one I had but apparently he is now more into ghosts and other paranormal stuff. I don't mind for the way his channel is shifting to that content or lens but he has had well over a thousand witnesses for Sasquatch and Dogmen encounters. You two should collaborate on more cryptid stories!!! I'm serious Josh Turner is a very incredible man of learning and is a kind person you two would get along! Thank you again for being a wonderful person and making this gem of a video. It made my whole year and was straight out of left field you actually listened to me. Sincerely, Ben Santos
Architecture and monumental construction have been much at the heart of Told in Stone but how and where and by whom were the Roman and Greek engineers and architects trained? What were the MIT Stanford and U of Michigan's of their day?
To that twerp in 7th class who told me you couldn't learn about mythology by reading Rick Riordan: HAHA, YOU'RE _WRONG_ It's still not useful knowledge, but I win
0:47 Sound like the "Haemorrhois" is the etymological origin of things like "hemorrhaging" and "hemorrhoids". The "Seps"as the origin of "septic" and perhaps "septicemia".
3:18 I'm losing my mind looking at that icon of Saint Christopher. Like people took that 100% seriously. That was in a church! People prayed to him! Some pope heard about this dog headed dude, went "seems legit", and canonized him. I've heard some wild stuff, but that did it for me
You're really so sure that you can deny canonical dog men? I'm losing my mind over canonical myth; it's a dangerous thing to consider all possibilities, I don't really blame you for not trying.
You're losing your mind in vain. Saint Christopher wasn't a dog headed man, nor was he canonised by "some pope who heard about this dog headed dude and went "seems legit"". Saint Christopher is an actual martyr of the early Church (begining of the fourth century), who died during the Diocletian persecutions and was venerated soon after. Some eastern icons do represent him with a dog head, but it has nothing to do with either the pope, the Church, or the actual Christopher. You can use google for more information about the confusion that led to this iconography. Also, no Christian prays to a saint. What Christians do is ask saints to pray for them since they are closer to God.
@@remilenoir1271 Rémi Lenoir, it's funny that the Japanese assumed he was a dog, but why was he said to be 7-12 feet tall? Also the explanation of the dogmen is bs: "Baboons?", it makes me sad that myth is discarded like this. The Libyans would claim dogmen exist, and their location is possible. The only reason why I'm able to not fully adjust the story to historical commonality is because of an extended history that I realized must have happened in order for the "earliest" civilizations to have developed across the world with common culture and history. Ps, your name is something pleasant.
What is described in the presentation as a weasel that could kill a Basiilisk, makes more sense as a mongoose, which are known for their abilities to kill poisonous snakes, such as cobras.
Weasels are well known for killing snakes. Judging by your narrowminded ignorance you're probably Americans.
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@@ecurewitzlol my thought too
They are in the same Mustelidae family, it's my spirit animal, the Ichneumon. A ward against the gaze of a basilisk.
I just liked the description here.
"Even if you touch a basilisk with a spear, you will instantly die, since the poison will travel up the spear. However, if you manage to throw the basilisk into a den of weasels, it will die."
I was thinking: HOW can you throw a basilisk into a den of weasels, if even touching it with a spear will kill you?
Also, I was thinking: Are Egyptian cobras Spitting Cobras? If they are, that can explain the claim of "killing with a gaze".
As someone who owned ferrets, I can confirm that the smell of a weasel can stop even the most agressive Basilisk.
Perhaps you instead can give any insight into how and why there would be such a mythology, if you know the animal? Must be some logical reason why they mention the smell specifically as a danger to a snake-like monster. I know for example honey badgers develop something close to immunity from snakes, and make animals similar to it are not the least afraid of snakes, but just attack, as if it's a delicious snack.
@@elvenkind6072 because they stink. ;) Also, ferrets/weasels hunt snakes.
@@QueenChristine826 Aha! So that's the explanation then. They hunt snakes and are not afraid of them, probably got mixed up with the stink of them. Like:
- Weasels stink
- Weasels hunt snakes
- Basilisks exist
- Basilisks are not vulnerable against anything else then weasels
- Ergo The stink of weasels are dangerous to basilisks...
Only the logic is mixed up in the known/unknown facts, realities/fantasies, making it into mythology.
@@elvenkind6072 yes, that would be it. xD
i would like to see this as a series
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Absolutely!
This video got dangerously close to being an antiquity-themed TierZoo episode. Imagine the terror if you guys collab'd... breathtaking.
3:15 apparently saint christophorus became known as a dog-headed man because he came from the region of Cananea, which in Latin is similar to the word canus meaning dog
This was an especially fascinating episode for me. I'd love it if this became an infrequent series of sorts. Or at least got one more part.
