The Lion Man of Babylon an Ancient Toilet Guardian - Extra Mythology

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  ปีที่แล้ว +56

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    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @death-istic9586
      @death-istic9586 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi.

    • @germanomagnone
      @germanomagnone ปีที่แล้ว +1

      perhaps to send a subscription to urmahlullu and his "brothers", to feed them like a lion.

    • @nein3533
      @nein3533 ปีที่แล้ว +1

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    • @Djokosoetono
      @Djokosoetono ปีที่แล้ว

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  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 ปีที่แล้ว +977

    What a hero. The Lion Man of the Latrine, the Protector of Pottygoers, the Beast of the Bathroom, the Best in the Restroom. When nature calls, he protects the stalls.

    • @maxherman3884
      @maxherman3884 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      How has this not been pinned?

    • @leandraferesthogar7249
      @leandraferesthogar7249 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Unfortunately his rival claimed the lives of several people in the Latrine episode of Extra History

    • @bricksloth2599
      @bricksloth2599 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its good to know that since the dawn of time, using the bathroom has always been considered a sacred thing, not to be disturbed.

    • @viciousmindzentertainment9307
      @viciousmindzentertainment9307 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You have made epic that which was not

    • @Cant_go_outside
      @Cant_go_outside ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nice

  • @jamesanderson5465
    @jamesanderson5465 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    When using the toilet you really are at your most vulnerable so for those times you really do need a guardian.

    • @leobuana7430
      @leobuana7430 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Samurai who master potty sword drawing stance : "indeed"

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 ปีที่แล้ว +427

    If these guys can keep my nightmare scenario of spiders hiding under the toilet seat from happening, then I salute them 😊

    • @kayohwai
      @kayohwai ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Sounds like you found your guardian deity.

    • @8xMorladumx8
      @8xMorladumx8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Thanks for the new fear xD

    • @RobbieEl
      @RobbieEl ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's just Australia?

    • @darter9000
      @darter9000 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Umm… *takes a quick glance at his toilet

    • @buttAttack
      @buttAttack ปีที่แล้ว

      spiders or lion men.. you gotta pick your posien here

  • @abaldrabbit
    @abaldrabbit ปีที่แล้ว +78

    7:41 The bathroom/toilet is actually one of the most common places/rooms to die in!(it has something to do with how your heart rate and blood pressure drop when your ‘doing your business ‘ and shoot back up when you go back to standing)

  • @biohazard724
    @biohazard724 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Midway through this it occurs to me Urmalula's post is a fairly noble if not glamorous one, folks are at their most vulnerable on the pot so having a hulking man-lion at the ready is pretty clutch

    • @Gildedmuse
      @Gildedmuse ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It reminds me that in England there used to be an office called The Groom of the Stool, and his position was to, err, assist the king in all matters of hygiene.
      Because he was with the king in such private and vulnerable moments, he learned many secrets that led to the role becoming before respected and feared. Eventually, the position even became one with the power of the purse as one long named his groom the head of finance. By the time of king Henry VII, he was in charge of setting national fiscal policy.
      All that and the position started simply as a bathroom attendant!

  • @LordOmnissiah
    @LordOmnissiah ปีที่แล้ว +250

    Oh so THAT is why my kitties wanna watch me when I’m on the porcelain throne! They are descendants of Urmahlullu! 😂

    • @BriannaQing
      @BriannaQing 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      What heroes! Bathroom buddies for life!

  • @vampyresmiles713
    @vampyresmiles713 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    I would like to point out, in Japan, oni often do get turned to doing good like guarding temples and the like. That's definitely a thing that (mythically) happens!

  • @max2x000
    @max2x000 ปีที่แล้ว +165

    Crazy that so early in human history we made such creative and nuanced stories

    • @peregrinemiles7936
      @peregrinemiles7936 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I mean, they were one of the first urbanization civilizations, dealing with dysentery and other diseases that come from communal organized water systems.

    • @maxk4324
      @maxk4324 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@peregrinemiles7936 I think they were referring to the rehabilitation of the monsters rather than punishing them for being products of their upbringing, but also what you said.

