6 Horrific Sea Monsters in Finnish Mythology

[@TheFinnishStoryteller]

Siiderivalas!! OMG I just choked on my coffee. Good video, once again. I love your humour :)

[@Anttimation]

Thanks! I was a bit concerned whether it would be considered offensive but so far so good 😅

[@digitallurke7710]

In Wisconsin the cider whale is called Snow cows🤣

[@Anttimation]

I think a similar beast has evolved on all continents (not sure about Antarctica) 😅

[@Anttimation]

@dimapez that's classified information!

[@ladyshadowdog7709]

Great video, when I read folklores I always have hard time finding pronunciations for the different creatures. Thank you for the video.

[@Anttimation]

Thanks! Yeah, especially in languages one doesn't speak the pronunciation can be quite the mystery!

[@angelsmagick]

Great video again! Thank You for making them, Maggie,

[@Anttimation]

Thank you for your continued support Maggie! :)

[@angelsmagick]

@@Anttimation it's a pleasure!

[@P4nzerk93]

Lol "when something slimy touches your leg" and a picture of south-european looking man fades in!

[@Anttimation]

Finally someone noticed! :D

[@Redlurk3]

Cider Whales ...truly terrifying! Wisconsin has a similar beast but 4 legged the dread Snow Cow!

[@Anttimation]

They can devour an adult male in minutes!! Maybe these two evolved from the same origin mother? Some primordial beast?

[@Redlurk3]

@@Anttimation A BIG mother! Like Grendel's mother LoL!

[@oddis188]

Haha couldn't expect anything less from the troll master 😜 Näsijärvi looks good this time of the year. Im sad that i don't have a hiisi in my elevator

[@Anttimation]

Yep, it was one of the most expensive scenes for this video, hiring a helicopter and film crew for the Näsijärvi shot..

[@oddis188]

@@Anttimation insert "pistin parikybää tulee" pasta here😁

[@kristian_the_bearwolf_Olsson]

As usally, your videos are really good!! I`m living in Sweden, but my mother was from Finland. And in my search for more knowledge in my finnish heritige, I find your videos so full of really good knowledge, and fun jokes as well. I have a copy of Kalevala and "The magic songs of the Finns". And I really embrace the finnish mythology and take it to my heart. Thanks for your work!!

[@Anttimation]

Thanks so much! Great to hear you find these useful :)

[@kristian_the_bearwolf_Olsson]

Another plus, is that I now also can make some impression to my realtives in Finland. @@Anttimation I.m really glad to have find you here. I can make my finnish side so much stronger now.

[@js1423]

Good to see post something again! Great catalogue of mythical creatures, though I think the Cider Whale is supposed to be a more contemporary concept?

[@Anttimation]

Probably... I did not find a mention of it in any old poems/runes ;)

[@EllySpace]

Finland has some interesting monsters. Well presented .

[@Anttimation]

Yes we do! Thank you for watching! :)

[@AMatroskin]

Thank you so much, it is really interesting part of Finnish culture.

[@zapfsaeule2]

Super work! Very entertaining - and informative as well - and such a good structure you made! And always your wonderful drawings!

[@Anttimation]

Danke schön! :)

[@a.v.j5664]

Vedenneito is also a pretty cool creature

[@Anttimation]

Damn right is!

[@that_forest_fae]

I remember seeing Ahti once, he basically appeared and dissappeared, looking quite human

[@Anttimation]

Awesome 😎 did you summon him somehow or he just appeared?

[@that_forest_fae]

@@Anttimation He was just chilling in the sea, later found a drawing of him and it was so similar, he dissappeared in a way he couldn't have swam away

[@jakkeledin4645]

Ahti = Poseidon

[@that_forest_fae]

@@jakkeledin4645 Not really, they're from different cultures and mythologies

[@MegaAndyandyandy]

Another awesome Video!!! Any chance of a video about the "hannunvaakuna" Symbol?? My Daughter and I are considering Tattoos.

[@Anttimation]

Thanks! I have it tattooed as well. @Irish in Finland has a video about it, I don't think I'd have much to add to it! :)

[@roosajarvinen5698]

My dad once fought a pike, got bit and ended up with a fishing hook in his thumb. In his rage he beat the pike so bad we couldn't even eat it lmao

[@Anttimation]

Mean fish since the mythical times, it seems!

[@The_Horny_Ghost]

@@Anttimation My dad got once bitten by one too, a day after the fish was killed. He was proudly showing off yesterdays catch, spreading its mouth open and a finger slipped. The fish drew blood as a revenge, even from the afterlife.

[@woodswitch23]

Pike,Great Slave Lake. Great channel!

