Keep in mind there could be *a lot* of negative stigma with a girl losing her virginity before the wedding night. As in literally ruin your life forever and get you married off to some creep who probably doesn't want a woman with no other options or place to go for pure and noble reasons. Plus we don't really know ahead of time whether he's sensitive or... *not* . Plenty of versions of the Faire Folke have shaky if not nonexistent understandings of "consent" or "no means no".
@@mr.n0on344 Except even in classical literature faeries were still somewhat romanticized. Most other things were obviously monsters. Faeries can seem nice and friendly, right up until you offer one your heart and it responds by plunging a hand into your ribcage and... well... accepting your offer.
@@willieoelkers5568 Well that does apply to more than just fairies. The whole having a different interpretation of words & ideas than humans is kinda the thing that various spirits do. Some are attributed to them being malicious & others to them literally having a different thought process than humans
@@mr.n0on344 faeries are sometimes the same thing as spirits or supernatural entities, so kinda... Sometimes they are specifically some sort of 'demigods' (not like half gods, more like powerful spirits that occasionally take a human form; I like to call it semigods).
Janet - "OH NO, I seem to have forgotten any rings or cloaks, oh I hope someone doesn't take my only remaining thing, MY VIRGINITY, WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE." Tam - "I don't quite follow-" Janet - "Just get over here."
Janet, wandering through the woods at night wearing her cutest dress and easiest to undo corset: OH NO... I, A *YOUNG SINGLE MAIDEN,* SEEM TO BE LOST... IN THE WOODS... ALONE... WITH NO RINGS OR CLOAK.... I SURE HOPE *TAM LIN* ISN'T ANYWHERE AROUND HERE...
@@GhostBear3067 Picturing Janet as this aggressively aroused force of nature that intimidates the creature who would normally terrorize her, just puts a smile on my face.
Janet, approached by Tam Lin: OH MY... IT SEEMS THE DASTARDLY AND WICKED *TAM LIN* HAS ENSNARED ME... A YOUNG AND *VULNERABLE* MAIDEN... WITH *NO RINGS OR CLOAK...* WHATEVER SHALL I, A *VIRGIN MAIDEN,* OFFER THEE, VILE AND SEDUCTIVE SPIRIT..?
This tale reminds me of a comic on tumblr, where a fae said: "the price for this will be your first born" the human replies: "ok when do we start?" And the fae has a mental breakdown 🤣🤣🤣
Man that woman is hardcore she's Pregnant but still went against a Queen I'd like to imagine that while Tam Lin was being transformed to various Animals, Janet was wrestling him to stay still, so we have a pregnant woman wrestling a bear, a lion and various other creatures
She didn't just wrestle them, she *wrecked* them. Here are the moves she used (totally true): Suplexed the bear Got the lion in a choke hold Literally just held the lizard
I like to think that after saving Tan Lin, Janet just bridal carries him back to her castle (cause he has no shoes), kicks open the door and orders the servants to host a feast. She then introduces Tan to her dad (Tan lin is mildly terrified but also very happy to meet Janet’s family), and they spend the rest of the night laughing and talking and holding hands.
"I'm a very determined hugger" Out of the many one off comedic lines thrown into the many illustrations you do for these videos this is my new favorite. It's up there with "I'm not fireproof just very determined."
My favorite line from these videos would have to be “UNORTHODOX DISPLAY OF HUBRIS, BUT VERY WELL.” because it’s literally a fancier way to say “Weird flex, but ok.” and it’s perfect!
And SEX. Don't forget all the hot SEX she clearly wants & enjoys. (Seriously. No idea why people are so allergic to the idea women want SEX with a hot dude)
@@paradoxacres1063 B/c typical western (and frankly some eastern) norms and traditions either put women on pedestals where their virginity is sacred and supposed to be protected, or portray women who want sex as terrible people and seductresses. Usually hand in hand. Arguably, in the context of the fact that primogeniture succession was so damn common, this makes sense, but it was pretty crappy.
I got an ad for Teen Pregnancy prevention after this video, and I'm laughing very hard. Also I'm pretty certain I had the same book, and I also loved it.
I relate to Janet so hard "You must never go into the cursed woods without offerings or the evil spirit will take your virginity!" "O-oh...ehh yeah sure ill stay clear...eh just curious, wich way to the woods again?"
That sounds a bit like Ottawa (Canada's capital): One day, "It's October; why is it 30 Celsius weather?" The Next Day, "Where did all this snow come from?! I don't recall entering a wardrobe or opening a portal for the Wild Hunt..."
I like how the tokens, that are supposed to be placed in the forest are rings and green cloaks. In a way Tam Lin protects the travelers through this forest with this story from suffering his own fate, because if they carry green cloaks, the elves are unable to see them (as we learn later) and the rings probably show, that the person is already married, making them less interesting to the elves (maybe a bit of a stretch, I know).
The poem version of Tam Lin I read in an old book of Celtic folklore in which the fairy queen said ' "Had I known" the queen did say "... I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and given you one of stone", which is similar to petrifying eyes.
Can you really call it TAKING someone's virtue when they seem determined to throw it at you? Wouldn't that be more along the lines of catching it in self-defense?
Frankly, in this case Tam Lin seemed to be the one without much of a choice in the matter. "Miss? Haven't you heard these woods are haunted? You gotta leave tribute or the fey-spirit will steal your virginity!" "I know, I'm getting tired of fathers poor eye for suitors. You're my boyfriend now, get those robes off, we're making a baby."
I imagine teenage Bonny-Janet at a sleep over with the other Lords' daughters, and someone is telling the story of Tam-Lin: "... And if the maiden does not present him with a token, Tam-Lin will take her 'true virtue', her Virginity!" Other Girls: *gasps in horror* Bonny-Janet: "... oooh nooo, how _awful_ " 😉
And after the sleepover: Bonny-Janet: daaadyyy... Can I have the Haunted forest as a birthday gift??? Dad: but sweetie, you heard of the myth--- Janet: puleeeaase? Dad: fine but I ain't paying if you come to get a baby.
Tam Lin - "Wow, no girl has actually ever been through these woods without some kind of offering." Janet - "Their loss." Also pretty kick-ass that this pregnant girl goes against the *Fairy Queen* in order to save her baby-daddy. Yeah, he couldn't actually harm her in those forms, but she gets points for not freaking out and continues to hold onto a lizard, a snake, a bear, a lion, a chunk of hot iron, and actual flames.
@@matteoarthe worst part about Orpheus is that in some versions, they reach the world of the living, but he looks back a second too early, right before she crosses over
A young maiden when out to the haunted woods, where it was customary to leave a present for the beautiful specter that inhabited it. The failure to do so will result in the spirit taking from the maiden, something far more precious than a green cloak or a golden ring, her very virtue. “And that kids is how I met your mother” Pa pa pa pa pa Pa pa pa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The Gunpowder treason and plot; I know of no reason Why the Gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Guy Fawkes and his companions Did the scheme contrive, To blow the King and Parliament
Sadly not, all over the worlds history women had absolutly astonishing rights and equality for a certein period of time until some opressiv religion or a war happened and ground them into dust. . . . Its bitter that everything achieve will be lost again
"Oh I left my rings and cloak at home, I'm sure there is SOMETHING I can give you instead..." I think I've only seen this plot occur in unsavory manga, but then this is Scotland of all places, so it doesn't surprise me a maiden would have zero issues saying forget the old men and go find the pretty boy who basically invites the ladies to do that.
