European Prisoner Describes Life Among Cannibals of Brazil (1557) // Nightmare of Hans Staden

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Extracts taken from:
True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil by Hans Staden
Translated by Sir Richard Francis Burton
archive.org/details/captivity...
Art by Bilalerlangga.
Thumbnail art by Alex Stoica.
Music from Epidemic Sound and Artlist
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By Wilfredor - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

[@VoicesofthePast]

It was his second visit. Probably a good idea to pick up a couple of words of the local language no? EDIT: also, French and German are two different languages

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

Interesting story. But i keep being drawn back to a Black Adder Episode in the First Series when he was to marry the Infanta. When they are having the wedding night and the Translator is there talking through it. I was envisioning a translator trussed up and translating for him.

[@Areyousayingidontknowmyname]

also side note i wonder if they fed him human meat while he lived there

[@arturmangolim9385]

@@Areyousayingidontknowmyname no, they didn't. I live a few miles from the place he was captured in Brazil, and I also read his book. The Tupinambas didn't fed themselves with human flesh, it was more actually a ritual. But they eat everything from the body, even the cock. Yeah, gross. But I can affirm that to you because most of their diet were incorporated in the Portuguese diets, and we use to eat this things till today. No human flesh....so far.

[@bboybeatle]

Yet he understood everything they were saying to him apparently 🤔

[@arturmangolim9385]

But he did. He could speak Tupi very well. He spand a couple of years with the indians before he was taken prisioner. It is on the book. That's actually a scene in the book where he speaks with a French guy, the only way one can understand each other was because both of then speaks Tupi. Very interesting.

[@crookedpaths6612]

Hans: Help me fellow Christian! Frenchman: I recommend sautéing him with herbs and a clove of garlic. He’ll go especially well with a fine merlot.

[@hansberger4939]

and dont forget to pray bevore eating him!

[@alejandrograciarey9438]

Hans: I managed to understand the methods and motives of this cannibal tribe of the new world Frenchman: bonjour Hans: I have no idea what he is saying

[@hansberger4939]

@@alejandrograciarey9438 God will forgive you. But dont forget to saythe grace before eating men.

[@nuetron98]

🤣 😂 😜

[@lalaboards]

Lol !!!!!!!

[@RyllenKriel]

You know it's desperate times when a German has to ask a French guy for help.

[@gilbertoantoniomartins1323]

LOL...Ain't it?

[@mikeno8192]

They did in WW2….and were helped considerably….armistice and collaboration…

[@numbers4851]

@@mikeno8192 that’s a bit different though. It’s not asking as much as it is demanding help. Especially when they had rifles pointing at them.

[@hurtigheinz3790]

Especially if it's the 16th century and there is no Germany.

[@numbers4851]

@@hurtigheinz3790 Sure Germany wasn’t a country but there still was a land of the Germans.

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

Hans: "Please God save me from these cannibals!" Various European Diseases: "Don't worry, I got you covered."

[@grungeisdead8998]

Lol yeah I was thinking like damn I guess all them diseases Europeans carried with them came in real handy

[@Sercer25]

Probably the jungle alcohol they drank dude.

[@TRHARTAmericanArtist]

Well, they did grace us with syphilis and lung cancer.

[@attemptedunkindness3632]

@@TRHARTAmericanArtist Syphilis? Yes. Cancer? No. Ah, wait I see what you did there. Tobacco. The deadliest spice of life besides opium and cocaine and of course skooma.

[@Squintel7]

​@@attemptedunkindness3632Way too much of a coincidence to just be the European illnesses... They started dropping dead a few days after the German recited to them a curse from the moon.

[@nocomment2468]

It’s interesting that the king cried that he was losing a son when Hans left. That’s what’s so weird about cannibalism. How this same man was humiliated as human livestock to feed village families, and later was loved as family. It’s just mind-boggling.

[@arcguardian]

It's not that weird, the only difference is they were willing to eat him. Ppl can adopt prisoners as fam. It's not like cannibalism is what led to the bond.

[@luvlols4462]

@@julinaonYT some cultures today still practice mortuary cannibalism as a sign of respect for the departed or to help them stay with the tribe even after death.

[@eurasiaacaci.-110]

We have same attachment to farm animals to a an extent which is why you don't really want to give it a name especially when you know it will most like be killed for a birthday party 4 months later.

[@devvv4616]

seems like a lot of time has passed since then, and he was seen as some powerful shaman by the time cos he supposedly caused the death of people who were cruel to him. that's why he was saying the king was mad at some of his people who still wanted to eat him

[@STRIK3RM4N]

There were some cultures that practiced just plain ol’ cannibalism, but Brazilian anthropophagia wasn’t just plain cannibalism. It was a whole ritual about respecting your enemies; devouring them meant absorbing their strength so you’d be like them. It was a show of immense respect to the devoured, who would feel honoured to be in that position, dying a warrior’s death. It has a logic behind it, even though it’s weird, and the whole phenomenon was later repurposed by Oswald de Andrade in a manifest as a metaphor for the way Brazilians devour cultural aspects of other peoples’ and vomit back something new to the world during São Paulo’s Modern Art Week of 1922.

[@sikid4000]

Hans Staden: Please don't let them eat me! Frenchmen: lol but they want to eat you

[@sherlocksmuuug6692]

"I don't know dude, they make a pretty good argument."

