25 Creatures in Estonian Folklore & Mythology 🇪🇪

[@user-ek5ci2uk7l]

I met half of these on the tram in Tallinn

[@olgasmirnova2713]

😆

[@Microphunktv-jb3kj]

haha... :D Balti Jaam? :D this comment made my day .

[@rutsmaster]

see on nii tõsi

[@DeveloperXo]

real

[@evenacy]

🤣

[@uloumera6687]

As an Estonian i have to say that you did good research on the video and i like the imagery you used. Don't worry do much about the pronunciation. Your trying thats enough for us. Good work.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks mate, I appreciate the kind words. I knew I had no hope at getting them right but I love your culture and history and want to try and bring it to English speakers :-)

[@munad2286]

Riil

[@timmosoon4477]

Also as an Estonian yeah great video but bad pronouncination

[@Mari-Leen]

im estonian to

[@sir_lobster]

jah

[@GreenuniverseEuro]

I am Estonian and even I didnt know all of them... Thank you so much my friend for making that video.

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure :-)

[@itsroseinnit7034]

Same here

[@alisakokorina9504]

Same

[@KonservativLeben]

It always saddens me to see that your Videos don't get the Views they deserve. Thank you for keeping European folklore alive!

[@Jen999]

@@KonservativLeben Absolutely we agree!!! William and Jen💜💙

[@TheJollyReiver]

It is a shame yeh but it what it is!

[@freddyXDyeah]

So many scare stories from my childhood were resurfaced by this video. For instance - 5:15 näkid, my grandmother always told me to not go near the wells as the näkk would drag me in and to the bottom. Later in my life i realized it was a smart trick to keep my curious 6 year old self from falling into one of these wells. We had many of such open or closed wells nearby and i avoided them like fire.

[@Trammiliin_nr2]

I was told by the older folks that näkks live both in wells and rivers. It didn't scare me away, though, as a curious kid, I just had to explore this tale further to find out whether there really are näkks or not. 😅

[@DrArku]

I was really surprised to see an English video about my culture pop up on youtube. But you've done an excellent job and I love the format you're going for. I think my personal favourite is the kratt, imagine all the chores you'd get done with one of those! And don't worry about pronouncing the names right, as my countryman said, you're trying your best and that's all that matters to us.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed :-)

[@Trammiliin_nr2]

Kratt is my favourite, too. Sometimes I'm sad that they aren't real :D

[@kahvipaputyyppi]

These are so interesting! As a finn whose family was christian but mom taught us folklore aswell, I always felt warm and close to european folklores. Nice to see similar beings in Estonian and Finnish folklores. For example every time we went picking berries or mushrooms my mom would leave bits of our picknic lunch and coffee to "metän ämmille" (same as metsaema) so that they would forgive us for taking from the forest.

[@Kirjumi]

What a nice balance of take and give our old people were in tune with. Nature was not a separate something just to use, it was a living being just like us. This way of thinking is deeply rooted in me as an Estonian.

[@knarme5160]

Watching from Finland, really excited to learn about these. Estonia has always been such an interesting country to me, since it's the only one where a Finn will hear a related language in such an abundance. One of my favorite authors is the Finnish-Estonian Sofi Oksanen, and her dedication to telling recent Estonian history from the POV of women and girls / civilian life in general. Her stories and public presence in our media have not only educated many but also preserved knowledge about things that should not ever be forgotten. I feel like Estonia has more balls than Finland to not sugarcoat historical events or try to hush about it. The more I learn about Estonia, the more I see how rich it is in culture. The folk attires are so beautiful too!! I shed a tear with that 13:41, probably due to the types of times we're living in. I've only seen Estonia from a bus window, when during high school we took a trip to Poland through the Baltics... And my father has been to wild hog hunting there, bringing some good boar fillets from there. If there's any Estonians seeing my comment, what places especially in nature or other sightings would you recommend for a foreigner to see?

[@Weve06]

What are you talking about?

[@knarme5160]

@@Weve06 it's easier to answer if you could point out which part of this is this a reference to.

[@Weve06]

@@knarme5160 well you said something about the types of times we're living in, and what do you mean saying that Finland are not telling something?