Tam Lin: "Young maiden, have you never heard the tales of these woods?" Janet: "Yes, so clothes off now. Chop chop, I do not have all night budy." Tam Lin: "Wait what?" (Sound of Janet's garments tearing) "Did I stutter, punk? I entered your woods, now get that wood in me." Tam Lin: "Oh! Um, sorry, it is just... this is very irregular and unexpected... please, follow me this way to my chambers..." Janet: "What part of 'I do not have all night' did you not understand?" Tam Lin: "Oh... well... it is just nobody has ever volunteered before so I was trying to be more hospitable." (Points to a grove) "The grass and leaves are softest around there." Janet: "And at what point did I ever say I like it soft?" Tam Lin: "Oh mercy..." (Bagpipe cover of "Careless Whispers" plays)
Yeah, it's a little murky at times tho. Because the Christians back then tend to stomp out other faiths and religions. Like Irish, Scottish, etc. Myths.
They definitely give the norse a run for their money. Too bad cristianity came and ruined both to the point where it's a miracle theres anything even resembling a historic record of it. Monotheisms seem to always ruin stuff wherever they go...
Tam Lin: I need a token from everyone who comes here. Janet: Oh, but wouldn't you rather have... me? ;););););) Tam Lin: I don't kidnap people, though. I just take women's... oh. Janet: :D
Janet: "Pants off, faery boy, these woods are on my lands and rent is due." Tam Lin: "Why do I need to remove my pants to get my wallet..." Janet: "DAMN IT YOU SODDING KNOB END!! I CAME INTO YOUR WOODS NOW GET THAT WOOD IN ME!!!"
@@GhostBear3067 i have seen 3 seperate comments and replies from you quoting "i came to these woods now get that wood in me" and its still hillarious, like a running gag in a story
Sadly. I can't get the spirits of my ancestors to leave and none of them can agree on anything. Come to think of it... maybe I'm thinking of Thanks Giving.
Well, in Celtic polytheism the Other World was simply a place you went to when you died, and when you died there you simply came back; and, according to Druidic poetry, you were reincarnated as something else, which is why Celtic art tends to be more anamorphic and surreal, images that flow from humanoid shapes to that of animals and plants. You can see this in the Gallic La Tene style of Celtic art. It's really a elegantly bizarre, yet charmingly modern strain of theology.
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Disney would make it overly cutesy. It may have a happy ending even originally (unlike most things Disney adapts) but they would make it full on *sickly* and ruin it. Like they always do. Just no.
i like the idea of: "dont't go in the woods there is an evil creature lurking on young women" and then the girl is like"oh, sweet i was starting to think all the gaurds in my area are boring so maybe some fay PP is what i need"
OMG I paused it when the queen of the fae is on the phone and noticed a reference to Paradise Lost! (Work through your daddy issues on your own time, man.)
"...will take their virginity instead..." Me: Shit this is gonna be dark in a very uncomfortable way, isn't it? "Oh no, I seem to have forgotten my rings and cloak at home~" *nudge nudge wink wink* Me: *laughs hysterically*
If they aren't virgins what happens? Nothing? What about a male who is also a virgin? Also nothing? I have many questions but I'm probably looking into it too much.
Janet: Oh woe is me! I am a single maiden girl wandering the woods of Tam Lin in my cutest dress and I seem to have left my cloak and rings at home! I sure hope Tam Lin isn’t around! *No response* Janet: Damnnit, do I need to be more obvious?
Girl: "Oh no I forgot all possible tokens I could have left for you what ever will I do..." Tam Lin: "it's fine I'll let you go back, it was just an honest mistake." Girl: "what... are you sure I cant be trusted I might not come back..." Tam lin: "you came out here because of the legend didnt you." Girl: "please..." Tam lin: "well at least you hot.. I mean honest... sure let's do this!"
Funnily enough there was a song adaption of the story from 2015 by a guy called Drake Oranwood that essentially ends exactly like that: “But she had done it, son, Fair Janet broke the spell, And for her husband won Your father, Tam Lin of the Elves”
I love how in old myths the damsel in distress often turns out to be a dude and his Knight is often his pregnant wife. The white polar bear, Eros and psyche, this tale, and I'm sure there are more.
"And now kids, that's how I met your mother," that is a great end screen to end off this video. Another great one as always Red. Also, please make all your songs into an album.
The thing about the eyeballs is that mortals cannot see the Fae unless a glamour has been put upon their eyes. When the Fae tire of a mortal and don't want them to see them anymore, they swap out the glamoured eyes with wooden ones crafted from a tree. "Had I known, Tam Lin, she said This night that I'd lose thee, I'd'a taen your bonnie eyes An' put in twa from a tree"
Let me guess, if you have time for it, the next story for this season is the tale of Jack of the Lantern? Which amusingly explains where Jack-o-lanterns get their name. The story is actually pretty amusing, seeing as it involves a not-so-nice guy pranking everyone, including the devil himself, and managing to get out of having his soul get eternal punishment in Hell but still being punished for his morally irreprehensible behavior.
I thought that story was about will-o-wisps, with the guy forcing the devil to promise not to take his soul. Then after he dies he tries going to heaven but isn't allowed in since he's too evil, so he goes to hell instead but can't get in since the devil swore not to take his soul. When the guy complains to the devil about not having a place to go, the devil throws hellfire at him and tells him to go find one, and the guy uses it as a lantern and wanders across the earth looking for somewhere to be.
Name Explain actually addresses all this in his video on why we call carved pumpkins during this time of year Jack-o-Lanterns. The only discrepancy in what I said is he refers to the Irish using "really big Turnips" while the version of where they originate from I heard and am familiar with is the Irish using "Giant Beets" and to be honest, both are as equally viable when you think about it.
Honestly I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that this sounded like the beginning of a porno 😂 “oh I left my ring at home but maybe I can offer you something else...”
Well, I didn't wander into the woods. It's more like she just popped into my mind and ever since them we've had a telepathic/energetic connection. And then we met in real life just recently. It's not a Scottish myth, just a modern metaphysical romance
I mean... in ye olden days being preggers with no father present was a major, like, life-crippling problem. Nobody at the time wanted to raise someone else's kid, hence why virginity was valued so highly. There were no social welfare systems, but you also couldn't work to support the kid because you were too busy raising him, the only people that could afford professional child supervisors like nannies or even tutors to an extent were the obscenely rich. This, combined with the social stigma could leave a person completely without So you were just stuck permanently destitute, or willing to take any man who could support you, typically the kind who was so vile, abusive, and neglectful no other woman would have him not even in arranged marriage situations because a father is still going to try to find a good husband for his daughter, or you do the one job a single woman of poor reputation, no means, and high desperation has available, which unfortunately can also result in further pregnancies. But hey, at least you can try to enjoy the experience that gets you in that mess in the first place.
You know Bonny Janet's choices back home must have been bad if 'Go into the creepy woods and get it on with a (potential) fae' was the best option available.
Maybe not. People forget but the tuatha de denaan, what we call "fairies", were gods or demi-gods in their traditional context; and even in these fairy tales they still are powerful deities in their own right, living in realms of eternal youth and beauty. She probably figured she was trading up, which is pretty much every heterosexual woman's natural prerogative.
@@hazel6909 You don't think straight women who want babies want the best husband they can get, so their kids have more advantages? Okay, I guess, buut, for the record, you do know what "pretty much" means, right? It's meant popularly to mean "as a general rule". It's not an all-encompassing absolutism.
@@IggyTthunders it's not encompassing absolution it's just built into everyone's genetic code to have the best partner with the best genes to pass onto their children.
@@yes1667 Exactly. It's called "marrying up". Everyone wants to get the best partner they can. A lot of people just suck at it, because they don't understand that A)life isn't fair, and b)what values are; so they pick losers who waste their time, because they're immature, incompetent, insensitive or just plain abusive. It doesn't help that immature, incompetent, insensitive and abusive people just have a natural tendency to pair bond with each other, the vast majority of chronic reciprocal violence being, roughly, 50/50. (Yeah: if someone tells you their partner hits them, be immediately suspicious: because they likely hit their partner, too. They're both dangerous.)
