The incredible Creatures of Celtic Mythology and Folklore - Mythology Bestiary - See U in History
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- Опубліковано 25 чер 2024
- Mythology Bestiary - The incredible Creatures of Celtic Mythology and Folklore - Balor - Kelps - Leprechaun - Selkie - Leanan Sidhe - Banshee - Spriggan - Sluagh - Abhartach - Questing Beast
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The Banshee was in no way evil. They were foretellers of Death, not the cause. The cries and screams of the Banshee were keening and lamenting for those about to die. In Irish mythology the Banshee is described as being a beautiful young woman with long yellow hair who sobs and keens as she washed the clothes and armour of a warrior who was to die in battle.
My mother would tell me of the Banshees and that would haunt our local forest and the “Fairy Forts” to keep me from wandering into them as a kid. As a result, the screaming of foxes at night was pant shittingly terrifying.
Thought there were people getting hurt in the Forrest for years untill I found a fox video on youtube
Your mom is awesome
Haha NERD
How do ya now its a fox and not a banshee😉🙃
@@Ronin-053 it's obvious if you know what a fox sounds like
*0:11* *Leprechaun*
*1:02* *Selkie*
*2:16* *Leanan* *Sidhe*
*3:25* *Banshee*
*4:14* *Spriggan*
*5:16* *Kelpie*
*6:24* *Sluagh*
*7:10* *Abhartach*
*8:15* *Questing* *Beast*
*9:23* *Balor*
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The modern depiction on Banshees portray them as evil beings, but in truth they aren't evil at all. All they are a omens and reminders that death was coming and that one should be prepared for it. They are not evil, they are just doing their jobs
Aye cant they catch a brake hahah
They're psychopomps, like the Grim Reaper or valkyries. They're portrayed as evil because people fear death and don't understand that they're just there as a warning or a guide. Also, banshee were originally only supposed to visit a specific Irish family or clan, and just grew out from there, perhaps as the blood line spread, I suppose.
@@michellewilt4479Yeah pretty much. Also I knew about Banshees being apart of certain families, for example someone with who Mac as there sufax name would have a Banshee. I actually think having a Banshee in your household is pretty useful, they can warn you about death so you can prepare for it. There pretty loyal fae.
@@mythicdoyenne2385 yep
The Sidhe is pronounced 'she'
I'm from Scotland, kelpies are meant to be glowing horses with red eyes. They would use their glow to attract people and as soon as you touch the kelpie, you are stuck to it and it jumps back in th the Loch (the underworld) to eat you. Apparently big bodies of water were portals to the underworld!
I wonder if this was the origin (direct or indirect) for the Water Spirit in Frozen 2 🤔
@@georgeoldsterd8994 it absolutely was! In Kelpie lore, you can avoid death (sometimes) if you can find and grab hold of its hidden reins. When Elsa is fighting the horse water spirit, she uses her powers to form a bridle and reins which allows her to control, or soothe, the spirit. It's not exactly the same as the lore, but certainly heavily inspired!
Explains why Nessie can't be found.
This has some awesome and frightening implications.
Interestingly, I think some of the elements of kelpies are the direct inspiration of our Tikbalangs in Filipino Mythology.
8:49 That creature sounds like someone from Europe had seen a giraffe in Africa, came back to Europe and described the animal to the people there. And that’s how the european people interpreted a giraffe, without ever seeing any. Seriously: long neck (like a snake), spotted body (like a leopard), split hooves (like a deer) and a tail with a tassel (like a lion).
I believe your right there are tales in Rome about a similar thing occurring when the Roman delegation would bring back giraffes
I guess giraffes were called cameleopard by greeks...
So what did we learn guys! If you see a beautiful woman/man in the forest, sea, desert, swamp or basically everywhere... it’s probably a trap.
But it’s 99.9% true even today
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Or horses
169th... nice...
Honestly that's most of folklore. I have been checking for hooves my whole life after learning of Deer Woman
The "Questing Beast" kinda sounds like a someone somewhere saw a giraffe and had a hard time describing what he saw.
-"Hey man, what did you see?"
-"Uh, it a beast that walks on four legs, tail like a lion and an incredibly long neck like a snake. Also it has spots like a leopard".
Right?
Every story and every lie comes with a grain of truth
Underrated comment right here !! 😭
I love Celtic mythology,it's rarely ever talked about so thank you!!
Well you have Christianity to thank for that
Sort of, the only written records that still exist of the Celtic myths were created by the Church. So while they saved them they also did the usual Christian thing and added details or took some away to make them fit with the doctrine of the church.
