The Legend Of Lê Lợi, His Magical Sword & The Golden Turtle God

[@Hugelag]

A beautiful story with a tragic ending...

[@ThisUploaded]

Was watching the whole thing expecting the story to end badly. But no, it's the reality that was the messed up part 😓

[@randompurpleslime8963]

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[@T4N7]

Ya, that made me feel like a crash test dummy hitting a brick wall

[@giahypham4111]

I’m genuinely and pleasantly surprised, as a Vietnamese viewer of your channel never once did I expect that this story would have an entire video on it. Also yeah, the lake is now called Hoàn Kiếm, which is just “Returning Sword” 😂.

[@DougSharpe]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@j3558]

​@@DougSharpeI certainly did.

[@MrDDiRusso]

Sounds like a Vietnamese version of EXCALIBUR. It's a magical sword that gives the wielder incredible powers and the sword is connected to a magical lake. The only thing missing is the sword in the stone.

[@scottessery100]

I thought that Bloke finds a magical sword 🗡 kicks invaders ass and becomes king

[@CoolVictor2002]

lady of the lake

[@therighttrousers343]

Turtles are big, hard, round lumps, been compared to rocks oftentimes, a sword in a turtle's beak isn't dissimilar to a sword in a stone.

[@Alusnovalotus]

That’s where the turtle came in. I like this version better 🐢

[@tettracoins7690]

Less stones and more turtles

[@altruista2507]

Another funfact: the Hoan Kiem turtle is actually an species (scientific name Rafetus leloii, as in the name of the king Le Loi), and is slowly becoming extinct. Biologists in Vietnam said that they are extremely hard to breed, and at the moment there are only 2 of them left in the world (used to be 3 but one of them died in April this year). It is not just the water contamination that killed the turtle, but natural selection itself as well. But hey! Hope and prayers that the scientists are going to find a way to stop their inevitable extinction.

[@WaningLoon]

it is unknown whether rafaetus leloii is actually a seperate species or are just members of the rafaetus swinhoei. it's hard to tell since all of the research was conducted locally in vietnam with no international peer review. the vietnamese researchers were supposed to send the turtle's DNA sequence to GenBank in america to get it verified but they never followed through. the two turtles you mentioned at the end are confirmed to be rafaetus swinhoei, not rafaetus leloii. if rafaetus leloii is a real species, they are most likely extinct with the last sighting being a turtle corpse floating in hoan kiem lake back in 2016

[@randybugger3006]

The burning question on everyone's mind must be, do they make good soup?

[@jerryle379]

Emperor mate , he ain't a king but a emperor - hoàng đế

[@iaintdoinallat]

Vietnam Excalibur. Also that was pretty sad for the turtles

[@yukitheunknown1]

There are a bunch of cool little tales like this in Native American folk lore.

[@impctagent]

I’m really excited that you are making longer videos, I mean the shorts are good but this is one of those moments where more is better 👍

[@wilder666]

Thanks!

[@DougSharpe]

Thank you! Much appreciated

[@paladinkhan]

Love hearing you explore historical/ cultural myths and legends. Would absolutely be interested in long form content from you. I like the short stuff a lot and i think it brings people in, though. Damnit. Whyd the turtles have to die in the end.

[@MyrddinREmrys]

That's wonderful. I hope there's a mission to clean the lake and reintroduce the turtles 🐢 It'd be a great continuation of the legend.!

[@sebastiangeorge7714]

The subspecies is extinct

[@MyrddinREmrys]

@@sebastiangeorge7714 and so went yet another... one more casualty in the new great extinction event hosted by man... 😴

[@jacksrandomadventures2769]

i bet it would be good for the community if they could organize a lake clean up and bring back the turtles

[@andromeda368]

This is a really good fact and legend at the same time, good job! Keep it up

[@CCPShiny]

Man… another reminder why humanity can’t have nice gods 😢 💔 cool legend, and painful reality

[@86thefreeman]

Awesome legend! Keep it up! You're great at this.

[@DougSharpe]

Thanks! More Fun Facts☝ coming everyday

[@SeanShimamoto]

Hey Doug, congrats on surpassing 400K subscribers last week! Also, you should be surpassing 400 million views this week as your viewership has increased to about 1.6 million views PER DAY! Aloha from Honolulu! 😄🤙🏽

[@DougSharpe]

Thanks Sean! 400k was a big milestone for me

[@j3558]

​@@DougSharpeI subscribed at 420k 😂.

[@novaprime3647]

Nice to see some holiday themed fun facts. Enjoy Vietnam.

[@boocchihitori4450]

Thank you for your fun facts

[@Nightsky-i0]

Cool fact: The name of the sword, Thuận Thiên, means "Heaven's Will"

[@Willy_Phan]

never thought of learning my country's history from a foreigner. btw great video!