IggyTthunders I read you, I see where you’re coming from. But the way you wrote your first comment in text carries with it some seriously nasty subtext dehumanising (in this case women as a group). And I have a good idea of what might come from such dehumanisation, and that gives me (and I think others) knee-jerk reactions. Good intentions, sadly bad subtext. Take care.
This reminds of a book I had growing up. "Gnat Stokes and The Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen." Or something along those lines. Basically it's about this thirteen year girl name Gnat who was raised by her grandfather and whom the townsfolk believe is the daughter of a witch. She finds a cat in the swamp that is carrying a gold locket in it's mouth that is engraved with the name of a local girl whose boyfriend mysteriously disappeared. Gnat decides to keep the locket and as a result falls hopelessly in love with the missing boy. As it turns out, the boy had sent the cat to deliver the locket to his girlfriend, but Gnat finds it instead and resolves to find the boy and save him because it's obvious he's being held captive by the swamp witch (who turns out to actually be Gnat's mother and she plans to sacrifice him in order to maintain her youth and beauty.) So Gnat finds the boy after following the cat (who is a magical cat that can talk while in the confines of the swamp) and he tells her what must be done in order to free him from the witch, however he insists his girlfriend is the one that has to do it. Unfortunately, his girlfriend has extremely poor eyesight and is also a bit slow, so at the last second Gnat decides she's the one that has to do it. And just like in this myth, she grabs hold of him as he's passing by on a horse, her mother puts him through three transformations, the last being a fiery hot grill or something that sets Gnat on fire. She launches both herself and the grill, or whatever it is, into a nearby pond at which point the spell is broken and the witch loses all her magical powers thus becoming a mortal woman. The boy and his girlfriend reunite and Gnat goes back to her life with her grandpa, except now she has the ability to see into the future and what she sees is her parents reuniting, so happy ending all around, I guess?
Actually, a lot of stories of Seelie Court faeries do involve them letting people leave freely (though usually it's the faerie leaving after the guy (and it is almost always a faerie woman and a human guy) breaks a promise). It's the Unseelie Court that a person should avoid at all cost.
It's a combo: Tam Lin + Beauty and the Beast, just like ACOMAF is Beauty & the Beast + Hades & Persephone, and ACOWAR is Hades & Persephone + Snow White.
"If you don't have tribute, he'll take your virginity" Oh, this is a rape story... "I came to this forest thirsty, and I've been drinking lots of water" Oh, this is a strong woman story!
And also instead of a hyper protective mother you have a bitchy and cold gf. This actually explains the difference between Mediterranean and Anglophone culture a LOT
No joke, my freshmen English teacher used that same euphemism when we were reading Romeo and Juliet. It was a meme in my class pretty much until graduation.
Hey Red, I'm a fan from India, would appreciate if you could make some videos on Dharmic mythology! There are a wealth of options, perhaps Ramayana, Mahabharata, Krishna, Shiva etc. I really enjoy your videos, your humour and storytelling skills are very unique! Lots and lots of love ❤❤😊
the sun rises out my ass I think they did make one video talking about Shiva but I agree with you, I’d love to hear and see more stories about Dharmic mythology
If it helps any Red has said before that she really likes the Mahabharata and wants to do something with it, but since it would probably require a multi episode series she's waiting til she's done with Journey to the West
@@macaronsncheese9835 true, the Mahabharata is dope, and the original sanskrit version has around 12 volumes. It would probably require a multi part series. Would love to see it soon.
2:19 "You know what time it is riiiight?" "Of course I know what year it is" "You better keep your promise to me and pay uuuuup!" "Relax, of course we'll pay" "you sure as *here* better! Because you know big man upstairs can't do anything to help you against me, right??" "Work through your daddy issues on your own time-" "I DO NOT HAVE *DADDY ISSUES*!!" *click*
I've to admit red's opening lines got me all sentimental. It really does feel like this time of year is special, like something in the world stirs and nature becomes even more fantastic. It truly does feel the time of year you could go hit up some sexy magyk bois.
@@anotherworldhopper5344 Does this mean that every name in mandarin must make sense today? We German speakers have tons of names that don't make any sense today. Probably most of them did once upon a time, but probably never all of them...
edi ‘tam’ in pinyin doesn’t exist. There are no Mandarin words or names with the pronunciation ‘tam’. There is ‘ta men’ for example, but ‘ta’ and ‘men’ are separate characters. All characters in Mandarin are monosyllabic and ‘tam’ isn’t one of them.
I like to imagine a version of this story where Janet takes the fire version of Tam Lin and chucks it at the queen just to spite her before running away with her baby daddy
We are all thinking it: You *so* should've sung "Dammit Janet" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show! =) "The river was deep but I swam it, Janet The future is ours so let's plan it, Janet So please don't tell me to can it, Janet I've one thing to say and that's Dammit, Janet, I love you The road was long but I ran it, Janet There's a fire in my heart and you fan it, Janet If there's one fool for you then I am it, Janet Now I've one thing to say and that's Dammit, Janet, I love you Here's a ring to prove that I'm no joker There's three ways that love can grow That's good, bad or mediocre Oh J-A-N-E-T I love you so!"
"Don't worry, I'm a very determined hugger" is literally my life's motto. I have never seen a description so succinctly accurate to sum up my life's motivations in all my 24 years.
Honestly I’m surprised she was the first to hear of sexy mysterious sensitive elf boy and (totally by accident) forget her rings and cloaks
Keep in mind there could be *a lot* of negative stigma with a girl losing her virginity before the wedding night. As in literally ruin your life forever and get you married off to some creep who probably doesn't want a woman with no other options or place to go for pure and noble reasons. Plus we don't really know ahead of time whether he's sensitive or... *not* . Plenty of versions of the Faire Folke have shaky if not nonexistent understandings of "consent" or "no means no".
@@willieoelkers5568 so they're like just about every supernatural entity ever
@@mr.n0on344 Except even in classical literature faeries were still somewhat romanticized. Most other things were obviously monsters. Faeries can seem nice and friendly, right up until you offer one your heart and it responds by plunging a hand into your ribcage and... well... accepting your offer.
@@willieoelkers5568 Well that does apply to more than just fairies. The whole having a different interpretation of words & ideas than humans is kinda the thing that various spirits do. Some are attributed to them being malicious & others to them literally having a different thought process than humans
@@mr.n0on344 faeries are sometimes the same thing as spirits or supernatural entities, so kinda... Sometimes they are specifically some sort of 'demigods' (not like half gods, more like powerful spirits that occasionally take a human form; I like to call it semigods).
Fey Queen: Did it hurt when you fell from Heaven?
Tam Lin: How did you know that was the name of my horse
Fey queen: it was obvious
I'm dying
Hey, that's pretty good!
That was good.
Fey logic. Never question it.
"Look, you're cute and everyone at my dad's castle is like super old."- Pfft
What a subversion of the good old Fair Virgin trait love it
I'm desperate okay, i wanna know what it feels like
PM 3736 I would say this would be a valid excuse
She right about the cute bit
Janet - "OH NO, I seem to have forgotten any rings or cloaks, oh I hope someone doesn't take my only remaining thing, MY VIRGINITY, WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE." Tam - "I don't quite follow-" Janet - "Just get over here."
*Just get inside me
That’s… phew… well, I need to empty my head of it or I’ll be distracted for the rest of the (well, night at the moment, but you know…) day.
She's like, "Take me damn it!"
@@HaydenLau. I came into your woods now get that wood in me!
Before Tinder, there was Timber.
