Let's go...hey is that new BGM...no. ; 0:30 it has never previously occurred to me but that is kinda weird, isn't it? ; 0:36 to anyone other than Garvin who reads this comment, you really should join his Patreon ; 1:01 I feel like I should apologize for my part in sending you on this endless quest, I really had no idea ; 1:40 I wasn't going to say anything...; 1:50 Y'know I gotta say it SNAKE IS NOT FISH (also, so, do you think the Gigantes count as mermaids then?) ; 2:54 I am pretty sure you've shown topless statuary and paintings and such before, did something happen? ; 3:24 this sounds like an interesting place; 4:02 Why does she turn into an old woman first? What does that accomplish? ; 5:03 shocking. whoever would have guessed that ; 5:26 that's a good question! ; 6:12 this again. ; 6:37 man this is a horrible deal ; 7:12 That is a very disparate selection of nations ; 7:40 and once again, wow, that sounds familiar; 9:08 OK I am too hungry to focus ATM I will stop here.

melussina deserve her own video❤

Funny story I've meet quiet a few melmedas in my day. A few differences though, I actually met them at the local bar and they didn't turn into old ugly hags until the morning.

Warsaw has a mermaid symbol (I forget the story why) and I believe she has 2 tails.

Thanks everyone

i assumed it was a form of or a reference to Abraxas.

Man, it's always the family who ruins a perfectly good marriage based on not seeing your Fey wife one day a week.

Here. We. Go. 2:00 I agree; 2:49 again, same; 2:54 Why is wanting to fuck a fish a universal constant? ; 4:07 Also, lying to your wife ain't great? ; 5:38 Yep, we know how this goes; 6:05 I DISAGREE; 6:20 Go Orio! ; 7:14 Oh no...; 8:07 Wait, those were bir...Oh, you got that. Nonetheless, I have to say it. BIRD IS NOT FISH; 8:42 How does that...WORK? 8:59 oooh, that's exciting ; 10:08 Woo! 10:40 Schmott Guy! ; 11:07 I'm sensing a theme here; 11:34 Wait, what kinda knife has he got that can cut a deer in half with one swipe? ; 19:03 What a ride! And I am gonna stop for now.

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Wait so you are gonna tell me the destruction of Pompeii was really just some dude, who Zues turned into a volcano, spewing his hot load all over his girlfriend, who Zues turned into a city? 😂😂🎉🎉😂😂😅😅😮😢😢 All those poor people cover in valcano jizz./ This would probably never happen today but, I would take the King Solomon route and hope that I came across two women fighting over a baby. Cause after I help them out maybe they would give me the ability to change into a human./ 21:18 No! No! Don't you make us fight Antlion Nightmares. That's not cool man./ Umm I don't know why you would think I haven't in real life seen a woman with two man size turkeys dragging a giant box, but I have. Well, it wasn't so much a box it was more like a pallet, and it weren't two man side turkeys they were two big ol dogs, and instead of a lady it was my drunk uncle standing on the pallet holding a stick with a dog treat tied to the end of it while the dogs pulled him around the yard and he sang Christmas songs. Man that was a fun 4th of July./ No! Don't you sic Turkey Dragons on us./ Good stories this week bro.

What a wild ride. Liked for ridiculous creature stat blocks and the glory that is the story of Orio seeing a giant snake monster and going "Nah, that's still my girl".

17:29 Is there a significance to the name Gustav? 26:00 Honestly, this is a lot of classic Fairy Tale stuff mixed together; 29:51 another class Fairy Tale set-up; 30:47 Why does this make me think of Star VS The Forces of Evil? ; 35:23 I certainl did!

OK, let's try a second time. I'm gonna try to spend less time pausing to comment, I hope you don't mind, but it's almost Thursday and i don't want to fall behind! 2:21 oof ; 4:37 hah! 5:20 Oh, for crying out pete's sake; 9:46 This happens surprisingly often in fairy tales, and not just European ones; 13:09 Brain Jacques has a Foremole refer to "Old Harry" once also ; 17:00 dammit, too tired to pay proper attention and do other stuff. Will stop here.

