The Lion Man of Babylon an Ancient Toilet Guardian - Extra Mythology

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  • @extrahistory
    @extrahistory  Рік тому +56

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    • @danielsantiagourtado3430
      @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +1

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    • @death-istic9586
      @death-istic9586 Рік тому

      Hi.

    • @germanomagnone
      @germanomagnone Рік тому +1

      perhaps to send a subscription to urmahlullu and his "brothers", to feed them like a lion.

    • @nein3533
      @nein3533 Рік тому +1

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    • @Djokosoetono
      @Djokosoetono Рік тому

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  • @deadlydingus1138
    @deadlydingus1138 Рік тому +955

    What a hero. The Lion Man of the Latrine, the Protector of Pottygoers, the Beast of the Bathroom, the Best in the Restroom. When nature calls, he protects the stalls.

    • @maxherman3884
      @maxherman3884 Рік тому +26

      How has this not been pinned?

    • @leandraferesthogar7249
      @leandraferesthogar7249 Рік тому +18

      Unfortunately his rival claimed the lives of several people in the Latrine episode of Extra History

    • @bricksloth2599
      @bricksloth2599 Рік тому +6

      Its good to know that since the dawn of time, using the bathroom has always been considered a sacred thing, not to be disturbed.

    • @viciousmindzentertainment9307
      @viciousmindzentertainment9307 Рік тому +4

      You have made epic that which was not

    • @Cant_go_outside
      @Cant_go_outside Рік тому +2

      Nice

  • @jeremy1860
    @jeremy1860 Рік тому +415

    If these guys can keep my nightmare scenario of spiders hiding under the toilet seat from happening, then I salute them 😊

    • @kayohwai
      @kayohwai Рік тому +17

      Sounds like you found your guardian deity.

    • @8xMorladumx8
      @8xMorladumx8 Рік тому +10

      Thanks for the new fear xD

    • @RobbieEl
      @RobbieEl Рік тому +2

      That's just Australia?

    • @darter9000
      @darter9000 Рік тому +1

      Umm… *takes a quick glance at his toilet

    • @buttAttack
      @buttAttack Рік тому

      spiders or lion men.. you gotta pick your posien here

  • @jamesanderson5465
    @jamesanderson5465 Рік тому +127

    When using the toilet you really are at your most vulnerable so for those times you really do need a guardian.

    • @leobuana7430
      @leobuana7430 Рік тому +5

      Samurai who master potty sword drawing stance : "indeed"

  • @abaldrabbit
    @abaldrabbit Рік тому +73

    7:41 The bathroom/toilet is actually one of the most common places/rooms to die in!(it has something to do with how your heart rate and blood pressure drop when your ‘doing your business ‘ and shoot back up when you go back to standing)

  • @max2x000
    @max2x000 Рік тому +160

    Crazy that so early in human history we made such creative and nuanced stories

    • @peregrinemiles7936
      @peregrinemiles7936 Рік тому +23

      I mean, they were one of the first urbanization civilizations, dealing with dysentery and other diseases that come from communal organized water systems.

    • @maxk4324
      @maxk4324 Рік тому +15

      ​@@peregrinemiles7936 I think they were referring to the rehabilitation of the monsters rather than punishing them for being products of their upbringing, but also what you said.

    • @DragonwolfoftheSands
      @DragonwolfoftheSands Рік тому +5

      These stories were made in the last 1% of anatomically modern humanity

  • @LordOmnissiah
    @LordOmnissiah Рік тому +237

    Oh so THAT is why my kitties wanna watch me when I’m on the porcelain throne! They are descendants of Urmahlullu! 😂

    • @BriannaQing
      @BriannaQing 7 місяців тому +3

      What heroes! Bathroom buddies for life!

  • @biohazard724
    @biohazard724 Рік тому +37

    Midway through this it occurs to me Urmalula's post is a fairly noble if not glamorous one, folks are at their most vulnerable on the pot so having a hulking man-lion at the ready is pretty clutch

    • @Gildedmuse
      @Gildedmuse Рік тому +11

      It reminds me that in England there used to be an office called The Groom of the Stool, and his position was to, err, assist the king in all matters of hygiene.
      Because he was with the king in such private and vulnerable moments, he learned many secrets that led to the role becoming before respected and feared. Eventually, the position even became one with the power of the purse as one long named his groom the head of finance. By the time of king Henry VII, he was in charge of setting national fiscal policy.
      All that and the position started simply as a bathroom attendant!