(You know, the woods? Timber? I’ll see myself out)
That whole petrify your eyeballs thing just perfectly illustrates how charmingly sociopathic the fair folk can be.
one thing you have to remember is that teh fair folk or elves in general are never really described as nice.
@@oliverschoneck7750 And even if they're feeling nice their idea of nice isn't exactly what we would consider nice.
"charmingly"
Oh, yes. How charming.
I'm kink shaming.
Reminds me of the book "The Call" by Peadar O'Guilin. The fair folk do some pretty messed-up things
Janet, wandering through the woods at night wearing her cutest dress and easiest to undo corset: OH NO... I, A *YOUNG SINGLE MAIDEN,* SEEM TO BE LOST... IN THE WOODS... ALONE... WITH NO RINGS OR CLOAK.... I SURE HOPE *TAM LIN* ISN'T ANYWHERE AROUND HERE...
(No response)
Janet: "Damn it you fae coward, I came into your woods NOW GET THAT WOOD IN ME!!!"
@@GhostBear3067 I read your original comment multiple times, yet I still laugh every time I see you reply to another comment.
@@dungeonmaster3464 laugh how...?
@@GhostBear3067 Picturing Janet as this aggressively aroused force of nature that intimidates the creature who would normally terrorize her, just puts a smile on my face.
Janet, approached by Tam Lin: OH MY... IT SEEMS THE DASTARDLY AND WICKED *TAM LIN* HAS ENSNARED ME... A YOUNG AND *VULNERABLE* MAIDEN... WITH *NO RINGS OR CLOAK...* WHATEVER SHALL I, A *VIRGIN MAIDEN,* OFFER THEE, VILE AND SEDUCTIVE SPIRIT..?
This tale reminds me of a comic on tumblr, where a fae said: "the price for this will be your first born" the human replies: "ok when do we start?" And the fae has a mental breakdown 🤣🤣🤣
I know that comic! a classic
Someone please send the link--
Art imitates art.
by tooquirkytolose?
Never specified who the father had to be, so pants off, Feary Boy!
Man that woman is hardcore she's Pregnant but still went against a Queen
I'd like to imagine that while Tam Lin was being transformed to various Animals, Janet was wrestling him to stay still, so we have a pregnant woman wrestling a bear, a lion and various other creatures
She didn't just wrestle them, she *wrecked* them. Here are the moves she used (totally true):
Suplexed the bear
Got the lion in a choke hold
Literally just held the lizard
AND WINNING
Roman 1987 including a fire
Not as crazy as the crap Psyche went through wile pregnate.
she discombobulated all of them
I like to think that after saving Tan Lin, Janet just bridal carries him back to her castle (cause he has no shoes), kicks open the door and orders the servants to host a feast. She then introduces Tan to her dad (Tan lin is mildly terrified but also very happy to meet Janet’s family), and they spend the rest of the night laughing and talking and holding hands.
That's so sweet 🥺
I like your thinking.
Wow, not everyday the main girl in these stories actively looks to get banged. And then she saves the day? This story was ahead of it's time!
#feminism ?
We need more stories like this
HEMA Memes no, feminism is cancer.
@@zerotodona1495 You're cancer...
I've met a fair number of Scottish girls in my time. I couldn't see any of them needing rescuing or similar.
Tam Lin: “you have not left a token.”
Janet: *already taking off her clothes* oh no I guess I have, the only thing I have left is me 😉
The "pizza guy" porn trope origin story
@@airplanes_aren.t_real *bonk*
@@alexanderkarvos6728 jokes on you I'm a masochist
@@airplanes_aren.t_real what are you, Darkness' long lost cousin?
@@alexanderkarvos6728 we got run over by truck-kun but only she got isekaid
"I'm a very determined hugger" Out of the many one off comedic lines thrown into the many illustrations you do for these videos this is my new favorite. It's up there with "I'm not fireproof just very determined."
Hugging your flaming boyfriend fills you with determination.
Where is the second line from?
@@swantjefoolcan9650 Sun Wukong has a couple of similar lines in Journey to the West Part 6, but not those exact words, so it might be another video.
“Why do you smell like smoke?”
“I got set on fire twice!”
“I thought you were fireproof.”
“Nope just stubborn.”
“Are you OK?”
My favorite line from these videos would have to be “UNORTHODOX DISPLAY OF HUBRIS, BUT VERY WELL.” because it’s literally a fancier way to say “Weird flex, but ok.” and it’s perfect!
I've gotta hand it to Janet! It's not every myth that the lady is spunky, clever, takes initiative, AND saves her man!
If you have ever encountered a Scottswoman it makes a lot of sense that the Scotts would have such a story.
Maybe it wouldn’t hurt to make some changes in my vacation plan
/me points to the origin of "Scarborough Fair"
And SEX. Don't forget all the hot SEX she clearly wants & enjoys.
(Seriously. No idea why people are so allergic to the idea women want SEX with a hot dude)
@@paradoxacres1063 B/c typical western (and frankly some eastern) norms and traditions either put women on pedestals where their virginity is sacred and supposed to be protected, or portray women who want sex as terrible people and seductresses. Usually hand in hand. Arguably, in the context of the fact that primogeniture succession was so damn common, this makes sense, but it was pretty crappy.
I got an ad for Teen Pregnancy prevention after this video, and I'm laughing very hard.
Also I'm pretty certain I had the same book, and I also loved it.
TH-cam advertising algorithms have a great sense of irony
r/thistotallyhappened
This that why I'm getting plan b ads?
Oh gods, now I'M wheezing!
I need that book right f-in now
I relate to Janet so hard
"You must never go into the cursed woods without offerings or the evil spirit will take your virginity!"
"O-oh...ehh yeah sure ill stay clear...eh just curious, wich way to the woods again?"
th-cam.com/video/jTAO8s74Nuo/w-d-xo.html
Moth Arch Enemy This link is amazing and deserves more likes!
@@motharchenemy8549 soldier only wanted to eat
Just so you know I can be extra sure on where *NOT* to go
@Lara SCHROEDER one night stand with a mythical elf... Are you actually saying that you won't be going for that?
Autumn in the south:
First half of the month: “Why is it still summer?”
Second half of the month: “When did it become winter?”
Kai Lemminkäinen
Texas v Arizona
I’m on team Texas for worst Fall.
That sounds a bit like Ottawa (Canada's capital):
One day, "It's October; why is it 30 Celsius weather?"
The Next Day, "Where did all this snow come from?! I don't recall entering a wardrobe or opening a portal for the Wild Hunt..."
Story of my life!
Wait. So it does that in the South as well as the north? Huh.
Louisiana is more of
Monday: WHY DID I WEAR A SWEAT SHIRT?!
By Thursday: WHY DID I WEAR SHORTS AND A T-SHIRT?!
I like how the tokens, that are supposed to be placed in the forest are rings and green cloaks. In a way Tam Lin protects the travelers through this forest with this story from suffering his own fate, because if they carry green cloaks, the elves are unable to see them (as we learn later) and the rings probably show, that the person is already married, making them less interesting to the elves (maybe a bit of a stretch, I know).
The rings were probably made of iron, wich is know to harm the fae in celtic myths (I at least think that's why!)
The poem version of Tam Lin I read in an old book of Celtic folklore in which the fairy queen said ' "Had I known" the queen did say "... I'd have taken out your heart of flesh and given you one of stone", which is similar to petrifying eyes.
I actually like this version more, since it implies she would've taken away his ability to love anyone. Beautifully creepy, just like the fae :P
Interesante 😮
Tam Lin: It was supposed to be a threat so I'd be left alone, not an invitation...
Janet: "Too bad, now trousers off, feary boy."
Its not a threat if you like it, after all~
This seems like the textbook example of "Don't threaten me with a good time."
Can you really call it TAKING someone's virtue when they seem determined to throw it at you? Wouldn't that be more along the lines of catching it in self-defense?
