40 Latin American Urban Legends

[@wumbojet]

Something interesting about latin American legends is that it's almost universally understood that you teach them to your kids as if they were real, but inside a context of legend. My father told me his uncle encountered one of the urban legends of my country when he was out late and drunk. They tend to be cautionary tales you hear as a child and as an adult understand as teachings.

[@ogloctheman6041]

What was the urban legend?

[@Angiie884]

Latin America is so rich in urban legends! I'm glad people are taking the time to enjoy our culture more

[@yourcordialvermillionchapw2398]

I think you have heard the one about the Crimson Grasshopper's many escapades/accolades throughout the omniverse and beyond it? 🔨

[@jasonfromguitarcenter]

No Contaban Con Mi Astucia​@@yourcordialvermillionchapw2398

[@yourcordialvermillionchapw2398]

@@jasonfromguitarcenter *_SIGAME LOS BUENOS!!_* But yeah I chose him for good reason: Wherever trouble goes, he follows, regardless of how absurdest or incomprehensive the situation will be. He is a borderline mythical character, if there ever will be something that embodied the impossible idea/concept no matter how unknowable, in the end he finds a way by his own unconventionals.

[@vaysegacd327]

But it sucks living here.

[@ImmaSTAR160]

No for reals it makes me happy to hear urban legends I grew up with and now learning there are different versions of them

[@nightshade9177]

I'm Mexican and I grew up in Mexico. It made me very happy to see this video. I was so happy to see that you researched El Ratoncito Pérez. Here is a funny story from my childhood if anyone is interested. What my family used to do when either my twin or I would lose a tooth was leave the window open so he could come into the house. I would always see what always looked like mouse tracks on my bed as a child, so I would get excited. One of the times, I got too excited when I saw the coin and ran into the living room all excited. Then I crashed face first into the hard part of the couch, knocking out another tooth. My mom was terrified, and I kinda just ignored the pain and showed her my shiny coin. It's a fun story.

[@xxx_dripgokux_x]

I’m mexican too😊 and I make anime edits

[@wareforcoin5780]

Peak little kid behavior.

[@koiyune]

Isn't there a Spanish movie about El Ratoncito Pérez? My Spanish teacher told us about it, and she said it was good.

[@Enter_the_Toshiverse_1996]

That first story about the rat that collects baby teeth and leaves gifts or blesses crops or makes stars with the teeth didn't really seem scary or creepy at all. If anything, I thought it was kinda cute. It's basically a Latin American version of the tooth fairy, and that's already a mythical creature that isn't seen as scary or creepy

[@sleepyal6547]

El Ratón Pérez :D ✨✨✨✨

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

I heard there was a movie based on this legend.

[@sleepyal6547]

@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 there is✨

[@H3ll9_Fr13nd]

I’m Mexican and grew up with a very different story of La Lechuza La Lechuza has a nursery rhyme for kids that goes something along the lines of “La lechuza La lechuza goes ssshhh goes sssshhhh everyone quiet down now everyone quiet down now please please” It’s a song parents and teachers would sing to their kids to be quiet If the child isn’t quiet At night when they go to sleep They’ll start to hear scratching at their window When the kid goes and see what it is La lechuza breaks into the window and scratches the kid’s neck making them unable to speak again

[@sekiezkogg]

Oh, I'm so glad you covered Guatemalan urban legend. My country is never acknowledged at all so this makes me really, really happy.

[@wareforcoin5780]

What would you like the internet to know about your country the most?

[@sekiezkogg]

@@wareforcoin5780 That it's not part of Mexico.

[@Huhwhat-n1e]

​@@sekiezkoggI thought everyone already knew that 💀

[@sekiezkogg]

@@Huhwhat-n1e Unfortunately, not really. I wouldn't be saying it otherwise. A lot of people here where I live don't even know it's a country at all.

[@spooncrunchy]

I always love hearing creepy urban legends and stuff but I immediately regret it after because I get super creeped out lol

[@sabrinawitter9177]

same im scared of all urban legends around the world😨😱😬 now?

[@RAC00NFANGIRL]

@@sabrinawitter9177 I avoid urban legends that curse me

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Also, glad that the chupacabra was mentioned (it's one of my favorite cryptids along with the yeti, the Loch Ness Monster, Mokele-mbembe, the Jersey Devil, the Lizard Man, and Mothman).

