I'm of Irish descent. According to my father, my great grandmother believed the Little People moved her barn at her home in Donegal, saving it from being struck by lightning. He said that if you argued with her, you got lashed with the stick. She was fierce. She had rats in her American basement which she referred to as "country gentlemen" and she was not afraid of them. She would send my dad downstairs to fetch something as a child and would tell him to "just throw a shoe at them." As an old woman, she dug up flowers and shrubbery at a local Rhode Island park and planted them in her own garden. She had the most beautiful garden. When a policeman told her one day, "Ma' am, you can't do that," she laughed and said, "who's going to stop me?" RIP Rose Breslin - Your flowers still bloom today.
Wonderful story! Have you ever seen the movie "Harold & Maude"? You might enjoy it, as I think the character of Maude might remind you of your great grandmother.
My Mum and Dad also came from Donegal and us children were brought up in Glasgow,Scotland. Do not recall being told about fairies but always about the Bogey man who would get you if you were naughty. My Mum was also fierce she once chased a big man with a brush for complaining about my brother.
My Irish great grandmother pitched a fit when my grandmother wanted to get married in emerald green. She said the fair folk would spirit her daughter away if she wore that colour. This was during the second world war. So people still took these entities pretty seriously, fairly recently.
My grandmother, long gone from this earth, use to make dresses for the wealthy ladies in her community and she would also make our dresses and winter coats to help out. However, she would never make us anything in green nor would she paint any rooms in her house green, it was considered a “bad luck” colour.
My childhood home was 5 mins from a fairy fort here in Ireland. Let me tell you from experience, it’s a dizziness when you walk through it that can’t be replicated. It’s almost like a derealisation. I often played in there with friends. But we never stayed too long. The fairy fort still stands and they are protected and cannot be destroyed by law.
@hofmannwaves1525 Obviously they won't tell you, but an easily accessible place I've experienced this strongly is the Shannon Pot. When we arrived there in the middle of bloody nowhere there were actually a couple people at the carpark. Though when we walked up the path towards the pot we only encountered one group of people. And nobody was at the pot itself but us. The previous buzz and whistle of a relatively warm and breezy Irish day turned to practical silence. You couldn't dare speak above a whisper. Surrounding the pot grew loads of lushous green foliage, typical of Ireland, if not slightly denser and greener then normal. But nothing, NOTHING, grew inside the pot. The water was deader then stone, and blacker then obsidian. Like a giant mirror of the deepest reaches of the abyss. Who knows where all this water came from? At the time there was much less known then what little we do know today about the waters origins. And yet this giant pool of water only shed the tiniest of trickles. And that trickle would grow and grow and become the mighty, yet treacherous, Shannon River. Never trust the Shannon. That river plays tricks on you. Many people have drowned that way, it's not a good way to go at all. Whatever you do, don't trust that river!
Here in southern England almost all of this is lost and replaced with the Disney fairy. It’sa shock to many that stone circles were being destroyed right up to the 50’s by airfields and quarries. And burial mounds by deep ploughing in the 60-70,s. They have tried to destroy the ancient link to the land. But the faerie can be felt in the beautiful places, the springs and the quiet corners.
Here in the States, one could probably say that we've almost eliminated all remnants of the original spirits of the land with our foolish progress, or better described as money hoarding and wealth building. It still remains in limited forms, in limited areas, but it feels thin, violated, and evacuated. We are a slob like people here, progressing materially but regressing spiritually, intellectually, and without any shred of interest in wisdom. And what little natural old places that are left become over trodden by thrill seekers or developed into more concerns for wealth building. We are like children in a museum who just cannot read the sign that says, “look but don't touch.” But I have to wonder if there will be a day or era of reckoning at some point. Years ago, as a younger man, when standing in certain areas, I could feel the deep well of sadness mixed with a horrid anger within the land. And even at that time, I knew that all patience had long since been lost. It would be a new but hard era for sure. When the land that has provided for our wealth and progress (or more like, had been raped and pillaged) would start to shutter its stores and begin reclaiming that which we had slovenly taken from it. I doubt I will be around when it happens, but I can see it already beginning. My health isn't good, and I know that I have more years behind me than before me now. I only hope that those who do care, or try to live lightly as best they can, will be spared -- at least.
