Monsters of the Sea

The world's oceans, covering more than 2/3rds of our planet, are filled with life of all sizes, and still remain vastly unexplored. Mariners of the past imagined a host of mystifying and terrifying creatures lurking in the dark depths. This program will discuss some of the most famous sea monsters in mythology and folklore, from the Kraken of Scandinavia, to the Isonade of Japan, to the Sirens of Greek mythology!
MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
ARTISTS FEATURED:
John Howe
Captain Kharma
Steven Moreno
Immar Art
Pam Talley
Rebecca Driscoll
MTG Art
Michael Clarke
Katsushika Hokusai
Hendy Lettifi
TSRodriguez
Mara Art
Jose Brand
David Aravena
Ehon Hyaku Monogatari
Cameron Suter
Anoushka Russell
MUSIC:
"Endless Ocean"
"Empty Seas" by Ean Grimm
CLIPS:
"Clash of the Gods: The Odyssey"
"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest"
Various stock footage of the ocean, fish, whales, and Falmouth Bay
OPENING:
www.fiverr.com/saif_edits
REFERENCES:
www.realmermaids.net/mermaid-l...
norse-mythology.org/gods-and-...
yokai.com/ikuchi/
yokai.fandom.com/wiki/Ikuchi
www.theoi.com/Pontios/Seirene...
mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Siren
blog.biodiversitylibrary.org/...
magical-europe.com/2019/08/29...
the-demonic-paradise.fandom.c...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafgufa
abookofcreatures.com/2019/08/...
www.ancient-origins.net/myths...
www.greeklegendsandmyths.com/...
www.worldhistory.org/Scylla_a...
cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Morgawr
www.cornwalllive.com/news/cor...
tetzoo.com/blog/2021/2/2/morg...
yokai.com/isonade/
www.greekmythology.com/Myths/...
www.theoi.com/Ther/KetosAithi...
www.unmuseum.org/kraken.htm
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[@felixgrange4413]

This channel is like history channel at 3 am

[@Xjeorr]

When they start telling the truth/real shit

[@angelos6961]

I appreciate the sea dragons roars being used as background noise for the sea serpent section

[@tommyhatcher3399]

I'm a Newfoundlander. Proud to say we caught our sea monster and ate it. At least I think that's how the story goes. Giant squid or something.

[@avacornthelastponybender8583]

Can we all agree that marine biologists completely missed the opportunity to name Colossal Squids Krakens? IT. WAS. RIGHT. THERE!

[@Luna_Boy]

I like to think they are saving that one.

[@avallaunnovella6520]

lol love your use of the sea emperor leviathan from Subnautica at 1:16

[@BigBWolf90]

You're off the edge of the map mate. Here there be monsters!

[@incubustimelord5947]

Sea monsters are my favorite ancient giant kaiju-like legendary magical monsters.

[@Shinyhunterjareth]

Same I just love the sea in general

[@sarahhurst140]

Me too friend!

[@marginbuu212]

I'm gonna start using "between Scylla and Charybdis". I'm bringing it back.

[@lowesgameing2003]

Imagine how scared people in ancient times would be if they knew about the megalodon

[@soulreaver1983]

Excellent channel my friend your video's are absolutely outstanding! Thanks for doing these excellent videos! ☺👍

[@sarahhurst140]

Of course, Zaratan, the giant sea turtle, seems like he'd make for a pretty chill ride as well!😎☮️🌍

[@masterazazel6483]

lady, when it senses sailors on its back, it plunges into the water and eats the remaining corpses....

[@sarahhurst140]

@@masterazazel6483 Perhaps. It certainly would when it senses those sailors' presence from the fires they're setting on it, thinking they're on an island rather than a giant sea turtle's back!

[@sarahhurst140]

@@masterazazel6483 A sidenote, cool username there, man! Anyway, ya make a good point, & to that I say, touche!😎

[@presumedbeast2960]

Noticed the image first used for the Cirein croin was a lagracius from Monster Hunter

[@mub3ady]

14:00 “Local news paper; (the foul mouth packet) !!!” Am I the only one to be amazed by this news paper name more than the sea monsters of this video?!

