S3 E1 : CHINESE MYTHOLOGY

welcome back to another episode of myths and mysteries and black and white with you two hosts Josh and Ed what you say been a long time coming this brother it has been it has been like say that not just new episode but a new season yeah series but first things first same old as always Ed how are you doing mate I'll tell you I've been lost I've been lost without this yeah but yeah no not too bad mate not too bad it's same old like I say not a lot has changed like since we head off really no nothing's really happened too much so but um no I'm just so pleased to be back doing what we love absolutely we haven't we haven't been out doing investigations or not because we've been really but it's just seemed like ever since the season ended we've been just so busy yeah yeah exactly but but now we're getting back to it hopefully it's gonna spare us on now absolutely make time to yeah to do so yeah exactly I mean first things first I want to say an apology straight away because I won't go into detail but I've been struggling with a few things recently so no need to apologize that mate that's that's one of the main reasons why there hasn't been we've gone so long with that before but oh ******* hell Josh it's been that long I can't even talk now no but that's one of the main reasons why it's took so long to get season 3 up and running but we're here and we're here to stay and stay yeah and also we are going back to our old ways because we feel so much more comfortable and if people don't like it that is up to them yeah because you know and we we just feel more comfortable yeah I know like the profanities and everything and everyone's a cup of tea and we respect that and we're sorry but that is just who we are yeah and if you can't get behind us for who we are then you ain't ever gonna like us yeah let's be honest yeah exactly so so **** it yeah but no as we said last season this season we'll be talking all about different mythologies yeah I met up with a couple days ago we've got a full on plan now yeah not just of the podcast itself but other things that we're gonna be working on yeah other projects or all different kinds of things so if you haven't subscribed to the YouTube channel please do yeah and also I don't know about you Josh but we could probably put one or two of the different things on our Facebook as well to keep yeah on the on the Facebook yeah and as well as our tik-tok Instagram and Twitter so exactly we'll be yeah we'll be releasing we're gonna be busy boys this way we've pretty much got a whole week set yeah we set now what we're gonna be doing so so we are back and we're back with a vengeance exactly and we're here to stay and I just want to say a massive thank you to everyone who's been excited for us to come back asking us when are we coming back and yeah and we're here we're home this is it yeah like I said we'll be talking about different mythologies we've split them into four or five groups yeah yeah because I was sorry to cut you there Josh but when on our last episode we said we was doing four mm-hmm but me and Josh after our meeting we are now doing five mm-hmm because I just feel like we just need a little bit extra and yeah and I feel like people are gonna enjoy them as well yeah absolutely so for the first group we've decided basically what I'll say we'll give you a sort of brief rundown basically what's happening is each mythology or topic we're covering is split into five episodes so I'll be five episodes on Greek mythology five episodes on Egyptian five on Norse and five on Asian and the mystery one as well yeah do we tell them about the mystery five at the end or should we leave it I say we leave it for now comment see if you can figure out what it is yeah see if you can figure out what it is what I will say it's not like the other four mythologies no I think outside the box for this one it's not even realistically a mythology not as no but it's it ties in with it yeah they have their own mythology yeah so see if you can figure out the other one it's just because it's cool yeah but no so obviously the first group of mythologies we're gonna be covering is Asian yeah and we split it because it was difficult because there's such a vast majority when it comes to Asian mythology yeah we could do an entire season on that itself yeah it's a whole continent so what we've done we've chosen five that peak our interest out of all of them yeah and we're gonna be discussing them and it will be a different country each episode so for the first episode we will be talking about the Chinese mythology yeah I knew nothing about Asian mythology at all absolutely nothing and I was doing my research this past week looking up like things to do with Chinese mythology yeah my ******* god it is actually unreal yeah it's mad it's unbelievable like so I'm the same as you oh the only thing I knew about like Chinese mythology is dragon yeah yeah cause that is that is the only thing really I've done any research on so but but when I have looked into dribs and drabs shall we say yeah of different Chinese mythology it is to the brim yeah it's so well diversified yeah exactly and that's another thing I think we all mentioned with all of