*Snrk* that's freaking hilarious
......fair point
Frankly, in this case Tam Lin seemed to be the one without much of a choice in the matter.
"Miss? Haven't you heard these woods are haunted? You gotta leave tribute or the fey-spirit will steal your virginity!"
"I know, I'm getting tired of fathers poor eye for suitors. You're my boyfriend now, get those robes off, we're making a baby."
"It was an act of sacrifice" he said.
Yes you still had sex with her
Tam-lin: What are you doing in my haunted forest? Don't you know the stories?
Janet: Yes, why do you think I'm here?
Now clothes off, I came into your woods so get that wood in me!
Sadly, you can't find cute boyfriends trapped in your local forest these days. Truly tragic.
The effects of deforestation 😢
Not with that mindset you won’t
You can Trap one If you are really dedicated.
The modern urban/suburban woman does have a wider selection of mundane bachelors, however.
@@Nerdnumberone There's a fair few fae-cursed boys in cityscapes too. One simply needs to find them.
I imagine teenage Bonny-Janet at a sleep over with the other Lords' daughters, and someone is telling the story of Tam-Lin:
"... And if the maiden does not present him with a token, Tam-Lin will take her 'true virtue', her Virginity!"
Other Girls: *gasps in horror*
Bonny-Janet: "... oooh nooo, how _awful_ " 😉
Or possibly:
Bonny-Janet: "Score!"
Or, if this happened after the events of the story:
Bonny-Janet: "Oh; that reminds me, I've been meaning to introduce you all to my new husband..."
And after the sleepover:
Bonny-Janet: daaadyyy... Can I have the Haunted forest as a birthday gift???
Dad: but sweetie, you heard of the myth---
Janet: puleeeaase?
Dad: fine but I ain't paying if you come to get a baby.
Bonny Probably: Wait is he hot?
Other girl probably: Uhhh, I guess hes cute--
Bonny: Say no more.
@@matthewmuir8884 Bonny Janet: "Girls this is Tam Lin. Yes, that Tam Lin. The benefits of owning a haunted forest am I right!" ;)
Tam Lin - "Wow, no girl has actually ever been through these woods without some kind of offering." Janet - "Their loss."
Also pretty kick-ass that this pregnant girl goes against the *Fairy Queen* in order to save her baby-daddy. Yeah, he couldn't actually harm her in those forms, but she gets points for not freaking out and continues to hold onto a lizard, a snake, a bear, a lion, a chunk of hot iron, and actual flames.
Finally someone that gets told to NOT do something, in this case letting go, in a magic-related trial, and DOES NOT DO IT.
Looking at you, Orpheus.
@@matteoarthe worst part about Orpheus is that in some versions, they reach the world of the living, but he looks back a second too early, right before she crosses over
A young maiden when out to the haunted woods, where it was customary to leave a present for the beautiful specter that inhabited it. The failure to do so will result in the spirit taking from the maiden, something far more precious than a green cloak or a golden ring, her very virtue.
“And that kids is how I met your mother”
Pa pa pa pa pa Pa pa pa ra ra ra ra ra ra ra ra
If there's something strange in your neighborhood
*who you gonna call~*
Blessed comment
tim van rijn Oh my god it works on two levels
The alternate ending to How I Met Your Mother.
I'm Mexican and week goes like this
Oct 31: Halloween
Nov 1: day of saints
Nov 2: day of the dead
Nov 3: nothing
Nov 4: my birthday
What about LA CHANCLA! (I'm Mexican as well, haha)
4 huh, the number that sounds like death in japanese, and it happens to occur on the same week as the days related with dead people...............
Remember, remember!
The fifth of November,
The Gunpowder treason and plot;
I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot!
Guy Fawkes and his companions
Did the scheme contrive,
To blow the King and Parliament
I’m born on the day of the dead
My week is just
Oct 31st- halloween
November 1st-birthday
Sometimes I feel like I'm celebrating my birthday for 2 days straight.
"Hey Nobody is responsible for this baby but me."
This was ahead of its time
Sadly not, all over the worlds history women had absolutly astonishing rights and equality for a certein period of time until some opressiv religion or a war happened and ground them into dust. . . . Its bitter that everything achieve will be lost again
Or maybe we’re just behind
@@SingingSealRiana And that is why history is taught, and history is the weakness of every big group.
Another Handsome monster related to Halloween?
I'll buy that.
Plot twist: she wanted it
666th like!
@Aspiring Marauder i want osp version of Frankenstein's monster as buddies.
Seems legit.
Tam Lin: Have you never heard the tales of this woods?
Janet: I have *takes her clothes off and jumps over him*
"Oh I left my rings and cloak at home, I'm sure there is SOMETHING I can give you instead..."
I think I've only seen this plot occur in unsavory manga, but then this is Scotland of all places, so it doesn't surprise me a maiden would have zero issues saying forget the old men and go find the pretty boy who basically invites the ladies to do that.
Celt ladies are born of fire, I tell ya.
Tam Lin: "Young maiden, have you never heard the tales of these woods?"
Janet: "Yes, so clothes off now. Chop chop, I do not have all night budy."
Tam Lin: "Wait what?"
(Sound of Janet's garments tearing) "Did I stutter, punk? I entered your woods, now get that wood in me."
Tam Lin: "Oh! Um, sorry, it is just... this is very irregular and unexpected... please, follow me this way to my chambers..."
Janet: "What part of 'I do not have all night' did you not understand?"
Tam Lin: "Oh... well... it is just nobody has ever volunteered before so I was trying to be more hospitable." (Points to a grove) "The grass and leaves are softest around there."
Janet: "And at what point did I ever say I like it soft?"
Tam Lin: "Oh mercy..."
(Bagpipe cover of "Careless Whispers" plays)
Now I want to know what careless whisper sounds like on bagpipe
@@merrittanimation7721 that makes two of us
This post went from “Girl gets boned by wood fae’s wood” to careless bagpipes.
Oh, this has been a good laugh.
GhostBear3067 Seems like something that would be in a Monty Python sketch.
Gotta love those Scottish myths, they're always the wildest tales around!
Yeah, it's a little murky at times tho. Because the Christians back then tend to stomp out other faiths and religions. Like Irish, Scottish, etc. Myths.
@@Mo10tov very true that's a pretty big problem.
They definitely give the norse a run for their money. Too bad cristianity came and ruined both to the point where it's a miracle theres anything even resembling a historic record of it. Monotheisms seem to always ruin stuff wherever they go...
There's a few more wild tales I could tell you about Scotland
Tom Heindle agreed
Tam Lin: I need a token from everyone who comes here.
Janet: Oh, but wouldn't you rather have... me? ;););););)
Tam Lin: I don't kidnap people, though. I just take women's... oh.
Janet: :D
Janet: "Pants off, faery boy, these woods are on my lands and rent is due."
Tam Lin: "Why do I need to remove my pants to get my wallet..."
Janet: "DAMN IT YOU SODDING KNOB END!! I CAME INTO YOUR WOODS NOW GET THAT WOOD IN ME!!!"
@@GhostBear3067 i have seen 3 seperate comments and replies from you quoting "i came to these woods now get that wood in me" and its still hillarious, like a running gag in a story
Moral of the story, don't mess with a Scotswoman's man, or a Scotswoman in general.
...oh god...great...now you're making me think of the Scotman's Wife from Samurai Jack
Every European knows that,
too bad I'm American.
Or an irish mum, I've had that knowledge beaten into me by mine
@@thatlonelygiraffeinc.6989 .....you okay over there?
@@ulyssesdenice5071 hahaha, just a joke mate, irish mums are just very strict
"HEY nobody's responsible for this baby but ME!"
and also my elf boyfriend who lives in the woods
Exactly what my teenager mother said to my father (after he demanded an abortion)
Before she left him with me.
