The Pied Piper of Hamelin

In 1284, the town of Hamelin, Germany was overrun by rats, that pillaged food supply, attacked people, and spread plague throughout the town. The people's prayers are answered in the form of the Pied Piper, whose magical pipe and songs lead the rats away from the town. But trouble begins to brew when the town's officials refuse to pay the Piper his promised price!

MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.

MUSIC:
"A Chantar m'es al cor" cover by Silke Gwendolyn Schulze
"Relaxing Fantasy music" Elysio
"Village Consort" Unwind Station

OPENING:

ARTISTS FEATURED:
Lucas Salcedo
Kate Greenaway
Anna Dzierzek
O. Herrfurth
Penlee Heath
Aleksander Ratajczak
Francisca Momberg
Juliano Souza
Chris Rawlins
Natalya Tertychnaya
Elizabeth Adela Stanhope Forbes
Mark Breadon

REFERENCES:
“The Children of Hamelin” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

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[MythologyUnleashed]

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[matheussanthiago]

Pied Piper is a cautionary tale about doing commissions without upfront payment

[rjmckenzie]

This is always an interesting tale for me because this is a good example of an anti hero. I don't blame the Pied Pier for wanting revenge I would want some to but I won't lead kids to an unknown place. It's always important to respect and give honor to wear honor is due.

[robbabcock_]

A wonderful tale! Despite these being such well-known parts of Western culture I don't recall ever seeing a video about this one til now. Very well done!

[redmondpeters]

In one version of the story the lame child did make it to the mountain where the piper and the other children went. But the entrance closed before he could go with them. Supposedly he spent the rest of his life waiting outside the entrance hoping to go in. A tragic tale to be certain 🥺

[noellehollar]

Fantastic telling of this classic Grimm tale! It's one of my favorites, and it was a delight to listen to you tell it here. Thank you for the wonderful video!!

[mariemuller]

Hameln is a very beautiful city and the tale is very known in my area, i live not very far away from the city 😄
greetings from germany 😋

[trackerjacker]

Such a great channel. I grew up studying and continue to study all of these stories. I’m particularly interested in Slavic, Celtic and Scandinavian stories as they are of my people, but you bring such a wide array no one else has. Good on you, and good for us. Myths teach, an the young ones need to be taught. Please never call it quits.

[GarrettFruge]

Years ago I was writing a Don Quixote fan fic series which had a more high-fantasy slant involving Don Quixote with various story book-inspired characters and supernatural adventures. In one of them he took a quest to rescue the children kidnapped by a mysterious drifter using a magical flute, which was part of a slate of enchanted McGuffins pointing toward the antagonist enchantress.

Cool presentation, The Pied Piper is one of my favorite fairy tales!

[lenkaubauba]

To anyone intersted in this character, I would recommend a book The Pied Piper by Viktor Dyk, it is written in a really catchy way. And I also have a fun fact I read on Wikipedia: In Hamelin town records it was mentioned something about their children leaving.

[BeanSidhe]

The funny thing is, there seems to be a bit of truth to the story. Around 1300, an inscription was made in the town's church to commemorate the sudden disappearance of 130 children in 1284. Theory is that the young townsfolk were taken away by settlers, who wanted manpower for their newly founded settlements in the east. This was later merged with the legend of the pied piper, which was originally another, unrelated legend.

[OnizukaAllMighty]

This story needs a really good horror/drama adaptation with great supernatural elements

[joedefilippo]

Sounding great! Love the grim fairy tales. Please do more of them

[YourNameFX]

you can actually find small bronze rats in the city of hamelin today. If you follow them, theyre actually lead you to the weser river :)

[dragowolfraven]

I remember this story. Thanks for posting this.😊

[DRaikageDes]

I loved this tale as a kid love more as an adult fully understanding it now

[AdditionalAndrew]

Funny thing about the story of the pied piper, it's talked about like a fairy tale, but it was based on a true story. Unlike other grim stories.

[greathoundii]

The scary thing about this story is we have no knowledge of what happened to the children.

[Eye_Exist]

This story is one of the first stories I remember hearing in my childhood. something it feels so surreal.

[sarahhurst]

Awesome video my friend! And what a powerful allegory, as well! I had heard of the Pied Piper, but until now, I hadn't known of it's significance. I love your overall concept, great narration & presentation, & well researched! Very educational. Thank you for that! Keep these coming!🌍🌈