However to be fair to the ancient Irish Church back then it was very removed from the church in Rome and had many cultural and religious details that were different and were very much of their own devising. The later church was totally taken over by the church of Rome who thought it was their way or it was heracy and sent many people to make sure that the Irish Church fell in line, unfortunately.
As in truth the Irish Church had been around from the early Roman invasion period and had developed in to something very different that worked more with the Irish ways and retained much connected to the celtic/Irish culture and the people who lived there.
All the myths we still have now were recorded by that early church and it's very much a case of sorting out the original versions and myths from the dross that the church added later.
Much of it is fairly obvious though as they ascribe things that were done by some Irish mythical being to one that belongs to the church etc. The church both early and late did do what was done everywhere though and destroyed quite a lot of already sacred places to build churches on top of them using the already existing faith and mythology that existed for each place for their own profit.
@@itarry4 was less of them adding and removing things and more of striping them from context so scholars keep having the debates of was this a god or a normal human why is this description strangely identical to demons yet in the all the strorys treat them like babbling idoits in the Forrest
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal yhea. It's wasn't the total hatchet job other Christian scholars did in other places and they didn't destroy it as much as usual.
The ancient Irish church actually seems like a fairly reasonable church for the time and genuinely appears to have merged itself with the culture of the time and place more than the usual act of just riding roughshod all over the older, traditional faiths and beliefs etc that happened elsewhere.
Mind you they were operating before the conversion of the Roman Empire and later separate from the power of the Roman Emperor so needed to get the Kings and powerful on side to keep themselves safe and to fund their churches etc.
They had to be useful to the leaders and offer them more than the usual safety of just being in the same club as the Roman Emperor or the fake conformation, legitimacy of the rulers devine power and right to rule etc and the recognition of the church which the church of Rome could use.
They really had to prove themselves useful and offer something of value other than just spiritual advice and the power that came from just being with the church that the churches on the continent could use. They were scribes, historians and so had to write things that the King's wanted to hear and that would entail connecting them with the earliest rulers and myths of the country to help legitimise their rule. While staying mostly neutral so they could also help with communication and treaties with other Kings etc.
@@EveryoneElseIsWeirdImNormal we have also the Celtic to thanks for that since they didn't really bother to write anything down.
The banshee isnt evil tho. They are just doing their job.
Retail Life. Lol.
Anything associated with death people automatically think evil
😂😂😂😂 so funny
Aye tis True!!!
“Bro you about to die soon”
“Why are you evil”
"Spriggans are usually male bodies."
Someone should've told the makers of the Elder Scrolls series about that.
Just a reminder: Celtic does not mean Irish. Celtic can mean English, Scottish, Welsh AND Irish
Edit: Yes, I know there are Celts elsewhere (France, Spain and Germany too I’m pretty sure), but I’m not speaking about the origin only the ‘modern’ Celts so-to-speak that are within the British Isles since the video was almost purely Irish folklore :).
It can also be French don’t forget
No, not only. Celtic is celtic. This can even come from Spain, France, Switzerland, Germany, the Balkans, Nothern Italy and Turkey.
Edit: Perhaps you meant to say modern day, but even then it's not all.
@@cegesh1459 you’re right Celtic is not just the British Isles but quite a large number of European nationalities are also Celtic from my memory the Celts originated in what is now Turkey or maybe even further east than that trouble is the word Celtic is always associated with Ireland or Scotland but perhaps as you say that’s the modern interpretation.
I always thought it was only Welsh, so this is actually news to me, thank you.
Gaulish Cornish as well
"SIDHE" Is pronounced "Shee". Like the "Tuatha Dé Danann" which means the Children of the Goddess Danú, they are referred to as "Sidhe", but are in a totally different classification of fae.
And thats where banshee comes from. Bean Sidhe is the proper name. In Scottish it's Sìth, which is pronounced the same.
My name is Dannin. A Celtic name.
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I watched the video because I'm a huge Irish mythology nerd, but they did not mention in the video Cat Sidhe and Cu Sidhe. Both are fairy animals, one is of a green dog who's bark can steal humans souls if they hear it three times and the other is a huge cat with a big white spot on it chest. They could be from Scottish lore, but its pretty similar to irish, heck the selkie is apart of both Irish and Scottish lore despite its origin originating in Scotland. Just alittle tid bit.
Celtic mythology is very beautiful and deep, creatures in it are amazing, scary and beautiful
Reading the comments it’s dawned on me that people seem to think the Celts were Irish? Although not wrong the Celts is the collective name for all the barbarians in the British isles so Celtic is also Scottish, English and Welsh as well as Irish. Kind of like Norse is a collective of Norway, Denmark, Finland ect.
it’s dawned on me that i am nicki minaj
The Celts spread across Europe at one point even settling as far as Anatolia. However, the English are Teutonic not Celtic.