@@datatwo7405 The history of America (Amaru ca - Incan for Land of the winged/plumed serpent) is dark. The worship of the Dragon & serpent are literally the worship of Satan's original beast form before he was cursed by God in Eden/ Shamballa /Shangri la. Notice the feathered headdresses of antiquity by the majority of Native American tribes.
You know, I've always found the traditional tales of fae to be much more interesting than the Fantasia fairy spin-offs. As an animator and designer/developer, they have a lot more potential for media, too; on account of being more believable and resonating. I don't know that I can fault Disney's Nine Old Men with much; but as an act of respect to both our own spirituality world, and our artisan predecessors, it's time to open our ears and move on from that.
@Wynter Reign yes they are tiny cupcakes with currants in them and plain on top. They are usually cooked in floral frilly cake cases....well they are here in Essex. Always give one to the fairies!
Any recommendations for people who want to learn more about them? I'm Scottish and Irish but the language and stories weren't passed down. Its quite sad to keep that I missed out on that part of my heritage and now im trying to learn about it!
@@maggiethedruid9010 I would check out Lady Gregory's Complete Irish Mythology. It's more Irish-centred than Scottish, but there's some crossover. Scathach the great warrior woman lived and trained heroes on the Isle of Skye, and when Clann Uisnigh ran as refugees from Ulster they made for Scotland.
Once on holiday in Ireland we cycled on a country lane between my cousin's and my aunt's. It was late and quite dark. When we came to cycle back the next day we saw the lane was full of potholes, any one of which could have pitched us off our bikes but we'd managed to miss every one. It was put down to the 'little people' guiding us through them. In a local park in England, as a child, I saw a ring of toadstools. When I asked why they grew like that, my Irish father told me it was a fairy ring. The idea of them was fascinating to me.
In india in northern Himalayan region we have fairy mountain and we are not allowed to wear bright or perfumes while we are in jungle areas it is said "if they loved your smell or color they will dispear you forever.. and there are several people who got 1 hour to say good bye to there family and were taken forever.. in our local language fairies are called "aachuri"
In Bangladesh we call them 'fori'. Obviously that's very similar to fairy but I've never found as explanation as to how it is that some Bangla people believe in them.
I moved to Ireland 3 years ìago, a place called mullagh na sì (fairymount) and there's a fairy fort a field away from my land. I'd love to go pay homage but don't want any nasty things to happen. My neighbours grandson looks like a changling to me, with amber eyes and snow white hair( his parents are blue eyed and brown/red). I'm English but have been fascinated with Celtic tales since I was s child. By the way, I've been very happy here, blessed with good fortune, neighbours and loving soulmate, but gotta share this. I planted trees out in the furthest corner nearest to the fort and one of them moved! The ground was not disturbed but it definitely wasn't where I put it! I guess it must've blocked one of their power lines or pathways so I let it be.
I so enjoyed your comment. What part of Ireland are you based? I am Irish & have experienced many magical encounters with the good people... Glad to hear you are happy & settled. 🙌🏻
@@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist I'm in roscommon but close to borders of Sligo , Mayo and not far away from Galway border too. There are other forts on the hill but all on private open land. This one is tucked out sight from everyone in forestry but can be seen from the air which is how I found it😉😁😃
You could try honey milk or small offerings near the trees you planted. They generally respect ppl who are good to nature... not to anthropomorphize them...
You are so right. This is a gem of a channel. As soon as it popped up on my recommendations I clicked on it and subscribed right away. I just love Irish and celtic mythology.
Here in the Philippines we have Duwendes, Diwatas, Nuno sa Punso and Enkanto. They are all members of the Encantados. Some say they live in the City of Biringan. More like Agartha as there are portals in where you can access their hidden world. I really believe these creatures existed as there are stories all over the world.
The Fae are here always, and always have been. Here in Australia they are just as vibrant and loved. I’ve been a believer my whole life, my family is Celtic and we have always loved the Fae and l trust them implicitly. I have had so many strange experiences...they are more real than we ever will be.
