Monsters as forces of chaos are popular figures in world mythology so stick around for a glimpse of the terrifying monsters from mythology and folklore from around the world. Monsters and creatures from legend and mythology are understood as personifications of the unknown, explanations for natural events or misfortune, or serve to encourage cultural values or prevent unwanted or dangerous behaviour. Any legend or myth, from any culture, always serves some purpose even if, on the surface, it seems to be just an entertaining tale.
In this video, we are going to introduce a number of terrifying monsters including the Pazuzu, and Assyrian and Babylonian demon best known from the film ‘The Exorcist,’ and the Al, from Ancient Persia, was a nocturnal spirit who entered the house invisibly and then assumed the form of an old woman with long stringy hair, sharp teeth, and talons who preyed on pregnant women and newborns. Some of these monsters you’ll be familiar with, like Scylla and Charybdis from Greek mythology, but some you may not.
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0:00 Introduction
0:57 Monsters from Mythology and Folklore
1: 57 The Pazuzu
2:36 The Al
3:21 The Oni
4:02 Scylla and Charybdis
5:06 The Harpies
6:20 The Manticore
7:16 Fenrir, Jormungandr and Hel
8:01 The Kelpie
8:40 Ghosts and Witches
10:44 Vampires and Vampiric Creatures
12:13 Outro— WANT TO KNOW MORE? —
Twelve Menacing & Protective Mythological Figures https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1457/twelve-menacing–protective-mythological-figures/
Baba Yaga https://www.worldhistory.org/Baba_Yaga/
Hel https://www.worldhistory.org/Hel/
Scylla and Charybdis https://www.worldhistory.org/Scylla_and_Charybdis/
Twelve Ancient Persian Mythological Creatures https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1484/twelve-ancient-persian-mythological-creatures/— WATCH NEXT —
Interview with Author Daniel Ogden: The History of the Werewolf in the Ancient World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctduC5_5GlA
History of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCqOqaZIp0
A Brief History of Fairies and Fae Folk from Around the World: in Honor of International Fairy Day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBL1hIqow80— ATTRIBUTIONS —
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The Ancient Celtic people were never a unified empire, but were individual and complex tribes that shared the Celtic language, and through the trade of goods and ideas, shared similarities in art, warfare, religion and burial practices. The term ‘Celts’ is a general name given to the ancient tribal groups which spanned across western and central Europe during the Late Bronze Age and into the Iron Age. Even though they were related, the tribes had differing governmental systems and would often go into battle against each other (much like the city-states of Greece). These tribes which existed somewhat independently from each other, with both overlapping and unique features were largely absorbed by the Roman Empire by the 1st century CE.
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0:00 Introduction
0:45 Who were the Ancient Celts?
1:37 Where did the Celts Originate From?
3:10 Celtic Language and Society
5:07 Celtic Art and Trade
6:42 Celtic Warfare
7:54 Celtic Religion
9:53 What Happened to the Celts?
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Ancient Celts https://www.worldhistory.org/celt/
Le Tène Culture https://www.worldhistory.org/La_Tene_Culture/
Celtic Warrior https://www.worldhistory.org/Celtic_Warrior/
Ancient Celtic Religion https://www.worldhistory.org/Ancient_Celtic_Religion/
Sacred Sites & Rituals in the Ancient Celtic Religion https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1710/sacred-sites–rituals-in-the-ancient-celtic-religi/
Celtic Warfare https://www.worldhistory.org/Celtic_Warfare/
Ancient Celtic Art https://www.worldhistory.org/Ancient_Celtic_Art/
Death, Burial & the Afterlife in the Ancient Celtic Religion https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1707/death-burial–the-afterlife-in-the-ancient-celtic/
Ancient Celtic Pottery https://www.worldhistory.org/Ancient_Celtic_Pottery/— WATCH NEXT —
History of the Scythians: an Ancient Nomadic Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kbu7Q3FMJ5Q
History of the Etruscan Culture: the First Great Italian Civilization https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-WwDmNywZQ
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Who doesn’t love a good ghost story, especially during the spooky season and Halloween? Well, the belief in an afterlife was a common feature in all historical civilisations in the ancient world and this encouraged the belief in ghosts as the spirits of the departed who had returned to the realm of the living for one reason or another. This means that there are many stories from around the ancient world that are all about ghosts, so stick around if you want to hear about Khonsemhab and the Ghost from Ancient Egypt, The tale of Ning Caicheng from China and La Llorona from Mexico.
If they aren’t spooky enough, they’re just the beginning! We will tell you all about the haunted Bhangarh Fort from India where you still aren’t allowed to go between dawn and dusk because of reports of people disappearing there and allegedly taken by ghosts. From Greece, we have the tale of Athenodorus and his ghost in chains, and from Rome, we have Tlepolemus’ Ghost where a lover gets her revenge. And have you heard of Hanako-San? The ghost of a young girl who just might drag you to hell… through the toilet?