[@MythologyUnleashed]

It's Falmouth actually, but yes we thought that too amidst recording.

[@crazydoggentleman7930]

I have a fun theory about why sea monsters are no longer sighted. Most old ships were slow moving, wooden ships sealed with fish oils and pine tar. Basically a giant fishing lure. 😂

[@ThatDamnCommi3]

Or we did what humans do best and wiped them out.

[@tfordham13]

​@TheGreatCube maybe a but of that plus we explain them

[@gagemma]

*Thalassophobic feeling intensifies*

[@incubustimelord5947]

@Gage Abdul Megalophobic feeling also intensifies, too.

[@GarrettFruge]

indeed!

[@liltimothy8109]

I fell asleep to this last night I love stuff like this

[@JoeyArmstrong2800]

Humanity thinks it's so clever. No matter what the sea just lies there patiently waiting to pounce on unsuspecting victims.

[@spider_flash2439]

Love how there’s a picture of Lagiacris from monster hunter in here 😂 7:54

[@justinsullivan1285]

I always loved monsters. Especially from mythology and folklore. I'm glad you correct that mistake about the monster Cetus and Andromeda and Perseus. Clash of the Titans got it wrong.

[@sturg0353]

I love this channel, I always learn something new from each video. I wish that some of these mythical creatures were real, seeing them would be so amazing

[@radzravenheart3479]

07:00 our boi lagiacrus finally getting recognized by history

[@T4N7]

I love how often I see Magic:the Gathering artwork in videos like this 7:07-7:11 Serpent of the Endless Sea, I used to play that card in my main deck yrs ago when I got back into the game

[@nicholaslandry6367]

I really thought this man said 'nearly 50% of earth's oceans have been sharted' He said 'merely 5%' & 'charted'

[@7digiax215]

7:17 ah yes the dragon leviathan from subnautica

[@joshaponte6087]

And shortly before that, Lagiacrus, from monster hunter. With the name of what he's taking about over it.

[@sarahhurst140]

Although I love the mythical and perhaps once real world serpent of Norse folklore Jormungandr, the biblical Leviathon trumps it per God's own description of it to Job! Sea serpents all are badass and completely rock!

[@flightlesslord2688]

probably mostly because of the generational trauma of early hominids getting eaten by crocodiles and water snakes. We learnt to fear the water.

[@synysternotlim4168]

Love it plan on doing a cthulu mythos one or not in the books?

[@marinakaiser7639]

That's a good idea Synyster👍😁

[@theodorejenkins6066]

Well cthulu is all lovecraft cant really be considered mythology since it was all made up in the last 100 years or so. Maybe when hes running out of real mythology eventually

[@synysternotlim4168]

@@theodorejenkins6066 well my book is called the complete cthulu mythos so jaja just saying

[@herminigildosudaria8711]

Wow 😳😳😳 nice very amazing the story of creatures

[@herminigildosudaria8711]

Wow 😳😳😳 very nice 👍👍👍 amazing the story it's very exciting to watch the next video 📸📸📸

[@babyyoda0U812]

Fun little channel glad i found it !!

[@nazeersadek6705]

Really interesting video

[@Steevilkineevil]

Great stuff as always. Could do with a better mic if I've any criticism. But honestly enjoy your mythos interpretation/explanation.

[@Horizon252gaming]

I just want to point out that the first picture for the cirein-croin looks like lagiacrus from monster hunter

[@vginsprdsobepr9698]

The audio setup needs a little more work but great topic.

[@dennisdanner4273]

Am I the only one laughing their ass off when hearing the name "beach-stroker" ?

[@greathoundii6142]

Release the Kraken

[@akudeobiora]

Disappointed not to hear about the Loch Ness monster

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Well the Loch Ness Monster is a lake monster, not a sea monster!