I really like the story of "Gustav" and Serena. I actually have a real life event that was pretty close to that. So as a dare I decide to wear a kilt to an Irish pub, the Irish lads were not amused, after about 3 pints I hear a voice from behind me say give me what's under that skirt if you want to get out of here safely. Of course I was like "Pfft sure take it." I had like 2 more pints then went to piss but when I got to the pisser I started to feel a little woozy. I woke in a dark, dank cage. A very tall lady whose face I couldn't see told me that if I did what I was told I would be free to go in a couple hours. I didn't really have a choice so I said sure. First she said something about putting the lotion on it's skin, then she wanted me to squish different things with my feet. She had me try to catch hotdogs she was throwing with my mouth. You know just a bunch of weird stuff. Then she made me this really funny tasting drink and I got really sleepy. Next thing I know I wake up outside the bar, it's daytime, and my ass is really sore. What's even stranger is the only thing I really remember about the lady is that she had the biggest most callused hands I've ever seen on a lady, and the largest Adam's Apple.

OK, part three, hopefully this will finish it. 17:37 Well, that's rather bitterwseet, isn't it? ; 17:59 What is it with the mermen being ugly? 18:20 what a shock, whoever could have anticipated that; 18:42 Ooooh...; 19:13 Oh no ; 19:39 That is a disturbing reaction ; 20:08 Heh ; 20:48 I cannot ; 21:21 the heck! 21:43 Hah, I said the exact same thing! ; 23:04, they just drop that there with no exposition? ; 24:33 This story needs to be more widely known, it's insane in the best way; 25:55 Well, that was unexpected; 26:20 Oh boy ; 27:33 That seems random ; 30:10 Both. I twas both.

Thanks Mr. Davis that was an awesome story. I really enjoy hearing folklore from other cultures.

OK, part II... 9:43 Well that's very specific.9:55 two different flavors of predator, I guess; 10:16 Wings? That's a little weird ; 10:35 Wait, they want you to wrestle a merMAID? that's unusual ; 11:20 Well, that seems disproportionate ; 11:27 great minds! ; 11:47 How does stealing her comb keep her from returning to the sea? 12:04 Isn't that what happens in all of these stories? 12:29 Ooooh, interesting. 13:10: Well, that's messed up ; 13:54 What a great guy! 14:22 Well, that's...ominous? 14;51 what is she doing with them? 15:09 A church-going Mermaid. Huh ; 15:22 oh dear ; 15:33 well that's something, I guess? 15:57 OK, it's pinging my OCD...is there a particular reason you're pronouncing the silent "L" in "salmon"? ;16:06 why are you bothering to ask, has the answer to "should I make a video about this" ever not been yes? Aaand gonna stop again.

Ok, a bit later than I intended, but let's goooo....0:17 Only logical. 1:43 sensible; 3:00 well, that's ominous.3:21 So...they're basically sea leprechauns? 4:16 wait, why do they have chimneys underwater? How does that work? ; 4:24 Hah! ; 4:45 OK, what a jerk ; 5:20 I have an inkling of where this is going, let's see if I'm correct...; 6:13 Well, wasn't 100% right, but had the gist ; 6:36 Because it is required, note that seals are sea creatures, unlike snakes, so I suppose it's sorta okay. But still not a fish ; 7:09 what is it with Our Ancestors and forcing magical beings that turn into animals to marry them? No, seriously, it appears to be a universal thing that happens in every culture in every region of every continent and it confuses the heck out of me, WHY IS THIS A THING? ; 7:19 One, only a little creepy? Also, wait, you don't think it'd be creepy if someone forced a dude to marry them? ; 8:02 I dunno, I believe some seals have some fairly unsavory mating habits ; 8:06 I'm going to be honest, I am not seeing how there's a practical difference between these guys and selkies; 8:15 Ah. Hence the chimney; 9:11 Surprised the story just stops there and doesn't have the guys experience some sort of comeuppance trying to get at the jewels and gold; 9:16 Why? 9:20, Oh, good ; Ok I am going to stope here...ye gods, I'm less then a third of the way through.

