Mystery of the Pyramid Serpent - Mythical Beasts

Investigators explore a mysterious pyramid in Mexico to discover the secrets of the fearsome Feathered Serpent.
The Feathered Serpent was a terrifying beast. Why did the people of Mesoamerica live in fear of this half snake half bird creature and worship it as a god? Investigators at the ancient city of Teotihuacan in Mexico uncover the shocking story of this strange hybrid beast. They explore the secrets of a huge temple, covered in ferocious carvings of the mysterious god. What did the ancient Mesoamericans see in nature that made them believe that a supernatural creature could exist? What did it offer that led Teotihuacan to sacrifice its own citizens to this serpent god?
For thousands of years, civilisations believed in mythical beasts - Dragons, Cyclops, Giants, Vampires and Sea Monsters. They still fascinate us today, but where did the stories of these fabled creatures come from? How much truth lies behind the legends, and what can these myths tell us about the medieval and ancient people that created in them? This series combines action-packed location filming and computer-generated animation, with experts in archaeology and palaeontology, to unearth the secrets behind some of the most famous and terrifying mythical beasts.
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[@nathanfleischman9856]

Medusa deserves an episode of her own.

[@Moodboard39]

Indeed

[@mythicalcreaturesdoctorsor3589]

Medusa : 🇬🇷 Greece cave snake hair female body half serpent scales skin face or horrific eye stone men not eye

[@jackthunderbolt4307]

"seperated by centuries worshipping the same creature" gee its almost like THATS HOW RELIGIONS WORK

[@nunya___]

7:14 "Laser Technology" LOL My contractor used that to quote me new flooring.

[@emiliorene2089]

Hail Quetzalcoatl! 🐍

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Fun fact: Quetzalcoatl was one of the inspirations for Rayquaza in Pokemon along with the Chinese dragon and the Ziz.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Also, Quetzalcoatl was mentioned in Godzilla: King of the Monsters as one of the kaiju awakened by King Ghidorah.

[@SenoraMadrid]

Yea I notice a lot of Asian countries try and mimic what they know about native american culures

[@bardmadsen6956]

The rattle represents the star cluster of the Pleiades which took away the Sun via The Taurid Meteor Stream.

[@cavemancaveman5190]

Experience or awareness before birth, snake is the umbilical cord, placenta is heaven and mom is god

[@AGuitarNinja]

Kinda interesting how similar it looks to ancient “Chinese dragons” 🐉 like in mulan very long snake like bodies with wings

[@WilliamToolooze-pv9mn]

Nonsense !!!!! The native lore clearly states was a very wise being , a person they considered a God. Not some crypid creature ! Pure Bull !!!!

[@isfiya8961]

Remember that chinese dragon? It also got hair or a feather on its head.. it's not that people back then stupid or making fake stories.. its because they really saw such a creature.. todays scientists are stupid.

[@oscarordiano2112]

It’s a dinosaur they had worshiped. The pyramids were used as reminders of how early humans defeated the last dinosaurs, from having the advantage of height.

[@user-wk5js2wr4f]

Hmm 🧐 interesting

[@jomi9858]

So unfortunate that you show a total distorted image of Quetzalcóatl. Presenting such a pile of inaccurate features and portraying such a metaphorical icon of ancient México, the way you do, it's just second to offensive. You don't realize how lost you you guys are.

[@Diosesocultos323]

You right. They have no idea of what they are talking about.

[@neels3357]

True! Quetzalcóatl/ Kukulkan is a deity, not any monster.

[@AdrianGomez-im9gt]

MEXICAN, not Latin American or Central America. MEXICAN

[@trashcat7501]

Not "mexican"..... it's Mesoamerican......

[@LightFoLLowTHE]

Messkin. Get it right Poncho

[@vic-torino8264]

Centroamérica was part of mesoamerica, you could have centroamerican ancestor's, Ignorante

[@terrencebailey7]

Messkin r of Original Latin decent* Europeans invaded Latin lands of origin & interbreeded thus creating the Spaniards & Portuguese claiming that they're Mexican but actually 4rm Europe* even some Germans who live in a small town n Mexico claim that they're originally Mexican but facts & DNA prove otherwise*

[@unknownuniverse1637]

Tell me you don't know shit without telling me you don't know shit ..