[@jackdraven4363]

Anyone else just waiting the entire time for la llorona? 😅 Plus the fact that he used a still shot from supernatural, 10/10 video

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

I was waiting for the chupacabra (one of my favorite cryptids along with Nessie, the Jersey Devil, and Mothman).

[@jasonfromguitarcenter]

44:55 Heard It So Many Times And I Still Have My Eyes

[@fourever2ne1]

Over all your pronunciation is pretty good,but for future reference the “ja” in bruja is pronounced as a “ha” sound😊

[@ghostg8030]

😂😂😂

[@brasil7349]

I’m from Brazil here’s some urban legends I can think out of the top of my head Curupira(you already mentioned it) Mula-Sem-Cabeça(headless-mule) the woman who have “romantic relations” with a priest would be cursed and would transform in a fiery headless mule during the night and return to human during the day Loira do banheiro(blond lady of the bathroom) a beautiful blond girl died in a school bathroom and now her ghost haunts school bathrooms appearing as a blond woman with a white dress Boto-Cor-De-Rosa(Pink Dolphin) the boto is a shape-shifting creature that can take human form, usually that of a handsome young man who wears a white hat to cover his blowhole. The pink dolphin is known for its seductive nature, and it is said to use its human form to lure young women into the river, where it will impregnate them and then return to its true form. Children born from these encounters are said to have special powers, and may even become pink dolphins themselves Saci Pererê: Saci is a mischievous one-legged boy with a red cap who lives in the forests of Brazil according to the legend, Saci has the ability to appear and disappear at will, and can cause trouble for people by playing pranks, stealing food, and hiding objects Bicho-Papão(Bogeyman) the bogeyman is a monster that lives in the shadows and comes out at night to scare children who misbehave or do not sleep well the bogeyman is a large, hairy, and fearsome creature with sharp claws and teeth. It is able to hide in closets, under beds, or behind doors, waiting to grab children who come too close.

[@JustavocomJ]

E a mais importante né Lobisomem pidão (beggar werewolf) MIM DE PAPAI AAAUUUHHH

[@cellinemartins]

Loira do banheiro é a mesma coisa que bloody Mary se pá

[@alceusrydan6237]

Bogeyman: yeah kids are having trouble sleeping. Let’s scare them so that they’ll be scared into sleeping.

[@sptsnc]

​@@cellinemartins se n me engano sao parecidas mas não exatamente a mesma coisa, tanto que a bloody mary é mt associada com uma rainha europeia que se n me engano tomava banho de sangue e a loira do banheiro é uma moça br que morreu e ficou meio q com o corpo em exposição, dps tiraram de la e fizeram uma escola em cima tb se n me engano a bloody mary pode ser sumonada em qualquer banheiro mas a loira é só em escola

[@cellinemartins]

@@sptsnc aaaahhhh tendi, bem bacana de saber dessas diferenças

[@yourcordialvermillionchapw2398]

_As a fellow familiar Latin American Urban Legend. I approve of your documentation of Hispanico Anomalías._ 💛 👍 *(Hears distress across the Multiverse)* _GASP. They require my unorthodox cunning elsewhere! Follow me the good ones!_ *(Teleports Away)*

[@silvsevie]

Thank you, Chapulin Colorado!

[@shinysmeargle2037]

I love watching your urban legend videos. I’m always looking for inspiration when it comes to my art and you usually include a lot of legends that I haven’t heard of before. Which is very refreshing. Keep up the great work my dude.

[@insertacreativename674]

Would have loved to hear the mapuche (soon popularized in Chile) legend of "El cuero" or "The leather": It's basically a creature that literally at first looks just like animal leather floating in lagoons or rivers, it doesn't do anything and just floats there. However, if a clueless victim (usually animals or humans) decides to get close to see better what it is or grab it, the creature attacks, when the prey gets close, El cuero starts to hypnotize the victim, obligating it to get closer, and after they are close enough, El cuero grabs the victim with big nails it has and takes them to the bottom, in that moment it covers the victim completely and kills it through suffocation, after that it drains the blood and other fluids from the corpse and leaves it there to search for another prey.