I just love how the best weapon to defeat some of these overpowered creatures is something comically weird. Like "The only thing that could slay a Basilisk is the smell of a weasel".
Thats like if an advanced alien species capable of interstellar travel comes to conquer Earth and the only thing that could defeat them is splashing water on them.
OH WAIT....
I see what you did there
Honestly those aliens must have been increadibly scared. Imagine trying to colonize an entire planet covered in acid, where it rains acid, and all the natives want to kill you.
@@xahalo8355 Yes I feel sad for them, they are the real victims
When you consider that the mongoose is the main predator of the cobra, it makes more sense.
Wait until you find out that Onis from Japanese mythology are apparently weak to soybeans and the smell of sardines.
The basilisk almost just sounds like a mamba whose legend has grown out of control 😂
St. Christopher "The Goodest Boy"
I have to wonder if they played fetch with him on some Abbey grounds somewhere.
Everyone who has played Age of Mythology knows what a manticore is. The depiction in-game seems rather accurate to the description in this video.
I've played Heroes of Might and Magic, so I know as well. :)
RuneScape.
Witcher.
final fantasy XI for me, they terrified me as a kid
So nostalgic
It makes sense that the basalisk was a confused account of a cobra,
(Other snakes fear it, it keeps it head raised, and it fears "Wesals") (Possibly a mongoos.)
Perhaps even a spitting Cobra?
Its really tempting to wonder how did anyone believe in anything so outlandish, but then you remember that Australia has wilder shit that most of these.
Hey Told In Stone, idea for a video my friend, 5 Herbs or Plants commonly sought after during the Roman Empire? Talk about rare /extinct species etc.
If only the Romans knew what lurked in Australia 😂
Dog-Headed Men is the name of my new electronic trio (and Kraftwerk tribute band) which will be appearing at Taste of Zion, third stage, in the 2AM slot for the 4th of July festival.
St Christoffer is the only saint that sometimes is represented with a dog head. This is because he was a cannanite. People in Europe in the middle ages though that cannanites had dogs heads. This was just racist. Cannanites were black
Hey Garret, i’ve always been curious about healthcare in antiquity.. Specifically about ancient doctors, and what people commonly considered “healthy living” back then.. Ever considered doing a video on this topic?
Chris?
@@SplendidFellow Oh shit, Garrett*. Just fixed it, thanks for pointing that out
I’m reading a book by Chris Ryan atm and they have the same last name, think I got their first names mixed up lol
What book? Is it the blood meridian?
@@kalacaptain4818isn't that Cormac McCarthy?
Besides the historical content, I really appreciate the humor that is sprinkled throughout. Bravo!
Fantastic a s subtle production values in this one! I particularly like the red eyes lighting up at 04:53. 😂
Thanks for making and sharing. ❤
I smile every time I hear the lick at the start of these videos.
Ya like jazz?
Been a fan for a few years now. Never get tired of learning the beautiful history of ancient Rome. Can you do a video on the Roman medical field if you havent already?
I think a series of these and a Roman mythology series would be super popular. Love your stuff.
I wonder if the "weasel" they used was more accurately a mongoose or better yet, A HONEY BADGER
The game stats are an awesome bonus!
6:10 This honestly made my day so much better. The amount of work that went into this one gag is admirable!
Awesome video! Given that myths usually have some kernel of truth in them, it is fascinating to speculate what inspired them. Maybe a suggestion for next topic would be something similar but in reverse: animals that were common and known to Romans but have gone extinct or have become severely reduced by our times.
There are some letters between medieval monks discussing (in full theological seriousness) whether the Kynocephali have souls or not. The channel "Voices of the Past" has a dramatic reading of them, and it's absolute gold as unintentional comedy.
I don't know what the monks decided about the dog-faced men, but the question itself was not unimportant since the monks evidently did believe that these creatures were real. When Europeans came to the new world, there was considerable debate about whether or not the natives had souls. Catholics generally argued that they did, while Protestants were more likely to believe that they had no souls. These differing conclusions tended to have an effect on how the natives were treated by the different groups, although this is a broad generalization and both Protestants and Catholics could obviously have done better.
@@briteness You ever feel like the answer can take away from the question asked?
I don’t know if you planned to do this thing, but I tilt my fedora at you, good Sir!
Next stop: That voices of the past video is one of my favorites, and Britan I like how the rabbit hole started, but even though I’m not the OP here, I’ve covered the ground you changed the conversation into a long time ago.