[@alexwelts2553]

The Pike is my uncle

[@VintageCarHistory]

Vesihiisi sounds more like the turbolifts on the USS Enterprise TOS. "She's dead, Jim,"

[@Anttimation]

I have no idea what that is, but if vesihiisi was spelled vesihissi, it would mean a hydraulic elevator :P

[@Sienisota]

When you started on Siiderivalas, I was like "Wait, what?"💀. But Some of these water monsters and vesiväki should really rise back up, and put the fear of littering into us🧜‍♀️🦑... Eikös jonkunlainen vesihiisi myös elänyt kaivoissa ja hiiden/pirun kirnuissa? Vai muistanko väärin🤔 Hyvä video👍

[@Anttimation]

Kiitos! Ainakin Näkki asustelee myös kaivoissa

[@dabeeramir1407]

Bro I had NO idea Finland culture was this cool!

[@Anttimation]

Well now you have an idea! :D

[@XtineJohnes]

The Cider Whale is the most Terrifying monster lol

[@yerabbit]

Are there any equivalent "loch ness monster" type urban legends in Finland? Like is there a spot where people claim to spot sea monsters?

[@Anttimation]

Not that I'm aware of. There are local stories around but bone as well known as Nessie afaik. Except maybe the lion of Ruokolahti 😂

[@ymotechnopopfan]

I like your art style. It reminds me of Jon Carling's style.

[@Anttimation]

Thank you! That is such a great compliment, I'm flattered.

[@MooseDuckVlogs]

Cool.....I have explore Finnish History....Myths are becoming a keen interest like Korean history and American. Going to check out the Finnish Military history

[@Anttimation]

Yeah! There's a lot of material on Finnish WW2 history also in English 👌

[@Supersmile330]

So, my Finnish isn't great, but was that mention of Vesihiisi hissing in elevators a reference to the tongue twister? Nobody ever did translate that one properly for me...

[@Anttimation]

@@Supersmile330 yes! Vesihiisi sihisi hississä. A water troll (roughly) hissed in the elevator

[@Supersmile330]

@Anttimation thank you :) I just found your videos and they're great

[@N_0968]

The most Ahti fish are foul. Why are they made to be so sweet? Salty is the right taste for herring, just add some onions and perhaps sour cream. That might be my Estonian background speaking though.

[@Anttimation]

Not a big fan either. I can say that freely without the shackles of a sponsor 🤣

[@jerrimenard3092]

I don't know, I am half Hungarian and sour cream can make almost anything taste good. Still, the way that looks, you would be better off to get that paste which taste of salmon and then drown it in sour cream or cream cheese.It's not the breakfast of champions, that's for sure.

[@ReidarWasenius]

Terribly good to know!

[@Anttimation]

Keep in mind when swimming! 🏊

[@ReidarWasenius]

@@Anttimation Exactly what I was thinking... 😬

[@licensetochill4992]

Interestingly I'd always been told as a kid that Näkki would show up as a very beautiful, androgynous, long haired young man who would be able to seduce both men and women. But I guess the belief is more about Näkki showing up as whatever the swimmer finds beautiful 🤔 Great video!

[@Anttimation]

Thank you! Yes they seem to come in many shapes and sizes, all the more dangerous;)

[@temp87]

Ahtis stuff with summer taters is good....

[@Anttimation]

Doesn't get much better

[@jerrimenard3092]

iku-Turso , in a dream. It was very odd. He was not cute nor cuddly and was protecting something in the water. By his nature he reminds me of another creature aI saw in another dream who I call trout man. So, I have a small amount of Icelandic ancestry. I dreamed I went to Iceland on vacation with friends. We had gone fishing with a guide. At the lake we began to set up while the guide went back to the vehicle and got the poles. Just moments later he ran back and told us we had to leave, not just the lake but Iceland as a whole. Somebody/something had broken all the equipment! Nets were torn up and the poles looked like toothpicks. Well, again this is a dream, we decided to stay because a party or concert was going on that night. When we arrived, I immediately saw a dark haired man dancing with no shirt on. He had a tight pair of what I thought was pants on. These neon rainbow lights made him appear to shimmer like a trout. As I got closer though, I saw it was not the lights that made him shimmer. He was rainbow tinted. Then, I saw his pants were made of bugs! These were gross flies and crawling things like you would see near the shore. I was both repulsed and turned on. When I woke up I googled this but found nothing. The good news is, what ever it was brought money! When ever after that dream I see him again in another dream, I get money. So, I have decided to like sea creatures. I wonder if iku-Turso was protecting money. Could trout man be his more human form in dreams?

[@jasonpelto1164]

Damn it Menard 😂

[@thatwhitewolf5222]

When i heared your take on Iku Turso and Ahti. I cant stop thinking about a Cult of Batshit Crazy Finnish raiders, in an Conan based Universe.

[@Anttimation]

Ha! Sounds fitting

[@gurpreetbajwa4490]

Perkele 🇫🇮🥲

[@alexwelts2553]

Pike and Gar look the same, behave very different. The Gar is the aggressive one.

[@Anttimation]

I had to look it up. Mean looking creature!

[@Crafty_Spirit]

... and the Watcher in the Water (Lord of the Rings)

[@sh-zn4wm]

please don't stop