  • @vampyresmiles713
    @vampyresmiles713 Рік тому +64

    I would like to point out, in Japan, oni often do get turned to doing good like guarding temples and the like. That's definitely a thing that (mythically) happens!

  • @florians9949
    @florians9949 Рік тому +252

    Only the Summerians could make guarding the toilets sound like a badass job.😂

    • @scp-2348
      @scp-2348 Рік тому +10

      Sumerian gods must have had some holy shits.

  • @MovieFan1912
    @MovieFan1912 Рік тому +85

    This has to be one of the most bizarre myths I’ve seen in this show.

  • @Lightning_Toad
    @Lightning_Toad Рік тому +175

    Urmahlullu is truly The People's Protector. May his mane be foever revered, his paws clean, and his pride unblemished.

  • @jots3293
    @jots3293 Рік тому +115

    As a man currently on the toilet watching this, I approve. Thanks Urmahlullu

    • @amyschildgamerlive4519
      @amyschildgamerlive4519 9 місяців тому +1

      We won't know if he was successful in protecting you UNTIL you finish my friend

  • @jag519
    @jag519 Рік тому +37

    one must imagine the mythical toilet guardian happy

  • @Guavamente
    @Guavamente Рік тому +20

    This is a lesson itself. No matter your job, you have a strong purpose and many people may need or be thankful for you, but many may not. Be proud because what you do is what you make of it.
    PS: BTW ty so much for protecting my toilet, i fear what may become of me if not

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea Рік тому +24

    I like to think whenever a toilet flushes, that's Urmahlullu roaring in approval.

  • @harbingerofsarcasm2510
    @harbingerofsarcasm2510 Рік тому +47

    Sometimes the toilet really is a battleground

  • @RainbowBoo42
    @RainbowBoo42 Рік тому +71

    If you're watching this while on the toilet may the Lion man give you strength

  • @lazaruscomplexofficial
    @lazaruscomplexofficial Рік тому +45

    Is this the weird time to tell you I'm the songwriter for a metalcore/deathcore toilet themed band and you just gave me a new song idea 😅

  • @cyan3714
    @cyan3714 Рік тому +36

    So you're telling me when i hit the tacobell i unintentionally start a battle between to lion dudes?

  • @bulbs_
    @bulbs_ Рік тому +170

    Toilet Guardian

  • @jonjohns8145
    @jonjohns8145 Рік тому +103

    From now on .. anyone who has problems in the bathroom should say "I have a touch of the Shooluck" in honor of the OTHER lion man.

    • @mistformsquirrel
      @mistformsquirrel Рік тому +5

      Or to give him his modern D&D Monster Manual name: Dire Reah.

    • @Ninja1Ninja2
      @Ninja1Ninja2 Рік тому +3

      lion man vs man lion

  • @maxk4324
    @maxk4324 Рік тому +9

    A guardian that protects us when we are at our most vulnerable? He might be a lion man but he's a GOAT in my books.

  • @emexdizzy
    @emexdizzy Рік тому +13

    As someone with a poop disease, I appreciate Urmahlullu's fight for us.

  • @SaintofQuartz
    @SaintofQuartz Рік тому +6

    I have a deep fear of being on the toilet during an emergency (fire, earthquake, etc.) so maybe I should toss the liondude a few prayers.

  • @thejwoom9912
    @thejwoom9912 Рік тому +28

    Now this is real mythology

  • @ASpaceOstrich
    @ASpaceOstrich Рік тому +10

    Guarding you from lion attacks while on the toilet seems like a weirdly niche and unnecessary role, but he's actually just really good at it. If he took a week off, it'd be lion central. The amount of cat hair in the sewerage alone would be a distaster.
    Its a real Odin and Frost Giants situation here. You ever see a frost giant?

  • @anoninunen
    @anoninunen Рік тому +8

    Urmahlulu: "NOW I FIGHT AS URMAHLULU, WARRIOR!"
    Loathesome Dungeater: "...understandablehaveaniceday"
    THE LOUSY, LEACHEROUS LOO-LEACHER.

  • @timhiker5512
    @timhiker5512 Рік тому +7

    So that’s where the scorpion man that Gilgamesh encountered came from. Thanks

  • @Randomperson-ne3kp
    @Randomperson-ne3kp Рік тому +28

    He is a guardian that protects all men on their peaceful “Thrones”

  • @nelsonchereta816
    @nelsonchereta816 Рік тому +8

    Urmahlullu, not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need!