This is the most underrated channel on youtube

3:05 wait but what if you are starving to death and she throws the fish on your boat? Does that mean you get to live for a while but you will eventually die? What if she threw it towards your boat with every intention of making it onto the boat but it goes long or short....do you still die or do you get to live because Ariel throws like a girl? 11:02 So basically what I've learned from watching your videos about mermaids is that to be successful in ancient times I needed to either sneak up and kidnap/swipe fish parts or go straight up Enter the Dragon on them. 13:22 her merman husband obviously likes fish.

Herodot says that the name means one eyed. He says „arima“ calls in scyhtian language „one“ and „spu“ means „eye“. In indoeuropeqn language „eremit“ means one or seperate and in polisch „spójrz“ means looking. So there language is indoeuropean 😎

Excellent. I'll use parts of your video and credit you and your channel in my video. 👍

OK, let's go. 16:10 Huh; 16:30 classic ; 16:50 uh-oh ; 18:09 Kidnapping again! ; 19:12 That's uh...that's not what the pic is. What gives? ; 19:58 cool guy ; 20:55 uh-oh ; 21:37 I am impressed by this guy ; 22:12 well, what else are we supposed to infer? ; 23:00 Go Alonzo! l 23:15 Oh-no! 23:55 Yay!

OK, I think my trying to do a live-commenting has been making it harder for me to enjoy these, so I'm just gonna listen and enjoy. OK, screw it NVM. 2:49 why is forcing supernatural creatures to marry you something that shows up everywhere? 3:25 no, you're right, it's weird; 3:48 nananana I'm not listening ; 4:36 y tho? 4:44 no but people tend to think they are for some reason. Why, I myself, as very young lad (I think I was in preschool?) "wrote" a comic book entitled Superman VS the Slimy Snakes or something of that, ilk wherein giant snakes leave slime all over the city that produces monsters that Superman has to fight...wow, was not expecting to get hit in the nostalgia like that 4:59 I say again, Why though? ; 5:16 Why'd he steal their clothes? ; 5:22 I appreciate the precatuin, that seems sensible ; 5:54 well, that's not how I was expecting this to go AT ALL ; 6:31 well, that's remarkably mature. ; 7:30 Mermaid dwarfs or faeries? Interesting ; 7:55 Indeed ; 8:10 that's what i was gonna say! ; *:20 well, that's ominous ; 9:11 Ok, I wasn't expecting it to get THAT ominous, yikes; 10:08 OK, it's also weird that this is something that pops up everywhere, what's up with that? ; 10:16 Same ; 10:25 Good for them! 10:34 Oh no. 11:07 Ooof. 12:23 Wait, they have anacondas in the Carribean? Also, snek isna feesh. ; 12:37 how is "crime against the natural world" defined? ; 13:31 [pednatic nitpick]I'm pretty sure that's aspersions. Aspiration is something else [/pedantic nitpick] ; 13:40 Man, it's like something straight out of Greek Mythology, innit? ; 14:23 at pic: GAHHHH ; 14:57 hey, it's not like they deliberately drown folks, and someone is gonna eat 'em so why not them? ; 15;24 Syncretism ; 15:41 I feel like I should be making references to the memes about dolphins being dicks at this point ; 15:50 great minds! ; OK, I need to go to bed soon, gonna stop here for now.

Awesome video. I live how the fish ladies whom you strike on the head after stealing their clothes are called LUMPeguins. 😂 I'm pretty sure the song the snake girls sang about living in the ocean was covered by Katty Perry. 9:49 Wait what if your wife has a tumor and you are a surgeon? Would it be okay to cut parts off of her then? Asking for a friend. 15:44 Ah so the Oiaru were the Bill Cosby of the merfolk world.... got it.