the mythology topics we're gonna be covering we cannot cover every single thing because we will be here for the rest of our lives so we've trimmed them down as best as we can to basically give you a brief rundown of the mythology so we shall we say yeah so without further ado let's get season 3 going yeah boy so to start off with with Chinese mythology I think the best place to start off is obviously with the creation so in the cosmic chaos there was an egg inside the egg was somebody called Pangu not Pingu Pangu and he was the first God and the first giant basically the first being yeah so in our retrospect it'd be like God for Christianity yeah exactly exactly that's another thing I want to say we may joke we may laugh at certain things here and they're not just with this topic but with every single one we don't mean any offense at all if somebody genuinely does believe in this stuff we're just it's us we can't help it so as I said there was a this Pangu was the first God first giant the first Saint being well whilst he was in the egg he created heaven and earth and every day he grew the heavens would grow 10 feet taller and the earth would grow 10 feet thicker well after about 18,000 years Pangu was finally finished and with some saying that this was the formation of the yin of the infamous yin yang symbol yeah with yin being the turbid earth and yang being the limpid heaven however some believe that yin yang came first and created Pangu so again depending on what you believe or not so could that be like saying that yin yang could be like the first because I don't sound like they were a sentient being no I say it's more of like a spirit or yeah like a like a matter of yeah I think I think that's what they're getting and they pretty much used Pangu to create an embodiment for themselves yeah maybe yeah oh man time off I've got so philosophical I ain't all just about hunting and trapping and ---- like that I'm thinking outside the box well as with all living things obviously eventually they must die and so did Pangu but with his death creation bloomed for his body became everything we see around us so his left eye became the Sun and his right eye became the moon the stars were formed from the strands of his beard his four limbs became the edges of the earth his blood formed the rivers his breath formed the winds and clouds his head became the earth itself and its hairs became the plants and trees his teeth became metal and rocks and finally his sweat and fluids became the rain where's the sea? I don't know he's gone and also I don't just say it so was Pangu a flat earth flat earther because he's saying like his arms and legs were the edges of the earth and there's no edges because the earth's round and they're saying that he was the first flat earther big up Pangu see so anybody out there that believes oh yeah it's flat earth yeah Pangu come up with it first yeah get original well after some time came the goddess Nua and she saw the earth created by Pangu and saw Pangu and saw how beautiful it was and decided to live there but after a while she became lonely and decided to start making people she took up the yellow earth and started to form people with her bare hands almost like a clay model basically and there's just like boom person so there's loads of morphs yeah yeah pretty much if you know you know big up morph he used to terrify me when I was little really yeah I bet Mr. Blobby did as well ******* I hate that prick **** Mr. Blobby anyone who likes Mr. Blobby is a dickhead hold on I'm sorry you're a dickhead bro I used to love Mr. Blobby ******* terrified me it was the voice hold on **** it off he was great well this became very exhausting obviously she's creating bare people with her hands that is gonna get knackered so she took a leather cord and dragged it through the earth shaking pieces of the earth off and those pieces became people along the way why she didn't just do that in the first place I don't know didn't think of it well now after a while these people began to die so instead of constantly creating humans she gave them a way to reproduce well many years later dirty bitch she spit to death of all these people dying she's like give them cocks give them cocks and vajayjays jesus christ well many years later a massive flood passed over the entire land and only two people survived now this is where it gets a bit mad Adam and Eve? I don't know maybe but they were brother and sister oh yeah of course now both of them wanted to reproduce to ensure humanity would survive however they felt great shame because they knew they were siblings they called to the heavens but received no answers so they decided to do two tests the first was they went up a high mountain rolling two millstones on either side of the mountain and if they ended up next to each other it means they could marry right I don't know how but they did the rocks ended up meeting at the bottom they dug a ditch so it would meet at the bottom yeah yeah our homeboy he was like yeah I'm done gotta get some action the second test is they went to two different locations and started fires and if the smoke from the fires intertwined with each other it means they could have children oh get