Every Monster in Mesopotamian Mythology Explained

The oldest monsters ever written down were not born in chaos. Most of them had a job, and most of them had a boss. Every claim in this video is anchored to a named text. Sources are on screen as they come up and listed below. CHAPTERS 0:00 Cold Open 0:26 Tiamat 1:31 The Eleven 2:36 The Scorpion-Men 3:33 Humbaba 4:35 The Bull of Heaven 5:25 Anzû 6:18 Asag 7:09 Lamashtu 7:55 Pazuzu 8:46 The Fish-Man and the Bull-Man 9:26 The Count 9:55 Close SOURCES · Enūma Eliš · The Epic of Gilgamesh · The Epic of Anzû · Lugal-e (Ninurta's Exploits) · Akkadian incantation texts Series playlist: Myths Explained Illustrations and narration for this video are AI-assisted; the research, script and edit are not. #mythology #mesomonsters