Love ya mom : )
@@Just_som_Ottur a heroine.
but what about the dude that gave you the kid.
@@lexizheng2472 right, you need two sets of chromosomes to make kids
1:17
Can we appreciate the details of the rings on flower stems and tree branches on this vignette? Red you so talented
My favourite part of Halloween is its idea that the dead are never too far from the living
A bullet away
Sadly. I can't get the spirits of my ancestors to leave and none of them can agree on anything. Come to think of it... maybe I'm thinking of Thanks Giving.
Thats such a nice way of putting it...
Ralph Ize this thought could either be comforting of be terrifying
Well, in Celtic polytheism the Other World was simply a place you went to when you died, and when you died there you simply came back; and, according to Druidic poetry, you were reincarnated as something else, which is why Celtic art tends to be more anamorphic and surreal, images that flow from humanoid shapes to that of animals and plants. You can see this in the Gallic La Tene style of Celtic art. It's really a elegantly bizarre, yet charmingly modern strain of theology.
You know, the story of Tam Lin and Janet could easily be adapted into a Disney animated film, minus the sexy-times part.
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
Disney would make it overly cutesy. It may have a happy ending even originally (unlike most things Disney adapts) but they would make it full on *sickly* and ruin it. Like they always do.
Just no.
tru
@Aspiring Marauder Dude
What's funny is Disney did plan on doing a adaptation but it got scrapped.
So who knows maybe Disney will go back to it one day.
Wait, but the sexy-time part is the literal crux of the the whole story though. Removing it would be like removing the Ring from Lord of the Rings.
i like the idea of: "dont't go in the woods there is an evil creature lurking on young women" and then the girl is like"oh, sweet i was starting to think all the gaurds in my area are boring so maybe some fay PP is what i need"
OMG I paused it when the queen of the fae is on the phone and noticed a reference to Paradise Lost!
(Work through your daddy issues on your own time, man.)
Master Hansen Oh!
IT'S A CINEMATIC UNIVERSE!!!
Oh. My. God. I just saw that!
The replying squiggle has a noticeable peak and exclamation points. 🤣
That timeline doesnt work, unless of course Satan figured out how to call someone from an alternate universe or the future
Tbh half expected them to sacrifice the unborn child
Yah me too.
With Fae tales, that's almost always a possibility, even if said child hasn't even been conceived yet.
I thought of that too
Same.
Zachary Miller that’s just depressing.
"...will take their virginity instead..."
Me: Shit this is gonna be dark in a very uncomfortable way, isn't it?
"Oh no, I seem to have forgotten my rings and cloak at home~" *nudge nudge wink wink*
Me: *laughs hysterically*
Only with the freaking Scottish. My only complaint being we cant get more like that.
Well... it probably did happen the other way with some other women. Not everyone's a Bonny Janet. :)
@@LilianaKali Sure, but thankfully this is just a myth and I don't have to hear about the other ones.
I like these stories. Their nice.
If they aren't virgins what happens? Nothing? What about a male who is also a virgin? Also nothing? I have many questions but I'm probably looking into it too much.
It's still a better love story than Twilight.
Yeah, cause its A Court Of Thorns and Roses
Grim The Ghastly ok this is getting old its been like 7 years or something
@@kazuyakenzaki1320 Try eleven years. That's when the first movie came out.
Anything is a better love story than twilight.
Oml it is tho
“Don’t worry, I’m a very determined hugger”
Everyone mocked her super power till it got her a hot BF,
I caught that and it was _Super_ adorable!
More journey to the west kai
Ancient folklore’s best girl
Janet: Oh woe is me! I am a single maiden girl wandering the woods of Tam Lin in my cutest dress and I seem to have left my cloak and rings at home! I sure hope Tam Lin isn’t around!
*No response*
Janet: Damnnit, do I need to be more obvious?
Janet: "Damn it, you fae coward, get out here! I came into your woods now get your wood in me!!"
@@GhostBear3067 Tam Lin: I am getting danger vibes from this girl
*Brad Majors appears* Damnit, Janet!
Lol
Girl: "Oh no I forgot all possible tokens I could have left for you what ever will I do..."
Tam Lin: "it's fine I'll let you go back, it was just an honest mistake."
Girl: "what... are you sure I cant be trusted I might not come back..."
Tam lin: "you came out here because of the legend didnt you."
Girl: "please..."
Tam lin: "well at least you hot.. I mean honest... sure let's do this!"
I immagine that the Legend started because a girl wanted some dick
king potato this is precisely why it started and you'll never convince me otherwise
Bonny : please take my virginity, i don't wanna be a spinster
Tam Lin : wow i've never seen better
@@kingpotato7183 ah yes a fresh breath of air from Zeus wanting some pussy
@@jadeuwu9860 or a sweat smelling one
AND THAT KIDS IS HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER 👌
Funnily enough there was a song adaption of the story from 2015 by a guy called Drake Oranwood that essentially ends exactly like that:
“But she had done it, son,
Fair Janet broke the spell,
And for her husband won
Your father, Tam Lin of the Elves”
Barney edition
in this version it's 'how i met your father'
And that kids, is how I saved my baby daddy
I love how in old myths the damsel in distress often turns out to be a dude and his Knight is often his pregnant wife. The white polar bear, Eros and psyche, this tale, and I'm sure there are more.
Well, Eros was never in danger. Aphrodite was just being a douchebag who wanted to kill Psyche for being pretty.
@@midnight_rose2337 I was going to say a douche canoe, but that would be incorrect. She is a douche loveboat
@@Midorikonokami LMAO
So true
"And now kids, that's how I met your mother," that is a great end screen to end off this video. Another great one as always Red. Also, please make all your songs into an album.
She doesn’t own main song
Thats how HIMYM should have ended.
That setup feels more like a smut novel than a myth, lol
Its just a very old smut novel, so now its become myth :D
There's a smut novel series with a character named Tamlin.
There had better be _several._
If you mean ACOTAR, I’d advise against it
What the heck
LOL
The thing about the eyeballs is that mortals cannot see the Fae unless a glamour has been put upon their eyes. When the Fae tire of a mortal and don't want them to see them anymore, they swap out the glamoured eyes with wooden ones crafted from a tree.
"Had I known, Tam Lin, she said
This night that I'd lose thee,
I'd'a taen your bonnie eyes
An' put in twa from a tree"
I HAVE NEVER BEEN SO GLAD TO BE OUT OF SCHOOL
EDIT: thanks for the likes omg❤️
SAME HERE
You people not on half term damn
Non-attendence day let's go!
I got out because I’m sick! This makes up for that fact though!
AMEN
TFW You’ll never have a hot fae boyfriend with a dramatic backstory
It's never too late to live your dreams
Cauldron save us all.
Except Tamlin he can leaveeeee.
balrogdahomie but he’s not fae? He’s human
Venus Gillespie you’re right
TFW No Boyfriend
Oh cauldron are you talking about THAT book? That freaking book?!
ACOTAR?!
I didn't hate it but didn't like it that much soooooooooo yeah.
Tam Lin: [exists]
Every single fairycore / cottagecore Tumblr user: *I've come for your pickle*
I had to hold back laughter since I was in online class
*B O I*
(Laugh that has been exposed to missingno's bowels)
Fr 😅
“ And that kids
*Is how I met your mother* “
*Cue laughing scene*
*Seinfeld bass*
Let me guess, if you have time for it, the next story for this season is the tale of Jack of the Lantern? Which amusingly explains where Jack-o-lanterns get their name. The story is actually pretty amusing, seeing as it involves a not-so-nice guy pranking everyone, including the devil himself, and managing to get out of having his soul get eternal punishment in Hell but still being punished for his morally irreprehensible behavior.
