The Beastiary - Ziz: Myth and Reality

The great biblical lord of air is the topic of this video. Come and discover this obscure mythical creature.
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[@The_PokeSaurus]

I've known about Ziz, and like how you would describe a giant as a Behemoth I try to describe large flying things as a Ziz to pay some form of respect to this underrated mythical creature.

[@terrabranwen2492]

Woah woah. " Wings as wide as the ocean is deep " ? Fucking hell there isn't even a word to describe that.

[@HighShepherdLopes]

WOAH I just learned about Ziz today and was going to use it as a magical beast in my worldbuilding project, Thanks for the video, great as always.

[@tvbnine793]

Yeah Ziz is gonna be in my fantasy series too as one of the 40 kaiju

[@PlanetZoidstar]

Awesome video, and I especially enjoyed your attempts to Reify Ziz into a creature that could theoretically exist, with how space would allow for a creature of Ziz's proportions to exist without gravity being a factor inhibiting its sheer size. Something I expected you to mention as a means Ziz may sustain itself could be by absorbing solar radiation, while no animal I know of is capable of doing this, plants do it as a means of sustenance through photosynthesis. Also the matter of procreation is fascinating since, far as we know, only 1 Ziz is said to exist, so perhaps Ziz is capable of asexual reproduction like Chickens are. Since it is possible for Chickens to produce fertile eggs without the need for a Rooster to fertilize them. I'm glad you mentioned the Roc/Rukh of Persian folklore as well, I wonder if the Ziz was an inspiration for the Roc/Ruhk given both birds are defined by their great size and supernatural nature? I did not realise other mythical birds served as possible inspiration for Ziz but given how folklore is often built on external inspiration I shouldn't be surprised.

[@iam007derf9]

Ziz and its egg are both located in Africa along with Typhon eating a massive fish. Ziz's ear 27.775115,5.7991 Ziz's egg/embryo 24.916583,17.767767

[@LONDON_MAN]

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[@jamiechippett1566]

I can show you the spirit ziz quite plainly! You gotta get satellite map of Australia on your computer screen or mobile phone and then with your fingers turn satellite map of Australia upside down. Then look far right and just above Karratha western Australia and then zoom in up and down and focus clearly and look closely with your 👁️👁️ s and you'll see a gigantic set of eyes on head with a humungus bird beak snout with wings spreading across continent and its tail feathers ending up near Adelaide South Australia. A gigantic flying winged Phoenix Griffin thunderbird type of primordial being. Youll see it flying over a dragon and taking it out with a ball of fire. Corner SA, Victoria, NSW state border with satellite map of Australia upside down. Give it a crack and be totally blown away and amazed! Have fun good luck and enjoy.👍🤠🇦🇺 Check out all of the dark red ocher section in middle of nation.

[@praetorianrex5571]

Could you cover movie exclusive creatures such as the Xenomorph, please? Id love to hear your thoughts on it.

[@ucheopara6309]

The Ziz, Leviathan and Behemoth most likely exist in another plane of our multiverse, just as principalities exist in the midheavens: a plane closeby but inaccessible to most of the living mortals. Sciences like quantum mechanics nudge us to explore the multiverse, but this is a most dreadful prospect. We would not want to access most of the other planes of creation as mortals. However, both science and myth now seem to agree that there are multiple planes of existence in our multiverse.

[@damian5528]

Hey you’re back, where’ve you been man

[@imreplyingtothiscomment2378]

So rodan?

[@MarkATorres1989]

Interesting when you were making the description and possible form of what Ziz could look like... I suddenly was thinking it would look like something of a hybrid mix of multiple fin manta ray with squid tentacles.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

So basically similar to the concept of atmospheric beasts?

[@alicegriesel3806]

What a joy that you are back. Love your insight.

[@tyronejones4119]

Movie nope

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Ziz has been shown in culture in Pokemon. The Pokemon Rayquaza, a giant flying dragon, is based on the idea of Ziz, a giant flying creature like how the Pokemon Groudon is the Behemoth and Kyogre is the Leviathan.

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Oh I just realized someone else pointed that out. P.S. SOrry I missed the Premier.

[@tvbnine793]

Ziz is supposed to keep Leviathan and Behemoth in check so they don't destroy each other, thus destroying the world. Yee just like Rayquaza keeping tabs on Groudon and Kyogre

[@The_PokeSaurus]

@@tvbnine793 Exactly my fellow trainer.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Rayquaza is based on the Ziz, a Chinese dragon, and Quetzalcoatl. His Mega form also has elements from a giant centipede.

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Funny thing is, there is a Titan in Godzilla: King of the Monsters called Behemoth and another Titan that was only mentioned (but not seen) called Leviathan (who is also implied to be the Loch Ness Monster). Does that mean we will get a Titan called Ziz in future MonsterVerse movies?

[@nicholaslienandjaja1815]

Also, Behemoth in the MonsterVerse resembles a hybrid of a mammoth, a gorilla, and a sloth, while Leviathan is implied to resemble a sea serpent (similar to Nessie in Godzilla: The Series, but probably with some plesiosaur, mosasaur, whale, and crocodile elements). My guess is that Ziz in the MonsterVerse will resemble a griffin, but its bird half will be based on a vulture rather than an eagle, and its beak should have sharp teeth like a carnivorous dinosaur's (as a reference to the evolution of birds from meat-eating dinosaur ancestors).

[@tvbnine793]

@@nicholaslienandjaja1815 Perhaps Rodan was their answer to Ziz but it's open to speculation

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

And I thought they referred to Rodan right before he got shaved.

[@peroz1000]

Welcome back!

[@xbrandi12345x]

That's incorrect about the ziz only being mentioned in Psalms in The Bible. Look it up.

[@LuisRivera-jk1vo]

The King/Emperor Of All Birds

[@shazlossusshazam2296]

I thought it was Zyzz as in my motivational bodybuilder

[@jennyfeare1702]

Nice to see ya back dude!

[@MoonChickenProductions]

Nice to be back

[@MsStorm351]

AWESOME !

[@34delrosario]

Do you sell a book

[@MoonChickenProductions]

No. However I have considered making one. Tell me, what woukd you like to see discussed in a book about this: the myth, the history or the reification?

[@34delrosario]

@@MoonChickenProductions the history and information on beast and a drawing of them would be cool.

[@christinedin8515]

Jesus asked me to ride ZIZ to hook Tannin to feed to the people during a famine,i agreed days later ,i am so scared of heights ,i said i think i might need to be tied on ,not sure when this is happening,but i was flying with his voice across a sea i think in heaven,because i went up spiral stairs in the clouds ,100 % true .

[@bonezsmith7331]

Because you weren't looking in the right places the phoenix bird Egypt solar bird is all over mythology is a bird on the back of your dollar bill lol 😂 zues stayed with a bird on his side side in hellheim there's a huge bird down there you have to go to God of war where kratos is in hell I'm with his son you'll see it's all in plain sight bro

[@bonezsmith7331]

Easter egggg

[@neilhidalgo1391]

WOW.......

[@MoonChickenProductions]

Good wow or bad wow?