real that's what I mean I love mythology but sometimes it's just so mad yeah exactly basically whoever came up with these stories or anything like that they're pretty much saying they were all inbred yeah yep and as we said before the smoke didn't intertwine of course it did because wind works like that yeah so the siblings believe that they had the blessings from heaven however when the sister finally gave birth it was not the child that he expected instead she gave birth to a spherical piece of flesh so she just gave birth to the head yeah pretty much otherwise nothing just blob there's a blobfish she gave birth to a ******* blobfish we've all come from blobfish what do you mean we've got blobfish if you don't know what they are look it up oh honestly just be prepared I feel sorry for them because if reincarnation is a thing or something like that and you come back and you think oh what buzz oh I'm a blobfish no wonder they look so sad because I would if I looked like that they're so clapped how clapped they actually are I'll admit I'm not the best looking of people but I must get a little bit higher than a ******* blobfish I'm just saying I do feel for them I think if I went fishing I caught one I think I'd kill it yeah it's just I'm doing you a favour here mate I wonder what they taste like I can't imagine them tasting nice just because of that clapping book I'd still try well this caused the pet to begin weeping which is when Nua heard them and appeared before them she took a knife and cut open the piece of flesh and formed not one but many children so she's thinking she's having a kid she's given birth to a blobfish they've cut the blobfish open and now she's got about 54 children what do you mean she's had a belly full of people she's just gave birth to a village oh no I've given birth to this monstrosity no need to fear Nua is here cut open boom you now have lutein **** I would weep at all no offence lutein jesus christ well after humanity had been created again and was reproducing the jade emperor lutein's even more incest oh yeah yeah we're all depicted from ancestry work for game of thrones well after humanity had been created and was reproducing the jade emperor lord of the heavens sent three emperors to rule over them now this is where I am going to apologise because if I butcher these names I don't speak chinese so I might not get the right pronunciation ok you don't speak chow mein oh no I'm very sorry I don't mean that I'm very sorry oh no the first he sent was tian guan do you know what I've noticed you've gone off topic a bit chinese is the only accent where if you try and pronounce something as clear as possible it still sounds racist yeah I know what you mean like you can't help but do an accent whenever you're speaking something to do with chinese it just naturally happens like I just went ting wang you see what I mean try and say ting wan right now and tell me it doesn't even remotely racist I'm sorry China we're getting pulled off mate well he was the ruler of heaven and would bring happiness, freedom and riches sounds like a good man the second was di huang meaning the ruler of the earth and he would judge over the people and their actions the third was shi huang so you've got di huang, shi huang, ting huang I take they're all brothers yeah they must be he was emperor of the water and he would control the waters and overcome diseases good man sounds like a good people all three emperors would be worshipped all over China and when the jade emperor saw humans on earth he decided to give them some rules on food right nah he thought the other bit got mad this is where it gets a bit more mad because in order to give the rules to the people the jade emperor decided to call upon a beetle right because that's a saying right they never said anything about they create the animals yeah they just showed up yeah and the dinosaurs yeah well the jade emperor called upon a beetle and told it to tell the humans to eat once every three days however by the time the beetle arrived back to earth it confused the message and told humans to eat three times every day this caused humans to gorge themselves and along with that they began to obviously excrete a lot I'm not making this up I swear to god this is genuine Chinese mythology is this how the dung beetles come about yes during this time heaven and earth was held together by great pillars and the jade emperor couldn't stand the smell and destroyed the pillars to separate heaven and earth and as you just said to punish the beetle he made it eat the dung that the humans made dung beetle creation of the dung beetle so there's a bit of a mad back story of like the creation of Chinese mythology so that when they worship that is how they believe the creation of earth will happen through ancestry and shitting beetles I'll give him points on originality yeah ******* Tolkien no George RR Martin yeah that's where you missed the trick George you forgot the beetles ---- rolling beetles to punish the beetle he's got to ******* eat the ---- has he got the message wrong how did that happen nowadays and I'm a delivery driver you sent the wrong parcel to somewhere it's like right you're eating ---- for the rest of