  • @itwaswalpole
    @itwaswalpole Рік тому +12

    Seeing an episode on the Mead of Poetry would be amazing:
    The Norse God's spit in a cup and that spit becomes the smartest of all God's. He then travels around the world helping people until 2 dwarves kill him and brew some mead with his blood. Drinking this blood mead turns them into natural poets. One day a man and woman come by, the dwarves drown one at sea and smash the others head in with a rock. Their son threatens to kill them so they give him the blood mead. He then stores it in the middle of a mountain guarded by his daughter. Odin, after hearing all this, goes to get the mead. He finds 9 labourers and offers a magic scythe to the one left standing after a fight to the death. They all kill each other and Odin offers to till the land for the entire summer in exchange for a 3 sips of the mead, since the landowner was the brother of the owner of the mead, he accepted. One summer later the land owner helps Odin get into the mountain and after turning into a snake and seducing the daughter he drinks all of the mead and flies away. He then barfs all the mead back up, most of it out of his mouth but another portion out of his anus, thus creating 2 different meads of poetry. Odin then gave the Mead that came out of his mouth to the God's.

    • @ShanRenxin
      @ShanRenxin Рік тому +3

      Children, can you guess which end the bad poetry came from?

  • @andrewparsons2391
    @andrewparsons2391 Рік тому +5

    Tywin Lannister: The very sigil of my family is a lion, yet you let me die on the toilet?
    Urmahlullu: I protect people from Shulak, not their own sons. Should've been a better dad!

  • @nervaaugustus7089
    @nervaaugustus7089 Рік тому +7

    "Eat s----, Šulak." - Urmahlullu

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +21

    I love these midweek episodes guys! They always make my day 😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤

  • @germanomagnone
    @germanomagnone Рік тому +50

    it's really strangely nice that urmahlullu and his "brothers" weren't the usual "enemies" that heroes have to be killed for the good of the world, but it's a bit ridiculous that a "leon-taur= leonine centaur" was the guardian of the WC, I hope for him didn't have to check the sewers too, where that demon of Šulak, remain to rot there.

  • @alekseyfedorov3544
    @alekseyfedorov3544 Рік тому +25

    Not the hero we deserved, but the hero we needed.

  • @nowtrams
    @nowtrams Рік тому +6

    This might be my favorite extra mythology ever

  • @barbiquearea
    @barbiquearea Рік тому +4

    Urmahlullu being guardian of toilets reminds me of how in Game of Thrones Tyrion Lannister was put in charge of all the plumbing in Casterly Rock by his father Tywin. A most highborn plumber.

  • @sandradermark8463
    @sandradermark8463 Рік тому +4

    The Lion in the Loo. Urma-Loo-Loo. I had heard a lot about Mesopotamia (Gilgamesh, Inanna and the Underworld, Enuma Elish, that corrupt copper merchant, the "dog walks into an alehouse" joke), but this guardian of the privy has sadly been forgotten. Thank you for rescuing him for oblivion. Like the Japanese Akaname, this one has potential. Think about him the next time you are doing your business on the potty.
    Oh, and BTW, Loo is British English for toilets.

  • @BoneyMiles
    @BoneyMiles Рік тому +12

    I actually had to use the toilet as soon as the video started, so thank you Urmahlullu for keeping me safe enough to enjoy this awesome tale!

  • @theemries4766
    @theemries4766 Рік тому +6

    So THAT'S why bathroom spiders are always so docile...

  • @AlifZabidi
    @AlifZabidi Рік тому +10

    With the amount of time I spend on the can, Urmahlullu has definitely been looking out for me. Thank you for your service, Guardian of the Toilet! 🤭

  • @Seadalgo
    @Seadalgo Рік тому +5

    Nobody needs a toilet guardian until a reticulated jormagandr comes out of the drain

  • @EdricLysharae
    @EdricLysharae Рік тому +5

    "It's a crappy job, but someone had to do it."