[@rivchik2736]

Lahemaa rahvuspargis on hea käija (in Lahemaa national park there is good hiking trails and a couple of old manors from the 17century probably from the swedes or baltic germans)

[@knarme5160]

@@Weve06 war scare times / while finland is in some ways OK ally to ukraine, i've gotta say that issue is still under-prioritized here compared to how baltic states are dealing with it. the reason? the ex-soviet world just went through such awful bs under russia so recently that they know the stakes on a deeper level than even here in finland we do. for someone smarter than myself to word these things, - sofi oksanen has her own youtube channel, but also there's lots of amazing interviews from her about this topic you can find here. it made me appreciate the estonian perspective deeply.

[@bricyy1]

0:37 Kratt 2:19 Ülemiste vanake 3:25 Libahunt 5:14 Näkk 6:25 Ahjualune 8:01 Kummitus (Valge daam) 9:21 Allikaravitseja 9:55 Metsavana 10:47 Metsaema 11:52 Põja konn 12:47 Suur Töll 13:45 Virvatuli 14:33 Soovana 15:30 Maaalune 16:16 Külmking 17:33 Vanatühi 18:33 Ebajalg 18:59 Murueide tütred 19:46 Kotermann 20:45 Luupainaja 21:14 Pisuhänd 21:52 Härjapõlvlane 22:39 Kivialune 23:10 Saarevaht 23:40 Mereveised

[@skygaki]

Põhja konn* & Suur Tõll* (or really Töll as the people from Saaremaa say ^^)

[@Uksed4life]

Suuured tänud vennas

[@TheJollyReiver]

Reuploaded due to a copyright strike on one of the ‘copyright-free’ songs -_-

[@Retro-Future-Land]

Sally once more my friend.

[@drakulta4925]

Man i hate KZbin sometimes for things likes this!

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

There is no way to leave a comment, only replies

[@zygoptera666]

Sometimes there seems to be a certain 'purpose' on certain youtube actions. Have noticed it way too much... For my liking...

[@markedis5902]

What a pain. Great vid though

[@danielmalinen6337]

It is probably not a surprise that the same or similar creatures can be found in Finnish folklore. The biggest exception is that the Finnish Kratti is not a homonculus but a ghost who sits on the treasure, guards it and scares people away with creepy laughter.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks for sharing!

[@LddStyx]

It's probably also an interesting reflection on the different economic fates between our people. Estonians didn't have any wealth to protect so they dreamt of a way to get it instead of guarding what they had.

[@hobene_hobu]

@@LddStyx We were loaded ballers really, especially on the islands, just the last uhh couple of centuries have been unfortunate.

[@Trammiliin_nr2]

@@LddStyx back then Finns were as poor as Estonians :)

[@shadehealer]

Pisuhänd, mentioned later in the video, can be a synonym for "kratt", which makes it the same as the finnish kratti. I also discovered upon googling that pisuhänd and kratt are synonyms in estonian (I knew that part), but they are also completely different creatures. Synonyms shouldn't work like that.. :D

[@liisaelts7522]

15th Külmking - in Estonian Literary Museum, there is an old field notes from early 20th century, where they describe it as a figure in white sheet, who only has one foot. That more than spirit itself, you could see a row of one foot steps going into fields or forest, steps that are iced over inside the steps. Always one must take care to check that there are footprints from both feet, or following such track will lead you so far away from village, you will freeze before you can find your way back. So it was basically treated as spirit, who leads you astray. It relates to reason that in late fall, when you had black earth with sudden cold, fresh steps would often freeze in the grass, yet if you happened to have sleet, people would look down more and if they happen on footsteps would try to follow them to nearest safe place. So Külmking was a warning to mind your surroundings in such conditions. 18th Murueide tütred were unfortunately most likely invented by Matthias Johann Eisen, who tried to "fill the blanks" in our mythology by injecting things from Germanic and Scandinavian mythology. There seem to be no real evidence outside his and F R Kreutzwald using them in Kalevipoeg. Which is very unfortunate since they would be wonderfully fitting.

[@yukinoved4260]

As an Estonian I am so happy to see a good representation of my country in format larger than 10 mins!

[@TheJollyReiver]

I’ve got a few more to come :-)

[@yukinoved4260]

@TheJollyReiver I tell you - there are not a lot of Estonians on the internet, but with videos like this - you would gather them all

[@yukinoved4260]

@@TheJollyReiver and don't bother with pronounciation so much. You clearly know the basics. The umlaut's are the mess, because Estonian has all of them. Õ like Ы in slavic languages and Ä, Ö, Ü like in Nordic. It is too much to ask to pronounce them properly.