your life that boy whatever was in that parcel you're eating that for the rest of your life Jesus Christ well Chinese mythology had covered has covers of many different gods emperors and so forth and like I said we'll be here all day if we spoke about them so I've got here the main 10 deities deities of Chinese mythology and again apologies for butchering the names so the 10th one is Yu Huang who is the jade emperor who I just mentioned so obviously I just spoke about him so I'm not going to go over him again so he's the jade emperor because he sent the 3 emperors to do like heaven earth and water so is the jade emperor meant to be like god then yeah I think so I think like this Pangu and Nua were like the original the OG's they must have fucked off or died or whatever jade emperor took over and now he sent these 3 well the 9th one is Fuxi Fuxi? Fuxi? I don't know how they say the X I let's say Fuxi well he is one of the oldest gods in Chinese mythology considered by many of one of the 3 people who helped create the world number 1 he was responsible for teaching the humans basic survival skills including fishing hunting, farming and medicine he is also credited with the invention of Chinese writing right and he is often depicted with a snake wrapped around his body symbolising harmony between opposites and he is also seen as the great protector of couples and families and is worshipped in weddings and birth ceremonies why a snake? I don't know maybe because serpent see we are getting on so why can't you get on sort of thing well number 8 is Nua who again I have already mentioned so I won't go over her again number 7 is Shenong and he is one of the strongest gods in Chinese mythology and is considered one of the 3 kings who helped create Chinese civilisation and he is depicted as a man with either an ox or a dragon head according to legend he is the creator of traditional Chinese medicine and is credited with discovering many medicinal plants and developing techniques for agriculture right so he made joints laughing that's why he is loved laughing he found a way to make joints laughing big up Shenong laughing he is prayed to in ceremonies for healing and protection against diseases and plagues as well as protector of farming number 6 you have Guanyin she is considered the goddess of mercy and compassion and she is depicted as a female figure with multiple arms symbolising her ability to save many people simultaneously she is willing to always help those who suffer which makes her one of the most famous deities of Chinese mythology due to being constantly invoked in prayers and asked for help number 5 you have Chang'e and she is Chang'e laughing she is an important goddess in Chinese mythology as she is associated with the moon and this is a bit of a weird story she is depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a jade tiara that wasn't the story because jade is an emerald like thing isn't it well according to legend she fell in love with a mortal archer called Houyi maybe the skilled bowman was tasked with protecting the world from the attack of 10 firebirds that burnt everything in their path he shot 9 of them down however he pardoned one to serve as the sun that illuminates and warms our world so apparently the sun is a big bird but weren't it Pan Gu's eye well this is what I don't get very contradicting because his left eye was the sun and his right eye was the moon so I don't get unless the sun was always there but he used the firebird to actually create the heat well mind you it does say illuminate and warm the earth maybe the sun was there it just might do its job yeah true well as a reward he was given the potion of immortality by the gods one day Chang'e couldn't resist her curiosity and peeked into what her husband had kept and what she saw was the potion she ingested the whole thing causing her to fly into the moon where she lives to this day ******* Armstrong didn't say neither did Buzz Aldrin I thought they'd have said something that's what I mean when they say to this day because we've been to the moon apparently where's she at on the dark side of the moon the fourth one is Le Gong he is the god of thunder and lightning in Chinese mythology Thor yeah he is considered a defiant judge in charge of punishing those who violate laws and ethical principles he is depicted as an opposing man wearing a red robe and carrying an iron hammer so it's a BTEC Thor it's just Chinese Thor I would say BTEC that just makes mate Thor has Mjolnir this guy has an iron hammer yeah but that might have a cool name Mjolnir I don't know you can't start having the Chinese and the Norse gun at each other a giant god war do you know what I mean gods against gods god of war that's Kratos just ******* them all up all the mythologies going against each other that would be pretty cool he is often summoned in religious ceremonies to ask for justice and protection on number 3 we have Shi Wang Mu and she was known as the Queen Mother of the West and is associated with immortality, healing and longevity she is considered a benevolent and compassionate figure she is depicted as a beautiful and elegant woman dressed in long robes and a hat with phoenix feathers she is