[@Triforce_of_Doom]

after hearing like 4 different tales of this kind I'm starting to wonder if Latin America just has a particular problem with lecherous men.

[@hollyleavves]

About the aluxes: my aunt told me she and her family had various incidents with aluxes in their former house. Kitchen utensiles would be misplaced, my cousins would talk when in reality they were at school, one of the cooking pots blew up all the way up the ceiling with zero explanation. My aunt had to call the firefigthers to clean the bean leftovers from the 35ft tall ceiling. It scalated one night when her husband's wallet went missing and he started taking it out on their children until my aunt found it on the same place he -supposedly- left it beforehand. (At that point you wonder who the real monster was... But we aren't here for that). Once they started leaving mezcal offers before midnight, the pranks came to a sudden stop. Side note, the house used to be a candy store and still kept the castle-like structure even after being sold as normal propiety. The ex-owner of the store, an old lady, was assassinated and that was the reason they got it dirty cheap.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

And speaking of the chupacabra, it was featured in three episodes of Animal X (the third episode that featured it was part of a season called "Animal X Natural Mystery Unit", and they interviewed a principal/biology teacher who allegedly saw one AND a woman who claimed that she got attacked by one).

[@danieljakekaipat6156]

You and Mr. Ballen are all I sleep to at night. Great research🎉

[@djzapper128]

Yes! I’m so glad you’re doing more urban legends from other countries. I can’t wait for what will come next

[@lolyoutoobe]

Great video, I hope you do more country urban legend videos. Thanks for the warning on 14, I was too much of a wuss and skipped over it.

[@FatManThor953]

The ghost lady of the title card caught my interests.

[@obstgarteninnot9340]

thx for doing whatever has to be done in order o get these videos out. Ill find these videos relaxing and interesting in an entertainung as well as educational way.

[@no1reallycaresabout2]

Interesting to see more benevolent urban legend figures like the Iron Lady

[@lorivaldez4839]

I have watched this video so many times that I would like to see more urban legends/myths/folklore from other Hispanic & Latino countries my good man! You did a great job 👏 Good work!

[@betogonzales7442]

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[@betogonzales7442]

😊ll

[@darkonyx6995]

You should have talked about the Baetatá/Boitatá... Such an underrated legend outside of Brazil-

[@TheBaldster]

Perfect timing for the work night. Nice. :)

[@PoggoThomas]

1:09 Ok, that the embodiment of death is on the side of homosexual folks is not something I've expected to ever hear. Still, wholesome

[@lordkittin]

Love seeing these videos! Thanks for doing this one! Learned quite a few that I didn't even know about lol

[@beefyjones2476]

My new favorite KZbinr this year

[@nousernamelol]

This is gold,it needs more views

[@mar56565]

This dude is underrated the commentary is top tier and the way you construct your video is just top tier man keep doing these videos there so good I love it.

[@m.ariablue]

Omg the first story gave me so much nostalgia. Totally forgot about it! I remember my mom telling me a rat takes the tooth and not the tooth fairy lol

[@Majora404err01r]

Luz Mala has to be radioactive material.

[@mathieuleader8601]

the cotton monster reminds me of the school councillor Mr. Small from the animated series The Amazing World of Gumball.

[@theanubisfan10]

La Lechuza: *marks my house* Me: 🖕AND YOUR MUM YEAH- 😤

[@thouartseraph]

Noti gang and holy shit this is a fat video. Lemme get my popcorn.

[@DJH3006]

I have a legend I learned when I first traveled to Mexico and met the woman that would become my wife. In the city of Hermosillo in Sonora Mexico, there are some ruins of a building on top of a hill at the center of the city, the locals call it “El Casino del Diablo”. The ruins are allegedly of a casino built in the mid 1980’s. One night, a young 18-year-old girl snuck out of her home to go to the casino where a popular banda was playing. The girl was the most beautiful woman at the casino that night and while many men asked her to dance she rejected all of them until a very handsome and well dressed man asked her to dance and she accepted his offer. While dancing at the center of the dance floor, people started to smell something burning. Smoke started to appear and when they looked at the young girl and mystery man at the center of the dance floor to their horror, they saw that the man now had horns and bat-like wings. The young girl looked up at her dancing partner and saw his true form as his clawed hands burned themselves into her back and waist. The casino would catch fire shortly after with everyone getting out. There were no casualties and the young girl would actually break away from the man’s grasp and escape the fire but she was later committed to a mental institution as she went insane. The ruins of “the Devil’s Casino” still stands atop the hill at the center of Hermosillo today which the local government dare not demolish in fear of being cursed. (If any of you ever visit Hermosillo, head to the Fiesta Americana Hotel, if you look at the hill behind the hotel you will see the massive ruins that can actually be seen from the hotel guests’ windows)