    • @DragonwolfoftheSands
      @DragonwolfoftheSands ปีที่แล้ว +5

      These stories were made in the last 1% of anatomically modern humanity

  • @MovieFan1912
    @MovieFan1912 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    This has to be one of the most bizarre myths I’ve seen in this show.

  • @jag519
    @jag519 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    one must imagine the mythical toilet guardian happy

  • @Lightning_Toad
    @Lightning_Toad ปีที่แล้ว +178

    Urmahlullu is truly The People's Protector. May his mane be foever revered, his paws clean, and his pride unblemished.

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea ปีที่แล้ว +27

    I like to think whenever a toilet flushes, that's Urmahlullu roaring in approval.

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 ปีที่แล้ว +256

    Only the Summerians could make guarding the toilets sound like a badass job.😂

    • @scp-2348
      @scp-2348 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Sumerian gods must have had some holy shits.

  • @jots3293
    @jots3293 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    As a man currently on the toilet watching this, I approve. Thanks Urmahlullu

    • @amyschildgamerlive4519
      @amyschildgamerlive4519 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We won't know if he was successful in protecting you UNTIL you finish my friend

  • @Guavamente
    @Guavamente ปีที่แล้ว +20

    This is a lesson itself. No matter your job, you have a strong purpose and many people may need or be thankful for you, but many may not. Be proud because what you do is what you make of it.
    PS: BTW ty so much for protecting my toilet, i fear what may become of me if not

  • @lazaruscomplexofficial
    @lazaruscomplexofficial ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Is this the weird time to tell you I'm the songwriter for a metalcore/deathcore toilet themed band and you just gave me a new song idea 😅

  • @RainbowBoo42
    @RainbowBoo42 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    If you're watching this while on the toilet may the Lion man give you strength

  • @harbingerofsarcasm2510
    @harbingerofsarcasm2510 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Sometimes the toilet really is a battleground

  • @cyan3714
    @cyan3714 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    So you're telling me when i hit the tacobell i unintentionally start a battle between to lion dudes?

  • @maxk4324
    @maxk4324 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    A guardian that protects us when we are at our most vulnerable? He might be a lion man but he's a GOAT in my books.

  • @bulbs_
    @bulbs_ ปีที่แล้ว +174

    Toilet Guardian

  • @emexdizzy
    @emexdizzy ปีที่แล้ว +14

    As someone with a poop disease, I appreciate Urmahlullu's fight for us.

  • @SaintofQuartz
    @SaintofQuartz ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have a deep fear of being on the toilet during an emergency (fire, earthquake, etc.) so maybe I should toss the liondude a few prayers.

  • @jonjohns8145
    @jonjohns8145 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    From now on .. anyone who has problems in the bathroom should say "I have a touch of the Shooluck" in honor of the OTHER lion man.

    • @mistformsquirrel
      @mistformsquirrel ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Or to give him his modern D&D Monster Manual name: Dire Reah.

    • @Ninja1Ninja2
      @Ninja1Ninja2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lion man vs man lion

  • @ASpaceOstrich
    @ASpaceOstrich ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Guarding you from lion attacks while on the toilet seems like a weirdly niche and unnecessary role, but he's actually just really good at it. If he took a week off, it'd be lion central. The amount of cat hair in the sewerage alone would be a distaster.
    Its a real Odin and Frost Giants situation here. You ever see a frost giant?

  • @andrewparsons2391
    @andrewparsons2391 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Tywin Lannister: The very sigil of my family is a lion, yet you let me die on the toilet?
    Urmahlullu: I protect people from Shulak, not their own sons. Should've been a better dad!

  • @LostInTheFarmersMarket
    @LostInTheFarmersMarket ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It the part where you yell 'God of the toilet' that made this entire video. I now have to wait to a perfect time to yell "I AM URMAHLULLU THE GUARDIAN OF THE PORCELAIN THRONE!!!!" at work in the bathroom just to mess with coworkers now. Oooh! Definitely gotta do the shattner styled 'KHAN!' pose for that too.