Right you are. The fairy folk have been here as long as we have. They do no harm to this planet, and are permanent citizens here. Glad to meet a believer. Many blessings.
Been seeing fairies for 15 years as energy beings in spirit form. They manifest in many ways through nature. I see/feel them often in Victoria through butterflies, dragonflies, thistle seeds and the Superb Fairy Wrens to name a few :D
I've started on my own path in contacting them. They can be malevolent, to the ones who disrespect them, but from my own experience, even though seeing/feeling one can be shocking, I've never got the impression that they were evil. See y'all at the Crossroads of Magick...
Definitely a lot of fae folk or land spirits here in Australia. I think they take on characteristics of the indiginous people though.Ive se e n and heard them as this form.wh a t do you think?
@@redwolf7929 If that's they case then there is no wrong believes. The differences could be enviromental they could be different entities but the same type accross the world. So Norse, or Amerindian, West African can be different entities but the same kind of entity. It could be beings from another dimension or when we die we enter dimensions above the 4th. Maybe that's were the pineal gland comes in. So much to explore.
Very illuminating. Obvious parallel with odin and his association with the host of the dead in late folklore and with elves in the sagas. Both associated with barrows. Faeries evidently mix of spirits of ancient dead and elemental spirits
I thought I’d see you here. The blonde description of Air Faeries made me think of your theory that ‘fair’ haired people could have been valued for having supposedly neotenous traits. I am wondering if, perhaps, such traits could have fed into the caste system of Indo-Europeans subjugating the local peoples in what would become Britain. Ever-youthful ones, ever-living ones, these are the epithets of the fair folk. Anthropologically speaking, youth and beauty are the only traits sought to be confirmed by social conventions and traditions of conformity precisely because they are indications of health - this is merely the society confirming itself as a living entity, enacting itself as being alive. Preference of beneficial traits as per the socially determined elite aspects of the respective time-frame. It could well be, with all the deific associations blondism has in the literature, that the blonde nobles (Indo-Europeans) saw themselves as descended from the gods, while the people they invaded were mere mortals. This mix could have produced the Celtic identity, just as the modern Indians are themselves defined by their mixed heritage. As unsightly as it may seem to modern people, if we cast our gaze away from the traces of caste systems in the past, we shall not see through the ages clearly. And such poor knowledge shall not see us through them well.
Whenever someone has an incident to share, it is all speculative. I can't prove this story because, well, you'll see. When I was a teenager some years ago, I was walking home on a very blustery day in the Spring in East Tennessee. It was a lively mid-day, with gray clouds and a heavy wind. Whirlwinds were in the park in plenty. As I walked, I became enamored of one of these whirlwinds close by. As I watched it hurtling leaves and debris about, suddenly, all the world changed around me. The air no longer appeared like air, but a thicker, heavier substance like water. The whirlwind itself changed. Within it was a tall human-like being, nearly 7-7 1/2 feet all (approx. 2.28 meters). I recall making out that this "being" such as it was, was flipping and somersaulting and jumping and whirling around in chaotic abandon. It seemed to me that it possessed dragonfly wings and large oval eyes. I seem to recall it wearing some sort of garment. Anyway, it bounced and whirled and flipped limberly, as if having a fun and joyous time. Then as I stood there, this being became aware of me. It stopped, looked at me, and in shock in seeing me (as much as I had seeing it), jumped and flipped backward over a trash dumpster where it disappeared. The world around me flashed and all was put back to normal again. What's stranger still is that I continued my walk home and it wasn't for a few long minutes of sitting at home when the memory of what transpired came to me. There was a strange out-of-mind sort of feeling. I like to attribute the experience to the actual witnessing of one of these creatures, although I haven't had anything like that happening again.
I seriously think everybody gets a glimpse of the unseen, but few believes what they see. I wondered if I was going crazy from my brief experience that only happened once. It took 30 years and listening/reading NDE's to believe the unseen is real.