seen as the guardian of nature's secrets able to grant immortality and healing for those who revere her number 2 we have Nezha I had to be careful there you ain't gotta be careful he is a unique figure in Chinese mythology associated with protection, courage and loyalty he is depicted as a child with magical powers and superhuman abilities such as controlling fire and wind he's an avatar he is also seen as the champion of the innocent and oppressed number 1 is Sun Wukong another monkey god you've probably heard of him or at least seen a picture of this geezer he's the dom can you remember a film called The Forbidden Kingdom vaguely Jackie Chan and Jet Li and Jet Li was the monkey god Sun Wukong yeah that was a great film like we said he is the famous monkey king in Chinese mythology he is born from a magic stone and is trained to become a powerful fighter and martial arts master get him in the UFC he rebels against the gods and becomes the monkey king in an attempt to curb his rebellious behaviour the gods invited him to participate in an expedition in search of the sacred sculptures in western China he accepts the offer but causes much chaos during the expedition on his adventure he faces many enemies including demons monsters and other gods using his wit and powers he basically batters every single one of them he's always depicted with a bow star yeah I remember that in Chinese mythology he was a monkey king or monkey god or whatever it was never actually remembered his name big O so those were the 10 most famous days in Chinese mythology this story I found was pretty not interesting it's pretty decent it's the myth surrounding the Chinese Zodiac before we get on there you said about the monkey king being sick of martial arts have you ever seen how Shaolin monks train? no oh my ******* god are they the ones that sit there in the splits and have people kick them in the bollocks honestly if one of them at 14 years old went in the UFC they'd smash everyone and I mean they could be them versus Habib and John Jones and they'd knock both of them out they are unbelievable the training they have to do they have to start at a young age like 3 or 4 to build up an endurance or something a tolerance to certain things and how they train muscle training strength training, endurance training pain training I remember I was watching a TikTok about it I was in awe they are ridiculous they are just above normal humans in every single way I respect them so much that is their life do you know what I mean but they are so peaceful people honestly they are unbelievable I wouldn't want to piss one off I'm like **** that they'd fold me up and leave me on the side of the road we'd think twice about it we'd break sweat this is the myth surrounding the Chinese Zodiac some people might have heard this I think I've read it shut up you mean like the Chinese New Year yeah kind of thing it was a race I remember learning about it in school but for those that don't know in Chinese mythology the Jade Emperor wanted a way to measure time and so he organised a race to which the first 12 animals to cross the finish line or the river would earn a place on the Zodiac calendar in the order they arrived in so this is the story of the race the rat rose early with the sun to get a head start but on his way to the river he met the horse tiger and ox because he was small and couldn't swim he asked the others for help the horse and tiger refused but the ox gave him a lift as soon as they were about to cross the finish line the rat jumped off and secured first place so he was a ******* rat the ox finished second and the tiger third how can an ox beat a tiger? I don't know that is mad well the rabbit finished fourth the dragon finished fifth and the snake sixth what? the dragon should win it all exactly they fly I think it did say something like it could have flown over but it was mesmerised by the water or something like that the horse finished seventh and when the jade emperor looked over at the river he noticed the sheep, the monkey and the rooster all atop a raft working together when they made it across the trio agreed to give eighth place to the sheep followed by the monkey and the rooster next came the dog and finally last was the pig and because of this each year is associated with one of the animals of this order with the cycle starting over every 60 years so that is why obviously depending on what month you're born it's what animal you're associated with what year you're born yeah sorry yeah because we're both year of the pig ******* oink of all the animals we get a pig yeah I know I know someone who's like year of the dragon I'm like of course they are **** you so cool no but then because they call it pig or boar so I'll say you're a boar sounds better than a pig they were last it's tragic it's sad I still can't get that though how an ox beats a tiger yeah it's a bit mad when you've got a dragon, a tiger even a snake and a horse, I mean an ox beats them I mean a rat makes sense because he's on top of the ******* thing's head madness let's say it must have been a head start like he was already crossing over by the time the tiger jumped in right we're going to somehow we're going to do this in