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Hello from Persia! It's great to finally find someone working on the scientific roots of various story devices. Please don't limit your work to fantasy. Also, I want to share your channel with many friends, but you talk too fast for a non-native audience. If you can speak at a slower pace, more people can benefit from your work.

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other influences on how dwarfs/dwarves have evolved in the tales: The Arthurian Romances, including Morte d'Arthur; C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia, especially Prince Caspian and The Last Battle; and - and I am going to have to say it - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, from the earliest version, through to Disney (that Tolkien hated!), and later interpretations.

It's dwarves.

Very informative, though it would be great if you could include the recent, modern variations of the "dwarves" archetype - going into their non-tolkien influences a little bit

This video is so much better and to the point than many videos that steer way too close to the "Let me give you a lesson!" this definitely carried enough to be entertaining and teach something properly. It also makes a difference that most miss, German dwarves are vikings whereas viking-dwarves are spirits (And/Or the caucassus peoples who are very dwarflike in their smithing and looks)

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Winston Churchill being a druid feels like a plot point youd see in YA Urban Fantasy set in ww2 that unintentionally whitewashes all the war crimes and crimes against humanity by making the Nazis primary motivation a specific magic macguffin lol

Ive been nursing a totally unsubstantiated theory that Dwarves may be referring distantly to Neanderthal. Under the same kind of game-of-telephone idea that underpins the theory that the unicorn came from the wooly rhinoceros, or the cyclops came mammoth skulls where the trunk can be mistaken for a giant eye. Minoan piracy resisted by Athens to the minotaur defetaed by Theseus is another good example of the effect. A lot of the vibes and descriptions match up really well with what we've discovered about Neanderthal over recent years. Their tendency toward cave dwelling and art via stalagmites, shells, fossils and bones. Their highly adept level of craftsmanship developed over millennia. Their stocky builds, etc. On their own its not much, but Ive been doing a lot of reading and theres just so many subtle similarities. I cannot ever prove it and I feel like anyone reading this should take me with a mountain of salt. This video did dissuade me of parts of my theory (such as height playing a major factor) but not the whole of it. I wonder what you think of it after doing your dwarf research? Am i just goofing about, or am I on to something?

I hit subscribe at the 30 seconds mark. I can tell this is the kind of channel I've been needing in my life.

11:12 What is the source of this clip here, some kind of game?

Right on man, I dig it!

Hey, what a fantastic channel. Thank you for going into the history of these fascinating beings. The Dwarves of ancient Germanic Mythology are interesting and I think they represent a primal form of early cultural development.

Something interesting about dwarves. Although most modern dwarfs in fiction are shown with Scottish accents, names and phrases, Tolkien's dwarfs are closer in to Germans, both in naming convesion and language.

Since when staffs begin to be associated with white magic and rods with black magic?

Another fantastic video! Very glad i found this channel :)

This was an excellent video! You should be very proud. I've now subscribed so I can watch everything else you create, and I'm eager to see this channel grow in viewership :)

“Maybe I’ll cover centaurs in a future video.”😂🤣 I love it when UA-cam suggests an awesome video from an awesome channel. Subscribed!🔔

It's weird how the people who starred in Bram Stoker's Dracula have all barely aged since 1992. Probably nothing to worry about.

There was two of the beast in chevodan.They killed one an some how it got that it was one.The first one ran into the bushes an was never seen again.

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One reason you would want silver or gold bullets for a werewolf is most wouldn't be able to fight it in close combat. Anyone who has ever delt with a large dog or wolf up close can tell you not everyone would be capable of fighting it.

The ancient meaning of "werewolf" is protector wolf or warrior wolf from the ancient germanic "wher". They were seen as positive totemic spirits. The god Wotan (Odin) ha two of them, Freki and Geri, and he was capable of infuse warriors with wherwolf spirits, the Ulfednar. Anubis in his origin was not depicted as a jackal, but as a wolf, he was the protector of the souls on Ra's request. The sky god Tengri, was served by Borte Tchino, the celestial wolf. Wolves were sacred to Apollo too. For the native americans wolves were noble spirits. Saint Francis from Assisi in Christian Medieval (catholic) befriended the Werewolf of Gubbio, asking him to stop slauthering sheeps and cows in the nome of god, Francis called the wolf "Brother". They were "Feol", sacred creatures for the Druids, as well for sciamanic european cultures. There are many depiction of wolves spirits and werewolves like entities seen as positive or at least not malevolent in History of Religions.

someone tried to convince me i was Donkey but i did my research and turned out just to be a jackass.😅

Really cool video.. spooky and fun and love the background music.. really sets the tone. Very interesting Thankyou!

Love the video! Got a sub from meeeee. The lore and history of Lycanthropy has always been wild to me. (pun intended)

Brotherhood of the Wolf! Awesome movie

Recently I have found out that dragons were what ancient people called dinosaurs when they lived together after departing the Ark of Noah. The Chinese zodiac does indeed have a dragon on it, which is the only mythical animal on that list, UNLESS they were dinosaurs and lived at the same time that zodiac was compiled. And yes indeed you did mention the fire breathing dragon in the book of Job. That might be a stretch for some but I dig the idea

Great video. I subscribed

Hey sir, i can see Yuna (Itzy) was sharp teeth and hand 🤔

Someone once tried to convince me that I’d transformed into a sheep, but they couldn’t pull the wool over my eyes.

Magic wands and Moseses staff!!!!!!!

I love the polite coughs when you mention “good friends” and thanks for relaying the definition of a “mad hatter,” I always wondered about the origins of that. 😊

Another great video

I love the image choice at 7:12 for magic rings

I don't have enough fingers for all of my problems. 😂

Can you do one on vampires and the undead a similar channel to yours i remember watching vanished on me.All i remember is that it goes back to humanities understanding of the dead. I have since gone on and studied this myself but its good to me that others keep their own records and share in case like my example one source just goes away.

Hey, thanks for making this video, it's super insightful! I appreciate you also adding the caveat that everything we know about druids was recorded by people who were their enemies, that's definitely much needed context.

Gygax was a staunch christian and viewed druids like the warlocks of 5th edition. He took tropes ancient christians were afraid of

Cool stuff I appreciate someone on the internet offering a perspective like this

Tolkien referring to some Nazis as Angels. Quick cancel him!!! 😂 This is a great video... still don't know why WOTC thinks they're black people though. 🤣

First time seeing your channel sir. Good work! Have you examined the goblins & their legends? I'm specifically referring to "Red Caps." If not, could you do a video on that? Thanks for your effort!

This looks like a fantastic channel in the making! Keep it coming!

This was great, and your audio quality was impeccable! I've tossed a subscription your way, and hope to see more cool content in this vein.

Genuinely such an interesting watch. The best thing about dice these days is how pretty they've gotten 😍

Great video! Its really interesting how diferent dice were reintroduced into public knowledge after dissappearing, and thinking about ancient people having d20's is really funny

very well written and illustrated. i had no idea there was a “dragon” in the Hebrew bible (Job). Loved learning about the new, to me, stuff. thanks and have have a fantastic day :) 🌷🌱

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Interesting video. Another question to ask is “What is a dragon?” What qualities a “dragon” has varies so much it’s hard to even call something a dragon