  • @germanomagnone
    @germanomagnone ปีที่แล้ว +50

    it's really strangely nice that urmahlullu and his "brothers" weren't the usual "enemies" that heroes have to be killed for the good of the world, but it's a bit ridiculous that a "leon-taur= leonine centaur" was the guardian of the WC, I hope for him didn't have to check the sewers too, where that demon of Šulak, remain to rot there.

  • @anoninunen
    @anoninunen ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Urmahlulu: "NOW I FIGHT AS URMAHLULU, WARRIOR!"
    Loathesome Dungeater: "...understandablehaveaniceday"
    THE LOUSY, LEACHEROUS LOO-LEACHER.

  • @anton_smallz99_30
    @anton_smallz99_30 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    7:23 That jokes about Elvis being taken by the toilet demon caught me off guard 😂😂😂

  • @nelsonchereta816
    @nelsonchereta816 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Urmahlullu, not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need!

  • @Randomperson-ne3kp
    @Randomperson-ne3kp ปีที่แล้ว +28

    He is a guardian that protects all men on their peaceful “Thrones”

  • @thejwoom9912
    @thejwoom9912 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Now this is real mythology

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The Lion in the Loo. Urma-Loo-Loo. I had heard a lot about Mesopotamia (Gilgamesh, Inanna and the Underworld, Enuma Elish, that corrupt copper merchant, the "dog walks into an alehouse" joke), but this guardian of the privy has sadly been forgotten. Thank you for rescuing him for oblivion. Like the Japanese Akaname, this one has potential. Think about him the next time you are doing your business on the potty.
    Oh, and BTW, Loo is British English for toilets.

  • @itwaswalpole
    @itwaswalpole ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Seeing an episode on the Mead of Poetry would be amazing:
    The Norse God's spit in a cup and that spit becomes the smartest of all God's. He then travels around the world helping people until 2 dwarves kill him and brew some mead with his blood. Drinking this blood mead turns them into natural poets. One day a man and woman come by, the dwarves drown one at sea and smash the others head in with a rock. Their son threatens to kill them so they give him the blood mead. He then stores it in the middle of a mountain guarded by his daughter. Odin, after hearing all this, goes to get the mead. He finds 9 labourers and offers a magic scythe to the one left standing after a fight to the death. They all kill each other and Odin offers to till the land for the entire summer in exchange for a 3 sips of the mead, since the landowner was the brother of the owner of the mead, he accepted. One summer later the land owner helps Odin get into the mountain and after turning into a snake and seducing the daughter he drinks all of the mead and flies away. He then barfs all the mead back up, most of it out of his mouth but another portion out of his anus, thus creating 2 different meads of poetry. Odin then gave the Mead that came out of his mouth to the God's.

    • @ShanRenxin
      @ShanRenxin ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Children, can you guess which end the bad poetry came from?

  • @timhiker5512
    @timhiker5512 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    So that’s where the scorpion man that Gilgamesh encountered came from. Thanks

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Urmahlullu being guardian of toilets reminds me of how in Game of Thrones Tyrion Lannister was put in charge of all the plumbing in Casterly Rock by his father Tywin. A most highborn plumber.

  • @nowtrams
    @nowtrams ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This might be my favorite extra mythology ever

  • @nervaaugustus7089
    @nervaaugustus7089 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    "Eat s----, Šulak." - Urmahlullu

  • @alekseyfedorov3544
    @alekseyfedorov3544 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed.

  • @theemries4766
    @theemries4766 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    So THAT'S why bathroom spiders are always so docile...

  • @Seadalgo
    @Seadalgo ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Nobody needs a toilet guardian until a reticulated jormagandr comes out of the drain

  • @BoneyMiles
    @BoneyMiles ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I actually had to use the toilet as soon as the video started, so thank you Urmahlullu for keeping me safe enough to enjoy this awesome tale!