[@meisteremm]

@Eastern fence Lizard Funny you should mention this, but the Caribs considered the meat of the French to be the most tender out of the French, English and Spanish. Spanish meat was considered to be the toughest and least appetizing.

[@sikid4000]

@@meisteremm Bro...what?

[@129jasper1]

@Eastern fence Lizard yes, very buttery with a hint of garlic.

[@meisteremm]

@@sikid4000 Excuse me, it was the Caribs, not the Tainos.

[@tonygorilla8928]

There's a Brazilian film about Hans' adventures. The interesting thing about it is that the actors speak in ancient Tupi.

[@bernhardjordan9200]

With accent from Bahia

[@mayumimaria2453]

What's the name?

[@tonygorilla8928]

@@mayumimaria2453 The flick is called "Hans Staden".

[@MysteryD]

You'd think the interesting thing about it would be the whole story.

[@tonygorilla8928]

@@MysteryD I should have been clearer: obviously the history is the most interesting bit, however, the film is far from a masterpiece. Its saving grace is the fact that they speak ancient Tupi.

[@sushicat1666]

This guy is an absoute madlad. Not only did he used his intelect and oppertunism to survive this ordeal. He had some of that rock solid faith to drag him along this horrible adventure. Salute to you Hans Staden

[@LalocuraMusic]

spoiler, he made this up lmao

[@brentmiller3951]

Faith in his sky daddy helped him make up this lie just like the writers of the bible who said slavery is good and rape is a property crime

[@drphosferrous]

You gotta wonder what he would have tasted like though. What kinds of spices did they use back then? That part of the story was never resolved.

[@BumboLooks]

@@LalocuraMusic Spoiler, many Brazilian groups were avid cannibals...

[@orwellianyoutube8978]

Hard to believe this story though. Hans sounds like he loves to emhelish stories.

[@viraxo5474]

I come from Homberg in Hessen. We made a wooden ship in school and send it to Brazil and they send us one back to commemorate Hans Staden.

[@gabeaze]

Shout out from São Paulo, Brazil

[@citricdemon]

literally took him to brazil

[@viraxo5474]

@@citricdemon poor man had to go there twice now

[@777yukiii]

im come from Homberg too..

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

"they should kill me with my beard" -some german Chad

[@georgebrand3994]

German : Help me my fellow Christian! Frenchman : 𝐈 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞.

[@cassianoneto1553]

“Sorry dude, I hold these guys in higher regard than some random man from who knows where”

[@DevinDTV]

I'm surprised the Frenchman wouldn't at least confirm to the natives that hans is German the first time around. That's a bizarrely dick move.

[@Yeorl]

Do we know why he did that? Or was he just some psycho? Lol

[@ErickeTR]

@@Yeorl Hans was a mercenary to the Portuguese, and the Portuguese were at war against the French in Brazil.

[@LesangdesdieuX]

As a french i find this hilarious "German uh ? Tought luck.. Yup he's portugese just eat him guys !"

[@blususpect]

The way you presented this was as if I was hearing it directly from Hans Staden himself in 1557. I think this may be one of my favorite historical channels, amazing work!

[@onlyme219]

Historical, really. The dude had no idea about the French language but was perfectly fluent in the canibal tribes' lauguage

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

@@onlyme219 Because it was HANS 2nd visit..

[@onlyme219]

@@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR fair point

[@nickhamilton5117]

This is about as far as a historical account as possible. It is a script

[@wilhelmhause3510]

​@@nickhamilton5117it's a mix of journal entries and shared accounts.

[@Strype13]

The cannibalistic thought process can certainly be a strange one to consider, indeed. As they boil and cook a man's flesh and innards, they set aside the head and intestines. A captive asks, "you aren't going to eat those parts?" to which they respond, "Ewww! What are you, crazy? That's disgusting!"

[@TadanGirl]

If it wasn't morally wrong to kill another human being, we would be eating eachother in desperate times and no one would question it. Our meat is no different from animal meat, we just think it's twisted to eat our meat because you've got to harm someone else to do that. We have no problem drinking cow's milk that came from a cow's titty, or even INSECTS, but we find yucky the idea of eating human meat...

[@nola504creole5]

@@TadanGirl you are a 🤡

[@TadanGirl]

@@nola504creole5 okay…? Sorry your mother hated you growing up lad, it’s gonna be okay.

[@lamb6320]

@@TadanGirl the thing with canabalism morality aside aren't there health risk with the DNA and all that jazz.

[@nola504creole5]

@@lamb6320 she got dropped when she was a baby she doesn't know any better

[@pmancovert]

I found it absolutely ironic how Hans could speak a language that only this small group of tribes in South Eastern Brazil understands, but he can't speak French to save his own life the one time it mattered. Edit the amount of people who can't see the irony is baffling.

[@Igor_054]

That was not in the Amazon, though. Hans was in Southeastern Brazil.

[@Kyle-uz1rp]

He spent enough time in captivity to learn the language

[@badoww4921]

yah, he learned their language in a month of bein poked and bullied. i lost interest

[@Kyle-uz1rp]

@@badoww4921 Well when you are in a cage there is not much else to do.

[@mandrade019]

He was already working for a Portugal fort for a couple of years(5 if I remember correctly) Had enough time to learn.

[@thezaher]

I bet Hans deeply regretted not taking French in school.

