The Forgotten Creatures of the Arctic: Inuit Mythology
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Today we explore the secrets of the Arctic, its forgotten and obscure creatures found in Inuit folklore and mythology.
0:00 - Intro
3:11 - NordVPN
4:35 - Nanook
5:59 - Tuniit
7:06 - Qallupilluit
9:49 - Mahaha
11:09 - Sedna
14:00 - Adlet
16:01 - Torngarsuk
16:58 - Naujakuksualuk
17:43 - Outro
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Do you know of any samurai who were also monster hunters?
Dude I bought your book years ago and it was GOATed!
I thought you were gonna do another one soon, since then you’ve done so much, would you ever do another book? I’ve been watching this new channel about how nephilim look like clowns there’s some gravy but it’s annoying that he can’t discern gods from giants.
Anyway your channels great and that book was really also very good I would absolutely get more of them.
As a Native American who is Inuk and Wampanoag I really appreciate you making these videos and for sharing our stories.
I am a simple man I see mythology and fiction explained upload I click
Me too I like when we can all bounce ideas off each other as well lol ❤❤😊
I feel like my Grandpa with a WWII documentary... minus the flashbacks.
Same.
Yep 👍
Not a man, but agree with this statement ❤
I am from the Scottish highlands. I have never heard of these stories but I instantly recognise and understand their meaning. The story of Qallupilluit story especially sounds a lot like the water kelpies in the highlands. They were a warning to stay away from the water's edge and in times of great hardship, they would also give children to the Kelpies so sad. " when the time was right mothers would cut the children free of the seaweed that the kelpies tied them to the loch with so they could be at peace." worlds apart same story.
The Inuit people are amazing, thank you for sharing these stories.
it’s so interesting that humans have so many myths which are very similar. i was thinking of the Scottish legends myself. i didn’t know about the children given ti the kelpies though.
other myths that are universal are creation myths, flood myths, demons, twin myths about creation, and more. thanks for the information. :) have a good day ☀️🌷🌱
@feralbluee aye! There are a few stories about giving human babies to the fairies to give to the devil with a fairy baby. To keep the clans safe from the evil eye. They would leave the baby on a fairy island for a fairy to pick it up. So sad, they truly believed that and to interfere was putting the whole clan at risk.
Sedna will always be one of my favorite characters from a lesser-known mythology. Poor girl just can’t catch a break in any story but she always comes out on top- er, bottom, as a sea god.
As far as I know, the Ainu have a similar belief regarding hunting. They consider all animals to be deities which decide who deserves to catch game. And thus must be given a departure ritual so that they will tell their peers in afterlife to return.
That's a beautiful spiritual point of view.
As a half native, thank you for covering these in your videos.
It really means a lot.
Representation matters. ✊🏽
Fascinating to hear and digest, no matter where it comes from!!I take it all in!!😁✌️🤟🍻
You're 100% native.
These were fascinating to learn of. Not going to lie - I'm always looking for unique non-Eurocentric folklore and mythology to incorporate in to my D&D campaigns, and this is gold!
I don't know if this is wrong, but I always felt that the biggest difference between a non-native and a native is how much they participate in that culture, rather than the percentage of blood they share, I am sorry if that was insensitive but someone calling themselves a native because a distant familiar was a native but they then behave as a normal christian, WASP American seems wrong, about as wrong as someone following all the culture, living in the same area and participating in their traditions being always seen as an outsider because they aren't 100% native. By all means you should be native full-stop. But again that's just how it seems to me I am very sorry if I offended anyone
Special mention goes to the Ahkiyyini; the skeletal spirit of Inuit folklore specifically from Alaska.
It used its arm bone as a drumstick and scapula as a drum which caused earthquakes and tidal waves to overturn boats.
Frightening but still not as scary or malevolent as the Gashadakuro of Japanese folklore.
Fun fact: In many Slavic languages, nanuk is the word for an ice cream bar on a stick. And, somewhat unfortunately, in other Slavic languages, the word for that type of ice cream is esky(i)mo. Then there are also combinations of the two. For instance, in Czechia, the word for that type of ice cream is nanuk and there is a brand of it called Eskymo.
Although from what I could find, I see that this type of ice cream comes from the US where the original brand had apparently been called Eskimo Pie until 2021 or so. Which I found quite surprising.
As a child i had two recurring nightmares: One of a creature posing as my mother luring me close enough to eat me, followed by one of being tickled to death. The fact that those creatures from my nightmares are in the same order in this video back to back is nuts😱😰🤯
Such warm & fuzzy stories from such a cold climate.
😊
YAY Inuit mythology, such an under appreciated bundle of stories
Kind of wish they had incorporated more Inuit mythology in Avatar.