  • @lolzmanxd3368
    @lolzmanxd3368 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the monster stories of Babylon are interesting not because of what they contain, but what they teach, they seem to have the moral of reformation and not condemnation, which is strange for an ancient civilization

    • @The360MlgNoscoper
      @The360MlgNoscoper 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They were not primitive.
      Remember, people really haven’t changed much the last 50 000 years.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love these midweek episodes guys! They always make my day 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

  • @AlifZabidi
    @AlifZabidi ปีที่แล้ว +11

    With the amount of time I spend on the can, Urmahlullu has definitely been looking out for me. Thank you for your service, Guardian of the Toilet! 🤭

  • @lukemccann8930
    @lukemccann8930 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love the idea of the guardian also showing up to threaten those with subpar hand hygiene after doing their business 😅

  • @stomodino5443
    @stomodino5443 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He lost one of his fights at Erfurt in 1184

  • @Ryu_D
    @Ryu_D ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "What do you think when you hear that there's a monster in the story?"
    Me: New friend!
    "Yeah, you usually think it'll die.
    Me: Am I too optimistic, or is it just that I've been playing pokemon recently? ... Nah, I just want a monster friend. :)

  • @Sputnik5790
    @Sputnik5790 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Is that the reason dogs and cats follow you to the toilet? To help in the fight against evil.

  • @novo121
    @novo121 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Who would have guessed that monster would become protector of my ass

  • @AmyMcLean
    @AmyMcLean ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I AM THE GUARDIAN OF THE TOILET!"
    😂😂😂 Epic! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Fruit_Cake_Boii
    @Fruit_Cake_Boii ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Well if he keeps away the giant toilet spiders, I salute him.

  • @Henry-ep6qy
    @Henry-ep6qy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The WHO “Diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity in the world” sounds like it’s a fair fight

  • @EdricLysharae
    @EdricLysharae ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "It's a crappy job, but someone had to do it."

  • @tainteddeer4026
    @tainteddeer4026 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Sadly, Urmahlullu was unable to protect Elvis.

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Not even the mighty toilet lion can protect you from going number two with digested peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

  • @AK-qh6lr
    @AK-qh6lr 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It is rumored that Shulock has taken on a new form... AS A SKIBIDI TOILET!!!!!

  • @Diceyed
    @Diceyed ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Why do they call it a restroom? I'm fighting for my life in here!

  • @matthewstegall7921
    @matthewstegall7921 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This story was written by a person whose cats fought under the door 😾😼😸

  • @FelisTerras
    @FelisTerras ปีที่แล้ว +3

    As odd as it sounds, the Egyptian t it a step further and made it an actual job: the Guardian of the pharao's anus. It was considered an extremely influential and respected duty and highly regarded

  • @suburbanCyclist6
    @suburbanCyclist6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love toilet gaurdians

    • @bulbs_
      @bulbs_ ปีที่แล้ว

      Same

    • @cyrusthegreat7030
      @cyrusthegreat7030 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you know who else is a toilet enjoyer?

  • @dennisthornton4434
    @dennisthornton4434 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Now we know what the noise in the toilet is.😅

  • @hemberger91
    @hemberger91 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I mean. The person who guards you when you are vulnerable. Sounds like a proud job.

  • @user-ct6ve8yr1z
    @user-ct6ve8yr1z ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great, now I'm thinking of Urmahlullu if he was created by Shin Megami Tensei fusion.
    Not sure what class he would fall into, but I'm thinking he'd be a fusion of Pazuzu, Barong, Kanbari, and Belphegor.

  • @petercolson2990
    @petercolson2990 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You missed a trick not making the pun 'Guardians of the Lavatory'

  • @DungeonCreator20
    @DungeonCreator20 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    .... did the babylonians personify the sound of their echoing farts in the latrine?

  • @elihinze3161
    @elihinze3161 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Every day that passes, I love the ancient Mesopotamians and their shenanigans even more.