real life we're going to we could use a komodo dragon couldn't we he'd eat all the rest of them well no we're doing it like they're in compartments and they can't alright yeah they can't eat each other and then yeah to see which one actually wins then we do the whole lot I'm done if anyone knows where we can get a komodo dragon tiger, horse, fox rat monkey, sheep dog and the others please let us know rooster snake I mean snake would be the easiest one to get out of them all yeah it's a pet shop besides a rabbit and a pig we've got them three on lock have you got an ox? yeah what for? we want to race them what are we racing them against? well snake, dragon are you doing the chinese race? yeah we could sell tickets yeah that'd be pretty cool that's not if you'd be interested I doubt we would do that that'd be so cool it would but talking of dragons obviously we can't mention chinese mythology without mentioning the dragons which is obviously your territory yeah it's very much my territory nothing has changed that much I still have a ---- phone so oh right well for starters it's worth noting that the chinese dragon or a lung as they're actually mainly called is very different from the european dragon if you've seen our other dragon episodes you know this for example while european dragons breathe fire the chinese dragon typically breathes clouds the anatomy of the chinese dragon which I have mentioned before is also unique the head for instance often looks like that of a camel while the eyes look like those of a demon similarly the neck looks like that of a snake whereas it's paws are of a tiger contrary to what most people assume the legendary chinese dragon was not usually was usually not vengeful ancient chinese people didn't usually blame dragons for natural catastrophes and other disasters instead they often saw dragons as benevolent, wise and powerful no one knows exactly when legends about dragons first originated but the symbol dates back to at least 3000 BCE ******* hell according to one theory the legendary chinese dragon evolved out of ancient totem worship practices ancient people may have created dragons by combining attributes of several creatures like tigers snakes, eagles and carp I suppose the scales yeah a different theory poses that the Yan Emperor a legendary chinese leader from the dynastic times was born of an encounter with a powerful dragon as a result Yan Di was more powerful than most leaders, he partnered with emperor Huang Di and together they conquered their enemies unified China and according to myth pioneered chinese civilization as time progressed many Chinese came to believe that Yan Di was one of their ancestors which by extension meant that they were also descendants of dragons right we all know that in the real world dragons do not exist, well they do and they don't yeah some people do still believe dragons did exist but it's very difficult to say if they did or didn't but in the mythological stories they inhabit, dragons reside in a variety of places the celestial dragon for example lives in the sky while the coiling dragon lives in the sea dragons are significant in chinese culture because they are associated with business prosperity so during chinese new year many celebrations start with a dragon dance yeah the aim of the dance is not just to attract attention but to also ask for a prosperous new business year from the dragon gods good harvest and health in traditional times chinese farmers requested plentiful harvest by making offerings to dragon gods when drought struck they did the same in an attempt to encourage a downpour from the heavens some people also believe dragons can protect their lands and harvest from flood damage in addition to chinese new year the dragon is a very significant creature during the dragon boat festival a chinese holiday that's celebrated throughout china in late spring or early summer during this festival dragon shaped boat races are traditionally held I've never even heard of that there are many theories about how the dragon boat festival originated one theory suggests that in its earliest form the festival was celebrated to request good health as well as bountiful harvest from the dragon gods protective tokens in china people believe dragons can offer protection to homes and businesses they're seen as protective figures and that can be printed or engraved on sentimental or valuable objects dragons are powerful creatures of chinese mythology, they're associated with the ability to control the seasons, time and harvests, generally they symbolise the following, everything male in traditional chinese society men were considered to be physically strong and powerful and were often influential in community matters not anymore dragons were employed as representations of this relative dominance in traditional society masculine traits thus were considered physical manifestations of the mythological dragon nobleness according to chinese astrology those who were born in the year of the dragon are more prosperous and noble than others, for example 1988 2000 and 2012 are considered dragon years many chinese people, those born during dragon years to be strong willed, decisive and self confident cocky