And THIS is why I read the comments!! What a wonderful experience! And in East TN too. I'm in Nashville, maybe I will see that someday.😊 Thanks for sharing😊🐝
@@kelleemerson9510 Same! Don't know how deep you've gone down that rabbit hole, but just in case you or anyone else is curious check the work of Dr. Jim Tucker and others at the University of Virginia. They are studying NDEs, children with memories of past lives, out of body experiences, consciousness, psi, mediums, channeling, etc. There's a ton and all the info they have is astounding. It is absolutely fascinating and I'm glad at least one group of people is trying to apply the scientific method to fringe and paranormal topics. He "solves" something like 3/4ths of all past life cases, meaning he is able to trace the information to the person they were before. I'd be impressed if it was 1/10, but 3/4ths is substantial. Some even being born with birth defects that align with the previous body. It seems like there may be a connection to these kids and having violent or sudden deaths like jumping out of a window during a fire, a fighter jet going down, etc. Has definitely changed my worldview. I'm still more science-brained, but I think bridging the gap between the two is going to result in some astonishing discoveries.
The best Irish faery stories in my opinion feature unexpected interventions in the lives of ordinary people. In these the faery is not a being of ill-intent but has a neutral attitude toward people in general. Only when an individual human over-steps the boundaries do they provoke a negative reaction from the faery that they have in some way crossed.
I worked on the Hill of Tara bypass Road from Dublin to the town of Navan as an archaeologist. A lot of care was taken to respect the ancient ruins we discovered and to protect the beauty and integrity of Tara itself. The road is long finished but the old respect for the past is still there, even if we Irish do not largely believe in fairies anymore
There are over 15000 different types of faeries here in the U.K., only 4 of which can be considered benign or friendly. Traditional Celtic faery tales were never intended for kids and rarely had happy outcomes. in many ways, they resemble later alien abduction stories, telling of people getting lost in 'pocket dimensions' for decades or giving birth to odd hybrid other -worldly children after being taken away. Most of what I know about this subject was taught to me by my grandfather who was an arch druid and was contemporary with men like Gerald Gardener and Aleister Crowley. Always cross examine everything these beings say to you. if they lose patience or tell you 'time is running out' then they are trying to deceive you and are the 'bad ' sort. A good spirit will always take the time to reassure you and NEVER eat or drink anything they may offer you or you will be lost forever. Stay safe out there and blessed be.
If aliester A.C. Said they were bad, maybe they weren’t so bad. Maybe they were considered evil by people performing occult rituals and acted as an enforcer? Or maybe they are all evil spirits and when a person accesses the spiritual realm through occult practices like astral projection, they are open to being tricked or attacked by them? I dunno just a thought?
You should certainly avoid concern for time. That is the essence of the battle with Kronos, but all the same, it is good to work fast, and get a lot done, while you have the chance.
@@onemysore6120 Sadly doesn't work. It would be an incredible stretch to believe those folk trapped by faeries for decades, never once crossed water in all that time. People trapped by faeries will do literally anything to escape. Anything. Not, Anything other than cross a body of water. However, if you do get grabbed by a faery, there are occasions on which, the faery may be more easily forced out, if you have a water flow to attach it to. So, water is certainly useful for dealing with them, but it's not some kind of magical charm. It is only effective in certain circumstances
Hi! Love your video, just adding some info from an Irish person with a decent grip on the language - 'anam' meaning soul/spirit and 'ainm' meaning name are two separate words that still exist!
@@FortressofLugh Honestly your knowledge of the language is still more impressive than the majority of us here in the country and most of us begin to learn it from four years old! Easy mistake with the close spelling!
@@siobhanfahy8792 thanks. I think the mix-up was partially born from my Old-Irish study, where the words appear even more similar. I had realized the connection between soul and breath studying Greek and when I went to try and confirm the Gaelic connection I must have just quickly mistook the words in the edil dictionary based on the Old Irish being even more similar in various spellings. www.dil.ie/concise/1402
It really is! I'm sure he got a lot verbal beatings at the beginning for getting it wrong. People are protective of Gaeilge pronunciations but few actually speak it.
I just found out that what we have always thought was a playful ghost in our family home is more likely playful being such as this. I am fascinated and have learned so much here. Thank you!!
I am from Newfoundland, there are a lot of stories about the fairies here. One of the oldest things was if you knew you were going to be out after dark you would keep a slice of bread in your pockets to give to the fairy's if they tried to come and take you away.