[@temptemp4174]

"guttentag mein fellow Christian! :^) " "It's le g*rman, you can eat him"

[@swoowoo3063]

He would still have an accent

[@numbers4851]

@@swoowoo3063 the frenchie probably would have recognized what accent it was. I can hear the accent of a German speaking English

[@doobiestudios1107]

@@swoowoo3063 not necessarily. Lots of people are just really good with learning languages and have perfect accents.

[@doobiestudios1107]

@@swoowoo3063 I’m Brazilian and when I lived in the USA ive met many fellow Brazilians who spoke such perfect English that I couldn’t tell they were Brazilians until they told me after seeing the tattoo with the Brazilian flag I have lol

[@greenpowerranger3867]

By far one of the best channels on KZbin. Every time I watch one of your videos I learn something new. Quality stuff !

[@mattdelarosa6819]

A man of great faith! This was a really interesting and entertaining account.. he was steadfast in his faith and sharp in his wit, combining to gain freedom for himself. Loved it!

[@DG-iw3yw]

Well he learned the language, if he really had faith he would have just been oblivious and done eccentric chanting the whole time. What a poser.

[@gj1234567899999]

Brazil after losing 7-1 to Germany in World Cup: what did we ever do to Germany??? Germany: well let me tell you about Hans Staden...

[@freckleheckler6311]

God I love this comment. Thanks for the well lived chuckle. I was feeling very down this morning and you cheered me up ☺️

[@armink4071]

holy shit, this comment made me laugh so hard xD thank you

[@SarahLovestravelling]

This joke is no longer funny🥲

[@henriquem.9763]

Battle of Collecchio

[@hansberger4939]

I think the germans overdone their revenge.

[@the98themperoroftheholybri33]

Imagine the emotion he must've felt when he returned, I'd never want to leave home again

[@hansberger4939]

perhaps he was missing all the nude young women, when back in germany?

[@sgtbma1]

Yup , bet he got all that traveling out of his system!

[@lollllolll.]

@@hansberger4939 to be fair, i wouldn't want to give up a limb for bitches. But who knows Hans was probably a dedicated player so you might be right

[@adamlopez5060]

That's what you think, but sometimes one adventure is not enough

[@josephsalmonte4995]

@@adamlopez5060 Give it a rest mate. Not all adventurers are captured by cannibals lol

[@btbb3726]

Just found this channel. I’m finding the voice/narration on this channel to be much more listenable than most of the other such channels that I’ve visited. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@jitogee4206]

BRO!!! these stories are INSANE!!!! VERY UNDERRATED!!! You end the intros at the perfect time lol

[@RodrigoMera]

This guy had balls of steel and incredible wit, also a great deal of faith

[@BRUZR66]

You'd be surprised what you can do

[@joaodenardi9075]

and also a great deal of luck, lets not forget that for each Hans Staden there were many europeans who actually got eaten by the tupinamba

[@SrDavidAragon]

Actually, the natives must have considered him a weak man or a coward, since he was kept alive, be it not worthy of the cerimonial feast destined to absorb the strength of the bravest warriors.

[@jacklefilet8275]

He also owned other humans as property so he was also a barbaric savage.

[@BRUZR66]

@@jacklefilet8275 all people's have owned and traded slaves. Are you insinuating all people are savages?

[@lucasfff1370]

French guy to tribesman: "So this is the guy that claims he's French?" Tribesman: "yes, he says so" French guy: "Do you speak French sir?" Hans: "eehh... baguette?"

[@Tadechicotah]

Graze

[@kamion53]

"Omelette au fromage" ( Dexter's Lab)

[@Bojanglesz89]

“Uuuhh… baguette?” ROFLMAO 🤣

[@ommsterlitz1805]

To not speak French back then was to be considered illiterate (hence why still to this all modern Europeans languages have so much common French words in their dictionary)

[@TheKnellBelle]

😂😂😂 That seems really Monte Python. I love it!

[@Strype13]

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[@i.r.baboon]

Really enjoyed that story! Thanks for the effort 👌🏾

[@Kameeho]

At that moment, Hans looked into the moon and thought to himself. "I should have brought ze flammenwerfer."

[@Bolghar_wolf]

king shit

[@mullythebully5557]

should have brought a panzakampfwagon VI

[@galimir]

And then he sent der Führer down there ,and he came with the Uboat(true story) 😎

[@Bolghar_wolf]

@George Lynch Dixon bro imagine the wermacht came out of antarctica to save the civilization

[@NRG56]

Lmaoo

[@DATA-qt3nb]

This should honestly be a movie, the ambitious beginning that leads to his capture then followed by him getting his hopes up that a Frenchman nearby might help him get out of things, great review as always though!

[@victor.guilherme1995]

It already is. I don't know the name in English but in portuguese is "como era gostoso o meu francês"

[@DATA-qt3nb]

Very cool! Thanks for the info guys

[@ErickeTR]

There is also a movie directly based on him called just "Hans Staden". It was on KZbin, but it seems like it was deleted.

[@numberg8238]

@JZ's Best Friend Knowledge is power; France is bacon

[@sayuas4293]

Liberals would be too offended

[@hermesgestistruism]

An absolutely harrowing and incredible tale of survival! Great work bringing this to life. ✌️❤️🔮

[@Asm0deUS120]

I'm very used to documentaries. Hearing History told through the perspective of Historical figures that experienced those times is very refreshing. I feel like I actually got some true foresight into the tribe that kept him captive. thank you for sharing.