I always loved that story when I was younger!
I thought that story was about will-o-wisps, with the guy forcing the devil to promise not to take his soul. Then after he dies he tries going to heaven but isn't allowed in since he's too evil, so he goes to hell instead but can't get in since the devil swore not to take his soul. When the guy complains to the devil about not having a place to go, the devil throws hellfire at him and tells him to go find one, and the guy uses it as a lantern and wanders across the earth looking for somewhere to be.
Name Explain actually addresses all this in his video on why we call carved pumpkins during this time of year Jack-o-Lanterns. The only discrepancy in what I said is he refers to the Irish using "really big Turnips" while the version of where they originate from I heard and am familiar with is the Irish using "Giant Beets" and to be honest, both are as equally viable when you think about it.
Actually, it seems we are getting H.P. Lovecraft, she posted a few frames on twitter
dracone Sounds Like Billy and Mandy’s Jacked Up Halloween
Alternate title: Miscellaneous Myths: The First Porn Script
Honestly I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that this sounded like the beginning of a porno 😂 “oh I left my ring at home but maybe I can offer you something else...”
This is too true
Youre goddamn right
In all honesty, that honor probably goes to some long-lost tale that even Gilgamesh would call ancient.
*Is currently waiting for someone to say “that’s how I met my girlfriend/boyfriend”*
**scoff** I wish.
I met mine at work (not recommended)
"And that how I met your mother..."
Well, I didn't wander into the woods. It's more like she just popped into my mind and ever since them we've had a telepathic/energetic connection. And then we met in real life just recently. It's not a Scottish myth, just a modern metaphysical romance
Celtic mythology for Halloween. Perfect for my coffee break.
Janet: boy, why you think I came here?
@Lara SCHROEDER Copied from another comment.
@Lara SCHROEDER Owning up to your plagiarism. Huh. Not great that you copy-pasted it without credit in the first place, but good on you!
"There's a real hot dude in the woods and if you don't leave your valuables out for me to steal he's gonna fuuuck youuuu!!!"
Hold my bags im going on a hike
So.......a free prostitute?
I mean... in ye olden days being preggers with no father present was a major, like, life-crippling problem. Nobody at the time wanted to raise someone else's kid, hence why virginity was valued so highly.
There were no social welfare systems, but you also couldn't work to support the kid because you were too busy raising him, the only people that could afford professional child supervisors like nannies or even tutors to an extent were the obscenely rich. This, combined with the social stigma could leave a person completely without So you were just stuck permanently destitute, or willing to take any man who could support you, typically the kind who was so vile, abusive, and neglectful no other woman would have him not even in arranged marriage situations because a father is still going to try to find a good husband for his daughter, or you do the one job a single woman of poor reputation, no means, and high desperation has available, which unfortunately can also result in further pregnancies.
But hey, at least you can try to enjoy the experience that gets you in that mess in the first place.
You know Bonny Janet's choices back home must have been bad if 'Go into the creepy woods and get it on with a (potential) fae' was the best option available.
Maybe not. People forget but the tuatha de denaan, what we call "fairies", were gods or demi-gods in their traditional context; and even in these fairy tales they still are powerful deities in their own right, living in realms of eternal youth and beauty. She probably figured she was trading up, which is pretty much every heterosexual woman's natural prerogative.
@@hazel6909 You don't think straight women who want babies want the best husband they can get, so their kids have more advantages? Okay, I guess, buut, for the record, you do know what "pretty much" means, right? It's meant popularly to mean "as a general rule". It's not an all-encompassing absolutism.
@@IggyTthunders it's not encompassing absolution it's just built into everyone's genetic code to have the best partner with the best genes to pass onto their children.
@@yes1667 Exactly. It's called "marrying up". Everyone wants to get the best partner they can. A lot of people just suck at it, because they don't understand that A)life isn't fair, and b)what values are; so they pick losers who waste their time, because they're immature, incompetent, insensitive or just plain abusive. It doesn't help that immature, incompetent, insensitive and abusive people just have a natural tendency to pair bond with each other, the vast majority of chronic reciprocal violence being, roughly, 50/50. (Yeah: if someone tells you their partner hits them, be immediately suspicious: because they likely hit their partner, too. They're both dangerous.)
IggyTthunders I read you, I see where you’re coming from.
But the way you wrote your first comment in text carries with it some seriously nasty subtext dehumanising (in this case women as a group). And I have a good idea of what might come from such dehumanisation, and that gives me (and I think others) knee-jerk reactions.
Good intentions, sadly bad subtext. Take care.
This reminds of a book I had growing up. "Gnat Stokes and The Foggy Bottom Swamp Queen." Or something along those lines. Basically it's about this thirteen year girl name Gnat who was raised by her grandfather and whom the townsfolk believe is the daughter of a witch. She finds a cat in the swamp that is carrying a gold locket in it's mouth that is engraved with the name of a local girl whose boyfriend mysteriously disappeared. Gnat decides to keep the locket and as a result falls hopelessly in love with the missing boy. As it turns out, the boy had sent the cat to deliver the locket to his girlfriend, but Gnat finds it instead and resolves to find the boy and save him because it's obvious he's being held captive by the swamp witch (who turns out to actually be Gnat's mother and she plans to sacrifice him in order to maintain her youth and beauty.) So Gnat finds the boy after following the cat (who is a magical cat that can talk while in the confines of the swamp) and he tells her what must be done in order to free him from the witch, however he insists his girlfriend is the one that has to do it. Unfortunately, his girlfriend has extremely poor eyesight and is also a bit slow, so at the last second Gnat decides she's the one that has to do it. And just like in this myth, she grabs hold of him as he's passing by on a horse, her mother puts him through three transformations, the last being a fiery hot grill or something that sets Gnat on fire. She launches both herself and the grill, or whatever it is, into a nearby pond at which point the spell is broken and the witch loses all her magical powers thus becoming a mortal woman. The boy and his girlfriend reunite and Gnat goes back to her life with her grandpa, except now she has the ability to see into the future and what she sees is her parents reuniting, so happy ending all around, I guess?
That dia del los muertos pronunciation was clean as hell
FACTS
It made me happy
Before you do that, lemme tell you my
*Tragic backstory*
69th like lol
"Work through your daddy issues on your own time" priceless.
Also Janet's way ahead of her time and she is an awesome determined hugger.
i love hearing about old obscure myths not immortalized in every single fantasy property. it gives me ideas.
Wow. Girl knows what she wants, I guess.
"You're telling me a handsome guy will seduce me if I go into those woods?"
Well, you know what they say about dating the fey: Once you go Seelie, you'll never leave freely.
Actually, a lot of stories of Seelie Court faeries do involve them letting people leave freely (though usually it's the faerie leaving after the guy (and it is almost always a faerie woman and a human guy) breaks a promise). It's the Unseelie Court that a person should avoid at all cost.
For this double rhyme, you get a damn upvote.
Bars
Hi, I’m your 69th like! You’re welcome!
“And people say there’s no such thing as a perfect match.”
-Me, listening to Red’s opening.
“Work through your daddy issues on your own time, man”
Bonny Janet being one of the OG Strong Female Characters makes me smile
Yeah mate, Captain Marvel ain't got shit on this person!
And that kids, is where the plot of A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J Maas comes from.
Amanda Starkes + the whole Beauty and the beast thing
Yesss!!! I was waiting for this
The whole maiden and ahem ahem thing reminded me of Fire Night
Someone said it 👏👏
Finally some else who’s read it
It's a combo: Tam Lin + Beauty and the Beast, just like ACOMAF is Beauty & the Beast + Hades & Persephone, and ACOWAR is Hades & Persephone + Snow White.
"And THAT, kids, is how I met your mother."
