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

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Komentáře • 274

  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Před 11 měsíci +51

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    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 11 měsíci +1

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    • @death-istic9586
      @death-istic9586 Před 11 měsíci

      Hi.

    • @germanomagnone
      @germanomagnone Před 11 měsíci +1

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

    • @nein3533
      @nein3533 Před 11 měsíci +1

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    • @Djokosoetono
      @Djokosoetono Před 11 měsíci

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  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 Před 11 měsíci +880

    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 Před 11 měsíci +23

      How has this not been pinned?

    • @leandraferesthogar7249
      @leandraferesthogar7249 Před 11 měsíci +15

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

    • @bricksloth2599
      @bricksloth2599 Před 10 měsíci +5

      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 Před 10 měsíci +4

      You have made epic that which was not

    • @Cant_go_outside
      @Cant_go_outside Před 8 měsíci +2

      Nice

  • @LordOmnissiah
    @LordOmnissiah Před 11 měsíci +189

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

  • @jamesanderson5465
    @jamesanderson5465 Před 11 měsíci +94

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

    • @leobuana7430
      @leobuana7430 Před 11 měsíci +4

      Samurai who master potty sword drawing stance : "indeed"

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 Před 11 měsíci +230

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

    • @scp-2348
      @scp-2348 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Sumerian gods must have had some holy shits.

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 Před 11 měsíci +375

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

    • @kayohwai
      @kayohwai Před 11 měsíci +17

      Sounds like you found your guardian deity.

    • @8xMorladumx8
      @8xMorladumx8 Před 11 měsíci +10

      Thanks for the new fear xD

    • @RobbieEl
      @RobbieEl Před 11 měsíci +2

      That's just Australia?

    • @darter9000
      @darter9000 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Umm… *takes a quick glance at his toilet

    • @buttAttack
      @buttAttack Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @Lightning_Toad
    @Lightning_Toad Před 10 měsíci +155

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

  • @bulbs_
    @bulbs_ Před 11 měsíci +165

    Toilet Guardian

  • @jots3293
    @jots3293 Před 11 měsíci +107

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

    • @amyschildgamerlive4519
      @amyschildgamerlive4519 Před 4 měsíci +1

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

  • @abaldrabbit
    @abaldrabbit Před 11 měsíci +65

    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)

  • @max2x000
    @max2x000 Před 11 měsíci +151

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

    • @peregrinemiles7936
      @peregrinemiles7936 Před 11 měsíci +21

      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 Před 11 měsíci +13

      ​@@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 Před 11 měsíci +5

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

  • @biohazard724
    @biohazard724 Před 11 měsíci +34

    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 Před 11 měsíci +10

      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!

  • @thefrogbert6295
    @thefrogbert6295 Před 11 měsíci +67

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

  • @vampyresmiles713
    @vampyresmiles713 Před 11 měsíci +62

    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!

  • @MovieFan1912
    @MovieFan1912 Před 11 měsíci +82

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

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea Před 11 měsíci +19

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

  • @jag519
    @jag519 Před 11 měsíci +35

    one must imagine the mythical toilet guardian happy

  • @cyan3714
    @cyan3714 Před 11 měsíci +33

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

  • @harbingerofsarcasm2510
    @harbingerofsarcasm2510 Před 11 měsíci +47

    Sometimes the toilet really is a battleground

  • @Guavamente
    @Guavamente Před 11 měsíci +18

    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

  • @nervaaugustus7089
    @nervaaugustus7089 Před 11 měsíci +6

    "Eat s----, Šulak." - Urmahlullu

  • @emexdizzy
    @emexdizzy Před 10 měsíci +11

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

  • @jonjohns8145
    @jonjohns8145 Před 11 měsíci +101

    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 Před 11 měsíci +5

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

    • @Ninja1Ninja2
      @Ninja1Ninja2 Před 10 měsíci +3

      lion man vs man lion

  • @maxk4324
    @maxk4324 Před 11 měsíci +8

    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.

  • @anoninunen
    @anoninunen Před 11 měsíci +8

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

  • @SaintofQuartz
    @SaintofQuartz Před 11 měsíci +4

    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.

  • @ASpaceOstrich
    @ASpaceOstrich Před 11 měsíci +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?

  • @lazaruscomplexofficial
    @lazaruscomplexofficial Před 11 měsíci +43

    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 😅

  • @Randomperson-ne3kp
    @Randomperson-ne3kp Před 11 měsíci +28

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

  • @itwaswalpole
    @itwaswalpole Před 11 měsíci +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 Před 11 měsíci +3

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

  • @nelsonchereta816
    @nelsonchereta816 Před 11 měsíci +8

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

  • @thejwoom9912
    @thejwoom9912 Před 11 měsíci +28

    Now this is real mythology

  • @timhiker5512
    @timhiker5512 Před 11 měsíci +6

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

  • @germanomagnone
    @germanomagnone Před 11 měsíci +49

    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.

  • @alekseyfedorov3544
    @alekseyfedorov3544 Před 11 měsíci +25

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

  • @andrewparsons2391
    @andrewparsons2391 Před 11 měsíci +3

    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!

  • @Seadalgo
    @Seadalgo Před 11 měsíci +5

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

  • @theemries4766
    @theemries4766 Před 11 měsíci +6

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

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea Před 11 měsíci +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.

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 Před 10 měsíci +4

    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.