[@citricdemon]

you like pooping, shidding, and fartsing too?

[@sikid4000]

This guy is so based he'd rather have his eyebrows shaved than his beard.

[@FDCLDN]

The beard was hiding his swastika tattoo

[@sikid4000]

@@FDCLDN Lmao the savages would pull out their iPhone and get on Twitter real quick

[@FDCLDN]

@@sikid4000 All cultures are equal they say haha

[@sikid4000]

@@FDCLDN I used to say

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

@@FDCLDN bruh xD

[@mattsavigny6084]

The accounts of Cabeza de Vaca are also incredible. He was a Spaniard captured by a tribe in the same region, survived by using his knowledge of medicine to heal the natives and gain their trust.

[@Carlos.hpg.]

No, "Naufragios" of Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca has nothing to do with Brazil, Vaca shipwreck in modern Florida and he was found in the state of Sinaloa in Mexico 8 years later. Alvar even bacame "chaman" and doctor of some tribes, and he lived along the indigenous as a well placed person.

[@mattsavigny6084]

@@Carlos.hpg. Ok, I was confused. But Cabeza de Vaca was also the first european to see the Iguazú falls, when he explored that region of South America in a later expedition. His story is crazy anyhow.

[@kew4395]

Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈalβaɾ ˈnũɲeθ kaˈβeθa ðe ˈβaka] (About this soundlisten); c. 1488/1490/1492[1] - c. 1557/1558/1559[1]/1560[2]) was a Spanish explorer of the New World, and one of four survivors of the 1527 Narváez expedition. During eight years of traveling across what is now the US Southwest, he became a trader and faith healer to various Native American tribes before reconnecting with Spanish civilization in Mexico in 1536. After returning to Spain in 1537, he wrote an account, first published in 1542 as La relación y comentarios ("The Account and Commentaries"[3]), which in later editions was retitled Naufragios y comentarios ("Shipwrecks and Commentaries"). Cabeza de Vaca is sometimes considered a proto-anthropologist for his detailed accounts of the many tribes of Native Americans that he encountered.[4] In 1540, Cabeza de Vaca was appointed adelantado of what is now Paraguay, where he was governor and captain general of New Andalusia.[5] He worked to build up the population of Buenos Aires but, charged with poor administration, he was arrested in 1544 and then transported to Spain for trial in 1545. Although his sentence was eventually commuted, he never returned to the Americas. He died in Seville.

[@stobbinsboy]

@@Thoth_al_Khem And is now popularly spelled C de Vaca or Baca.

[@hepatus1]

Cabeza de Vaca has never been on São Paulo or Rio de Janeiro's States. On his second voyage to America he has been on Santa Catarina State, which is about 500km (~310 miles) southern of the place where Hans Staden was captured by Tupinambás Indians. Santa Catarina was inhabited by Guaranis people. After Santa Catarina he went to Rio da Prata in order to start a colony where nowadays is the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city. But it is also a wonderful story indeed.

[@HipnoDark]

There's a book by Américo Vespucci that describe the killing and feasting of a European dude by Brazilian cannibals in the time of the discovery. Also describe coast of Venezuela ("Little Veneza" bcuz of the suspended houses they saw there), the basin of Amazon river that they though was a bay or some sea passages. They describe mermaids (Manatee like animals); Florida, Cuba, Jamaica, and keep going south until what is now Rio and further until Argentina and Uruguay coast. The book is called, in translation, "new world". It's a must read.

[@djklu6550]

I'm very happy I found this channel! Every video I've watched has been great!

[@EggShen905]

"Kill me with my beard". Like a boss.

[@DigitalDuelist]

The viruses he carried probably saved his life. His shock at the idea of him being eaten comes through very well in your recitation. This was one of my favorites. Thank you for your work!!!

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Yep. And as word spread of how indigenous people fell ill and died and great masses, explorers came to count this as acts of god against savages.

[@joellaz9836]

It seems like he was far more afraid of being eaten than actually being killed.

[@danilapolesciuk4316]

@@joellaz9836 most people would

[@DigitalDuelist]

@@joellaz9836 Definitely!

[@joee7850]

I wonder why the Native viruses didn't affect the Europeans?

[@cyclingbrad4201]

Outstanding work mate 🙏🙌

[@kendallroberts9914]

Wow, great commentary. I loved the transition at 11:07, so small a detail but it was smooth. Not at all boring.

[@kendallroberts9914]

I see plenty of argument about the languages. Something I noticed people are not talking about is number one it appears as though he had become the vector for a disease and that likely saved his life. Number 2 regardless of any knowledge of language, he kept his calm. I can find it quite probable he would look at the moon and see a face and feel an emotion behind it. When you have been in a life-or-death situation , you realize how extreme emotions can be and how significant insignificant items become. By psychologically turning himself over to his God, he was able to keep himself in a calm and logical state. Even when he was being tortured by hopping, which is psychological torture, he kept his cool and asked questions. Anybody who was panicking the king would have just kept making it worse by acting like a wild animal.

