They are finding new species every years, so who knows.

A little.

There's a lot of monsters that aren't well known. These could make a fun foe.

Depends on the source. Most seem to say that the Boggart is the source of the idea of the Boogeyman. The boogeyman as grown into something a little more over the past century.

I'll need to look into them more. I've heard of the úndine. Most cultures have some form of water spirit or merfolk.

Thank you. There is a reason that they occur in myths from around the world and have lasted thousands of years. A nearly unbeatable foe attacking while you are bound on a small floating island makes for some great suspense and stacks. Good luck with your story.

Yep. Common trope you'll find through all of history.

Woops. Thanks for catching that.

Thank you. I will work on that.

Yeah, a spider that big is highly unlikely. Thank you. Those are things I have been trying to work on in my videos.

@@MythicalPhylogeny don't you stress, mate, just enjoy making videos, the results will come in time :D Good luck with everything

@@undead9999 Thank you.

Is it not plausible that a giant creature like this could look visually like a spider we know but have a complete different antotomy? ​@@undead9999

And thus why it is considered a mythical creature. Still a fun, theory to see if we can figure out how to make it possible.

From where? We don’t really know right? This world is changing

@@susanhanna940 With most species as they get incredibly large, we notice a decrease in most organ functions. For taller humans, they often have excessive joint problems for example. With spiders, their respiratory strains as it gets larger. While there have been larger insects in the fossil records, those occurred when oxygen percentage in the air was much higher. It is a little rough, but you can get an estimate for size limits on difference species.

Thank you. I also have little nit picks lik that.

Yeah, there's a lot of name for goblins and goblin like creatures.

Not to meet though. Thank you.

Hmm, good question. Probably like most predators a little fatty and gamy. More like a lion or bear would be my idea.

Thank you. Every culture has some impressive creatures.

Thank you. That is something I am trying to work on.

@@MythicalPhylogeny excellent, I really enjoyed the information with subtitles however, keep it up you've certainly earned a sub.

@@SpaceBoyAE86 Thank you. There should be closed-caption already under it.

Thank you.

As long as you keep your distance this one isn't a problem. Some others we are getting to on the other hand, aren't.

That it is. Not something I want to see in the house.

Thank you. There are a lot of neat creatures that don't get touched on.

Perfect nightmare fuel.

I'm a horror fan and nuckelavee are particularly eerie, would definitely make for a good horror movie, unless unless one already came out that I'm not aware of,

There are several that have come out over the years. Most don't do the nuckelavee justice though.@@williestreiff9314

Thank you, that though actually crossed my mind, ,

You see the same thing with the wendigo in moves. The true monster is horrifying but moves tone it down to a glorified werebeast usually.@@williestreiff9314

Thank you. Always a pleasure.

Thank you. They are a pleasure to make.

@@MythicalPhylogeny Anytime

Thank you. Bards are always a fun class. Everyones tale has to begin somewhere, but few know where it ends.

@@MythicalPhylogeny Woah, this could have been a quote from the Ben Stiller Movie "Mystery Men." I will keep that in mind!

I can't remember where I heard that. Good thing to for everyone to know though.@@RobertRedBard

Thank you.

@@MythicalPhylogeny You're most welcome.

Thank you. With every mythical creature there are often disagreement. Just look at the basilisk. It has anywhere between no legs and eight legs. Very frustrating to deal with. Fossegrim is an interesting creature. I do want to do a lot of the lesser known creatures.

@@MythicalPhylogeny well I one of the only idiots I ever knew into Norse culture enough to know what a fossagrim was. The reading material was very very very slim so I made that comment and brought all that up to see what sources you got your info from. I would say out of the 3 I read years ago they were pretty much all the same so got there information from the same place. I'm curious to know where you found your info. Thanks

@@vikingskuld I've got several books on different mythologies and I go over a dozen sites. A lot of them don't agree unfortunately. Makes it a real pain. A few of the sites are: mythicalencyclopedia.com/the-fossegrim/ www.atlasobscura.com/articles/norway-water-spirit-monster-fossegrim

@@vikingskuld As for the books: The Compendium of Mythical Creatures - Combined Edition: (Volumes 1 and 2) An illustrated Encyclopedia unveiling over 200 Legendary Creatures and ... Compendium: Echoes of Ancient Legends) is one of them that I use.

@@MythicalPhylogeny awesome thank you very much. I really appreciate the info and book recommendations.

