Folklore in Nosferatu (2024) Everyone Missed

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Don’t call it a vampire movie. The hidden folklore behind Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu suggests a different supernatural being is at the film’s center.

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https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9uBYL1OeEDh_HuCKvflhCQaAyqQSUuMA&si=NMeLSagqtGWMlYkh

00:00 Intro
00:33 My Theory: Every Robert Eggers Movie Features a Witch
02:13 Does Ellen in Nosferatu Have a Connection to the Egyptian Goddess Isis?
03:17 The Eve of Szent András (St. Andrew’s Eve) in Nosferatu Explained
04:26 Orlok’s Witchy Description of Ellen: Is It Accurate, Gaslighting, or Both?
05:25 What Is a Nonpareil?
05:52 What Is a Sylph?
06:23 Meet the Iele: Romanian Sylphs?
07:57 Ellen’s “Dancing” in Nosferatu: The Japanese Butoh (Dance of Darkness) Explained
08:23 The Significance of Lilacs in Nosferatu (2024): Flex Your Floral Vocabulary
09:51 The Seven-Pointed Star (Heptagram) in Nosferatu Explained
11:16 What Is a Solomonar? / What Are the Solomonari? Is Count Orlok a Solomonar? The Romanian Wizards Explained
11:58 Who Is Count Orlok Based on? Dracula. Who Is Dracula Based On? The Irish Vampire Abhartach
12:26 How Robert Eggers Created Von Franz, the Swiss Demonologist/Van Helsing Doppleganger
13:15 The Demonology Book at the Heart of 2024’s Nosferatu
14:42 Who Are the Three Demons Invoked in Nosferatu? Eligos, Orabas, and Asmoday Explained
17:40 The Conception of Merlin Connection in Herr Knock’s Codex of Secrets
18:11 Speed Round
18:19 The Etymology of Nosferatu
18:36 The Making and Remaking of Nosferatu: Movie Folklore
19:21 The Significance of Ellen’s Cat Greta in Nosferatu

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