[@CuttySobz]

"Cursed is he who puteth his trust in man" -Jeremiah

[@cosmotect]

What a terrible message

[@ongobongo8333]

the Bible is immoral and teaches the wrong things for living a virtuous life

[@cosmotect]

@Zack Of All TradesHow easily you have forgotten all the great things that mankind does. We are a force and a part of nature. Our sentience is young and we are figuring ourselves out as we go. The stupidest idea is to trust yourself in some mythical higher power, when there are so many great minds right here, right beside you. The only way humanity reaches the day when suffering is a thing of the past (if that is even a good thing) is when every single person looks at another with kindness and respect, and this is not the kind of a message that will bring us there. Its designed to divide us and control like sheep. This is all but obvious

[@TwizzElishus]

@@ongobongo8333 I think it's more likely that you love things that are wrong, and hate that which is righteous.

[@anim8dideas849]

facts mankind is evil

[@matthewboyle2641]

That feeling when you go through the trouble of learning native Brazilian languages but forget to learn French.

[@goodnamestaken]

You know he was never cool with a French person again after that betrayal lol. That Frenchman knew damn well he was not Portuguese.

[@Freigeist2008]

For what reason. At that time it was important to learn Latin and German as the Lingua Franca in most parts of Europe (East, North). French was not so dominant as it become later under Louis XIV for the gentiles. Even Italian was more important at that time

[@kylehenline3245]

They want to eat you lol.

[@wind2536]

​@@Freigeist2008"gentiles" it's funny how Jews have a word for the rest of the world lol

[@Teutius]

@@Freigeist2008I’m surprised that if Hans spoke German the Frenchmen wouldn’t have recognized it thusly and exonerated him.

[@Bluettes-cm7wo]

that was a real good story with nice presentation, i enjoyed it!

[@lowwprofile]

Amazing-- there are so many stories out there waiting to be found. It's amazing to think this actually happened.

[@almightyswizz]

The communication and language skills in the 1500s was phenomenal imagine a foreigner from a world away greeting you in your random language imagine speaking French German Spanish Portuguese and a native language in an untamed land

[@solwen]

The average American would have been doomed from the start

[@e.priest8937]

Europeans today in the EU usually speak several languages. As do many Africans, SE Asians. Etc. It's just us here in America that only speak English

[@deviantartguy0]

Can you blame us, the only language Americans really should learn is Spanish. They're our immediate 'different' speaking neighbors, if you forget about French Canadians. Everything else is not quite as important, no offense. Just from a practical kind of viewpoint.

[@ninamartin1084]

@@e.priest8937 Ooooh I think there are a lot of bilingual latinos in that North American nation called the USA if that is where you are referring to. Or are you claiming that in the entirety of North, Meso and South America people are monolingual?

[@ninamartin1084]

@@deviantartguy0 So Americans should learn Spanish so they can talk with other Americans? What about all the Americans who already speak Spanish? Those in the 21 Spanish speaking countries in America.

[@barnsleyman32]

i genuinely felt so bad for him when he said he was sad after being mocked and looked at the moon, thinking god was angry at him :(

[@buzz_archive]

I got misty.

[@cassianoneto1553]

“Even as food, I’m disappointing”

[@jowydon7512]

Jesus is The true God, he would never abandon Christians even after death

[@elvenkind6072]

@@jowydon7512 That is the truth. However, imagine how you would feel like if you were lost in an unknown continent, in a tribe of cannibals, even your faith might get reduced to the point when you questioned the good will of God.

[@jowydon7512]

@@elvenkind6072 I agree. I would be terrified of being eaten lol

[@thelegofam4310]

Wonderful story. I love history and since time travel is still out of the question, this is as close as it gets. Great vid, love what your channel does.

[@knowwearneresquare3177]

Thank you for the fascinating content

[@elvenkind6072]

This is the most remarkable tale about the power of germs I've ever heard, it must have been terrifying for the natives how deadly the bacteria of the Europeans was.

[@moondog9717]

c'mon bro you shouldn't talk about the germans like that

[@Jman16007]

The German's germs were gruesome, and his virus horrendous. Worse than covid I dare say.

[@MrBottlecapBill]

So terrifying they kidnapped them to eat them every chance they could. Poor poor canibals. lol.

[@alectorellishiddenchips1725]

@@Jman16007 way worse than covid lmfao not even close to covid

[@bruderschweigen6889]

You think they knew about viral diseases these weren't exactly the brightest people on the planet

[@giovannicarrasco147]

amazing story to hear but I can only imagine how this all felt in real life. The smell, the wet mud, the wildlife, the fear, the anxiety, and the joy of when his brothers came. Incredible.

[@ninamartin1084]

The mosquitos. Never forget the mosquitos.

[@mariedebruijn3260]

At 00:35 I noticed that the writing is almost the same as modern Dutch (The Netherlands) and does not use modern German sentence structure and vocabulary. I already knew that most European languages did not become standardized until the nineteenth century and that the lines between the Germanic languages were blurred, but it was still interesting to see such a clear example of it. Loved this video, keep up the good work!

[@TheJeweler69]

First time I’ve seen your channel, but very good story telling keep up the good work!

[@REEDRICHARDS2]

Hans Staden is still remembered for us and studied in our schools in Brazil. Very respected and honored to be one of the first chroniclers of our country.

[@FuckTard-dd1ee]

Thanks for not eating him

[@REEDRICHARDS2]

@@FuckTard-dd1ee He was german, you know? We just went for the "saussage"! 😀

[@rosssouza1551]

Primeira vez que ouvi falar de cara.