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0:00 Introduction
0:58 Ghosts in the Ancient World
2:19 An Egyptian Ghost Story
4:08 The Tale of Ning Caicheng
5:15 La Llorona
6:29 Bhangarh Fort, India
8:20 Athenodorus and the Ghost from Greece
9:19 Tlepolemus’ Ghost
10:42 Modern Ghost Stories - The Tale of Hanako-San
12:52 Outro— WANT TO KNOW MORE? —
Ghosts in the Ancient World https://www.worldhistory.org/ghost/
Ghosts in Ancient China https://www.worldhistory.org/article/892/ghosts-in-ancient-china/
Ghosts in Ancient Egypt https://www.worldhistory.org/Ghosts_in_Ancient_Egypt/
Ghosts in Ancient Japan https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1059/ghosts-in-ancient-japan/
Norse Ghosts and Funerary Rites https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1291/norse-ghosts–funerary-rites/— WATCH NEXT —
The History of Samhain and Halloween! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkSZ6P4jEDA
Terrifying Monsters from Mythology and Folklore Around the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYVkyp_7xQM
History of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOCqOqaZIp0— ATTRIBUTIONS —
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On this day, 12 November 1946, revolutionary writer and feminist Elisa Acuña Rossetti died in Mexico City aged 74. In 1904 she was jailed for her radical activity, but she resumed it upon her release, in exile in San Antonio, Texas. She became part of the leadership of the anarchist Mexican Liberal Party, and with the outbreak of the Mexican revolution she joined the forces of peasant revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, heading up their propaganda efforts. Later she was heavily involved in supporting the rights of Mexico’s Indigenous peoples.
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On this day, 12 November 1977, the first Reclaim The Night march took place in the UK in Leeds, York, Bristol, Manchester, Newcastle, Brighton and London (content note: sexual violence). They were called by the Leeds Revolutionary Feminist Group, who were inspired by news of co-ordinated women-only ‘Take Back The Night’ marches against sexual harassment, held across towns and cities in West Germany on 30 April 1977. This was particularly significant to women in the area because of the serial murders by Peter Sutcliffe, dubbed by the press as the ‘Yorkshire Ripper’, who sexually attacked and murdered thirteen women across Yorkshire between 1975 and 1980. Women in the area were angry that the police response to these murders seemed slow and that the press barely reported on them when it was mainly women involved in sex work who were murdered. But when a young woman student was murdered, the press and the police seemed to take more notice. The police response was to tell women not to go out at night, effectively putting them under curfew. This was not a helpful suggestion, especially for women working late shifts or night shifts, or those involved in sex work who often had no choice about whether they went out at night or not. Despite the fact that the Ripper was known to be white, police used the opportunity of the investigation to harass Asian youths. Learn more about this in our podcast episodes 33-34: https://workingclasshistory.com/2019/09/18/e28-29-asian-youth-movements-in-bradford/ https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1852157661636042/?type=3
On this day, 11 November 1887, four of the Haymarket martyrs were executed in Chicago. They were anarchist labour organisers framed for a bombing by authorities because of their role in the fight for the 8-hour day. The May Day holiday, International Workers Day on May 1 each year, commemorates the martyrs. Lucy Parsons, a formerly-enslaved anarchist activist, and wife of Albert Parsons, one of the martyrs, recalled that day 50 years later:
“On that gloomy morning of November 11, 1887, I took our two little children to the jail to bid my beloved husband farewell. I found the jail roped off with heavy cables. Policemen with pistols walked in the enclosure. I asked them to allow us to go to our loved one before they murdered him. They said nothing. Then I said, ‘Let these children bid their father goodby, let them receive his blessing. They can do no harm.’ In a few minutes a patrol wagon drove up and we were locked up in a police station while the hellish deed was done. Oh, Misery, I have drunk thy cup of sorrow to its dregs but I am still a rebel.”
The others to be executed were George Engel, Adolph Fischer, August Spies and Louis Lingg, although Lingg cheated the hangman by blowing himself up the previous night.
Upon his sentencing, Spies told the court: “if you think that by hanging us you can stamp out the labour movement — the movement from which the downtrodden millions, the millions who toil and live in want and misery, the wage slaves, expect salvation — if this is your opinion, then hang us! Here you will tread upon a spark, but here, and there, and behind you, and in front of you, and everywhere, flames will blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out. The ground is on fire upon which you stand.”
On the gallows, he said: “There will be a time when our silence will be more powerful than the voices you strangle today.”
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