[@tonycallme3667]

big sad that the last turtle died, regardless, it was a nice mythology story.

[@ThangNguyenNhiVo]

Beautifully presented. 🙏🏻 Thank you

[@delvercetti8930]

A fascinating story. Hope you're having fun there!

[@DougSharpe]

having a great time!

[@funkykunx2544]

As a Vietnamese and a Hanoian, this is a genuine surprise that you covered this. Thank you

[@edenrodriguez2637]

That’s a great story. Hope you enjoyed your trip

[@ducheau100]

Very interesting story and great hair dude!

[@yuanyuan4647]

New intro unlocked, Fun legend

[@dannykeqing2366]

Theory: The polluted river was trashed by the Ming dynasty

[@thearthound]

Both awesome & sad

[@DarkKnightBatman420]

I guess that's the way the cookie crumbles!

[@MountainLWolf]

It would be nice to start a volunteer group to clean the lake. I started one in the redwoods and cleaned the insane amount of trash people dumped in the woods.

[@christopherg2347]

Ikea Excalibur - some assembly required and parts are missing.

[@randybugger3006]

Way to go, Vietnam.

[@NoahSpurrier]

Hopefully, they will clean up the lake and restore the turtles of the Lake of the Restored Sword.

[@-haclong2366]

I only know this channel for KZbin Shorts, didn't know he made long-form videos...

[@phoenixalpha3195]

Nice to see you in good health.

[@N0AHVEGA]

That’s a fun story. Hope you’re enjoying your trip

[@DougSharpe]

I am enjoying it quite a bit

[@conzinho1905]

I love how you actually go

[@Shansboy6666]

Wow that was very cool 👍

[@NightWLKR1]

Hope you’re enjoying Vietnam friend!

[@DougSharpe]

I am!

[@itsjustsushi2023]

Are you going to make vlogs about Vietnam?

[@DougSharpe]

No, I've been the worst KZbinr ever on this trip. While I am still making videos while I'm here I'm trying to keep the work load low and really recharge so I can come back stronger than when I left.

[@AlexTrusk91]

I'm happy tgat i finally had a look if you do long form. These and shorts are like two different universes 😅

[@realfishscience7842]

If only we would repay the turtle god by not killing it

[@der.Schtefan]

Do you have a Patreon or something?

[@Ch5ActionNews]

good fun legend

[@robertmarks713]

Cool

[@ThisAintIt435]

Oh no someone please bring back the turtles 😭😭😭

[@AmeenRidwan]

Human interference ending the story in tragedy yet again

[@tristangabrielo]

If they have had some respect or remotely believe in this legend they wouldn’t have contaminated so heavily that water or at least punish severely who dared to throw shit there

[@PaulVisions-e8v]

Good job, it’s the moose in the hair. It reminds me of that Georgio guy from ancient astronauts. You have better material.

[@jeanjaz]

Wow. What a sad story.

[@T-Bag13]

Nice *STORY* just like those religions stories. You know, like the bible.

[@supayambaek]

You know that's a sensitive topic and decided to trigger some nerve. For what? For the sake of truth? You think treating a sensitive topic without due reverence is going to enlighten anyone? One atheist to another, man: pick your battle. Else, you'll be putting a bad name on atheism.

[@T-Bag13]

​@@supayambaek🤔

[@brekkoh]

sad ending :(

[@anonymousperson2345]

👍💛

[@simonnading]

The legend was fun, the fact was not. Also, did the sword make his horse giant, or did he have to find a giant horse on his own?

[@ShatteredQvartz]

Legendary loot lmao

[@diegoborges1348]

Sword Legend

[@mrcole678]

why

[@jackmackakaheavyguyhaiku545]

Bummer about the turtles, but otherwise a great story.

[@travelingman45]

Gooooooooood moooooooorrrrrrrrrnnnnning Vietnam!!!

[@trunghieucbhhnnguyen1551]

🎉

[@-haclong2366]

While this is old propaganda, this is the reason why the lake has that name.

[@toylandreviewochoi5917]

Le loi or.... Lloyd? 🤨

[@ferretyluv]

Wouldn’t it be pronounced Lay L-uh-i?

[@AlxnderNZ]

You are a genius. Keep following your nose :)

[@winstonsgmx]

have you gone to the "Bún Chả Obama" place yet?

[@DinosaurRghh]

🐢

[@JohnSmith-hq3qv]

fun fact you Pepsi short is wrong

[@Acorn11982]

LALO?

[@Hehehe3690]

Monke

[@ballbender9thousand944]

Blud is now Sponsored by the Vietnammese Goverment 💀💀

[@ryan49805]

God damn mongolrian tear down my schity wall!!! 😊

[@ireviewyourchannelinthecomment]

Loved the video, found it super interesting. Rip turtles tho