XD i died
"If you don't have tribute, he'll take your virginity"
Oh, this is a rape story...
"I came to this forest thirsty, and I've been drinking lots of water"
Oh, this is a strong woman story!
Now I'm curious how many maidens DELIBERATELY went into the Carterhaugh woods without a ring or cloak...
This is what I do in my spare time
*I have no regrets*
Frolicking in the woods, looking for a frisky good time with a dreamy enchanted knight? I do approve.
Same
Me to. Me to 😊
Why would you?
@@Lady_in_Yearning
"Rock me" by Great White plays in the background.......
Better than Twilight.
Wait this isn’t the right TH-cam Channel
Wait… i saw you somewhere.
It is in fact not the right channel, now go to your room.
Ey, it's Guthrum!
IT'S GUTHRUM!
Yes it is
“Woah, before you do anything like that. Let me tell you my: tragic backstory”
✨tragic backstory ✨
@@pinkajou656 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚
*tragic backstory*
Plot twist: its a stupid backstory
Tragic backstory tm
Tam Lin: Don’t you know what happens when I’m not left a gift?
Bonnie Janet: Oh no, anyway let’s get it on
Yeah , is like Eros and Psyche .
But in another time period .
And the lack of young suitors throwing themselves at her
And also instead of a hyper protective mother you have a bitchy and cold gf.
This actually explains the difference between Mediterranean and Anglophone culture a LOT
*but scottish
1:51 "So Janet and Tam Lin do what young attractive singles do"
Plays Yatzee, seems legit.
Edit: Where did they get the dice?
I suppose they played some variant where you don't need a die... and where you also get pregnant.
mrmimeisfunny From a d:drives Exe.file /Program cd
Perhaps through means that were . . . dicey.
(I'll see myself out)
No joke, my freshmen English teacher used that same euphemism when we were reading Romeo and Juliet. It was a meme in my class pretty much until graduation.
@@fantasylover87 My English class used 'playing board games'
Hey Red, I'm a fan from India, would appreciate if you could make some videos on Dharmic mythology! There are a wealth of options, perhaps Ramayana, Mahabharata, Krishna, Shiva etc. I really enjoy your videos, your humour and storytelling skills are very unique! Lots and lots of love ❤❤😊
the sun rises out my ass I think they did make one video talking about Shiva but I agree with you, I’d love to hear and see more stories about Dharmic mythology
If it helps any Red has said before that she really likes the Mahabharata and wants to do something with it, but since it would probably require a multi episode series she's waiting til she's done with Journey to the West
@@smolbunzz AFAIK, there's only been one, and it was about Kali.
@@macaronsncheese9835 true, the Mahabharata is dope, and the original sanskrit version has around 12 volumes. It would probably require a multi part series. Would love to see it soon.
But isn't the Ramayana accepted as fact by Hindus? Wouldn't saying that it's a myth be kind of a blasphemy?
HAVE YOU NOT HEARD THE STORIES ABOUT THIS PLACE??
Yeah, but everyone at my dad's castle is like super old so . . . We going to do this or what?
lol.
Bonny Janet: Look your cute and everyone back home is super old
Tam Lin: ummmm ok
This Tam Lin is better than Tamlin from acotar. Plus he’s cuter and nicer.
gabby cline glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought that the tool is worse
Emily Zeller I’d tell the tool to go to hell, but that would be a punishment to Lucifer
@Roger Horstmann Not being a terrorist helps
Roger Horstmann wait, someone ELSE who’s read House of the Scorpion? They do exist!
Dylan Chouinard
It was required reading for my school!
“Look, you’re cute and everyone in my dad’s castle is super old.”
I think it was ur delivery but that’s when I lost it, I needed a laugh break XD
2:19
"You know what time it is riiiight?"
"Of course I know what year it is"
"You better keep your promise to me and pay uuuuup!"
"Relax, of course we'll pay"
"you sure as *here* better! Because you know big man upstairs can't do anything to help you against me, right??"
"Work through your daddy issues on your own time-"
"I DO NOT HAVE *DADDY ISSUES*!!"
*click*
I just imagine the last line being yelled and Satan's voice cracks.
I do [voice crack] Not have Daddy Issues!
@Mr. Al Primary Weapon against Satan: Scripture, Prayer, and the name of Christ.
Sidearm against Satan: *Diss Track*
😁
Wait who’s satans dad?
@@izzyash775 God.
I've to admit red's opening lines got me all sentimental. It really does feel like this time of year is special, like something in the world stirs and nature becomes even more fantastic. It truly does feel the time of year you could go hit up some sexy magyk bois.
When I saw Tam Lin, I thought this would be a Chinese mythology video instead of a Scottish mythology video.
Me to
Me too, until I remembered that I speak mandarin and ‘tam’ isn’t a word
@@anotherworldhopper5344 Does this mean that every name in mandarin must make sense today?
We German speakers have tons of names that don't make any sense today. Probably most of them did once upon a time, but probably never all of them...
edi ‘tam’ in pinyin doesn’t exist. There are no Mandarin words or names with the pronunciation ‘tam’. There is ‘ta men’ for example, but ‘ta’ and ‘men’ are separate characters. All characters in Mandarin are monosyllabic and ‘tam’ isn’t one of them.
edi My point is that no character matches ‘tam’, so it would be impossible to have the Chinese name of Tam.
I like to imagine a version of this story where Janet takes the fire version of Tam Lin and chucks it at the queen just to spite her before running away with her baby daddy
Oh god, playing Yahtzee can get you pregnant???
Mannen, getting those full houses and Flushes'll get you high!
I believe it's a Harley Quinn reference from one of the cartoon movies of the Suicide Squad
Oh.......sh!t
Yes.
I would like this, but its at 69 likes.
Red: So Bonny and Tam Lin do what young attractive singles do.
Bonny: YAHTZEE!
Me: Apparently young attractive singles play Yahtzee together. 🙃
I always just thought that that was her sexual cry.
@@peelslowly28 I hate this comment almost as much as I love it
Think she went into the woods out of sheer absolute boredom, or that she heard about him and just figured "That's the guy for me"
We are all thinking it: You *so* should've sung "Dammit Janet" from the Rocky Horror Picture Show! =)
"The river was deep but I swam it, Janet
The future is ours so let's plan it, Janet
So please don't tell me to can it, Janet
I've one thing to say and that's
Dammit, Janet, I love you
The road was long but I ran it, Janet
There's a fire in my heart and you fan it, Janet
If there's one fool for you then I am it, Janet
Now I've one thing to say and that's
Dammit, Janet, I love you
Here's a ring to prove that I'm no joker
There's three ways that love can grow
That's good, bad or mediocre
Oh J-A-N-E-T I love you so!"
Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange...
Come with us and you will see. This, our town of halloween!
Too bad! Your eyes are stone! Haha!
@@pigcatapult This is Halloween
This is Halloween
Pumpkins shriek in the dead of night
State of Arizona, State of Arizona, Arizona Arizona, Arizona Arizona!
Everybody scream, everybody scream!
I learned this myth in the kid friendly version in the collection of stories in the book "Not One Damsel in Distress" by Jane Yolen. Good book.
A Court of Thorns and Roses makes a lot more sense now.
THIS IS EXACTLYY POINT!
omg this comment resulted in me, no joke, immediately getting in the car and driving to the library to check that book out
THANK YOU
Michael Miller YOU’RE SO WELCOME DUDE
"Don't worry, I'm a very determined hugger" is literally my life's motto. I have never seen a description so succinctly accurate to sum up my life's motivations in all my 24 years.
How not to be cursed. ACTUALLY WANTING TO BONE
THAT IS A RED FLAG IF EVER I SAW ONE.
Yep.... just....yeah seriously.