[@stanbarkworth6198]

Seen some fucked up videos of people in Brazil etc eating themselves and others like not even from further than 10 years ago so glad to see the tradition carries on 😂

[@R.............]

@@stanbarkworth6198 Yes, but don't worry, you can visit Brazil, we only eat good meat

[@SashaBlightWing]

That's one hell of a story. Imagine being in a situation like that and being able to relate the analogies of god in those times to a fairly secluded tribe in your favour when the opportunity arises. Also upholding yourself with the sheer power of faith because that's the only thing you have left to latch onto. What a madlad.

[@lollllolll.]

The Lord brings to us great comfort in hard times. It is exactly what pushes men forward for the will to survive and to continue step by step even when there's a mountain on our shoulders.

[@AImighty_Loaf]

God is good, God is eternal

[@insomecc]

They where built different back then and also VERY religious.

[@spankyjeffro5320]

When faith is the only thing you have left to hang on to, you surely have nothing.

[@DG-iw3yw]

@spankyjeffro5320 Facts save lifes not faith. he learned the language, no god helped him do that! Faith is just believeing in something without requiring evidence, nobody needs that absolute 🐂💩

[@rockverso55]

A História do Brasil é, de fato, muito rica. Uma pena que a maioria dos brasileiros pouco a conhecem.

[@deandeann1541]

Lindybeige's channel has an excellent description of the "White Headhunter" who was captured by headhunters and talked his way out of s tight spot, eventually becoming the king's cook and taking part in many head hunting raids before he found a way to leave after several years. A most excellent story that is historically true. It is worth listening to, and is amazing and funny in places.

[@AlexandroMechina-yb3tf]

that video is amazing.

[@willl676]

I would love if you read Amerigo Vepucci's accounts on his travel to Brazil under a contract to the Portuguese Crown. He and his crew likewise had an encounter with cannibal tribes and it's pretty crazy.

[@JohnJohniskilla]

How do you look that stuff up

[@mishellekarn5260]

@Cynical Frenchface ikr...it seems they have ruined their reputation. Ppssshhht! 😆😆😆

[@grimshorts4834]

What is the book?

[@slowswimmer9169]

@Cynical Frenchface Yes. That's why I prefer encounters with cannabis instead

[@cavebabybeserkers2763]

Let you white folks tell it. Lol sure he did

[@franciscoalvim2689]

A classic in Brazilian education! In São Paulo everybody had heard about him in history classes at school. but we never read what he wrote about in his near death experience here. funny to hear it from the first time!

[@peterlustig6888]

In what context do you learn about him?

[@franciscoalvim2689]

@@peterlustig6888 to learn about how Europeans understood the new world and the indigenous people here and in São Paulo. It is one of the few moments in school wich we learn about indigenous interaction with europeans.

[@hansberger4939]

@@franciscoalvim2689 Interesting that you know him. But... hes adventures are taught in school but none of his own writings and statements? Strange. Greetings from Munich / Germany.

[@franciscoalvim2689]

​@@hansberger4939 when i learned about him i was like 10 years old. In my experience most people learn about him in this age at school. I supose that because of our age we dont dive deeper in his writings. Its like some kind of oral tradicion at this point. For instace, i could swear that the way Staden manage to escape death was by criyng every time they said they would eat him, because to this people, to eat someone meant to incorporate them into yourself, and you dont want to become a coward, so you are not going to eat him. And by playing with this that he manage to run away. but here i learned otherwise. So maybe we should start reading him a bit more hehehe. Greatings from São Paulo/ Brazil!

[@edyaoki450]

Para falar a verdade, não me lembro de ter aprendido na escola sobre Hans Staden e se não fosse a internet não teria o descoberto ou redescoberto. Talvez foi uma aula que nunca prestei atenção. A história continua incrível e interessante!

[@tadeuvi]

This channel is amazing

[@yusufzaidi1250]

this channel should have 10x more subscribers

[@FandersonUfo]

in a way it is fortunate that any record of this kind has survived

[@onlyme219]

Hans lied to sell a book, wake up

[@Ren602]

@@onlyme219 shut up

[@krullntherakrore742]

Hello everyone, here is a Brazilian who lives in a city that is an hour from Ubatuba, the old village where Hans Staden was taken prisoner. Today it is an entire city dedicated to tourism where everything is very beautiful and expensive. The city's central avenue is called Hans Staden in honor of the adventurer who lived among the fierce cannibals the Goitaca (they were extinct). At the time, there were many conflicts between the French and the Portuguese over Brazil. The Portuguese got alliances with less wild Indians such as the Tupis and Carijos and there comes a little-known story, but recorded in old documents, the preference for certain types of human meat, unfortunately the French were a very disputed delicacy, the meat was slightly sweetened. When Hans Staden found himself in the tribe of cannibals, he made every possible effort to prove that he was Portuguese whose meat was not appreciated. He couldn't prove he was Portuguese, but he left the tribe in doubt, in the meantime Hans Staden became a kind of smiling village slave, he served everyone with great humility and willingness, the option of killing him to eat ended with so much dedicated worker! A hero The Goitaca were a very backward people, contrary to what many think they ate other human beings as if they were a chicken, there was no ritual or transcendence.

[@deviantartguy0]

Thanks for the clarification, I didn't know alot of that.