Thank you. It takes a few hours with the research and a lot is contradictory with most.

That was a good show. Still have the old VHS of it.

Especially Brooklyn.

He was my favorite as well.@@DaughterofAnubis

@@MythicalPhylogeny He became my favorite gargoyle a few weeks ago.

They did a good job giving each of them their own personality. Made their interactions fun.@@DaughterofAnubis

Thank you. I am enjoying the creatures planned out for next year.

Thank you.

What an original take 🙄

@@clayc5929 hardly original when its true

@@dogma9609 Because natives don't walk around with high definition cameras,genius. I took a pic of an arm sized raven in New York City where you wouldn't expect it- and it was very blurry- a few years ago. 10 feet away. Imagine a hairy hominid 300 feet away, when you're scared?

@@glennwarlock1555 conveniently all the expeditions ( especially the ones who went hunting for this damn thing) turned up zero evidence. literally...nothing. they were hunting in the areas were the alleged things live too the Congo basin is largely unexplored, but in all the areas where these "giant" spiders live happily, ( considering the last sighting of the J'ba Fofi was in 2014) and in 2013 the night vision camera caught a "spider" in Mozambique( population of 34 million). Maybe u r the one who needs to do your homework, "genius": arachnids size is limited by a number of physiological factors- circulation and pressure and so forth, similar to but distinct from those limiting the growth of crabs. 4 or 5 footers? nope.. it wouldn't and couldn't work. its impossible for an invertebrate( due to limitations of its exoskeleton) to grow to the size that they are saying. so unless spiders sprout Lungs, insects and arachnids and such get their oxygen via diffusion thru tiny tubes or overlapping folds that allow air to pass thru their body, and there's no way in hell they can get enough oxygen if they are much bigger than they are currently now. EVEN IF by some astonishing miracle, that the J'ba Fofi uses some radically new improved respiratory system (never documented before in any living thing), there is STILL the issue of the exoskeletons. exoskeletons are heavy things and a 5 or 6 foot Spider's exoskeleton would be too heavy for it to support or even move. Look at the Goliath bird eating Spider which is almost a foot across( 11 inches). it moves...very slowly. scientists have found that the largest creature with an exoskeleton is the coconut crab at 3 feet. a spider of Exceptional size darting thru the jungle at immense speed is sounding a tad improbable, don't ya think? a Mouse has small and brittle bones, but the elephant has thick and sturdy bones to support its enormous frame, right? the Only way such a creature like this could survive is if its skeleton was made of lighter and stronger stuff than we are aware of in the natural world. i feel kinda stupid explaining this all to you, who is clearly so much smarter than myself at this point there's more evidence for Santa Clause.

@ glennwarlock. Yeah, I think dogma9609 is kinda on to something

Pretty much. I looked at other options in my video on giant spiders and i wanted to see if I could find anything that might work on this particular specie of mythical creature.

True, but if its a differant breed that grows bigger, its limited to its own rule of growth.

@@davidbirch98 sure would be something if there were spiders that big roaming jungles.Definately would have to be a new evolution.

Yeah. Lots of issues with weird species like this.@@davidbirch98

Oh, they would be terrifying.@@gregorygolden1296

Lol. Thank you.

Thank you.

I'll have to look into it. Thank you for coming.

Thank you. I will.

Thank you.

Perhaps it did

Thank you. It does help.@@michaeldrakesherman

Thank you. I'll practice.

Thank you. I am looking into both issues.

Thank you. I know I tend to talk fast, and it is an issue I have been working on.

​@@MythicalPhylogeny DW bro. Relax. Not just about the constructive criticism but your voice itself. Sounds like you are stressing your voice. Breathe. And just like in singing, pace yourself. Sounds a bit like you are running out of breath at the end on a paragraph and using too much at each ones beginning. I can tell as you are much louder after each cut. Take it sentence by sentence and you are golden dude. And everyone can practice better annunciation, via practice with those Sally sold seashells at the sea shore for her pussy was sore. The smell had its stank sour like lemons, better she wash her cat whom she adores. In the Sea shore. etc. Sailors sliding by surely more likely to pet it if such fur was like silk and not sticky. Licked clean soon.

On point, sage advice, yet still could have been said a little nicer. But you are 100% right. Imma sub.

Thank you. I will.@@ferrisbueller9991

Thank you. Happy Halloween.