Heh, mixing your Disney musicals eh?

0:22 I wonder why? ; 00:34 I really wish I could remember the title and author of that one story about a women's swimming team that recruits a mermaid as a ringer, since this is one of the points brought up in it! ; 1:08 Huh, I didn't know that. TIL! ; 2:47 Seconding ; 3:43 Huh, a specific fish, that's a tad unusual, i think, unless I missed something; 4:17 Rude. (the Kataw, I mean) 4:50 Well, Sirens eat the folks they kill, yeah?You don't mention these folks doing it, so i guess they're just do it for the evulz? ; 5:08 Ok, now I need to ask why the pic is of the Gillman, since the Black Lagoon is in Brazil ; 5:27 and that answers that question. 5:31 I'm starting to sense a theme here ; 5:50 Bunch assholes ; 5:55 OK, they're better than the Kataw then. ; 6:23 want to compare to dolphins, who famously are known to rescue drowning sailors, and also infamously are known to do...horrible things? ; 6:39 Ah-hah! So you admit serpent is not mermaid. Victory is mine! ; 6:49 ooh, that's backwards.7:03 that is very different. Also, I am not quite sure what to say, but it involves some combination of the following keywords: Stranger Danger, Grooming, Double Standards, Someone's Fantasy; 7:07 I agree completely. 7:42 Kidnapping CHILDREN, as well. Needs to be emphasized ; 8:07 as a sidenote, I want to let you know I appreciate how difficult it must have been throughout this series to realize that you can't find art of a significant number of these that isn't horny on main, and also salute you for not commenting on this; 8:33 Magindaras (sp?) (dunno if I'm messing up the singular/plural here), maybe take some notes? ; 8:49 remembering the story of Urashima Taro, and you saying it's bittersweet, I am nervous now ; 8:58 Gift of the Magi, mermaid edition, I suppose ; 9:00 Well, that's a decision that will probably turn out poorly ; 9:28 Well, that's better than I was afraid of ; 10:00 Oh, good ; 10:18 oh no. ; 11:13 Oh no ; 11:21 Boy, that escalated quickly. That really got out of hand fast ; 11:38 wait, hang on. Can an American be said to be Victorian? ; 12:00 my thoughts entirely. 12:07 Huh. Well they got plenty of coast, and also rivers, so why not? 12:53 All matter of aquatic creatures, you say? So not snakes then ;p; 13:12 WTF is wrong with that guy. Also, wow there is a lot of kidnapping in this video ; 13:34 Does sound rather Darwin Award worthy. Isn't there a town or city called Darwin in Australia? Wonder if it's nearby? ; 14:00 is he brave? Or is he just too dumb to realize how dangerous the plan is? ; 14:42 I'll say ; 15:03 i say again, WTF is wrong with that guy? ; 15:22 I agree. ; 16:29 well, that sounds ominous ; 17:21 Well, I guess that could be worse

I like what you're doing here.keep it up!

Hello! I've just come across your review and this discussion about the biology of Eden, which I very much enjoyed. It's unfortunate that, as you acknowledged, neither of the biologists in the discussion had an opportunity to read the book. It sounds like the summary you passed along was reasonably thorough, but some of the points they raised are, in fact, specifically addressed in the story, so I'm presuming they didn't make it to your summary. In any case, I'd love to hear their thoughts once they've had a chance to read it for themselves. Thank you for your review, thank you for taking the time to have, and publish, this discussion, and please look for "Tides of Eden" when it's published later this year!

4:00 thats actually pretty interesting, Mangrove snapper are the geniuses of the fish world. They act like dogs, or people, they check the bait 3 times before biting it, get annoyed and scratch their backs on the reef, drive off the smaller ones by snapping at them, and you can only catch one per achool because they just know. Very intelligent. They also are easy to watch because the water is clear

Another great video. Funny story I once dated a girl who smelled like fish. It turned out she didn't keep up with her personal hygiene.......she would come over right after work and want to cuddle. She was so beautiful but her body funk was just awful. I finally told her either you stop working at that fish market or we are through. Long story short....I found out Vicks Vapor Rub works better than mashed up banana.