[@jpvthegamer1209]

Read the name again *Loch* Ness monster

[@your_belief_vs_everything]

That's not a sea creature.

[@melanimatejak6821]

​​Hmm, depending on the opinion. One of the explanations for Loch Ness monster was that it is actually SEA serpent trapped in a lake - entering via shallow river Ness when it was young and small, and then growing too big to return to the sea the same way.

[@mmbell]

The Zaratan is also part of the spanish folklore ,it says that there was an 8th in the balearic islands which was a giant seaturtle with an whole island on his back

[@That-Google-Guy]

15:07 those dudes left on the boat seem reeeal calm for their boy being kidnapped by a barbed fin

[@walterfechter8080]

"Behemoth" -- from the Old Testament book of Job.

[@Hekzyami]

7:00 holy shit it’s Lagiacrus

[@dragonfire810]

Could you do “ Greek Mythology -Centaurs “ on Labour Day Weekend?

[@MythologyUnleashed]

We plan on covering more Greek creatures in the future, but why Centaurs specifically on Labor Day weekend? Curiosity is piqued.

[@dragonfire810]

@@MythologyUnleashed it has a humanoid torso with a horse body appeared in books and movies:kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpy3gpaclpp5otU

[@redhattoons9357]

@@MythologyUnleashed could you do the elemental titans and minotaur to?

[@kyguy3242]

@@dragonfire810 Yeah most people know what a Centuar is. He just wanted to know why Labor Day weekend.

[@akiraasmr3002]

Thats funny the story about the Devil whale when there actually was a predatory macroraptorial sperm whale called the livyatan melvillei named after the biblical beast leviathan and it was prob in competition with the megalodon and ate other whales and had the biggest teeth of any predator and a strong bite.

[@McDanklestank]

It took the lunch money of every other living sea creature on earth lmao

[@kawaiihaki2480]

7:56 bro put a pic of lagiacrus from MH3U

[@saiyanninjawarriorz]

I believe gaint sea serpents existed, probably a dinosaur, that got exaggerated throughout mythology.

[@oldacount12]

Youre very close to the truth, indeed acient animals were huge. But water animals were massive. Like megladon who we found, i think the serpent is a reference to an acient dinasaur species who ran out today. And lives on in mythes

[@oldacount12]

However since we cant discover certain depths. We still need to map 80% of the waterland so there migth be a dinosaur relative alife in the depths

[@melanimatejak6821]

​@@oldacount12No dinosaur could live in the depths, for they had lungs not gills, and breathed air.

[@bobbyegolf2771]

What about umibozu the Japanese sea yokai or bake-kujira

[@marchdoesvlogs9823]

Possible that the legendary Moby Dick *is* a Devil Whale? And maybe Cthulhu is counted as a Kraken?

[@Brentonius_III]

Sneaky lagiacrus pic in there for the monster hunter fans 😅

[@stephenjohn2131]

Legiacrus is love, hope the next home consoles have underwater so we can see him in all his glory, it's weird how i randomly find my MH family anywhere now. Haha good hunts to you! 🥂

[@mentaljake67]

Kinda neat to find magic the gathering card art used as examples during this.

[@blade24liger]

I like how you used Capcoms Lagiacrus for the Cirincowen. Monster hunter may pull from Mythos alot but pretty sure laigacrus isnt from mythose. Thos it is classed as a Laviathin in game

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Godzilla, anyone?

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

The kraken was featured as one of the awakened Titans in the novel adaptation of Godzilla: King of the Monsters. And its real name is confirmed in the comic Godzilla: Dominion as Na Kika. And speaking of Leviathan, it was mentioned as one of the Titans awakened by King Ghidorah. It resides in Loch Ness, which implies that it is also the Loch Ness Monster. And Scylla was featured as a kaiju resembling a hybrid of a crab, a squid, an ammonite, and a spider that was previously contained in Sedona, Arizona.