Barbarians? Based on what we know about these peoples, think its time to drop that from any nomenclature of the Celts.
The English are not Celts and the Finns are not Norse.
the term British Isles isn't used in Ireland, its a sign of the colonial negative impact they had on us. please educate yourself.
I absolutely love the Celts and their spiritual beliefs. Fascinating, amazing people. Thank you for creating this.
A fun fact but something heavily over looked as Wales seems to draw the short straw... Is that King Arthur's stories were Welsh in origin and may actually hold truth if you look into some researchers claims of finding Arhtur's grave in the area of which he died in battle and Arthur wasn't a name but a title.
i have some cousins from chepstow and they were visiting us out in westford and i got on to a similar topic with my cousin and he mentioned this, any idea where i can read some more about this cause its very interesting to me
@sunshine, researchers named Alan Wilson and baram blackett have a few books about the real king Arthur and there are a few interviews here on UA-cam if you search their names
@@raymondjames1341 thank you
If you're interested, you can also look into Arthur's connections to Cornwall (UK), and the surrounding lands that are now below sea level. Cornwall also has a rich Celtic heritage that's still alive and well today.
The name often given to him, Arthur pendragon, is welsh in nature (pen draig) and means head dragon. Guinevere, merlin and many of the other members of the myths all have welsh origins and names. Camelot is thought to be Caerleon, a old roman fortress town near Newport
I would love more Irish stories
If you’re interested in irish mythology you could look into the changelings, pooka and merrow. Also there is a film based around the Selkie called song of the sea.
Theres also the Kelpie, Nuckelavee, Leprechauns, Cat Sidhe and Cu Sidhe. Not to mention alot of Fae folklore like Oisin and Tir na nog. I really enjoy Irish/Scottish folklore, it is so interesting and alot of interesting myths and mythical creatures come from there. Not to mention it has one of my favorite mythical creatures, the Selkie. :)
I'm mostly Irish but I personally find celtic mythology more interesting
@@stepehenstoeffler8936 more known and more stories in Celtics
The Irish had a healthy relationship with the dead, dying and afterlife....after all we invented Halloween!
Umm no you didn’t lol 😂
@@whylogicalthinking umm, yes we did!
so are you guys still using turnips or pumpkins?
The Bahn Sidhe are not evil, they are doing a sacred duty given to them. Nothing more nothing less.
@@unclebounce1495 not the same thing pal
@@comfythorns3301 An act is either evil or not. Making excuses or justifications based on "motivations" is just bias manifest.
@@unclebounce1495 one is a screaming Person. The other is mass genocide
The banshee was given the burden of knowing when death is near, and so she screams, I'm sure you would too if you could sense when someone was going to die. The banshee is not an 'evil fae', they do as they must
Kelpies have been the source of many of my nightmares for years.
Do more on Celtic mythology. This was really good. For other videos, you could do one on the Hopkinsville goblin, and one on the Nemean lion. Even one on any creatures from African mythologies.
Banshees are not evil they are spirits that cry when a member of the family they are bounded to is soon to die
I said the same thing. They are just doing their jobs, just because they represent death doesn't mean that they are evil
Ah no it depend, a banshee that had a good relationship with her family is a banshee that look after her family after death.
But dark banshee who in life hated their family they become monstrous banshee and hunt their family cursing them after death.
Its depend about how their relationship was with their family in life.
@@mayakusakai2389 How did you know that? Just curious?
@@animalkingdom2871 Oh I just love reading legends, and also Celtic Mythology had this information somewhere.
People are so focused over the fact that Banshees fall in the category of monsters they forget the good part in them, the first role of a Banshee is being the messenger of death alerting people of death.
@@mayakusakai2389 me too. I love mythology. Have you searched Japanese mythology? In my opinion it is second best to celtic!
Great 👍🏻 was very interesting! Irish tip though - sidhe is pronounced ‘she’ as in ‘bean sidhe’ which is anglicised to banshee. Lugh is also pronounced ‘loo’ ☘️.
Her comes that big lug.
I've heard 'Lugh' pronounced 'Luke'
Watch 'Song of the Sea' its a beautiful movie about Selkies
Celtic Mythology is just as rich as the two most well known European Mythologies Greek and Norse. The two writers that got me interested in Celtic Mythology especially the Tuatha De Danaan cycle was Michael Moorcock and his second Corum series of books and Julian May's "Many Coloured Land" series. My favourite book of this legend cycle is an illustrated book by Jim Fitzpatrick called "Silver Arm"
I feel like as a descendent of Scott's and Irishmen I should really brush up on Celtic lore. I think it'd probably be super interesting.