[@beeleav]

This was incredibly informative, even as an Estonian! Folklore is undoubtedly one of the foundational aspects of a culture, yet these stories often go untold in our education system (outside of book reports 'nd such.) It’s such a shame really, because they’re so fascinating and entertaining. Your coverage was greatly appreciated - fantastic video!

[@BananaBreadPaws]

I love this. The pronunciation is just as good as it has to be, although a lil off in most cases. It's so great to see my country's culture and folklore get noticed. Even i haven't heard of some of these, or i just have heard of it and didn't know a lot. This is such an enjoyable thing to see on a friday morning :) Also tere eestlastele 👋

[@bigval46]

i did a rotation in estonia back in 2018 and i miss it every day this just makes me want to go back even more!

[@TheJollyReiver]

You should!

[@bigval46]

@TheJollyReiver one day!

[@green_camping]

As a saarlane (person born and raised in Saaremaa) it's awesome to witness so many of my childhood stories made available for the world, especially Suur Töll. Only a few of them must be more prevalent on the mainland than in Saaremaa as I had to stretch my memory further. Most of them, however were regularly included in everyday speech where suitable.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@aonith]

I am Estonian and seeing this wonderful video warms my heart. You did an amazing job!

[@Siriel777]

Estonian here ..... absolutely wonderful video 💕 Very best wishes

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@henrysinivee6316]

2 things about the KRATT: 1. people who wanted to make a kratt, had to summon the devil (or vanapagan in Estonian) and then meet with him in a night of full moon on a crossing of 3 roads and had to give 3 drops of his blood, then the kratt would have soul; 2. when kratt was broken or given a impossible job, then the devil would come to the owner to receive the promised soul of the owner (meaning killing the owner)

[@shadehealer]

I've heard that it has to be a 5 road crossing, which makes the place a rare one. I hadn't heard that the devil would come to kill the owner, but this makes a lot of sense because otherwise everyone would make a kratt.

[@Ajagodkin]

Im Estonian, and am grateful for your video! Have heard these stories and creatures all my life, but is very nice to be reminded :) very well done, sir!

[@NameDisowned]

Im Estonian and didn't know a good number of these creatures. its so interesting to see things im so familiar with and used to, being described and explained in detail cause they're not basic knowledge to everyone. while the pronunciations were a little bit funny to me at times, you did a good job! thank you for bringing attention to our culture and folklore!

[@johannamurk6897]

I love this overview, it is an honour, thank you! The number 4 is named Näkk and pronounced as you would say 'nack' in english. All the blessings to you, with love, from Estonia!

[@fredbreadbun6277]

Listened to this with a hearty stew and hearthcakes, on a cold winter's. Most pleasant and insightful.

[@LauraSnow-in3nx]

That sounds so amazing! 🤩

[@TheJollyReiver]

Sounds very comfy!

[@vxlley_flower5672]

It's so wild that I was just looking on learning Estonian recently and this pops into my feed. Wonderful video! I loved learning :)

[@BlueKing315]

I am Estonian 🇪🇪, nice video 👍

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@Rihosk76]

Greeting from Estonia! Good background research, good summary encyclopedic video. As an Estonian, I approve!

[@mrtoast3478]

omg estonia is finnaly in a video thats cool didnt know that anyone except us and our neighbours knew the country. thanks for this vid man its great. keep up the good work

[@Jen999]

Excellent video.. many times we have commented on your magnificent voice.. in this. Video we noted something else amazing about it.. When telling of a creature who is benevolent.. you speak in gentle and dulcet tones.. When describing an evil or mischievous spirit.. your tone is much sharper and wary.. This too is a gift .. and coupled with your achingly beautiful voice.. serves you well as a master storyteller or bard.. We so love to listen💜💙☘️ William and Jen

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you once more for such nice feedback! Your comments always brighten my day!

[@Jen999]

@ You are worthy of both grand comments and great ratings.. please keep making your incredible videos.. you make the day for us every time!!!💜💙🌹 William and Jen💜💙

[@armok409]

Always a joy to see a video covering one of the Baltic countries in any capacity, has been quite interesting to learn about Estonian folklore, especially the Kratt, which does seem very reminiscent of AI/Robots as they’re depicted in fiction. It appears our anxieties of creating entities to help us that could potentially come to usurp us instead is a much longer standing one than one would assume. I do hope that you’ll cover the folklore of the other Baltic countries in the future! As someone of half-Lithuanian descent I’ve always held an interest in them!