[@cassandrarousos3555]

Hail yeah

[@handleisntfkinavailable]

​@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 sheesh

[@melanimatejak6821]

This Japanese monster Isanade seems to be not a shark at all, but a giant squid. What is though to be the monster's tail are actually squid's tentacles armed with hooks, as in real life.

[@VictorHernandez-nj2lo]

The first time i heard of the zeretan was from the yugioh card island turtle,the first time i heard of kraken was from the Sega arcade shooter ocean hunter

[@thomasmeigs4589]

So I watched about 2/3rds of the video, someone tell me …. Is the legendary megaladon in this video? Or were they not included since humanity has hard proof that they existed and weren’t just the subject of a sailor’s imagination….?

[@ethan9402]

All the creatures mentioned in this video are mythological creatures. Megs are confirmed to be real

[@Kaijugan]

You never mentioned the lyngbakr whale

[@sarahhurst140]

Hmm...Sea Serpents! Temperamental, ya say? Sounds like my disposition, lol! Perhaps that's why I have a recurring dream where I'm astride these fantastic creatures! In my dream state, these majestic beasts are how I ride, roll, & travel! Leviathan & Jormungandr are my favorites! Rock on & peace out everyone 😎💜🌍

[@jasonthewaterking8210]

Did you said tiamat as a sea monster

[@FutureMythology]

Using Capcom's Lagiacrus as the Cirincowen is a cool idea. Although Monster Hunter: World draws heavily from Mythos, I highly doubt Laigacrus is one of them. Even if it's a Laviathin in-game

[@chezmix64]

15:55 thats funny because thats actually what they used to call me before i was banned from all public beaches

[@anthonydobija3669]

Neverwinter nights sound effects :)

[@stephenmahon8511]

So we're just gonna talk about Cthulhu?

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Cthulhu is a cosmic entity created by H.P. Lovecraft, he's not a sea monster of mythology or folklore!

[@McDanklestank]

He's from beyond our realm of comprehension. Born far outside our universe. He just so happens do be laying dormant in one of earth's oceans in HP Lovecraft's story lmao

[@jacobshore5115]

Always thought the Harpies were more the bird creatures, and the Sirens were more like sea nymphs that looked more human than the harpies. (And Zaratans are also called Lion-Turtles!)

[@synysternotlim4168]

It varies due to myth telling pirates made them scaly sea ladys i think

[@MatthewSchooley94]

16:46 Okay, is someone on the team a Magic: The Gathering player? Because that's Tromokratis from MtG.

[@zaedis5629]

My theory is krakens do exist, but they eat whales. Old ships from underneath might look like a whale kind of like sharks thinking humans are seals. Modern ships are so bright and loud though that it's obvious they aren't whales.

[@tfordham13]

They do exist? There a giant squid amd a colossal squid

[@RobC2212]

Love these vids but just so you know Falmouth is pronounced as 'Falmuth'. I holiday in Cornwall almost every year so I know it well. :)

[@4991ukasoy]

Kevin Conroy???

[@sa1ntluke]

I wonder if there were monster hunters back in the day like the Witcher would've been a sick job getting contracts to kill monsters

[@jaimelee4566]

Fraternities

[@tanbui7869]

I can only imagine the sailors back in the days

[@McDanklestank]

I only knew of Isonadē prior to this video because it was that was the guardian spirit I chose as my starter in the first Nioh game

[@marchdoesvlogs9823]

The only depiction of Scylla I know of in today’s world of fiction would be in my favorite game; Smite: Battleground of the Gods. Believe me, pro mains of this character are an annoyance to me! Especially if they knew how to cue their Ults on me.

[@MrEvelyn04]

1:18 that pic is from subnautica!!

[@GarrettFruge]

👍👍

[@UncleOf5]

When I'm watching this video I mean really think of the Percy Jackson book Sea of Monsters

[@blaircolquhoun7780]

Mob y Dick was insured by the tragedy of the whaleship Essex.