My parents named me after the Celtic Deity "Clíodhna of Carrigcleena" Queen of the banshees and fairies, goddess of beauty with her name meaning "a shapely woman" In Ireland some recognize her as the most beautiful woman in the world. It's a unique name and im proud to be named after a banshee queen , only issue is people are like "how do you pronounce this?" in middle school one of teachers asked if I was "foreign" (I never really liked America anyway) so I responded with "I hope so"
Now in high school I do get teased for it a bit but I love to explain to people what the name means , where it originated from , and the story of Clíodhna herself , hoping for my "tormentors" to realize my name is awesome and theirs is bland :D
I love it when old Mythology is weaved into new media. May some call it lazy but i think its a great way to preserve the old myths and legends while maybe inspire some to research and learn something about the "originals".
This is why im here, i just read "the dresden files" and "The Iron Druid Chronicles". in my opinion, old legends and urban fantasy ge well together.
Those are good series.
I'll need to continue the Iron Druid series now. 🙂
I love celtic mythology and I would love to see more. Thank you for making this
I love how half of the pictures around the 3 min mark is just name of the wind fan art
I used to pronounce it Seltic.
It's incredible that Leprechauns are in most of the cultures around the world and have the same feature related to them like gold and richness.
Stories and myths used to travel back then as well, the most amazing route was the Silk Route.
Thanks again for the upload.q 🧙🏾♂️👍🏾
How about this creature from Legends of Tomorrow s4, Puca. In Celtic folklore said they bring both good and bad fortune/luck.
He skipped the fact that Balor was killed by his grandson like in prophecy
Celtic mythology is one of my favorites among all other myths in the world.
Imma go shed some tears in the ocean right away
have you ever thought about making a video based on mystic creatures and how they differ in different mythologies like the pegasi, phoenix vampires and many more i would love to watch a video like please please make one
Love the Leprechaun movies. tormented me in my childhood days.
Thanks for the upload... And also can you make a video about the Philippine Mythology....
I am always amazed both by the amazing images you find, as well as the extent of information you've been able to dig up. I would love to know some of the sources you use. Thanks for compiling these stories and legends for us and putting together these awesome videos!
Yea they pretty good.
I'm almost positive that the red haired lute player in this video are fan art of Kvothe from "The Name of the Wind". In the first he is playing for Auri on the rooftops at the University. Great books if you like fantasy.
100%!
I literally shouted, "Hold up, that's no leanan sidhe, that Auri!", then had to pause the video to explain my outburst to my fiance.
Love hearing about mythology
I believe you mean the questing beast is similar to a Chimera. Not a Griffin
Celt was a culture and a common religious belief system that stretched from northern Spain to Germany and the British Isles, it is not a nationality or a common blood line but a shared culture. Much like you can be a Catholic whether you're white, black, Asian, or middle eastern.
Culture consists of : traditions, religion, language, bloodline. When you get rid of these things then there is no culture.
Love this Celtic videos
The artwork is crazy. Some mythology story are interesting.
Wonderful and informative video! Keep up the good work!
"Legend has it, when a man becomes the lover of a Leanen, he shortens his life but is filled with pleasures and joys."
... That's a win/win, my dude. Sign me up.
I love mythology! It is so much fun. My mom discourages it, but it doesn't matter what she says about it. She just doesn't want me to like it and bad mouths it because she doesn't like it.🤷
I am getting into learning about African folklore. And I love watching anime because of the Japanese folklore found in it depending on what you watch. Plus anime just awesome.
I always love learning about folklore and mythology. Norse is always the most interesting, at least to me, but I would love to learn more about Scottish folklore, as a Scot myself who knows disappointingly little about my own history. I'm even in an area of the country with a good bit of ancient Pictish influence, even Norse to some degree. Ancient folklore is always interesting.
I hope there was such a video about Our Own South Indian Mythology.
Hey Mr. See U In History! I Love all your content about Mythology and I always supporting all your videos and I always love watching it. But theres something I want to request. Can you make a video about the Phillipine Mythology. Please....
Cu'z I'm really interested about there Mythology.
Love how the creator used fan art from the Kingkiller Chronicles for some of the art.
Thanks for share I’m still learning
This stories make feel relax and happy
I forget everything in 2021
Life still beautiful in this fantasy
I would love to see a video focusing on Banshees. I've always been interested in them. Great videos though.
Supposedly parents would tell banshee stories so that when the parents would uhhhh vigorously hold hands the kids would'nt leave their beds
"The Celts believed" The Celts are still here and we're thriving..
no your not
Are their still celtic druids and native peoples arouns?