[@egertroos-qh7hw]

You from Lithuania?

[@armok409]

@@egertroos-qh7hw I'm afraid not no, but one of my parents is.

[@egertroos-qh7hw]

@@armok409 where you from?

[@armok409]

@@egertroos-qh7hw Born and raised in America lol

[@LddStyx]

Your comparison is apt enough that there is a horror comedy Kratt (2020) that has a nod to that concept. Also merging the kart folklore with technology makes for a fun pun "techno-krat" like the technocrats we send to the EU to petition for investments into infrastructure connecting us with the rest of Europe for our mutual prosperity.

[@gemolotys]

As an Estonian i like this video a lot and i understand there has been lots of work put into this video keep up the good work!🇪🇪

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@WaterBottle4486]

Damn, my algorithm knows me too well. Great video btw, loved it. 👍

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed!

[@krispoissyuh]

Sigma video! Thanks for documenting and keeping our folklore alive!!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks mate!

[@risseharcu2947]

As an Estonian, gotta say, best video I've seen ina while! ❤ And also the pronunciation wasn't bad! ...Exept on ahjualune, though still a very well made and researched video. (Btw its pronunced ahju - alune, the ju is like you is in inglish, and stress on a in alune :D)

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it! I knew I’d be hopeless at the pronunciation, it’s a hard language aha!

[@raulins100]

it's pretty cool remembering all of these from childhood stories as they came up in the video

[@TheJollyReiver]

:-)

[@kirstimeretearnesen1202]

Thank you, I'm Norwegian, but know little of the Estonian folklore and kulture. There are some similarities, like the Nakks, but in Norwegian folklore Nøkken is male, he can also translate into a white horse to lure women into his lake. One of the images you used here is by the Norwegian artist Theodor Kittelsen at 6.22, the paintin at 10.38 is also by Kittelsen, called Woodland Troll. He illistrated a lot of Norwegian folktales collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe. There were also other creatures probably have the the same root as in the Scandinavian countries. It was very interesting.

[@egertroos-qh7hw]

Greetings from Estonia

[@agnessomer2962]

I am Estonian too and I am pleasantly suprised .You have done an excellent work. Thank you.😊

[@HARDS0CK133]

as an estonian i would say you did great and keep up the good work

[@aurorincorporated]

This is a good compilation of our folklore's legends. :) Thanks for making this video and greetings from Tallinn!

[@justamoc7441]

Brother Estonia! Hello from Lithuania 🇱🇹

[@egertroos-qh7hw]

Greetings from Estonia

[@beebeelicious]

That was great, lots of content I've never seen before ❤

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you :-)

[@kaimarlaiva2891]

Great video, don't know from where you got the information, but where I grew up they were called Näkk, there was a difference between soonäkk(swamp näkk) and järvenäkk (lake näkk) the swamp ones was the ones you needed to keep away from. :) great video, it's nice someone showing interest in our little legends, and hearing it with your accent makes it much better hahaha

[@tili7299]

Oh, wow! So cool to get a video of Estonian folklore from a non-native! I love it! You certainly have done your research! As a Tallinn native I'd like to give some more information on No 2 - Ülemiste vanake was actually born out of the fact that Ülemiste lake is a lake behind a sand dune. It has broken through the dune several times during Tallinn's history, hence the legend of the guardian of Ülemiste lake. Nowadays the lake is used as the main source of drinking water for the 450,000 + people of the city, so it's level is carefully managed by several dikes and channels from different rivers. The last time the lake's level was dangerously high was in 2004, but the last real flood was sometime in the 19th century. Also there is still a small river named Härjapea flowing out of the lake, but it's buried in pipes under the streets along the whole course of it's way

[@hannutaskinen2032]

This was cool. As a Finn i have heard of some of these and would've like to learn even more. Would not mind even longer vid about this subject, be it about Estonian or like someone suggested about other baltic lore. There is enough about english speaking world but not about these parts of the world.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Yeah I’ve got at least 3 more videos lined up about Estonian legends! I was planning on making some videos in Finland but I had to cancel my trip sadly.

[@SuperSperminaattori]

@@TheJollyReiverIf you make one on finnish folklore i will be very satisfied

[@RealRaido]

As an Estonian, this has got to be one of the most genuinely interesting videos I've seen in a while. Lots of it I didn't even know myself. Amazing work honestly.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed! I’ve got a few more videos coming out soon about Estonia. Really interesting country!