[@vallgron]

Dead whalers is never a tragedy

[@Gaius_Arminius]

Haha Midgard serpent go hissddd

[@CassieJo]

2:20. I see someone plays Subnautica. Sea Dragon is scary.

[@Mysticpaw]

I needed to listen that part again just to be sure I heard a sea dragon 😀

[@CassieJo]

@@Mysticpaw Yeah, I watch a lot of Subnautica Let's Plays here on KZbin, and that's definitely one of the best parts of anyone's playthrough. Their reactions to the Reaper Leviathan, the Sea Dragon, and the Sea Emperor. Oh, also everyone seems to love the Reefbacks. But, how could you not love those beautiful reefy jellyfish whales?

[@shuvodev7888]

All these sea monsters and only one Slayer (Perceus) tales something about these

[@lolialf]

great vids, but where is my Journey to the west?

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Coming in November!

[@lolialf]

lets faqin goooooo!!!!

[@LINKSTORMCROW_teamrock-it6598]

RELEASE THE KRAKEN!!

[@Chrisxerri]

I think he's getting Sirens and Harpies mixed up. Harpies were part bird, part human, whereas Sirens were beautiful women who, on capturing a sailor, would eat them alive.

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Both Sirens and Harpies were part bird, part human!

[@Chrisxerri]

​@@MythologyUnleashed there's differing views depending on the story. In some, they started with wings, but lost their feathers after losing a singing contest with the Muses. In others they are described as having alluring human like figures.

[@beesmitty3435]

Iv also heard them described as beautiful women from afar that's figures change as you get closer.. Thematically sirens always use the allure of beautiful women but to conceal their true motive of destroying/consuming the sailors

[@Amy_the_Lizard]

Nah, Greek sirens were bird people too - so are the Furies. The Greeks just really liked man-eating bird women...

[@richewilson6394]

I believe that most of these sea creatures that Sailors told was that of creatures they caught in their Nets. That they were maybe at their full size but the sailors believe that they were just babies of monsters that lurk in the Deep.

[@charlesbullghost5491]

During the time period of the first world war one. There was a U 🚢 boat of the German military submerge submarine of sailers of board of the undersea ship. Later Was attacked an terrorize by a Irish sea monster of legend! Off the Western coat of the Irish Sea. The creature look like a huge ⚫ black shape on top of the body structure. An angered bull monster creature the true disruption of the creature. After the British sailers capture the complete stop u boat! Later the British soldiers ask the capture German commander. They fired 🔥thier weapons of deadly missiles at the huge creature but it did not hurting the creature"! It's a very true invisible mighty 🐲 creature.😉 the legendary Irish folk lore! My historical great information for today. Have a great fabulous wonderful day.

[@hannahbrown2728]

The algorithm really needs to step the fuck up and plug your videos more

[@danielbarker2522]

Someone get this man a decent microphone

[@ltutacos8684]

Wait what so Sirens are Harpys? I mean, It is mythology it can be very misleading.

[@MythologyUnleashed]

No, but they are similar in appearance!

[@ltutacos8684]

Oh ok. Thanks.

[@michaelsternberg1597]

Ok why no Loch Ness monster “nessy “ belongs here.

[@MythologyUnleashed]

Because the Loch Ness Monster is a lake monster, not a sea monster!

[@handleisntfkinavailable]

​@SaltyBrains 🤯

[@dragowolfraven3806]

Alright Sea Monsters.

[@beesmitty3435]

So just a theory.. But when it comes to massive sea monsters existing to present day, the ocean is so big if any species were smart/sensitive enough to recognize motors/electronics there is just enough space they could forever avoid 'modern' human forever Perhaps when ships were just big wooden floats driven by wind, 'monsters' made human contact but learned/intuited that a few miles distance at all times is preferable now.. Obviously probably not, but I think most people vastly underestimate the oceans expanses, the possibility of massive subterranean spaces we have only begun to understand how to map.