@@mossmuffin4407 technically yes, in the form of Wiccans (at least as far as I understand) and similar pagans.
You're free to correct me if I misinterpreted Wicca. I know very little about it.
@@koecoffee7778 you're not.
@@koecoffee7778 We are.
Just one word
Awesome
A very informative video, with beautiful art as well. Who are your art sources?
Just so everyone knows, Sidhe is pronounced kind of like "She". It means faerie or fae. Cú Sidhe are dog fae, Cat Sidhe are cat fae, a Sidhe in general just means a spirit of the fae.
So Leannan Sidhe is "Lanahn She"
Not only are your story telling fabulous; but so are the images!!!!
I suggest try to cover myths from the Philippines like Aswang, Nuno, Manananggal, Sigbin etc.
The dwende!
If this sounds farfetched, look at the similarities between fae folk from different countries.
I firmly believe that all the fae folk traveled as nomads at one time. And sought out a place to dwell. They were called Fomorians. This put them at odds with other races that probably felt that the Fomorians were too hideous or heavy handed in land acquisition. So they were barred or fought off. Thus they have touched other countries. Leaving behind members of their kind too tired to continue the endless warring and nomadic lifestyle.
I recommend checking out the early something scary podcasts as the person who did it originally is Filipino and did several Philippine myths
Celtic monsters and spirits were always my favorite creatures in an aesthetic sense.
IM Irish the Banshee just warns of death , nobody dies when you hear the cry. I have heard here myself . She follows my family . She only follows Irish families of only celtic decent .
Man now I wanna write short stories about all of these creatures 😊 great vide!
Excellent!
can you do a video explaining the essentials of Celtic Mythology? I'm dying to know about the mythology of my own country
I died laughing when he pronounced Lugh ‘Lug’ 😂 get over here ya big lug! 🤣 it’s pronounced ‘Loo’ and the celebration of Lughnasa (Loo-nah-sah) is in his honor 🔥❤️😁
Ariel Williams Ditto. But that's only cuz I have this book series called the Iron Druid and it has a pronunciation guide.
Very cool channel, I like how you get to the point with facts!!!
I am ready for some Celtic mythology
I’m becoming a Celtic pagan maybe and this is really helpful thank you
Felurian from The Kingkiller Chronicle by Patrick Rothfuss is a cool retelling of the Leanan Sidhe.
I've been told most of my life I was Irish on my dad's side of the family... Then when I went to his memorial in 2016... ( Ever since I have been seeing spirit's more solid than ever! People I never met. Flashes instantly in my face of them... especially at night...between sleep and awake state) I found out that I have Royal Scottish blood. The Courtney's! It makes sense... that Scottish people are very spiritual, and have a Strong spiritual belief system. I've had more than my share of spiritual experiences... It must come from my Celtic family line!
Can you do a part two? As I know there are many other Celtic legends, like the Pookha/puck
And the knockers of Cornwall
Or the green man/cerunos of the red dragon of Wales ect
I'm trying to learn some Celtic mythology because that might be the next god of war game.
I love love love this stuff.
This one was very good.
I am a fan of mythology and creatures glad I learned a few new ones
You didn't learn anything from this video, it's entirely false Christian propaganda
Any chance you might be able to provide a video of the druids?
Nice one 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Interesting💗
My first name is part of Celtic mythology, so I always like stuff like this.
Absolutely beautiful!🙂❤🌈🐦🦋☀️
Nice to see some Slaine in there.. ;)
I appreciate The Wise Man's Fear reference with the Leanan Sidhe
Love it
Great video
this channel inspired me to make my own story thank you
Right on time
"madness took over his mind and he died alone" BIG SADGE
Hey what was the song from the Pyramus and Thisbe video?
That is definitely Kvothe from the Kingkiller Chronicles playing his lute in 3.05 (The girl on the left is Auri not a leannan sidhe type.), 3.08, and 3.21. Felurian from the second book A Wise Man's Fear fits the leanan sidhe's fairy-lover whose prey dies and I wouldn't be surprised if she was inspired from her.
Love this stuff
Good stuff man
The Questing beast was literally just a giraffe lol.
Made me lol but reminded me that a lot of mythological creatures were based on real things…like how dinosaur fossils became “ancient dragons” and manatees became mermaids
Fun fact:
Fairies (aka Fae or Faeries) are very envious creatures. They are greedy and if you accept a gift from them or thank them they will keep you in debt for it until you pay them back.
The art in this video is amazing.
Doubt is his. No link to the artist
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Hey get back on Legends of history LOL
@@jamesx2464 🌚😂
Thanks
Good stories to tell your grand children