  • @novo121
    @novo121 Рік тому +16

    Who would have guessed that monster would become protector of my ass

  • @stomodino5443
    @stomodino5443 Рік тому +6

    He lost one of his fights at Erfurt in 1184

  • @lukemccann8930
    @lukemccann8930 11 місяців тому +3

    I love the idea of the guardian also showing up to threaten those with subpar hand hygiene after doing their business 😅

  • @AmyMcLean
    @AmyMcLean Рік тому +4

    "I AM THE GUARDIAN OF THE TOILET!"
    😂😂😂 Epic! 🤣🤣🤣

  • @Fruit_Cake_Boii
    @Fruit_Cake_Boii Рік тому +3

    Well if he keeps away the giant toilet spiders, I salute him.

  • @Sputnik5790
    @Sputnik5790 Рік тому +4

    Is that the reason dogs and cats follow you to the toilet? To help in the fight against evil.

  • @tainteddeer4026
    @tainteddeer4026 Рік тому +7

    Sadly, Urmahlullu was unable to protect Elvis.

    • @barbiquearea
      @barbiquearea Рік тому +3

      Not even the mighty toilet lion can protect you from going number two with digested peanut butter and banana sandwiches.

  • @anton_smallz99_30
    @anton_smallz99_30 9 місяців тому +1

    7:23 That jokes about Elvis being taken by the toilet demon caught me off guard 😂😂😂

  • @LostInTheFarmersMarket
    @LostInTheFarmersMarket Рік тому +1

    It the part where you yell 'God of the toilet' that made this entire video. I now have to wait to a perfect time to yell "I AM URMAHLULLU THE GUARDIAN OF THE PORCELAIN THRONE!!!!" at work in the bathroom just to mess with coworkers now. Oooh! Definitely gotta do the shattner styled 'KHAN!' pose for that too.

  • @suburbanCyclist6
    @suburbanCyclist6 Рік тому +8

    I love toilet gaurdians

  • @Ryu_D
    @Ryu_D Рік тому +4

    "What do you think when you hear that there's a monster in the story?"
    Me: New friend!
    "Yeah, you usually think it'll die.
    Me: Am I too optimistic, or is it just that I've been playing pokemon recently? ... Nah, I just want a monster friend. :)

  • @Henry-ep6qy
    @Henry-ep6qy Рік тому +2

    The WHO “Diarrhoeal disease is a leading cause of child mortality and morbidity in the world” sounds like it’s a fair fight

  • @hemberger91
    @hemberger91 Рік тому +1

    I mean. The person who guards you when you are vulnerable. Sounds like a proud job.

  • @user-ct6ve8yr1z
    @user-ct6ve8yr1z Рік тому +4

    Great, now I'm thinking of Urmahlullu if he was created by Shin Megami Tensei fusion.
    Not sure what class he would fall into, but I'm thinking he'd be a fusion of Pazuzu, Barong, Kanbari, and Belphegor.

  • @Diceyed
    @Diceyed Рік тому +4

    Why do they call it a restroom? I'm fighting for my life in here!

  • @dennisthornton4434
    @dennisthornton4434 Рік тому +6

    Now we know what the noise in the toilet is.😅

  • @generalnawaki
    @generalnawaki Рік тому +4

    The guardian of sanitation

  • @alexandredumas3384
    @alexandredumas3384 Рік тому +8

    Best. Myth. EVER!!! 😂❤

  • @lolzmanxd3368
    @lolzmanxd3368 10 місяців тому +1

    I think the monster stories of Babylon are interesting not because of what they contain, but what they teach, they seem to have the moral of reformation and not condemnation, which is strange for an ancient civilization

    • @The360MlgNoscoper
      @The360MlgNoscoper 3 місяці тому +1

      They were not primitive.
      Remember, people really haven’t changed much the last 50 000 years.

  • @SylviaRustyFae
    @SylviaRustyFae Рік тому +7

    Prev unknown benefit to my being incontinent: I am immune to attacks from Shulock :P

  • @DungeonCreator20
    @DungeonCreator20 Рік тому +2

    .... did the babylonians personify the sound of their echoing farts in the latrine?

  • @Wolfeson28
    @Wolfeson28 Рік тому +2

    3:28 Ah, I see someone knows their Mummy franchise. :)

  • @FelisTerras
    @FelisTerras Рік тому +3

    As odd as it sounds, the Egyptian t it a step further and made it an actual job: the Guardian of the pharao's anus. It was considered an extremely influential and respected duty and highly regarded

  • @shadowscribe
    @shadowscribe Рік тому +2

    He protects us at our most vulnerable.