[@paulogaspar8295]

Nice, thanks for explaining further. The French always hated the Portuguese, it was nothing new. For centuries they had tried to conquer and steal things from the Portuguese. But later when the portuguese worked for them, building paris and most big cities after the war at almost slave wages then all of a sudden they now like the Portuguese lol.

[@krullntherakrore742]

@@paulogaspar8295 😂😂😂 Don't forget, my Brazilian friend, the sweet sweet meat of a well grilled French with herbs!

[@friedrichjunzt]

Of course he worked hard! he didnt want to be eaten!

[@krullntherakrore742]

@@friedrichjunzt It was a great strategy on his part.

[@Srd_1994]

Great video, thanks

[@HistoryTime]

Amazing. What a story

[@captindo]

The story you did on the Sea Peoples was amazing, this is a comedy of errors lol. Don't matter what era of humanity, humans will human.

[@jamesgratton6516]

Fake tho

[@redghettosun]

Hans Staden and The Cannibals were also a 70s Heavy Psychedelic Rock outfit from Fucking, Austria (pronounced "Booking"). During a tour, their van crashed into a mountain at high speeds in the Tyrol while extremely high on shrooms. There were no survivors except a cat that jumped out a minute before the accident.

[@bruderschweigen6889]

Fucking, Austria never heard of that place

[@anthemsofeurope2408]

Fucking is not pronunced as "booking", more like "fooking"

[@bruderschweigen6889]

@@anthemsofeurope2408 wait this is real? lol

[@anthemsofeurope2408]

@@bruderschweigen6889 Yes. But its named Fugging now en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugging,_Upper_Austria

[@pogo9876]

As of 2021, Fucking, Austria is now called "Fugging", upper Austria. Yep. The town changed their name. Alas,"Fucking" is no more.....

[@peterfrance7489]

Very nice narration.

[@not_your_business666]

This is one of the most interesting things I ever listened to in my entire life!

[@laurelsilberman5705]

I absolutely loved this one. His faith was truly a rock for him. Very interesting. I love your channel.

[@mairidberz1450]

@Brookie calling it delusion is just rude.

[@laurelsilberman5705]

@Brookie I think the point was that you are being rude by labeling it as such. I agree with that assertion, by the way. Who are your trying to convince? I’m not even a Christian I just though it was interesting how his faith was a comfort to him. You’re rude.

[@MelGibsonFan]

@@laurelsilberman5705 It is hilariously hypocritical though, you gotta admit. The dude was an actual slaver.

[@gents8002]

@Brookie Hm, is that so? Out of all the "bad arguments" for the existence of a God, which do you deem to be the best, and why do you not buy it?

[@finfactor9086]

Atheist proselytes are the worst. Stop trying to indoctrinate people into your depression cult.

[@alanmendes3666]

You should look for Pero Vaz de Caminha letter describing Brazil for the first time! Amazing content as always!

[@cassianoneto1553]

Yes, “Brazil’s birth certificate” as it became known.

[@ArturHolanda91]

Yeah, this would be a awesome idea

[@MA-go7ee]

Interesting

[@edyaoki450]

Yeah. Totally!

[@Igor_054]

I want to hear this guy reading the famous part: "Walking among them there were three or four girls, very young and gentle, with very dark hair, long at the shoulders, and their shames were so high, so clenched and so clean of hair that we had no shame at all in looking at them thoroughly."

[@jvharbin8337]

I think this one is my favorite. All though you have many great videos.

[@forrestpatterson6053]

Incredible narration. The resentment in his voice every time he talks about how they planned to eat him 🤌

[@ArturHolanda91]

I'm Brazilian and I had to read a book about it back in school.

[@rosssouza1551]

Na Minha escola nao tinha nem careteira pra Sentar Imagina livros

[@deathlyhallows7150]

Good for u Cannibal

[@flapdrol]

Had to.. Or else...

[@user-ch7wn5fk8d]

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”, this mans faith made manifest his salvation!

[@michaelclld]

What an awesome channel, I just found it

[@slappy8941]

Two cannibals were eating a clown; one turned to the other and asked, "Does this taste funny to you?"

[@derniercaesar5319]

Old but gold

[@TheJennick13]

Nice!:)

[@stobbinsboy]

Hey what's the definition of trust? 2 cannibals in a 69.

[@lollllolll.]

Dad jokes are underrated

[@erikseavey9445]

Fallout lol

[@RodrigoBoosBR]

Awesome. If I recall correctly he was pretty young, like 17 y/o, and had a rant with the ship's captain. He asked to be left ashore and despite being advised not to, he left the ship. From dozens of tribes along the brazilian coast, he was unlucky(?) enough to fall in the Tupinamba's hands, thise were the fierest warriors. They did not feed from himan flesh, but ritualistically they believed you could incorporate the enemy's virtues if you ate his parts. Since he was blond, with blue eyes, it is believed that - in the feeding period he would spend with the tribe - they liked his curious appearance and kept living him for the next feast, since they were constantly capturing portuguese in the village's vicinities. What a fantastic story!

[@nickrodriguez3850]

With a long beard? 😂 He was not that young

[@RodrigoBoosBR]

@@nickrodriguez3850 he was born in 1525 and his arrival was in 1549. An old man indeed...

[@tulganandvaldyavin6930]

Wow! That was an amazing story!

[@matejmazur191]

Beautiful story. Thank you.