I think when we come across the Dog headed men of the new world, that we approach them as if they did have souls, but also if they have gold or other unknown and preferable spices, and if they do, we go at them hard with Christian God and take every penny the heathens have, but if we don’t, the lord knows we need free labor to start a colony there, and if we see any French or Portages, we will do Gods work.
I, too, immediately thought of the souls of the dog-headed men when they were mentioned in this video. Gotta love Voices of the Past.
@@briteness For sure, at the start of the rush to the new world the Catholic church was trying quite hard, relatively to everyone else at least, to protect the rights of the natives (well, not the right to worship their own religions, but their right to some sort of personal liberty and safety) against the crowns and other groups. The belief that all souls were equal before god being a sort of vague prototype of the concept of human rights. Eventually they lost and went with the ethos of the times, down to having their own slaves. Despite having played a big part in dismantling slavery in Europe a Millenia prior. A good example of how morality is shaped by real politik as much as the converse.
But also an example of the infamous "What's the sex of angels?" and "How many angels can dance on a pinhead?" debates that occupied old men in dusty rooms and distracted them from taking meaningful actions.
I have a theory about the Kynocephali: They may have been surviving Neanderthals. To see why, do an image search for "Neanderthal head profile".
I'm here for this! The odd and obscure references from antiquity are fascinating to learn about.
Medieval artist: "Alright fam, and could you describe how fast this African cat going?"
Explorer who saw Cheetah: "It was easily going as fast as a bird, it was flying across the plain to catch it's prey."
Future inventor of Griffons: "Alright fam, thanks for the description I'll get this drafted up."
Id love a deep dive on haruspicy and/or augury!
Idk how you'd go about throwing the basilisk you can't even touch with a spear. Seems like the more logical course of action would be to throw the weasel at the basilisk, not the basilisk to the weasel.
you wear a hazmat suit made of weaselhide
your storytelling ability is unmatched
I would guess that the "Dog-headed men" were probably baboons and the "demons" were probably mandrills.
I could see that, even chimps/bonobos
@@shinobi-no-bueno And people with "faces on their chests" could be mother apes with their babies clinging to their chests. These are travelers' tales that are spread over time and distance to attempt to explain what they saw to people who weren't there. If you've ever been interrupted by some "know-it-all" who thinks that they get what you are saying, it's easy to see how the stories got garbled.
@@shinobi-no-buenothere are no chimps or bonobos in India
Nice to know the origins of some of Final Fantasy's most frustrating monsters.
Great episode, love the details on the ‘stats’ page for these creatures
Classical Geographic is adorable.
I genuinely love your channel and am just glad that it exists
So thought provoking. How did these creatures come about? Rather, how did the stories develop over time?
I feel like some were descriptions of actual animals that were so twisted by stories going down the line that they ended up like this.
look up 'cyclops' and 'dwarf elephant' as one search and 'gryphon' and 'protoceratops' as another search.
I wanna whole episode of the dogmen! That is so cool
Now I'm going to have Menotti's 'The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore' stuck in my head all day...
Manticore=tiger, catoplebas= wildebeast, odontotyranus= giraffe (three horns)
ya know i wonder how many people got abandoned in the woods because "ah its a manticore, im not falling for it"
I have often thought that the Greeks, for whom Chaos rules all their thoughts, myths and apparent policies in life, was much exaggerated culturally by ‘us’ - a podcast like this serves to remind me how unpredictable and awesome, harrowing, the world around the Greek (and subsequently Roman) appeared in every real sense of the word.
Thank you for this - once again - inspired topic!
Recently I've been reading a bit about "monopods" aka sciapods. This sort of stuff stuff cracks me up. Good content as always, even when it gets a bit wacky like this topic.
When I worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art I had a boyfriend there who was educated by the communists in Romania. He was a clever guy, but his education was minimal. One day, after looking at all the pictures in the European Paintings gallery, he asked me what the goat-footed, hairy-legged creatures were. I told him they were satyrs. Then he asked me if there were real satyrs in the past...
wonderful!!!!!! I LOVED this, do you have any more videos about Roman Folklore creatures on this channel? Its one of my favorite topic!!!
Video uploaded, video seen. I love your content
never stop uploading
This channel is SOOO GOOD. The storytelling is out of this world and the details are just so fascinating. You sir, embody eveything I hope to learn from a history channel. I commend you 10/10
I'd recommend Umberto Eco's Baudolino to anyone who found this fascinating.
So much fun! Mythology is just a trove. Keep it up Doc!