[@Toe_Pota]

Perfect type of video to listen to while gaming

[@thatuzumaki7802]

Been waiting for another Urban Legend video, thanks chief.

[@bryangintora9541]

I always enjoy your Urban Legends Videos. I’m thinking the next one something from Europe like the British isles or something from Italy

[@chancelorsantos9039]

Thank you, this helped with my fandom

[@KainMLK]

I would like to clarify one thing. In Brazil, the equivalent to El Cucuy/Boogeyman would be called "Bicho Papão".

[@elyusmechanicalengineering8898]

El Duende is related to the Duwende in the Philippines living in ant hill and either doing mischief to those they dislike or fortune to those they like. Maybe because of the Spanish galleon trade since the 1600's.

[@DrNR-jp6lz]

Finaly damn i was waiting for that one

[@Quiet_Void]

Abad Alfau basically just did the equivalent of opening up a closet, and proving to everyone else that there was nothing dangerous inside, all while being indefinitely disappointed of humanity.

[@gwencatz2483]

Just found your channel through your Japanese Occult Games video, and was SO GLAD to see you do stuff on Latin American Culture -- ESPECIALLY since it doesn't only cover Mexican Folklore. I grew up with that folklore, but I don't hear as much love for Central American folklore. Video turned out great, you officially gained 1 more sub!

[@issacafu4972]

Keep up the grind mane love ur page

[@popmeijems]

i know u said that you may mispronounce some words, but i was not expecting the way you were going say la bruja it made me laugh a lot. love the vid tho

[@humongousfungusamongus3871]

La Bruja - la - brew - ha. The J makes a h sound in Spanish. Honey, if you weren't making mistakes...I'd have to give you some side eye. Great video!

[@Hamlettte]

You should try urban legends from the Philippines, we have a lot for a tiny island nation

[@ignisspiritus6392]

The House of Tubes architectural style is known as Brutalism. It’s really cool.

[@MidBoss666]

It's the first video of yours I've seen so far, but I do like what I see. Hope you did, or plan to do, one of those with Slavic folklore and legends.

[@FandomLurker]

Ooo, keep up these kind of videos they are super interesting, plus we need some give love to the lesser known legends and myths out there. Especially the moral ones or the ones that just scare you. The hand story gave me chills. I hate people touching my back, especially so if they're a ghost Lol

[@RAC00NFANGIRL]

Dude I just found you I wanna say I love you!

[@louisev9707]

Baby teeth! When I lost some of my baby teeth in the Philippines my grandfather climbed a palm tree and put the tooth at the top of the tree to make my teeth strong. My mother also put an Australian dollar in the glass that I put my baby tooth in which destroyed my belief in the Tooth Fairy because I didn't think it would be so aware of different currencies. But not believing in the Tooth Fairy anymore meant that I got to witness the palm tree ritual, so it was worth it. The message written on the skull that had mice hiding in it is a memento mori - probably a hangover from medieval art

[@t0mies_b0dy]

Who else remembers the Cucuys from Wizards of Waverly Place and got slapped in the fact with 1000 layers of nostalgia from hearing abt them in the video

[@goldenresin5221]

My grandma rubbed me down with an egg when i was baby to keep something away.

[@galena_bismon]

it's always appreciated when people do the effort to speak spanish even if it's not very good. Prefiero eso antes que un intento de adaptación pedorra

[@noahdavis1016]

Whenever I hear the word duende, I think of Vargskelethor Joel playing voices of the void lol

[@MaiLunatique22]

I'm latina and my own culture is unknown to me, my parents never truly got us involved with our country of origin instead saying that things are better here and so on

[@sepplin]

3rd watch this is so nice to have on in the background

[@lissettemercedes75]

The doll island is still there in Mexico and people continue to bring dolls and leave it there, the version I’ve heard as to how the doll collection started is that it was the habitant’s daughter that died there and that’s how he started hanging the dolls but people would also bring dolls to leave as a tribute of gift for the little girl

[@meimei8718]

Great video

[@jennya9838]

Saul Montenegro drifted all the way to Long Beach Wa. He's now called Jake The Alligator Man, and every year They have a contest to see who will be his bride.