Thank you! I find it interesting. I love your narration. I absolutely believe in serpent humanoids or Mer people who’ve lived here for eons .

OK, don't have time to live comment on Part II, blast it.

OK, let's go. 0:53 All of this is just cool ; 2:44 that is a cool title ; 3:15 oooh 4:26 Uh-oh... ; 5:48 duck is an aquatic animal...unlike snake ;P ; aaand that'll be me for now.

Part III, here we goooo...11:00 Link please? ; 11:33 unlike snakes, turtles are sea creatures; 12:14 how does one obtain such a picture? ; 12:40 again, conch is sea creature, unlike snakes (no I will not let this go) ; 12:55 that's a hilarious mental image, that is ; 13:10 Doofenshmirtz, nickels. If you know, you know ; 13:25, and again. Why, though? ; 13;46 wait, but the pic has horns. Humans don't have those ; 13:57 ...well that's a wide gulf, innit? ; 14:04 oh this again. Sssslightly less creepy than the Korean version, since so far there's been no indication it's a person, just having a human-looking head. No indication it isn't though, and again, HUMAN HEAD, so still creepy; 14:40 well that last one is...different. ; 14:45 agreed. ; 14:57 same ; 15:09 Oh no ; 15:15 not just parents. I have several teenage co-workers and they never stop eating. ; 15:30 briefly forgot it was leftovers and was thinking "she ate it raw?" And now I'm wondering how it was cooked/prepared...; 15:38 nah, who would want to be stuck in the middle of puberty forever? ; 15:54 oh, it's the classic immortal problem, then ; 16:10 well, that's an ominous prognostic sign ; 16:12 she's proposing to be buried alive forever? That's her solution? WTF? ; 16:35 well that music change suggest some tonal whiplash...; 16:45 oh my; 17:14 oh, this guy again (meaning the dragon king), although I think I've heard this story before...; 17:40 yep, heard a version of this before, but I don't remember it being "adult". Also, I agree wholeheartedly. Damn faeries ; 17:58...that is also a downer, wut, hey! ; 18:03 oh. There's more? ; 18:17 Oh my. Wait, is this where "Dream of a Fisherman's Wife" comes from? ; 18:40 wait, so he's married to a Dragon Princess, and he has an affair with a carp? That seems...dangerous; 18:58 People be weird, yo ; 19:27 Insane Mermaid Logic ; 19:46 Same! ; 20:04 wut ; 20:20 IDK, I'm sure there are some people who are. People be WEIRD, yo ; 20:49 I totally get it, I'm giggling like a loon ; 21:47 man, this thing has more twists than a spiral staircase ; 22:10 yeah, that must've been pretty awkward ; 22:21 Sure, why not ; I c23:15 I found it both!

OK, pt II, 6:07 Eh, I've heard weirder. Not often, but i have ; 6:36 This is getting complicated ; 7:07 second one in a row who's explicitly a foreigner. Huh. ; 8:05 WTF!? ; 8:15 Still pretty WTF. Like, how would someone even find that out? ; 9:16 man the court gossip about that guy has to have been WILD ; 10:13 I like how Stan Sakai (creator of my favorite comic book, Usagi Yojimbo) translates it, namely "haunts" ; 10:27 whoever would have imagined that. total shock And here i will stop for the mo'.

Really fascinating stuff!

0:06 and edification! ; 0:33 as one of said patrons, I can't recommend y'all do so strongly enough ; 0:38 this is why I feel weird about the whole "AAPI" thing. That's the overwhelming majority of the human race, that is. ; 1:30 I still find it weird to count them at all; 2:03, wait how would people in Malaysia be into Assyrain myths? there's a whole continent in between them how does that work? ; 2:41 huh. How do dat? Again, entire continent in the way? ; 3:12 Well, that's an ominous prognostic sign ; 3:14 well that's a little less yikes than I feared. But only a little ; 3:53 why you leave out the man's surname? ; I'm going to try doing this video in pieces so i am stopping here.