I love how practically all of these are in the various Percy Jackson novels
Your presentation of facts delivers, hands down, the most bang for your buck of any similar channel. Is there somewhere i can find more lengthy videos???
7:25 This man with a head insted of his trunk makes me curious. I already encountered him when studying a 17th century world map. I would love to know more about those "human creatures" and their origin.
0:25 Well now there is some of the most impressive attention to detail in classical art not lurking at all.
Things haven't been the same since we lost contact with our Dog-Headed brethren. Such a beautiful culture lost to time.
has anyone noticed that his intro is the lick
I can never unhear it now
OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT
I never knew that when my rosters are crowing at all hours of the day and night they are diligently protecting our land from basilisks.
Most of these critters were, by name and ability, listed in Ye Olde AD&D's Monster Manual. I was aware of some being from our own mythologies but I thought a few, like the catoblepas, were just created for the game. They were better read than i thought, heh.
Gygax wanted to be an Argonaut but he was born too late so he made pen and paper mythology wargaming
@@qwopiretyu so accurate
Aye good to see an upload from ya!
There has never been a story of, or art depicting Puppy headed babies. I just think the ancient world had a first class chance of doing something super cute… But I guess they all got the plague before they had the chance.
Imagine having your face on your chest... No more neck pain while you are staring down at the pan, waiting for the damned milk to boil.
“Wait, it’s all Greek?”
“Always has been.”
We need more of this
St Christopher The goodest boy ... lmao
never been so early awsome video brother
Thanks for another great, interesting and informative video!
Extra thanks for not advertising some scam
catoplebas sounds like the inspiration for dnd's gorgons
Really really enjoyed this video and yes, I subscribed indeed.
they're all real, i dug up intact skeletons of the whole lot just yesterday. they were gathered together for a party, the manticore was passed out on the couch, they died as they lived.
Very cool video
Reminds me of one of my favourite books, Jorge Luis Borges' Book of Imaginary Beings.
3rd! Loving the abilities and stats
Here's something I just discoverd and am sharing around to the history buffs I know:
Around the 17min mark of Dragon Ball Episode 44 (not Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball) the characters are hanging out at a sculpture garden and in that sculpture garden is a pink replica of the "Serpent Column" !!O_O!!
Just wanted to say that there is a difference between poison and venom. The basilisk is venomous, not poisonous.
There's a St. Christopher's Church near my parents' place 😆
Once, my friend and I saw a hornet killing a spider there.
Another great video
Love this channel so god damn much
This would have been awesome in a collab with Tier Zoo
I've played video games enough to have heard of most of these
so you're telling me the Deathtouch mechanic in MTG (which started with basilisks before it was a keyword) shouldn't just kill anything the creature touches but should also kill anything that touches the creature. hm
Such a great video
I just want to say for years all of my favorite TH-cam channels and influencers have earned my subscription. That said though my biggest passion is the Catholic Church and Bigfoot.
I am not joking around and I've sent numerous replies and requests to a whole litany of creators from famous J-Pop singers, Rich Cooper, Black Gen-Z Mindset, AK Nation News, to even Coffeezilla to at least acknowledge or make a video on Sasquatch!!!!!????
Even if their channel had nothing to do with the subject I just wanted a take on their view of the factual beast in the woods. It's kind of like when you do an interview to an Englishman you may ask whose your favorite futbal team to make small talk as well as show admiration to the person for their personal views/hobbies.
All said though Toldinstone has delivered and is a stand up man. He did the task and I am so proud to be a part of this channel everytime he posts to watch.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for making this and I know it may be just an 8 minute video but I'm sure it took you almost 12 hours researching and editing this.
I know this seems bizarre but I myself am Native American and my own grandmother would tell us stories about these things. When she was little her own grandfather would always warn her to never go alone in the wilderness and be vigilant by the woods.
Oddly she knew when I was a child I'd always go into the forest to explore not telling me this until I was over 18 and shared an encounter I had myself.
I always wondered about this too, what did the old world and more specifically the Romans thought of these things. In the medieval ages we had the wild men of the forest in literature/ statues. The Babylonians had Enkindu from the epics of Gilgamesh. But the Romans, that is what I wondered? I can't recall his name myself off hand but it was the famous barracks Emperor who allegedly stood 8 feet tall minimum.
This man was so tall and massive that he had a game to show his prowess by releasing a horse at the start of a race. The man was so massive and strong he would be able to catch up with it in no time and snatch it up like a mama with her baby to bring it back to the finish as if it were nothing.