Lovely to hear my native tongue spoken on this. Its true, here in Ireland the construction of motorways in recent years have ruined ancient sites forever. Many artifact discovered go unreported because that will stop production. Archeology is the last thing cintractors want getting in the way if their deadline bonus. We will never know what's been lost.
This was wonderful and very informative! I’m working on a series of paintings right now inspired by Celtic mythology and this gave me a lot to go off of! ☺️
Greetings from The Emerald Isle ! Fair play man.. good to see the wider world embracing the Sidhe. They have re-awoken and are calling on us to protect the planet as we share it with them, even though they are in a different dimensional frequency. So us destroying earth, destroys their earth too ! Nice to hear your Gaeilge too ;)
Na daoine mhaithe - The good people. I live near and amongst these places you've spoke about as I'm Irish and very local to the sites. I live in County Meath = Contae na Mhí The good folk aren't God's but have the ability to enter our world and the otherworld. When you visit these places there is a peacefulness which can fall on someone. Just because we can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there! Físeán mhaith 👍🏻
I heard someone the other day say ` It`s like taking a cup and dipping it in a lake, looking into the cup, and saying `there`s no fish in there`. I totally agree with you, just cuz ya can`t see little people, doesn`t mean they aren`t there. Well said. I just had to respond.
@@stasiusclay7348 II would like to be able to read that in English. I do not `believe` in the fairy folk. I have had the honor of seeing two of them, at different times. That is different than belief, which requires faith. I saw living proof, so I`d be an ass to deny them. I have never left the US, so I promise you, they got here somehow. What I believe, is that millennia ago there is a link to humans. Not that they are human. I do not mean to say that. The 2 times I SAW, were very different. The 1st one was having a hissy fit, and therefore became visible, I presume from his emotional overload. I was driving by slowly when I saw this. It was obvious why he was having a meltdown, so I yelled out of my car, to relieve his stress. Only then did he realize I saw him. I was on an onramp, so never got to see the expression of surprise, he certainly must have been wearing then. The 2nd encounter was in my home, because apparently now they knew where I lived. That encounter left me angry, but I have learned to laugh about it, and to treasure these unusual encounters.
Knowing all of this is what inspired me to write a fantasy novel, heavily inspired by Irish culture and its ancient religion. Also, would be cool to know the name of music in the background, it's perfect for these type of videos.
I’ve had an idea for a while now, I’m not sure if you are familiar with avatar; the last airbender, but I thought it was such a great way to portray eastern tradition and philosophy to a western audience in a fantasy style. I thought maybe if something similar, but not the same or not clearly a rip off, but indeed it’s own thing was made like it with concepts of ancient western culture, the results may be a renewed interest in our ancestral culture among children. In the same way that avatar divides the world into four nations, and four elements, vaguely resembling the Thai, Chinese, Tibetans, and Siberians/Inuit, this world would divide the world into three parts of the soul as described in one of your more recent videos, and the nations amongst a Celtic inspired, Germanic inspired, and helleno-roman inspired nations...
That's basically what Lord of the rings is, tolkein took his love of fairy tales and put them into his mythology. He took the fairy folk and integrated them as the elves we understand today.
I like how you present your material in this video. It’s captivating, and unique compared to the rest of the faerie folk material available on the Internet. The topic of gods, faeries, and other mythological beings falls into the subjective truth category. We don’t really have evidence to be able to know the objective truth about these mythological races. So for now, each individual must do their own independent research, choose their own sources of information, and choose how they wish to fit the mythological races into their personal worldview. I see that you have established for yourself, based on the available information that you’ve looked at, that the faerie folk are spiritual in nature. I don’t yet know if I want to call the faeries spiritual, because I don’t really know what spiritual truly means. I personally view the world of matter/nature as spiritual. To me the physical is not separate from the spiritual. Humans have a soul, so this means that we are material and spiritual at the same time. This means we exist in a world of matter while being partly spiritual ourselves. Same goes for anything in nature, because all life has spirit and consciousness. So what really is spiritual? Is spiritual and other-dimensional same, or different? See it gets confusing. It might be that the faeries are multi-dimensional, and can move through different dimensions.