bastards oh no you've got a ******* dragon, i'm pissed off about that agricultural life according to chinese mythology dragons control the weather and seasons though most dragons are wingless, male dragons possess the power to fly to the heavens and bring rain while female dragons control earthly waters like rivers, lakes, seas and wells good fortune some people also believe dragons symbolise fortune and good luck thus people often engrave dragons on utensils and personal items to attract the best life has to offer kindness in china dragons are a symbol of kindness and warmth chinese dragons are colourful creatures and each colour holds unique symbolism for example blue and green dragons symbolise nature health and tranquility some people also associate blue and green dragons with healing, peace and rest other notable dragon colours are the white dragon the white dragon symbolises purity just like in the west however people sometimes also associate it with death and mourning and see it as a bad omen the red dragon symbolises good fortune for this reason the symbols popular are weddings and other celebrations to encourage happiness and good luck the yellow dragon symbolises good fortune and power some also believe this dragon can control time and seasons since it's the most revered dragon ancient people often used it as a symbol of empire and the emperor people also generally associate this dragon with attributes like warmth, wisdom and wealth the black dragon most people associate the black dragon with vengeance thus it's often linked to catastrophes like storms and floods and there's different types of chinese dragons the chinese tradition include a variety of different dragon types each is surrounded with a wealth of rich symbolism you've got the spiritual dragon the spiritual dragon is blue and controls both the rain and the winds it's job is to ensure that humans benefit from these two elements the winged dragon the fact that this dragon has wings is somewhat strange considering that most chinese dragons are wingless it is however a very significant type of dragon it symbolises rain and at the times floods the celestial dragon this dragon resides in the sky where it protects the celestial gods from falling to earth the coiling dragon known to live in the seas the coiling dragon controls time while most dragons possess the ability to ascend to the sky the coiling dragon is restricted to the waters treasure dragon the chinese believe that this dragon can protect hidden treasures like precious metals, money and personal wealth the underworld dragon this dragon controls rivers, streams and seas some believe it's the feminine version of the spiritual dragon and for this reason the two can copulate they shag so pretty much I'll say that it's like the ying to the yang the horned dragon the horned dragon is one of the most powerful dragons in the chinese tradition although sometimes depicted as having evil tendency is also associated with making rain and lastly the king dragon or dragon king or dragon god this is considered the most powerful of all dragons he can appear in a variety of shapes and is often depicted as human he is thought to reign over the seas of china in all four directions east, west, north and south dragons may only be mythological creatures but they are very important to the chinese people and the impact of this cultural phenomenon is far reaching historically dragons have served as important symbols with a variety of mostly positive meanings understanding chinese dragons brings you one step closer to a better understanding of traditional chinese culture and there we have it I mean they are cool but even just like the drawings and like depictions you see of them they look stunning you know what i mean i prefer european dragons don't get me wrong they look sick they look absolutely sick i love all dragons but for some reason i think because of like being brought up like dragon heart and that i've always been always knew about european dragons before chinese you know what i mean so i think that's why i personally i prefer european but they are so cool like you say like the scales of carp they got eyes of demons the paws of tigers the body of snakes it's just like how they mismatched it to make sense so elegant so fearsome i think as well it's the case of like you said they've all got their own purpose or their own meaning and they're completely different from one another like i mean half of them make it rain which you know what i mean like different colours and all that kind of thing i just find that so interesting oh yeah i do like you say they got the ******* dragon king which is cool which is apparently human i think it's a shade shift i am a dragon they tell us it's time to go back to bed it's weird as well like you've got the white dragon that depicts death which i think is a bit mad and then the black dragon is vengeance but no i do get that you know when it's bad like the real piss it down it's like black clouds black skies i do kind of get that but still why do they all have to make it rain that's what confuses me they're like it's my turn to make it rain that's my turn can one of you just ******* make it rain already i think