That's the only story I know of. I do recall the Roman story of Diocletian where he made one of his many edicts of wanting to pay for and see a living cenocepholous or 'dog headed men' of old. At that time it was assumed they were wiped out in Anatolia but some pockets were still living in the Persian controlled areas.
It's amazing how an official edict like our Magna Carta from one of the most infomous emperors has a proclamation for wanting to see essentially a werewolf.
I also remember a story where this may have sparked Diocletian's interest because occasionally these cenocepholy would be rumoured to appear.
After the 3rd Punic War mariners would say the burnt ruins of Carthage the city they would see these dog headed men roam the shores and dart back into the shell buildings for cover. It was as if they were haunting a place that was touched by death and make shift cemeteries.
If you wish to know more of these stories there is an actual historian called Josh Turner who speaks 8 languages including Arabic, Spanish, Persian, Hebrew and a few other obscure ones who has dealt into these old stories over in Anatolia/ The Fertile Crescent. His channel is called Paranormal Roundtable but please keep in mind he used to focus on this as a full on cryptid creature all in the flesh nothing too bizarre.
He still believes in physical encounters like the one I had but apparently he is now more into ghosts and other paranormal stuff. I don't mind for the way his channel is shifting to that content or lens but he has had well over a thousand witnesses for Sasquatch and Dogmen encounters. You two should collaborate on more cryptid stories!!! I'm serious Josh Turner is a very incredible man of learning and is a kind person you two would get along!
Thank you again for being a wonderful person and making this gem of a video. It made my whole year and was straight out of left field you actually listened to me.
Sincerely,
Ben Santos
My favourite Greek Folklore monster is a Hippalectryon. Front half horse, back half cockerel.
Architecture and monumental construction have been much at the heart of Told in Stone but how and where and by whom were the Roman and Greek engineers and architects trained? What were the MIT Stanford and U of Michigan's of their day?
Wonderful novel by Robertson Davies called "The Manticore"
Catoblepas is what a Roman says when their cat's tongue is sticking out
"The Goodest Boy" ?? You didn`t have to go this hard lol
i would love a sequel to this
Love your videos wish they were longer
The contemporary idea of the basilisk being a massive serpent makes the classical concept of it being small funny to me.
WHERE IS THE SECOND BOOOOOOOOK????? 😡😡😡😡
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Why does the dog head myth sound like an actual group they interacted with? Sounds like some DnD lore.
To that twerp in 7th class who told me you couldn't learn about mythology by reading Rick Riordan:
HAHA, YOU'RE _WRONG_
It's still not useful knowledge, but I win
Scary stuff.
"The goodest boy"!!!!!
0:47 Sound like the "Haemorrhois" is the etymological origin of things like "hemorrhaging" and "hemorrhoids". The "Seps"as the origin of "septic" and perhaps "septicemia".
Saint Christopher, patron saint of belly rubs
3:18 I'm losing my mind looking at that icon of Saint Christopher. Like people took that 100% seriously. That was in a church! People prayed to him! Some pope heard about this dog headed dude, went "seems legit", and canonized him. I've heard some wild stuff, but that did it for me
You're really so sure that you can deny canonical dog men?
I'm losing my mind over canonical myth; it's a dangerous thing to consider all possibilities, I don't really blame you for not trying.
There was also a Mermaid (or siren) who supposedly converted to Christianity and was canonised under St Murgen.
You're losing your mind in vain.
Saint Christopher wasn't a dog headed man, nor was he canonised by "some pope who heard about this dog headed dude and went "seems legit"".
Saint Christopher is an actual martyr of the early Church (begining of the fourth century), who died during the Diocletian persecutions and was venerated soon after.
Some eastern icons do represent him with a dog head, but it has nothing to do with either the pope, the Church, or the actual Christopher. You can use google for more information about the confusion that led to this iconography.
Also, no Christian prays to a saint. What Christians do is ask saints to pray for them since they are closer to God.
@@remilenoir1271 Rémi Lenoir, it's funny that the Japanese assumed he was a dog, but why was he said to be 7-12 feet tall? Also the explanation of the dogmen is bs: "Baboons?", it makes me sad that myth is discarded like this. The Libyans would claim dogmen exist, and their location is possible. The only reason why I'm able to not fully adjust the story to historical commonality is because of an extended history that I realized must have happened in order for the "earliest" civilizations to have developed across the world with common culture and history.
Ps, your name is something pleasant.
0:16 bruh they really did not skimp out on the details on those horses 💀
Catoplebas ... that sounds like a Gorgon and Mighty Gorgon from Heroes of Might and Magic 3.
Looks like a cow, has bead breath that can kill you.