Sounds like you have been doing some deep thinking, I've been there myself. I started feeling like everything was connected somehow through the spiritual realms as I got into studying the Tarot, Numerology and Astrology in my search for spiritual truth. I've had many paranormal experiences that cleared up many doubts I may have had. I'm far from feeling like I have all the answers but I keep an open mind and weight everything within me. I know there is more to this world than meets the eye and that it is all connected to the spiritual realm of other dimensions of consciousness.
@@denisehill1705 Thank you for your reply. Yes I have been doing some deep thinking. I have a philosopher’s mind, and have been mystic minded from a young age. I’ve also always had a deep connection with nature, and the earth. From a young age I’ve been drawn to the past, to ancient, medieval, even Victorian times. Although I’m interested in myth & folklore of all indigenous cultures, my main interest lies with indigenous European/Teutonic and Slavic cultures. I’ve recently realised that my pull to the past was always ancestral, but I didn’t understand it until about 4 years ago. I was born & raised in Russia Rostov-on-Don, which is the homeland of my mother and all her family. My father and his whole family are Armenian, but unfortunately my parents never taught me Armenian culture or language, only Russian. At age 13 my parents moved our family to USA Florida. So I’ve lived in US for many years. It’s here in US is where I started discovering the truth about the hidden history, and native pagan spiritual heritage of my Slavic Russian ancestors. Prior to this discovery, I just associated the Russians with the orthodox Christian faith. Now I know that Christianity was never native to Russia, or anywhere in Europe. They all had their own native pagan faith, and Christianity actually played a very negative role in the history of the world, but that’s a topic for another time. I think it’s great that you started your awakening process, and you are revealing secrets and hidden mysteries with your Tarot study. Keep it up. Good luck to you
The greatest fear of the enemies of humanity is that we reconnect back to these beings (elementals), and not even to do magic necessarily. Just to feel. And want the relationship(s).
Love it! So great to know more about them. I've never heard of using Crystal's to ward them off so to speak. But by some inspiration I use a circle of crystals on my altar to make offerings to them in. I always felt that a barrier of protection was necessary.
You arrived in my "Might interest you section" so i thought i'd have a wee look. Quite glad i did! I was born in Scotland so the Lore is passed on but the research has taken me all over the world. Each country has their own understanding & when you look into their Lore you see the sameness. I saw someone from China commenting, if you watch Guardian with english subs you see their Ancient lore on the fair folk or D'xing. All i find comes under the banner of Djinn or Jinn. Always a good idea to pay homage when walking in forests, besides lakes & granite rocks or through the winds, to leave sweet cakes, offerings to return home safely. A bhith beannaichte & sàbhailte. Tapadh leibh dhutsa
I live in Murfreesboro Tennessee and yes many Fair folk are here . We live on a natural spring and I have heard and seen things I can't explain, I have put a shrine for the water 🌊 element she loves it. Sounds crazy but there you go. Bless your gingerbread hearts 🌻🎃🌻🎃🌻🎃
@@torpeahoop6704 Yup, but I mostly think aswangs are ghouls, or humans turned ito one by witch 🧹 craft/dark arts or selling ones soul and worshiping the devil
I’m from Ireland. I had a visit by en Elf a few years ago. This was witnessed by my young gardener who did not believe in faeries and such but has now changed his mind. I have a photo to prove it. I have always believed in them and I do not consider them to be bad folk.
@@karagalactic So too have I and my wife, we have met and spoken with a for the want of a better word a "Leprechaun", he came3 twice in one day, a little man, a happy carefree person,spoke to me as if he knew me all my life, no more than 5 ft tall, it happened and we were given an explanation but he brought us good fortune.a great story a bit long but worthy of telling ,we all live in the dimension we call the present and when we move on the body dies but our spirits live on in the next dimension (halloween when the veil between the dimensions becomes open). Slán abus beannacht duit
This was really insightful. I'm here researching fairies for my children's book 'The Lost Harp'. The Giant in my story meets fairies in Donegal who guide him along his journey up the west coast of Ireland.