people still do it now where they offer like gifts like milk and honey and stuff like that to dragon gods if they've got their own statue they offer it to them to bring good harvest good fortune and stuff like that but nothing that officially wraps up chinese mythology like i say it is shortened down because they say we'll be doing this like 6 hours yeah exactly but no that is and hopefully it's like a kickstarter for you at home if you're interested in what me and josh said you can then go on to look more into chinese mythology they say there's stuff about demons there's stuff about different monsters different deities i'd look up the monkey god the monkey king he's the boy some of the stuff i've seen is quite funny so it's quite interesting but yeah i'm about done same here right well if i remember right next week we are talking about buddhist mythology if i'm right yeah i think so we should have looked at the book before yeah we should have we've only just started coming back we'll get back into it yeah yeah we'll do buddhist mythology next week it is on the list but if it weren't second we'll just swap it so yeah that'll be our next one so once again thank you very much for listening we're finally back again apologies this took so long for us to come back you're about to finish not just yet trust me i remember the routine but i don't remember what i was saying sorry nah you're alright yeah that was it apologies this took so long for us to come back well you say that apologising but surely that's well i'm hoping that's keeping people interested it'll make it more sweeter when we are back yeah exactly because otherwise if it was like two weeks people wouldn't have time to miss us yeah i know what you mean so hopefully you have missed us but like we said we are coming back with much more so please do subscribe to the youtube channel because there will be a lot more content coming out on there quite a few three things a week yeah three things a week at least on the youtube so a mass not including vlogs and things like that and investigations and all that kind of thing also i'd like to mention we haven't forgot about the BTR investigation we did it's just we've had a couple of difficulties with the recording it's all there don't worry it's just taken us a little bit longer to finish it off pretty much so i want to apologise to BTRT they were thinking it couldn't have been good because they didn't post it it's not that at all it is coming and i really enjoyed that night and i hope we get to do that again yeah soonish we need to get them on the podcast we do we've messaged them and we've said it to them but they've been so busy because they are doing so much at the minute and we've been busy it's just trying to find the time to do it this is when we are doing it crack on sort of thing massive massive thank you to everyone that has asked us where does the podcast start or even still been listening throughout it listening to previous episodes we do massively appreciate it i think that's about it yeah so where can they find us well josh they can find us on our facebook group which is missing mysteries in black and white you have to get approved but don't worry we will approve you anyway it's just people if they start ******* about we can put them off you can find us on facebook you can find us on our instagram which is missing mysteries underscore you can follow us on twitter which is it's x now follow us on x it's twitter what was it 10 hang on i will find out why have they done that elon musk that's why uh it is oh it's at it's mysteries one or you just type black and white and it will pop up you can then make sure to follow us on our tiktok which is missing mysteries i can't talk some things never change so yeah you can follow us on that you can email us with your theories your sightings your criticisms your praise which we prefer but anything to do with the podcast or us in general just make sure you can email us at missing mysteries at outlook.com i nearly forgot that you can subscribe to us on our youtube channel which is missing mysteries but the easiest way to find it at the minute is through our facebook group because of the algorithms and all that buggery i think that is tiktok, twitter, instagram, facebook and the email but josh where can you listen to us you can listen to us at let's see if i remember this podbean, spotify, amazon, samson podchaser, playerfm and iheartradio fantastic i think that is all of them but yeah listen to us on there i mean you obviously are because you listen to us right now but if you ever fancy listening to us on a different platform fill your boots but yeah keep an eye out let's say the best out of the groups the best one is the facebook group because that's the easiest one and it's the one we seem to post the most so that will be the best one to go on but yeah i'm so pleased we have started season 3 we're finally back it took a while but we're here but like i say josh don't apologise for that because you're human at the end of the day mate and i'd rather you be ok to come back and not to force yourself and then not enjoy it and give up completely but nah it does feel good but yeah we will see you next week happy hunting