[@mesavend]

If someone could translate “Eesti rahva ennemuistsed jutud” it would be good reading for you. There are a lot of old tales in this book. My grand-grandma used to read those to me in her small room behind the fireplace in the candle light. They may sound scary, but her reading thought so much knowledge for life. “Puulane ja Tohtlane” and “Paristaja-poeg” were one of my favorites.

[@booknerdlover3675]

Thanks for another great video! I hope you and your family & friends have a Happy Christmas!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you! All the best for the new year too!

[@Timo.musicVEVO]

i love that our culture is being spread with these videos. Thanks for the video!

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@lizzgf]

What a gem of a video to randomly stumble upon! Thank you!

[@madliliivakunstnik8929]

And You have a very pleasant voice, too! I subscribed. Love it!

[@Mrgorill3]

I am estonian and now i know even more about my country thank you man!!!! You should also come to visit our country its very beautiful

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed mate! Yes I’ve been to Estonia and did a lot of filming there for my upcoming three videos! Lovely country!

[@luukaskaarel]

Such a well made video, brought back so many memories of stories from my childhood. Thank you so much for this video!

[@JillofAllTrades-inMI]

Excellent video, I was fortunate to visit Estonia several years ago and of the countries I've visited, Estonia and Finland are on my top tier to visit again. Beautiful country, and the people were so friendly and welcoming.

[@Emiane]

Thank you for making this video ❤

[@SIVICHI]

as a person from baltic i was so exited to see this video! you did a good research, hope to see latvia next 👀

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you, I’ve got a few others on the requested list first but I will eventually do Latvia!

[@sirhendrik8249]

Eesti rahvas on nii vaene, et isegi eepos algab sõnadega "Laena mulle kannelt, Vanemuine!" Nice video!

[@cupcake5358]

😂😂

[@magianegra2765]

as an estonia i loved watching this. great job

[@mercmemes1715]

As an Estonian, i didnt know some of these so great video :D

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@VahvaRott]

Thank you for this summary! It's really difficult to find any videos about Estonian mythology. And yours was really enjoyable to watch and listen to! 😊

[@IdioticMonke]

Hey, you managed to teach an Estonian about his own culture and you did pretty good with the pronounciation so good job!❤

[@madliliivakunstnik8929]

As an Estonian artist and nature guide - very well done! Thank You!

[@Mark92000]

Im estonia i didn't really know most of these. Good work on making this video.

[@JustThePendant]

As an Estonian I quite like that you made this, it's nice to know about my own folklore

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you liked it!

[@the0rpheus]

Thank you, loved the video, learned something new about my own folklore!

[@EEX97623]

Estonia has been summoned to the comments! 😄Great work on this video, appreciated. Suur tänu! Tervitused Eestist.

[@roselandianrose5296]

Coming from an Estonian, thank you for the coverage. As you've already seen in the comments we're always happy when people take an interest/notice us and our country. Though some of us can be quite overly critical at times. Regarding the pronunciation I fully understand why it's difficult to get right. To your credit some names came out pretty well, "Metsaema" for example. I recommend just throwing the names into google translate, it's of course not perfect and doesn't pronounce everything super well but from what I checked it's very close to being accurate with the pronunciations.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks for your feedback! I’m goad you shouted! I’ve got a few more videos on Estonia coming out soon. I know the pronunciation isn’t the best but I’m hoping to bring more attention to your country to a wider audience :-)

[@_the_wessex_nomad_]

Loved this, mate. I need to go to Estonia!

[@TheJollyReiver]

You do!

[@mihkel86]

Be aware 😂 I know a guy named Diego from Argentina. He came to europe as a mormon when he was 18 or 19. After spending years in different european countries and landing to estonia he stepped out from the religion and became a "pagan". He married an estonian girl and became a tattoo artist (good one). He is getting an art degree in Germany rn

[@egertroos-qh7hw]

​@@mihkel86ta mingi koloniseeria ju

[@priitsan]

Awesome, suur tänu! Good list and descriptions with only minor errors.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you :-)

[@ruthottender2789]