I used to have a reoccurring dream of a witch tickling me… never heard of a tickle monster until now. Ty
that wasn't a dream... that was me
I’m African mythology we have one tickle monster aswell, they say you don’t hang your feet off the bed or you attract it
I had a very similar recurring dream and it usually followed after one of something posing as my mother luring me to eat me.
I can't wrap my head around how someone came up with a tickle demon (or for what purpose) and expected it to be taken seriously, especially with a name like Mahaha. By its appearance, I thought it was some sort of Inuit wendigo, but nope, turns out it's an Inuit Joker.
If you've never been tickled against your will, you'll never understand.
@@GirtheAlienGoldfish Still, making an entire _folklore_ of a demon tickling you to death? This sounds like something you'd find as an internet gag.
Ok Google, is there a goochie-goochie goo or tickle God?
Google:no but here are results for a come here,I'm a getcha tickle demon..
Me:🫣😶🌫️
This type of being could also be used to explain why a dead body was found with a grimace or rictus grin on its face.
I used to have a recurring nightmare of a similar thing ticking me to death. Both the Mahaha and the one before it in the video where basically my two childhood nightmares
You’re one of my favourite CZcams channels and I’m so glad you made a video about Inuit Mythology.I just wish you would’ve mentioned the Tupilaq.
clicked for the tupilaq. Did you read that book by any chance with one in it, trying to remember what it was called. Childrens ficiton book btw
I was hoping to hear about Amoroq; maybe they'll make a part two??
I just wanted to say thank you for another great episode! It's so good to see that this channel hasn't lowered themselves to the use of AI images with AI narration of an AI written script, like the other 10 000 similar channels on youtube. I've been interested in folklore from all around the world since I was recently recommended to check out many of these stories and it was so good to see some from around the Arctic.
Sedna has become such a big deal, there's now a planet named after her!
Where?
I would assume in space
That's awesome!!
Hello from Nuuk, Greenland. Long time subscriber..
Hello there,from Ohio!!😁✌️🤟🍻🙃
@@steve-0493 Hello..
I was a camp counselor in bush Alaska with mostly Yupik campers. They told me a story of a monster called “Big Mama” (could not pronounce the native word) who sounds similar to Quallupilluit. It sounds like elders used her to scare kids into staying indoors past sunset
Timely. Because reportedly the now playing “True Detective: Night Country” with Jodie Foster is said to delve into Inuit Mythology. I believe they’ve already referenced Sedna by the 2nd episode, & indigenous people are prominent throughout the show.
vvery nice, especialy loved the fact you covered not just sedna but the many layers of sedna based on regions. thank you,
I am from Greenland🇬🇱 but moved to Denmark as a 4 year old, so i never got to learn anything about myths and legends. So i appreciate this video👍🤘
More Inuit mythology. I only ever known Sedna.
The picture given for the Mahaha(sp?) give me a much clearer idea of a reason to avoid such a one. The Artic is a very cold place. Long fingernails, hair blowing in the wind, and dude is giggling manically, all whilst being bare of foot and sporting a loincloth. This one is just pure plum crazy, even if not deadly!
I really do appreciate you doing mythologies from more unknown parts of the world and from groups of people who don't appear much as they should be by many industries like the entertainment industry for example.
Indigenous peoples folklores and mythologies should be able to be expressed and talked about more by global audiences and get the proper attention they deserve to get by the rest of the world.
I’m pretty sure I remember hearing it’s not really part of Inuit culture, but the Tuunbaq should be an honorable mention
I live in Alaska… Born and raised… I am a mythology and fiction explained about this is me winning at life
the Nanook remind me of those bear hominids from His Dark Materials series
The Tuunbaq demon bear from The Terror
The Tuunbaq of the AMC show "The Terror" is loosely based on a creature in Inuit culture created when you want revenge. If it fails to get revenge for you, then it will come back to its creator to kill them.
Inuit here thanks for the representation
Got to love that the "tickle monster" is named after the sound it and/or its victims would make.
The Tickle-Me-Elmo was far worse when it was released
Great video. Love the stories from far lands. Thank you for your hard work.
Finally a Inuit mythology video!
Thank you for the information in this video. I didn't know about the mythology of this culture
This is amazing! And thank you for opening the video by explaining that the Inuit are several subgroups and peoples and stories! ❤❤ Loved your channel for years, and Im so happy to see the Arctic represented 😍
I love different mythologies and not the typical ones.
On holiday on Hokkaido atm and visited a museum about the Ainu that live here. A people with a rich cultural tradition, with several similarities to this video. Hopefully one day you'll do a video about them, as it is so interesting to learn more about these cultures.
What a great video. I only knew about Sedna. Thank you.
Beautiful culture. This is something I love to learn and helps understand a part of their cultures
This is so cool as someone currently living in Alaska. I love the lore
Wonderful video, Marcus did a badass job on the art!! (Any hope of a part two about inuit mythology?)
Nice. Less known mythology.
