Name: 怪獸：他們是我們，男人。世界神話速成班#36 (Monsters. They're Us, Man: Crash Course World Mythology #36)
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Hi there, I'm Mike Rugnetta, this is Crashcourse
Mythology and today is the first of a few

episodes focused on one of the greatest aspects
of myths-in-general: Mythical cvreatures.

And today: one, terrible, international monster
in particular.

Uuhh… as long as you also promise to protect
me.

NO WE DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT 'SPLIT UP TO
COVER MORE GROUND'

INTRO
What do we mean by the word “monster”?

In English we use “monster” to describe
something or someone outside the bounds of

Monster comes from the Latin word that means
“to show,” and we see its root in words

But, monsters don't just act monstrously,
their monstrosity is usually pretty visible

Almost any mythical creature could technically
qualify as a monster, but from our studies

you probably get a sense it's trickier than
that.

Unicorns, for instance, are way outside normal
appearance and behavior... but no one calls

The sphinx provides another way to think through
this.

There are actually a number of sphinxes – but
most applicable here are the Egyptian Androsphinxes,

with a male head... like the Great Sphinx
at Giza, and the Greek Sphinx, with a female

The Egyptian Sphinx was mighty, and powerful
- but mostly considered benevolent, guarding

While the Greek Sphinx was considered FEROCIOUS
… and would mercilessly eat those who were

So we might ask - in that duo - which is the
creature? and which… is the monst er?

Beyond some naturalistic boundary, to get
labeled a “monster,” a mythical creature

usually has to transgress some kind of social
boundary, as well.

If you consider it from a psychological perspective,
particular brands of monstrosity often embody

Shapeshifters aren't automatically “monstrous”
simply because they change forms–think of

Professor McGonagall, or even The Doctor–but
because often that ability can be used to

DECEIVE–think Mystique–or lead to UNCONTROLLABLE
URGES, like with werewolves.

Vampires are another example: they may be
a human-bat combo… but that's not REALLY

Vampires are bad because of their thirst for
human blood - which is a pretty serious transgression

Often some naturalistic transgression is simply
an outward sign of what makes monsters TRULY

evil: what anthropology professor David Gilmore
calls, an “unmotivated wickedness towards

The most common version is: monsters eat people.

But sometimes that wickedness is more complicated,
and has more to do with the person who is

Monsters are often sent by gods to punish
humans for some transgression.

One of the most common images of a monster
in western art for example, is the sea monster

Because her mother Cassiopeia had bragged
that she was more beautiful than the Nereids.

Humans, just... don't brag when gods are
around.

And hey, that's another reason to have some
monsters around: you gotta give heroes something

Our friend Joseph Campbell, among otshers,
has identified the basic pattern of hero vs

It's a three-part, repetitive cycle where
the monster mysteriously appears from a dark

shadow world to menace some previously-peaceful
locale.

After the monster brings death and destruction,
the besieged community calls upon a hero who

The community rejoices, only to have the monster,
or one of the monster's kin, return and

Grendel shows up, Beowulf defeats him, and
just when he thinks he's all done, Grendel's

MOM shows up, and Beowulf has to get all heroic
all over again.

Today, however, we have a monster even more
terrifying than Grendel's super mad momma.

This incredibly frightening monster comes
from…

Sorry, Thoughtbubble: this one's for you,
eh.

Once upon a time in the late 19th century,
a first nations group is living in a camp

One day, a hunter is driven by hunger and
leaves camp to go trapping.

A few days later, people in the camp hear
the trapper screaming and howling in the woods.

The trapper has become a Wendigo, a terrifying,
man-eating ogre.

A brave group goes to look for the trapper
and find his family, all dead.

They return and tell their story, and panic
runs through the camp.

The people know that soon the Wendigo will
come for them, and they don't feel like

At the council an intrepid young warrior named
Rotten Log stands up and volunteers to fight

That night they go to the forest and build
a fire.

Sure enough, a huge monster arrives, This…
is almost certainly the Wendigo.

The Wendigo attacks Rotten Log, trying to
slash his throat and eat him, but Rotten Log

has a guardian spirit he calls on to save
him.

The spirit gives Rotten Log supernatural strength,
and after a long battle, he finally defeats

The hunters bring the creature back to the
camp and the people rejoice.

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