I'm still waiting on my favorite merfolk lore of the Bouh Thay who were said to have the upper body and lower extremities of a fish, the the midsection of a human. Being most notably distinguished by a rather large fleshy posterior, or what my source called a "juicy double". My source on this came from the transcripts of a inconspicuous knight who had traveled the world, known only by his "street name" Sire Stir Quite Often.

All hail the Dread Lord Algorithm, and looking forward to more fishy stories.

Just for some closure to the story of the fisherman and his wife... after they sold the mermaid skin and skipped town, the fisherman still kept licking his wife enthusiastically everyday. It didn't do anything for his health but he did have a very happy wife and marriage.

"He gets too into licking her" George Takai - "Oh my"

another W algorithm recommendation

9:25 So basically their version of the Church of Scientology? 19:17 I think you get a lot of the similar themes in the story to to the cultural diffusion that you talked about last video. As far as the kidnapping goes...I mean every culture has the story they tell the little boys and girls to scare them away from doing dangerous things. In South Carolina it was the Lizard Man. Same thing with the "relations" stuff. How do you keep the uneducated from multiplying like bunnies? Find a way to demonize what causes the reproduction. A lot of the stories are never meant to be taken literally.

Why is that elephant wearing shoes?

This is fantastic! I had to go back and listen again because I fell asleep the first time and am so glad I did come back. Really well researched and very thorough presentation. You've got a new subscriber today!

Oooh. Wait, you gots musics now? ; 0:50 people forgetting all this is one of my pet peeves in general, and mythology is no different ; 1:29 well, a big chunk of Caribbean stuff derives from things brought over by enslaved Africans, so there's that. And of course, people are gonna people ; 1:36 well, now I feel sheepish ; 1:553 wait, hey SNAKE IS NOT FISH ; 2:17 the Duality of Mer ; 2:38 Should murderous mermaids be shortened to Merderers or Murdermaids or what? ; 2:55 ooh academia ; 2:57 like how Sasquatch turned into an ape and Mokele-Mbembe turned into a sauropod and they tried to make the Qilin a unicorn, or how any creature with scales gets called a dragon because Westerners decided to ignore the actual myths and interpret them as things they're familiar with? Or something else? Let's find out! ; 3:10 sounding like the something else, cool ; 3:35 was that "mimic" or "memetic"? ; 4:15 we can? COOL! ; 4:49 ok, so that explains the snake thing ; 6:52 indeed, as I said before people are gonna people ; 7:40 From when? ; 8:05 hey, hey SEAL IS NOT FISH ; 8:30 BOOOOO! What is wrong with this guy? ; 9:13 I'm with you on that ; 9:49 THANK YOU ; 10:39 *invisible* killer mermaids, yikes! ; 11:41 you did a whole video about that sort of thing awhile ago didn't you? ; 12:01 Mersnake, huh? ; 13:02 why is art of African Mermaid-type creature look White? 13:09 Oh, so she's supposed to look like that. But why? ; 14:00 that makes sense ; 15:18 Right! ; 15:40 It's all in what you're used to, I guess ; 16:00 Hah, Great minds ; 17:00 Cool! ; 17:20 Roger roger, ; 17: 50 the needs it's own video curse strikes again? ; 18:53 of course it is ; 19:31 yeah, same ; 20:46 Of course it did ; 21:20 sorry, I don't think that's for me; w00t got all the way throuh without losing my live commenting!

Very interesting this week. It does lead one to wonder if they did come up with these stories on their own or if they were influenced by other cultures. Either way keep up the good work. 👍

3:33 I can totally get behind this concept of cultural diffusion. I mean if we are being honest with ourselves that is how most religions were invented. (No offense meant to anyone) 11:09 got so beware of suspicious sandwiches floating in the middle of the lake.