  • @JOGA_Wills
    @JOGA_Wills ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Shulok has been kickin my rear for awhile after some great tacos last night.. Where are you Urmahluullu, you are my only hope

  • @alexandredumas3384
    @alexandredumas3384 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Best. Myth. EVER!!! 😂❤

  • @generalnawaki
    @generalnawaki ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The guardian of sanitation

  • @SylviaRustyFae
    @SylviaRustyFae ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Prev unknown benefit to my being incontinent: I am immune to attacks from Shulock :P

  • @Wolfeson28
    @Wolfeson28 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:28 Ah, I see someone knows their Mummy franchise. :)

  • @Robshi
    @Robshi ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you Extra History for giving me the perfect myth to watch whilst on the toilet.

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Lion man of Babylon, there he sat down,...

  • @AltainiaInfinity
    @AltainiaInfinity ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder if this is where Lionel gets his toilet fascination from in Animal Crossing...

  • @Raleyg
    @Raleyg ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Marduk seems like a really chill god-king

  • @shadowscribe
    @shadowscribe ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He protects us at our most vulnerable.

  • @TJ-vh2ps
    @TJ-vh2ps ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ah… finally an explanation of where the term “loo” (UrmahlulLU) came from! 🧐

  • @SMon42
    @SMon42 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I thought this was going to be about some myth that inspired that Legend of Zelda Hand in the Toilet asking for Toilet paper, but I am not disappointed with what I watched.

  • @endplanets
    @endplanets ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Missing from Steven King's "Dream Catcher Movie"
    Also "AAAHHH Real monsters"

  • @mistformsquirrel
    @mistformsquirrel ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So springing this on a player next time I DM. "Right I gotta go to the latrine..."
    *COSMIC LION MAN FIGHT ENSUES*

  • @Darkgun231
    @Darkgun231 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I need to buy a lion-centaur figurine to decorate my bathroom with.

  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sorry if this is TMI, but I think Šulak was haunting me today, I’ve had some painful diarrhea!

  • @LegoCookieDoggie
    @LegoCookieDoggie ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would honestly be down for more toilet themed myths

  • @hancocki
    @hancocki ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who wouldn't love a monstrous ankle charm bracelet

  • @Wintermute01001
    @Wintermute01001 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Erfurt was Sulak's greatest victory.

  • @enkephalin07
    @enkephalin07 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If toilets are left unmonitored, you never know what they'll do.

  • @japanimationman4442
    @japanimationman4442 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tyrion Lanister can bribe anyone, it seems.

  • @93MANIAC
    @93MANIAC ปีที่แล้ว

    Urmahlullu: What is my purpose?
    Marduk: You guard toilets.
    Urmahlullu: Oh my God...
    Marduk: Yeah, welcome to the club, pal.

  • @lonelyteapot858
    @lonelyteapot858 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm now realising how much of Datk Souls 1 seems to be based on Babylonian mythology...
    So I guess we have Seath to thank for half the boss battles...

  • @CosmicAggressor
    @CosmicAggressor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Damn. That is some good work.

  • @michaelthomas5433
    @michaelthomas5433 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm eating a lot of very spicy tacos lathered in hot sauce in honour of this brave creature. May my coming movement give this noble warrior reason for battle!

  • @DarkAtHearts
    @DarkAtHearts ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tywin lannister died on the toilet. That day he truly shat gold

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ironically his house sigel is a lion.

  • @THE_REAL_SUN.
    @THE_REAL_SUN. ปีที่แล้ว +1

    THE SUN WAS NOT EXPECTING TO HEAR ABOUT A TOILET GUARDIAN

  • @JacksonForster-i1y
    @JacksonForster-i1y 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    How would he react to Skibidi toilet?

  • @JacobL228
    @JacobL228 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    And now we have things like the Wemic race modeled after Urmahlullu, the Tlincalli race modeled after Girtablilu, and many other Mesopotamian monster races in Dungeons & Dragons.

  • @TJ-vh2ps
    @TJ-vh2ps ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is my new favorite myth! ❤

  • @bintimes
    @bintimes ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So basically thanks urmalula for not allowing me to have epilepsy

  • @umbracolt6364
    @umbracolt6364 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That a very interesting myth. I love it. Man-lion protek me from Lion-man.😂