[@markvanalstyne8253]

I wonder if a meteor was the inspiration for the feathered serpent? serpents mound in America is constructed on a previous meteor crater

[@Moodboard39]

They were gods to them.

[@Mruiz0085]

Anyone ever notice that quetzcoatl heads look nothing like snakes.

[@Moodboard39]

Dragon

[@bretadounitedfc]

🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@Moodboard39]

Viva

[@looneytoonz5280]

We sow two of them under a cave well searching for gold they were masive and had feathers we got scared and ran out

[@cavemancaveman5190]

City was a model of reproduction

[@ginnygin7141]

Arent feathered serpents just dragons tho. Is manbearpig real?

[@MohamedBalde-wi5hx]

❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@user-hl7xu6cz2f]

DINOSAUS WERE OFTEN COATED BY FEATHERS..

[@timothyfoglesong-ui8vl]

Rain gutter gargoyles or perhaps biology vs. metaphor

[@user-io9ie5cs8j]

So the people got tired of their leaders abusing them in the gods name, and removed the leaders. Huh. Yeah we've never heard of that

[@tlanparikhiangte8368]

the Feathered Serpent huh? looks more like a Dragon to me... Specifically a Chinese Dragon which is the type of Dragon shared by the Indians...carved in their Temples...but it is not like the British Dragon....

[@PuhiPureBloOdYT]

You have taken the myths too literally like almost everything 'ancient' they speak to us using parables

[@NathanTarantlawriter]

Ignorant people believe in all sort of things. Some people think Mothman is real, for example, or a sky daddy that grants wishes.

[@jerichothirteen1134]

Next video. How to become a violin master in 45 minutes. Ffs. What a load of old shit. If you want to know what it really was and is ask me.

[@ubiktd4064]

Peyote

[@dodgingbullets3503]

🐇🕯Great video , so well done..Thank you. Satan and his fallen angels lived underground imo...

[@XP-Renegade]

They live here with us this is satans empire, accept for the beast who dwells in the bottomless pit

[@dodgingbullets3503]

🙏@@XP-Renegade

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

You need to start taking your medication again. You're starting to sound crazy again.

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

​@@XP-Renegade They don't exist & you need to seek psychological help ASAP!

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

​@@dodgingbullets3503 Whatever medication you're on you seriously. Need to up the dosage you're starting to loose the plot.

[@user-fj4ql2gg6t]

The feathered serpent really was thoth , after leaving egypt he came to south America and mirrored the pyramids. He was a bird head god in egpyt so he took the feathers and added it to a new animal , the serpent. Instead of telling the poor souls he used his dna to create them he had them think he used all of his blood, which is why the countless sacrificed people had to pay homage to him ❤ thank you thoth for all your achievements including a magic and mystery school jesus attended , king solomon and other important figures . As you can tell ningazida (thoth) is my favorite annuanki i followed all of them through civilizations playing different gods . And duping all humans till this day with religion. 😂

[@jomi9858]

Man!... you're lost

[@itwasagoodideaatthetime7980]

Whatever medication you're on, you need to up your dosage. 💊🤪

[@BasedPaisa-rz9dh]

You're lost

[@user-fj4ql2gg6t]

Your a sheep and will always be one . None of you are educated to challenge anything I've said . I have my proof , what do you have except a tampered education from the school system?

[@user-fj4ql2gg6t]

@@jomi9858 man your trained like a good sheep ❤️

[@LeonMoka-nm6py]

This video is crap..no mythical creature..it represrnts the creator of this place

[@ancientruth5298]

The old serpent is one of satan anounted cherubim avatar

[@hrhmaija2276]

Anointed . Words don't excuse behavior.

[@papascurveys7728]

what is so mythical about it. I think it would be quite easy to put a Indian head dress on a snake. 🐸

[@spiritualawakeningofconsci623]

A bunch of BS 😂😂😂😂

[@gerichoacosta2553]

these. real gods