A great list, the pronunciation was pretty good. But if you are translating or explaining names, keep it consistent. 7. Allikaravitseja- literally means spring (the water source) healer. 8. Metsavana- Old Man/Elder of the woods. 9. Metsaema- mother of the woods 13. Soovana- Old Bog/ Elder of bogs 17. Ebajalg- kind of a tricky translation, but the best would be phantom foot or false foot. 18. Murueide tütred- translation was spot on, but their usual punishment for looky loos was turning them into Birch trees (which tracks, because you can often find random birches in any biome in Estonia) 20. Luupainaja- the literal translation is bender of bones, the meaning is nightmare. 21. Pisuhänd- the closest translation would be tiny hand. They are similar to Kratt's, but smaller, easier to appease and do smaller tasks. Still fae in origin. 23. Kivialune- those who live under rocks 24. Saarevaht- the island guardian Absolutley awesome research though.

[@eazygamer8974]

I literally check my notifications everyday hoping your new video has popped in! Cheers mate!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks fella, not too much longer before my next one is out!

[@eazygamer8974]

​@TheJollyReiver ill be waiting!

[@nimetulaps]

this is wonderfully put together, very underrated.. good job though!

[@The-Alpha-And-TheOmega]

As an estonian i can say you did your research. There is also a movie and books about the legend of the Libahunt.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you mate. Oh there is? What's the movie called?

[@The-Alpha-And-TheOmega]

@TheJollyReiver Libahunt (i think. the entire thing abt libahunt was a school project for me in 7th grade.)

[@shieer-e2p]

as an estonian in my opinion all of this is correct and youve done a great research good job!

[@MoebiusEffect]

I'm English and just moved to Estonia. This is great, love this kind of stuff especially as I was only aware of Kalevipoeg (?) before. Nice job 👏 🇪🇪🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed! My next video is filmed in Tallinn about Kalev & Linda :-)

[@MoebiusEffect]

@TheJollyReiver Nice, looking forward to it. Maybe get yourself over to Hiiumaa as I believe Leiger was their main legend over there. Lovely island too. Cheers

[@egertroos-qh7hw]

​@@MoebiusEffectwhy did you decide to move to Estonia

[@MoebiusEffect]

@@egertroos-qh7hw My wife is Estonian. After my parents sadly passed away, we decided to start again somewhere new...

[@williamrobinson7435]

Really interesting! I wasn't aware of Estonia's mythology so this is one for me to keep and revisit. Your painting style is great, really bold and engaging. Nice one Riever! 🌟👍

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers Will!

[@RReapermann]

A good refresh of my country folklore. Thank you for the video.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@JordanWhite-p8c]

Merry Christmas to you jolly revier ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@TheJollyReiver]

Merry Christmas:-)

[@JordanWhite-p8c]

Thanks for the nice comments 👍 jolly revier

[@helwaania]

I remember the valge daam scaring me so much as a kid haha. I never knew half of these existed, I'm fascinated by these :3

[@andydavis8437]

After watching "November" and "You Won't be alone" I have taken an interest in European Folklore. This was an amazing dive into what was apparently the last pagan country, Keep them coming and we really appreciate the illustrations that you use, it adds another level.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Cheers Andy, glad you enjoyed!

[@maiaselis1677]

Thank you for this video and all the research. As an estonian I knew most of these creatures, but didn't know what they do exactly. Nice to know that calling my sister ahjualune when she steals sweets and then denies it is pretty accurate to the folklore :)

[@fr34k0o]

Fun to watch our countries stories told by You. The pronunciation is good enough, though innocently funny a bit :)

[@eluherrahaz1165]

Being in Tallinn atm on vacation having this requested is kinda fitting. Much love to your beautiful capital and woman dear Estonians.

[@silverva]

Very good video, thank you! One comment though, i think number 4 has a typo - i think it should be Näkk with ä ?

[@TheJollyReiver]

You’re right, I missed that one!

[@KohaAlbert]

Not wrong, but alterations have been common. There's also variations, like „aal“. ___ Just now reached the pisuhänd - same thing. pisuhänd is a compound (pisu+händ), where "händ" comes from Germanic and meaning "tail" (also follower or tracer more broadly). Possible to interpret as ~ "small tracer".

[@Estpla1]

This is an awesome video! Your work is excellent.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you!

[@magnuselder-vosu9237]

It is nice to see a folklore video about my country.

[@TheJollyReiver]

My pleasure!