[@AnIdiotOnYT00]

Cool

[@Oliver-bx1jw]

It’s killing me the way you say bruja 😂 but still a great video

[@mandymayne154]

Oh goodness that pronunciation of the word "bruja" . Bruu-haw is how that's pronounced.

[@alangil358]

Greetings from monterrey mexico

[@ameladaptivedaydreamer949]

A lot of these wouldn't work on me. Like the ones that have a "beautiful woman tricking a-hole man" 🤣

[@FrancoLopezMeilicke]

From Paraguay I wanna mention a very weird urban legend known as Ta'u and Kerana, In short Kerana was the daughter of a god known as Tupa, Kerana was very beautiful, and a devil known as Ta'u kidnapped and r*ped her. They had 7 cursed children: Mboi Tu'i who was a snake with the head of a bird, Teju Jagua who was a Dragon with 7 dog heads, Kurupi who was a perverted male with a huge p*nis, Jasy Jatere who was a little boy who lured children into the forest to play, only to abandon them, Aoao who was a sheep thing that horribly mutilated humans found in the forest, Luiso who was a weird human dog thing, and Moñai who was a large snake. Theres a lot more to it but I don't have enough time to say everything.

[@lissettemercedes75]

I am Dominican, I grew up listening to my elders tell all the urban legends possible and I never heard the one you told of the skull. Any Dominicans here that can please let me know if they’ve heard it before?

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

I first heard about the chupacabra from Animal X (a show on Animal Planet about cryptids and paranormal phenomena involving animals). Apparently, some people thought that they are actually aliens.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Fun fact: The chupacabra was also featured in Weird 'n Wild Creatures (a series of trading card featuring animals and mythical creatures). It was part of the category called "Monsters of the Mind" (a category for mythical creatures, cryptids, and monsters from literature).

[@shadowknife333]

I need more of this 🤩

[@hasunoushasu9710]

A little late, but the tooth mouse is also comon in france, we don't have any tooth fairies.

[@sptsnc]

the lack of brasil representation omg we have a couple other fun legends too 😭😭

[@masonsdemoneye245]

Surprised la siguanaba wasn't on the list. Its a favorite of mine.

[@YuriTCC]

It was mentioned here 36:33

[@masonsdemoneye245]

​@@YuriTCCI guess I was trippin or something because I completely missed this part

[@Chefborderhopper]

I'm Mexican so I heard these stories all my life. Now I can't sleep 😅😂. Lol welp time for therapy

[@danielrolon56]

pretty cool video!

[@TheScreechingCellist]

I'm a Chilean and we have some interesting ones ya know.

[@sleepyal6547]

When I was little my parents went all out with the Ratón Pérez They would wake my sister and I up and we'd find the presents first and then we'd find a trail of little rat footprints that showed the way the Ratoncito Pérez had done to get to our room. Lo explico en español porque me da alta paja hacerlo en ingles, ok: básicamente el supuesto recorrido del Ratón Perez empezaba en la cocina, donde bajaba por el estractor y tiraba una bolsa de harina (un poco de harina, cosa de que las huellitas que armen sean creíbles) después iba hasta las escaleras donde dejaba sus patotas marcadas en los escalones. Alfunas veces también ponían nuestroa peluches en el camino del Ratón Pérez y nos decían que nos iban a defender de un desconocido jejejeje. Y así hasta llegar a nuestra pieza. Algunas veces dejaban caramelos y otras boludeces, muchas veces monedas de chocolate Son de los pocos recuerdos que tengo de mi infancia ay 🥲💖 Tengo que ver la película del Ratón Pérez otra vez, te juro

[@kay9445]

American Soldiers have reportedly seen a giant snake roughly 130 ft swallowing cows whole.