  • @AmyMcLean
    @AmyMcLean Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @AlifZabidi
    @AlifZabidi Před 11 měsíci +10

    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! 🤭

  • @novo121
    @novo121 Před 11 měsíci +16

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

  • @stomodino5443
    @stomodino5443 Před 11 měsíci +6

    He lost one of his fights at Erfurt in 1184

  • @generalnawaki
    @generalnawaki Před 11 měsíci +4

    The guardian of sanitation

  • @nowtrams
    @nowtrams Před 11 měsíci +6

    This might be my favorite extra mythology ever

  • @BoneyMiles
    @BoneyMiles Před 11 měsíci +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!

  • @Fruit_Cake_Boii
    @Fruit_Cake_Boii Před 11 měsíci +3

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

  • @Ryu_D
    @Ryu_D Před 11 měsíci +4

    "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. :)

  • @suburbanCyclist6
    @suburbanCyclist6 Před 11 měsíci +8

    I love toilet gaurdians

  • @lukemccann8930
    @lukemccann8930 Před 6 měsíci +3

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

  • @tainteddeer4026
    @tainteddeer4026 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Sadly, Urmahlullu was unable to protect Elvis.

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea Před 11 měsíci +3

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

  • @Diceyed
    @Diceyed Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @EdricLysharae
    @EdricLysharae Před 11 měsíci +5

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

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 11 měsíci +21

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

  • @Henry-ep6qy
    @Henry-ep6qy Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @dennisthornton4434
    @dennisthornton4434 Před 11 měsíci +6

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

  • @alexandredumas3384
    @alexandredumas3384 Před 11 měsíci +8

    Best. Myth. EVER!!! 😂❤

  • @Sputnik5790
    @Sputnik5790 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @user-ct6ve8yr1z
    @user-ct6ve8yr1z Před 11 měsíci +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.

  • @matthewstegall7921
    @matthewstegall7921 Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @AltainiaInfinity
    @AltainiaInfinity Před 11 měsíci +4

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

  • @Wolfeson28
    @Wolfeson28 Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @SylviaRustyFae
    @SylviaRustyFae Před 11 měsíci +7

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

  • @lolzmanxd3368
    @lolzmanxd3368 Před 6 měsíci +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

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @FelisTerras
    @FelisTerras Před 11 měsíci +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

  • @anton_smallz99_30
    @anton_smallz99_30 Před 4 měsíci

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

  • @petercolson2990
    @petercolson2990 Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @LostInTheFarmersMarket
    @LostInTheFarmersMarket Před 10 měsíci

    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.

  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @Ordog-pc6nw
    @Ordog-pc6nw Před 11 měsíci +3

    Not the toilets noooo!

  • @hemberger91
    @hemberger91 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @Darkgun231
    @Darkgun231 Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @JOGA_Wills
    @JOGA_Wills Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @DungeonCreator20
    @DungeonCreator20 Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @endplanets
    @endplanets Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @mistformsquirrel
    @mistformsquirrel Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @93MANIAC
    @93MANIAC Před 8 měsíci

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

  • @TheSpencermacdougall
    @TheSpencermacdougall Před 11 měsíci +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.

  • @CosmicAggressor
    @CosmicAggressor Před 11 měsíci +2

    Damn. That is some good work.

  • @umbracolt6364
    @umbracolt6364 Před 11 měsíci +2

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

  • @hansspiegl8684
    @hansspiegl8684 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Wonderfull video about a great mythos! Thank you 🙂

  • @JAlucard77
    @JAlucard77 Před 11 měsíci +2

    This was HILARIOUS, THX FOR THE LOL😂😂😂😂

  • @GreekV1nce
    @GreekV1nce Před 11 měsíci +4

    Damn scibidi toilet in ancient times

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Před 11 měsíci +5

    Amazing video! Never stop beign awesome guys!🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊

  • @enkephalin07
    @enkephalin07 Před 11 měsíci +1

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

  • @aduck5639
    @aduck5639 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Is this just their explanation for loud bowel movements? They kinda sound like lion roars, if they're deep.

  • @shadowscribe
    @shadowscribe Před 11 měsíci +2

    He protects us at our most vulnerable.

  • @felixheitzer2262
    @felixheitzer2262 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Cool to hear abought these guardian monsters👍

  • @Raleyg
    @Raleyg Před 11 měsíci +1

    Marduk seems like a really chill god-king

  • @bradonbyrd8061
    @bradonbyrd8061 Před 9 měsíci

    Beautiful

  • @LegoCookieDoggie
    @LegoCookieDoggie Před 11 měsíci +1

    Would honestly be down for more toilet themed myths

  • @Campfire_Bandit
    @Campfire_Bandit Před 11 měsíci +2

    Loved this!

  • @TJ-vh2ps
    @TJ-vh2ps Před 10 měsíci +1

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

  • @musiclover01ization
    @musiclover01ization Před 11 měsíci +1

    This was a very interesting video. I was very entertained by this myth.

  • @Ethan7s
    @Ethan7s Před 11 měsíci +1

    A monster getting a job? So an autobiography?

  • @lonelyteapot858
    @lonelyteapot858 Před 9 měsíci +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...

  • @josephcronin2965
    @josephcronin2965 Před 11 měsíci

    Omg the block of ice meal at the end reminds me of the Flintstones frozen meals

  • @AK-qh6lr
    @AK-qh6lr Před 3 měsíci +1

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