[@ThaKatoo]

corrections: nakks - näkk single, typical mermaid but can be found close to all water and in human form and is some girl is too baeutiful shes probably näkk, suur töll - suur tõll meaning big wagon, kotterman - its a very bad omen if he comes to land machines or building projects, you are doing something very very wrong and you need to stop, he like tryes to stop your disaster. add: haldjad - elves typical nordic but we have like 100 place names like "where elves once lived" translations, the magic is in geographical point itself, its said that elves will return some day to that place so dont mess whit or they left that place to us in good will so you leave it has it is for them to return. our folklore is true giant from living stones to birdway (milky way) and your video very well done ... thx

[@billbarton9046]

This is really informative and interesting.Nice one.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@madislistak8120]

Fantastic work! Thank you!

[@ignorance112]

Glad to see the video back up again so quickly, as I said last time as someone from Estonia who has been following you for a long while its so cool to see this! I have the little Patreon support flyer paper thing sitting on my bookshelf right next to me!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thanks mate, that’s really cool you’re from Estonia! My next video will be on the folklore of Toompea hill!

[@forgottenmusic1]

Looks like while including some creatures borrowed from international sources (like kotermann), you've missed one of the most interesting creatures with local origin, that can even be traced back in time - koerakoonlased alias peninukid (dog-noses). According to the myth, these creatures were having human body, but a dog's head, and during the wartime, they were riding the country, sniffing the hideouts. The original source of the myth dates back to the Livonian War (1558-1583); Muscovite special forces (oprichnina) were wearing a cut-off dog's head attached to their horsebacks; in time, that symbol transferred like if these were the real heads of the men.

[@elchupacabra1666]

Cynocephalus is widely attested mythological creature since antiquity from Greece to China. Nagu enamus Eesti mütoloogiast , on koerakoonlased laen indoeuroopa rahvastelt. Liivi sõda ja opritšnikud võibolla on mõjutanud peninukide alast mütoloogiat, kuid M.Kõivupuu järgi on peninukid Eesti pärimuses arvatavasti juba ristisõdadest saadik. Kuna rahvasuu on haugimäluga ja pärimus muutub ajas, siis on see segane nagu Kört-pärtli särk, mis võib olla tõesti on Eesti algupäraga fenomen (esmaallikas O.Luts Kevade).

[@cg-yj2er]

Good video but I would like to add one thing. There are actually two giants in Estonian folklore. One as you said is Suur Tõll, but his residentse was only on our biggest iland Saaremaa. The one that fought with the Vanatühi was Kalevi poeg who was protector of the main land. There's a whole story about how they agreed to stretch Estonia bigger. But then Kalevi poeg was scared that Estonia might brake and scared him away. That story was told to us as the reason why Estonia is so flat. But still thank you for the video about Estonia. It's sad how little even our own country men know about our folklore nowadays.

[@TheJollyReiver]

Thank you for sharing! Yes Giant stories are great in Estonia. Surr Tõll has a brother too I believe, named Lieger from Hiiumaa island, hand you heard of him? My next video is on Kalev and Linda :-)

[@vge_priithagoras7593]

Cool vid. Härjapõlvlane is pretty much a leprechaun. The name itself refers to it's height, being not much higher than a knee of an ox

[@Jasonpasonclaiser]

As a proud estonian i can confidently say that this man is worthy of being called a smart man in the pocket cuz he really deserves respect

[@lennartno-ob2076]

I fell on love with this video and your voice btw im estonian 2

[@manjana_k]

I like the video a lot, I do know all of them, as most of older estonian generation do. There is one, who also many people know: Ussikuningas - king of snakes.

[@Lemonificent]

Excellent video, well done!

[@Kevinlynxdabest]

As an Estonian it's fun to hear some of the mythology i haven't yet encountered

[@dimitrydevdariani1929]

Absolutely fascinating!

[@TheJollyReiver]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@dimitrydevdariani1929]

@TheJollyReiver thank you! I would like to suggest video on Georgian folklore.

[@Goldernal]

I'm Estonian and I learnt something new from this video. I would have added the Kalevipoeg to the list because he is the most famous folklore in Estonia. He is basically the king of Estonia who is at the moment guarding the gates of he'll so the evils don't come to destroy the land. But creat video❤

[@TheJollyReiver]

I’ve got a video on him coming soon!

[@UngaMunga]

In my opinion "Bone Bender" would be a cooler and more fitting name for Luupainaja Luu - bone Painutama - to bend Painaja - the one who bends (bender?)