[@wildpaper4388]

LETS GOOO TALKING ABOUT OUR BIZZARE UBRAN LEGENDS

[@lostmojo]

04:30 Quod tu es, ego fui; quod nunc sum, et tu eris. A common engraving in old Italian cemeteries.

[@stupideronjupiter]

This was a very good video... but I must ask, does it incur a risk to listen to the cursed stories? I have listened to one and I feel very paranoid.. uuu...

[@stupideronjupiter]

UPDATE THAT NOONE WILL READ: 6 months later, I am still alive. Do not worry

[@BronyNumber4096]

(Ratoncito Pérez - the tooth fairy mouse) Oh good. We start with a _nicey_ demonspawn.

[@Babidi111]

- that first one was pretty cute, like a kind of mouse tooth fairy

[@PyroHeart]

Can you do Philippine urban legends/mythical creatures

[@ghostfacegirl180]

37:18 Did anyone else think, just for a split second, that Margret Thatcher had become some sort of international boogieman? (No offense intended toward any boogiemen out there.)

[@meakimon]

Thank you for an AWESOME video!! Don't read below unless you're curious about some scatterbrained writings about Norwegian myths and creatures. XD! Naahhh buddy. If you ever do urban legends or folk tales from Norway, you'll probably get Sweden and Denmark mixed in there by accident. And while the latter two might not mind being lumped together with Norway (since both took turns occupying us), Norway stubbornly wants to stand on it's own, even if there are lots of similarities. If you do, then play it safe, and say it's Scandinavian urban legends! feel free to shoot your friendly Norwegian buddy a message to double check. But yes, I always sit to the end of outros. This time, I sat and waited in case you wanted us to leave some folk tales from our own countries.^^ I'd cheer for the dragon too. Can't help it! Didn't St George also kill a dragon in Europe as well? Man gets around. XD Oh well, I want to share some folk tales that spooked me as a kid! -Nøkken [Nuh-kken], is a creepy water "vette" a type of spirit, which was often found in smaller grassy lakes. Basically, you'd be dragged down and drowned by Nøkken if you swam in these waters. The version I'm used to was also illustrated by Theodor Kittelsen, which either depicts something looking like a troll or grassy knoll poking out of the water with glowing eyes. Another version is one more widely known as most people have the version of a horse. In our version, if you climb up on this horse's back and say it's name, you'll be stuck to the horse and it will leap into the water and drown you. Personally, I prefer the former version, as it more leans into it being some kind of water troll. XD -Draugen [Dr-Ow-gen], was originally a dead person, a "dauing" that either lived in the hill (haugbúi) or went out to haunt the living. Later on, it became common to limit it to a spectre of a dead fisherman that had been swept out to sea and thus had not been buried in christian soil. He'd sail around in half a boat and if you met him, you'd be dragged down and drowned. We have a long coastline, so I guess having water spirits to deter kids from going too close was a good idea. I mostly know this because of a more urban folktale came from it. Most likely to scare kids out of taking too long on the toilet. and that creature was called-- --Do-Draugen! [DO-Dr-Ow-gn]. Do, is the word for toilet. The creature has it's origin from an audio sketch comedy of the 1980, by Rolf Wesenlund. The story went that if a child sat on a toilet, that a slimy hand would reach up and grab them, pulling them down through the toilet. The version I heard was that dodraugen was a kind of serpentine dragon, that would bite you if you sat too long on the toilet. And if your butt was going numb or felt prickly, that was the sign that dodraugen had appeared and you were about to get eaten! Folk tales change a lot, but hey I just learned that dodraugen was actually a parody of draugen! XD -Of course, I have to talk about the troll! I'm gonna be translating from the Norwegian wiki page here. First off. to "trolle" meant to make someone into a troll, and the Norwegian word "trylle" has roots in trolldom, trollskap, and trollmakt. The expression "a gå troll i ord" (closest thing I can compare this to is "to jinx it"), was when you'd talk about something, imagine scenarios, and it would go badly because you spoke of it. -Troll, is a amalgamation of several types of humanlike creatures in Nordic prose and fairytales, with roots in Norse mythology. Both appearance and abilites vary, but trolls are often both dangerous and stupid. Be it colossal "jutuler" and "riser" aka evil giants, as well as small nisser, dwarves and other underearthly fantasy creatures. The trolls often live in unavailable and untouched nature, for example caves in the mountains, in the forests, and oceans. Troll stories are many and old, already depicted in Edda from around 1220. Gigantic trolls in Danish and Swedish are often called "jætte" or "jätte," meaning giant. The word jætte comes from the Norwegian word jøtul, which comes from the Norse jotun, which has connections with "storeter," "big eater." Troll is often used to describe a wild and impossible person. Today the word is often used as troll, or internet toll for anonymous participants that ruin debates with their angry and hateful posts on discussion forums. Skipping a bit in the wiki article. Nordic variants. The depictions of different types of trolls is known from several countries, but often with huge regional differences. The giant trolls in Norway are akin to the Swedish jättarna, and the Danish jætter or trolde. In Denmark there's tales of troll-like creatures called "ellefolk" (also written elverfolk, meaning riverfolk) or bjergfolk/hollfolk (mountainfolk/hillfolk). In Finland we have the "peikost" or "hiisit," while in Germany there are dwarves. In Northern Sweden, trolls and vättar are called vittror(and these are depicted in Ronja the robber's daughter movie). The Icelandic troll traditions are still alive with characters like Gryla the Christmas Hag, the belief of the underearthly, and trolske(magical) rocks. Some fairytales that features trolls, collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe, 1841-1844. -The lads that met the trolls in Hedalforest. -Risen that had no heart in him. -The three billy-goats. -Jutulen and Johannes Blessom -Soria Moria castle -Askeladden who "kappåt"(joined in a eatining competition) with the troll. -Eastern of the sun, and western of the moon. -The hen tip-toes in the mountain. Modern pop culture: In our time, the troll have become popular souvenirs both in Norway and Sweden, especially in the form of figurines and pictures. Trolls often appear in popculture, especially the English one. We find troll like monsters, often without reason or language, both in comics, for example Elf Quest, in fantasy literature and in videogames like World of Warcraft. In 2010 the mockumentary "Trolljegeren/Trollhunter", the titular character is a hunter in the "troll safety corp" who is responsible for euthanasia of trolls that leave their territory. I personally would recommend seeing this movie. I remember walking deep in the woods on hikes and hearing stuff as a child, and thinking it was a troll because the sun was almost down and we were all told that trolls come out at night, and would eat you! They could especially smell you if you were christian! "Kristenmanns blood!" So I would quietly leave and get home as soon as I heard it. (It was probably a moose, which is far more dangerous if you catch it in a bad mood.)