  • @matthewstegall7921
    @matthewstegall7921 Рік тому +4

    This story was written by a person whose cats fought under the door 😾😼😸

  • @CosmicAggressor
    @CosmicAggressor Рік тому +2

    Damn. That is some good work.

  • @Raleyg
    @Raleyg Рік тому +1

    Marduk seems like a really chill god-king

  • @endplanets
    @endplanets Рік тому +1

    Missing from Steven King's "Dream Catcher Movie"
    Also "AAAHHH Real monsters"

  • @mistformsquirrel
    @mistformsquirrel Рік тому +1

    So springing this on a player next time I DM. "Right I gotta go to the latrine..."
    *COSMIC LION MAN FIGHT ENSUES*

  • @Robshi
    @Robshi Рік тому +1

    Thank you Extra History for giving me the perfect myth to watch whilst on the toilet.

  • @LegoCookieDoggie
    @LegoCookieDoggie Рік тому +1

    Would honestly be down for more toilet themed myths

  • @AltainiaInfinity
    @AltainiaInfinity Рік тому +4

    I wonder if this is where Lionel gets his toilet fascination from in Animal Crossing...

  • @Darkgun231
    @Darkgun231 Рік тому +2

    I need to buy a lion-centaur figurine to decorate my bathroom with.

  • @elihinze3161
    @elihinze3161 27 днів тому

    Every day that passes, I love the ancient Mesopotamians and their shenanigans even more.

  • @TheSpencermacdougall
    @TheSpencermacdougall Рік тому +1

    I thought this was going to be about some myth that inspired that Legend of Zelda Hand in the Toilet asking for Toilet paper, but I am not disappointed with what I watched.

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono Рік тому +2

    Lion man of Babylon, there he sat down,...

  • @petercolson2990
    @petercolson2990 Рік тому +2

    You missed a trick not making the pun 'Guardians of the Lavatory'

  • @JOGA_Wills
    @JOGA_Wills Рік тому +1

    Shulok has been kickin my rear for awhile after some great tacos last night.. Where are you Urmahluullu, you are my only hope

  • @jacobshore5115
    @jacobshore5115 Рік тому +2

    Sorry if this is TMI, but I think Šulak was haunting me today, I’ve had some painful diarrhea!

  • @JustaThing
    @JustaThing Рік тому +4

    The hero we need

  • @felixheitzer2262
    @felixheitzer2262 Рік тому +2

    Cool to hear abought these guardian monsters👍

  • @TJ-vh2ps
    @TJ-vh2ps Рік тому +1

    This is my new favorite myth! ❤

  • @Campfire_Bandit
    @Campfire_Bandit Рік тому +2

    Loved this!

  • @TJ-vh2ps
    @TJ-vh2ps Рік тому +1

    Ah… finally an explanation of where the term “loo” (UrmahlulLU) came from! 🧐

  • @Ordog-pc6nw
    @Ordog-pc6nw Рік тому +3

    Not the toilets noooo!

  • @enkephalin07
    @enkephalin07 Рік тому +1

    If toilets are left unmonitored, you never know what they'll do.

  • @aaronbecker5617
    @aaronbecker5617 Рік тому

    All work is noble if the person doing it is

  • @JacobL228
    @JacobL228 6 місяців тому

    And now we have things like the Wemic race modeled after Urmahlullu, the Tlincalli race modeled after Girtablilu, and many other Mesopotamian monster races in Dungeons & Dragons.

  • @josephcronin2965
    @josephcronin2965 Рік тому

    Omg the block of ice meal at the end reminds me of the Flintstones frozen meals

  • @musiclover01ization
    @musiclover01ization Рік тому +1

    This was a very interesting video. I was very entertained by this myth.

  • @LeoAngora
    @LeoAngora Рік тому

    Lion-men fighting? That explains the loud roars heard during my #2

  • @AK-qh6lr
    @AK-qh6lr 8 місяців тому +1

    It is rumored that Shulock has taken on a new form... AS A SKIBIDI TOILET!!!!!

  • @BradHann
    @BradHann Рік тому +1

    Guardian of the Toilet needs to be on merch.

  • @aduck5639
    @aduck5639 Рік тому +1

    Is this just their explanation for loud bowel movements? They kinda sound like lion roars, if they're deep.

  • @danielsantiagourtado3430
    @danielsantiagourtado3430 Рік тому +5

    Amazing video! Never stop beign awesome guys!🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