[@frankenstein6677]

I mean, colossal squids live in the absolute most inconvenient places to study and we still know them.

[@haunteddreams7856]

I'm getting a sea serpent tattooed on my back to show my true power

[@Ophanim1000]

😂😂😂 What power you’re at the complete mercy of the creator. Pride is a sin and goes before a fall/fool I warn you.

[@haunteddreams7856]

@@Ophanim1000 I decide what I want and the artist she will change absolutely anything to fit what I want

[@REALSmokahontas420]

@@Ophanim1000 Yeah going out of your way for, Holier than Thou attitude is fucking cringe brah

[@kledus420smith8]

So your getting a fat vainy wiener with a⚓ on it sounds hawt sailor

[@trackerjacker0013]

The only legendary creatures I fear. Humans have no advantage in water.

[@ianh1504]

Thats why we're doing our best to make sure its all heavily polluted and poisonous to anything living there!

[@beaudoty3465]

Please cover mermaids.

[@REALSmokahontas420]

Is that really true only 5% of the oceans were charted? Because I swear seeing somewhere that we basically explored everything. Advancement of technology has allowed this right? Shit man I don’t even know

[@frankenstein6677]

It's more like "less than 10%", but true, as long as you mean examined with sonar when you say "charted". Most of the deep ocean is largely unknown.

[@your_belief_vs_everything]

We haven't even got the means to explore the depths of the oceans yet so there is no way we know what exists down there.

[@tell-me-a-story-]

No we only really know a little bit below the surface.

[@Insanemembrane93]

As far as the Bible is concerned I see nothing about a fire-breathing aquatic snake only a great dragon that is hurled down . If anyone has the scripture where Leviathan is described as a fire-breathing snake I would like to know it please.

[@CJM-rg5rt]

The blue whale is bigger than any known animal ever to have existed so it feels lame that people would have to say there's something bigger. I know it's just storytelling but the lack of appreciation for a real life leviathan is kinda sad because there's a chance it'll be the biggest thing ever to have lived on this rock and we happened to coexist.

[@rejaneflorinda6162]

The channel is called Mythology for a reason. It doesn't mean they do not appreciate the living creatures that actually exist, they are exploring mythical creatures and the tales around them.

[@tfordham13]

There could be something bigger deep down like the long fin squid it got 40ft long As a baby

[@rejaneflorinda6162]

Sirens were part women, part birds? I thought they were more like fish than birds.

[@tijanamilenkovic3425]

The fishy ones are mermaids 🧜‍♀️

[@tell-me-a-story-]

They were not originally mermaids.

[@whisperingthunder9832]

I believe that it's pronounced GODZRERAH

[@kledus420smith8]

Wel yea duh

[@McDanklestank]

Eborah (the boulder slinging lobster) or Titanosaurus would be better suiting since they're pretty much 90% aquatic while Godzilla just leaves the ocean to trash Japan or save it and then go back in once he's done lmao

[@thehairywoodsman5644]

I would rather all these were real living creatures in the oceans , than flesh eat bacteria !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@zorayaisready]

I sow a fire serpent and I was not the only one who sow it. And I think was Leviathan.

[@lincolngravemann682]

I personally think the Leviathan is the same creature as the loch ness monster but not completely sure

[@zorayaisready]

@@lincolngravemann682 it something living in the waters in the Hebrew mythology they talk about something call Yamm and still living in the Nagar until the last days and in Psalm 74:14 I think that’s depicted of the same sea monster.

[@guntherthequizmaster9515]

Yep, sea monsters, if you want to believe that junk. - Milo Meekly, The New Scooby-Doo Movies - The Secret of Shark Island

[@brians132]

If Andromeda was an Ethopian Princess then she should really be depicted as a tall slim black lady (or mixed-race, if her Father was caucasian) rather than a fully caucasian lady with red hair. 🤔

[@KingDues]

Just imagine.. lol it's why I don't wanna go in the sea 😂