[@edyaoki450]

The story of Hans Staden created also a modern cultural movement in Brazil in 1920, o movimento antropofágico (the anthropophagic movement), that is to create Brazilian art, music and literature based on modern European and foreign concepts by "digesting" them and turning to Brasilian. Very curious.

[@MrThatguyuknow]

This guy rolled a nat 20 at all the right times.

[@nullifye7816]

except at the start lol

[@edyaoki450]

@@nullifye7816 Nat 1 for charisma check. "Oh he is absolutely Portuguese!" says the Frenchmen.

[@pauloricardo-wn6ps]

or he brought a fuck ton of bacteria with him

[@arcguardian]

@@pauloricardo-wn6ps cannibals have their own issues bacteria wise.

[@douggaudiosi14]

@lucgma that joke deserves way more attention

[@JennyT101]

My favorite line is "I was sad. " Talk about an understatement.

[@srspower]

That was brilliant! :)

[@doobiestudios1107]

This video probably took a lot of hard work to make, and it came out amazing. Congratulations. I’m Brazilian and Hans staden’s story is one of my favorites. Thanks for making this, bro! 👍

[@unfixablegop]

I will no longer complain that I live in crazy times. 🙂

[@nielgregory108]

You do know that we are living in the easiest existence in all of human history, right?.

[@AndrewTheMandrew531]

@@nielgregory108 won’t be easy for long…

[@ungeimpfterrusslandtroll7155]

So you wanna wait with complaining until they try to eat you?

[@Peterisheree]

@@AndrewTheMandrew531 in comparison, it will always be easier.

[@zegolem3607]

@@Peterisheree easy times create weak men, weak men create tough times, tough times create strong men, strong men create easy times. it will get worse always will. overpopulation resources drying up, religion, economy. these arent getting better. they are getting worse. slowly

[@Tentacl]

As a brazilian, I feel compelled to make a very subtle distinction: The Tupinambas were not cannibals, they were anthropophagic, the only trully cannibal indigenous nation in Brazil was the Waitaka. It sounds like the same, but anthropophagic people ate human meat only as a part of a rare ritual, eating defeated enemies, and cannibals hunted and ate other humans as ordinary meals.

[@josephsalmonte4995]

I love learning new things. Thanks mate 👍

[@Gutslinger]

"ate human meat only as part of a rare ritual." Um, that's cannibalism. Doesn't matter how you slice it, or frame it. Eating flesh of your own species is the basic definition of cannibalism.

[@schmittyvonbaun8418]

​@Gutslinger he's trying to make his monstrous ancestors sound less horrific

[@Gutslinger]

@@schmittyvonbaun8418 I saw many others in this comment section trying to say it's not cannibalism. 🤦🏽‍♂️ It's the literal definition of cannibalism, no matter how seldom they eat it or on what occasion they eat it.

[@rangerscorpiorac2383]

Sounds like cannibalism with extra steps

[@Sp0on777]

New sub well earned ♡

[@Alxoholiker]

Man, thank you for your videos. It is so so interesting, that you bring those voices from the past to live. Now we can hear what they thought, felt and how they experienced things. Keep on the good work.

[@andreiyy]

This was insane, what an incredible listen. Well done

[@Titan.Uranus]

Many a lesson of man's plight, within this marvellous story. Bravo.

[@davidburke8682]

Great video

[@rustyshackleford2007]

Fantastic episode. Thank you for your hard work.

[@axdillingham6658]

The behavior of the French guy reminds me of the Frenchmen from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[@Philipp.of.Swabia]

Looool True xD

[@walfrido77]

I am from Brazil and I spent most of my weekends and holidays in Ubatuba, where this story hapenned. It is the most beautiful place of land I know. You can still visit tribes there and they still live in "ocas" like in that time. They are super friendly now.

[@My-cat-is-staring-at-you]

Most people are until threatened.

[@jdghok]

This was a great wee story 😊

[@GhostDrummer]

What an amazing channel!!! I love history. I have at least four channels I use to create playlists to help me sleep. I believe I just found another one. Thank you!

[@elvenkind6072]

I always become happy when I see a new documentary from Voices of the Past, and know there will be a new, most likely unknown tale from the past, even though I'm actually quite well read. Merry Christmas to all, if this is the last one before the New Year.

[@thearnoldarmy1899]

Well that was the most interesting thing I've seen on youtube today.

[@alistairneale7283]

Excellent and really well told. What a mighty man of faith. Thank you

[@YeeLeeHaw]

Hans is actually my great, great, great, great, grandfather. He had beautiful diaries and passed his stories down to my father which of whom now lays begone. My English is thou not so good but I enjoy videos on Hans.

[@kathejohnson4241]

So amazing. You should be proud.

[@tavish4699]

Lies

[@taigalul]

​@@tavish4699Maybe it's not lies, Fritz Müller is my father's relative 😅. We are all connected. People from ancient times also had families, and the families kept going till today

[@matheusdecastrocarvalho5370]

I live in Ubatuba, São Paulo, Brazil. I only knew about who was Hans Staden and his importance, but this videl enlightened me a lot. Thank you!

[@Tysto]

These stories are incredible. It's like touching hands across time.

[@SwiftSpeers]

That was so good. My favorite one yet!

[@Sabrowsky]

Oh yeah, I asked for this one repeatedly, so I'll just sit back and enjoy