How interesting! Thank you for the content 😊
Mahaha tickle monster is my fav 😂😂😂
Could you upload episodes about SkinWalkers and Wendigos??
𝔻𝕖𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕖𝕝𝕪!!!
Already covered them in individual videos as well as in the episode on Native American folklore.
@MythologyFictionExplained Thanks and could you upload if there are any portals to Hell and what comes out of them??
@@GHOSTWARRIOR60The latest episode of Percy Jackson has him travel through a secret portal to Hell. Or rather Hades. It’s in the back of a mattress store. 😮
Makes me want to plan a D&D campaign using Inuit mythology. Cool video and artwork.
By the wills do I love learning about cultures I didn't know about
Very interesting thank you very much love hearing all the history❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I've been above the artic here in Alaska. The weather is very extreme.
Welcome back mythology & fictions explained ❤❤❤
Great channel trailer, simply spectacular!
No more fingey foods for three moons - Sedna
Sam O nella get out here
Bless this channel
Preventive action well done .😊
The Arctic Circle covers northen Sweden as well, among other countries
Fascinating mythos!
I really wish I could get notifications for this channel.
Love these videos.
First time viewer but love the sharing of culture. Can't believe you never heard of urayuli or ijiraqi
This was intressting i have seen many folklore in my life.But never atlantic folklore this is surcently the first time for me .
0:54 reminds me of the la brea tar pits in los angeles.... la brea means the tar
10:20 they look combined with the flyed 1s from the necron and the laghfing god of the elder.
15:12 this litterlly happened in the 1500s,with a guy that had alot of hair on his body=like beast from x men/not blue.
You should talk about the Roc from Persian mythology
So many versions of finger chopping, the hecks going on in the Arctic with hands?
Frostbite.
Great video.
If Kratos’ next adventure doesn’t end up in the Egyptian Pantheon, then they could give Inuit mythology more attention.
Inuit horror movie with all Inuit cast and characters would be based af
No akh'lut? Was hoping for this
The first peoples all had these beliefs, the sun included - e.g. Shintoism. the Native Americans would thank the animals they killed for food as their spirits left their bodies. they would thank the Earth for the food she gives, the trees for so many things. it seems quite natural to me. of course, we know all first peoples have and had myths and legends, monsters, giants, little people, creation myths. many had flood myths, it is thought because of the glaciers retreating. it’s all so fascinating. (“Fairy tales” are also universal - like a Cinderella tale shows up in American Indian, African, and Asian stories down to the bad sisters, the special dress, earning the heart of a hero, and the punishment of the bad sisters. who knows how this tale started out in Europe.)
What about the Aleuts?
Would they (like to be called Innuit?
I am by no means unintelligent but for some reason I thought Nanook of the North was a cartoon from my childhood in the 60s, but I just looked it up and its a very early documentary. 🤪😞 love your content btw
Could you please do a video on Polynesian mythology.
Neat.
Fun fact: Sedna is an SCP (or at least inspired an SCP)
SCP-1836: ‘Mother in the Ice’
Great video, but I feel like there are still so many other Inuit creatures to cover like the amarok.
I feel like the Inuit and other various Native American religions give us a glimpse into Stone Age religion, it's really interesting. I believe Germanic/Norse paganism, Suomenusko, and Slavic paganism do the same thing.
Mahaha is a god name for a tickle monster
It might have been the second or third to the last of the entities you were describing that the Intuit name sounded like Tom Cotton and I was reminded of one of the origin stories that might have inspired Rumpelstiltskin which had Babba yagga helping out the girl who had to guess the name of the devil himself and after getting him drunk Babba yagga gets him to give her his name which is Tom Cotton.
I’m surprised u didn’t mention the tuurngait
❤🤍💙 all your videos mate👍
I come here prepared with prior knowledge for I have come from the *SAM O NELLA ACADEMY*
The Nahani valley is quite full of mythology
Let’s go!
Interesting.
the Mahaha reminds me of the Joker
im a simply i see folklore and mythology and love mythology and folklore
The algorithm requests engagement
17:11 lord of the rings?...
Could of had some folklore, folk tales, fairy tales, myths, mythologies, or legends from one thousand years of contact with The Amerindians to there south and Eastern Europeans to there East and West Europeans to there West yeah.
Who else came to hear the story of Nanook and the fur trapper, who was strictly commercial, and learned so much more?
As a Yup'ik we prefer Eskimo, it is not a pejorative to MANY Yupik.
Oooh! A fellow Alaskan?
Yes.@@elisabonetti408
ChatGPT referred this channel to me upon asking the names of some good youtube fantasy channels. ❤
True Detective season 4
I think it is a type of animism
To this day we call the authum (not sure on spelling) people the Pima tribe which means “who?” Because the Spanish kept asking them who they were and they kept repeating Pima 😂 so now that’s their name outside of the res
Vicious lol
Bears & deer, yeeesss