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Its kind of messed up that a man left his own child & dedicated his life to another child

[@FilmmakeroftheFuture]

La Cegua sounds like she fell out of Bojack Horseman.

[@iWocki]

You should do Native American or African urban legends

[@markxlr8s]

This topic is awsowm

[@gracebentley8522]

How is New Mexico (2nd or 3rd story), included in Latin America? I live in New Mexico, I can safely say it is definitely in the United States.

[@anneexoskin2287]

29: wait severed hands, so this is where Thing Addams came from

[@Amazoncongodendroidarbortree]

Absolutely amazing compilation,could you please have videos regarding trees,forests,jungles,woods,swamps,mangroves legends. Fantastic research.🌲🌳🌍🌏🪵🌙💚⭐🌝

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HAHAHA, TOOTH RAT! IT'S A LITTLE TOOTH RAT! HAHAHA!

[@ramonsanchez6903]

I wanna Compare those Creature Characters to Unleashed Primal Pokemon

[@WetbackNoSetback]

El ratoncito 😂 I forgot bout that one

[@numbuh1507]

Why didn't you talk about other Brazilian cryptozoology? Like Saci or the Headless Mule?

[@YuriTCC]

Headless Mule was a candidate when I was looking for legends. But after spending half the year working on this video I had cut it down to 40 instead of trying to get 50 legends again, just so I could get it done.

[@JustavocomJ]

​@@YuriTCC Will be a part 2?

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​@@YuriTCC curupira : 🇧🇷 Brazil night jungle

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​@@YuriTCC cadejo : 🇭🇳 Honduras night jungle

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​@@YuriTCC el sombreron : 🇬🇹 Guatemala night city

[@danilFBrs]

you need to put El Trauco man