@@ericadoss2959 well there could be a connection since a lot of people have mistaken the king of warriors Sigurd for the invincible hero Siegfried but they both are actually different people since one bathed in the dragons blood while the other cooked and eat dragon heart so of course there is absolutely a connection I just don't know what
I'm under the impression that fairy folk were the remnants of a past religion before indoeuropean influence. its probably a combination of spirits of earth, and water and trees etc. mixed with ancestor worship. Such that mounds of the dead would have been the home to such a combination and probably more powerful magic because of the admixture. Many mounds predate Indoeurope arrival.
I think I agree with you. Back in Roman times each home had a house spirit which might have been a holdover from spirits in the trees or stones that the house was built out of. I see a lot of similarities to British and European brownies, hobs, and other protector spirits.
@@EresirThe1st yes Maori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand have Patupaerehi who are white skinned, red/fair haired, beings. Who could appear and disappear into the mist. They occasionally had children with Maori, but retreated into another realm, as humans took over the world.
The mounds date from neolithic times. DNA testing has proved that the neolithic people (who resembled Sardinians and Basques) were replaced by the ancestors of the Irish who arrived as the Beaker people
Fantastic. I've been studying Philippine mythology and we also have our equivalent of elves, and I'm finding a lot of consistency with these, whether direct or indirect!
This is so interesting. I'm actually writing a changeling story based on fairy lore. Fairies are intriguing creatures. Maybe that's why people have always found them so irresistible, all over the world.
Considering that there is 10s of thousands of years of unrecorded history here it would make sense that the possible earliest origins of Fairies and dwarfs were originally the reminents of human sub spices.
amazing video! really great for someone getting into celtic mythology :) i was wondering if maybe in the future would you do a video on these people who could see the fairies because they have ‘the sight’ ? it just really caught my attention when you said that
There's nothing remotely funny or enchanting about having 'the sight'. As you are curious, I warn you: Be very careful what you wish for. Many genuinely Irish have this. It warns of death of a loved one or friend. Usually within 2 to 3 months of getting a dream, audio warning, daytime vision where time and place do not exist. People are very wary of being in contact with these folk seeing it as more a burden or curse to those they come in contact with. They can foretell the future. They can heal people, animals, plants, land, bodies of water, air, things and buildings or? The opposite. Never make them mad. If they tell you something? It is to warn you for your benefit. If you refuse to hear them out or go too far and laugh and mock them? You will surely rue the day. It is not a joke or a party trick. Do not ask them to tell the future like a horoscope. If they have information to impart? They will tell you. Don't seek the unknown for entertainment it is taboo. Never trust one that demands payment for the telling. The help comes for free and is to be given freely. The gift can be removed if used unwisely or for profit. Your soul can be taken in ransome. Anyone that has it can have fun and enjoy themselves but on the whole? There is a heavy price to pay. The taking of your soul or a family member. Usually a child. Hopefully you understand this grave matter before you choose to proceed. Fair warning.
@@sheilasullivan1950 I so agree with you. I feel it is a curse most days as the visions are never good. I feel like a messenger and those who you give the messages too are ungrateful 99% of the time. The Fae are ethereals not lower level beings as in the video. I tried to help a family member realize when you break a promise to them it is an insult. She didn't listen so I stopped helping her. People who do not have the gift do not understand the burden. there are times that I am so depressed I do not want to get out of bed. This is why I tell people if you are not experienced and confident with your own abilities never ever mess with the unknown. I've said the same thing about wishes as well because you never asked for anything usually they will come to you and give to you freely. The only thing I asked them for was during a conversation many years ago with the fae I commune with I asked her to show me my bloodline origins. This was only after she told me I was one of them. But you're right they don't have to tell you anything and most of the time they will not and you have to word what you say to them very carefully which is what most people do not understand. People also don't understand that they do not like Gardens with images of them that insults them as well. There is a whole list of things that they find insulting and I was given that list the one that I leave offerings for and fiercely protects my yard everyday. Some are forthcoming and straight up and others are not it depends on the individual faerie. I have seen too many of the bad and evil entities in this world that do not belong here that have been brought by Mankind's negativity. Most people have always told me I wish I had your abilities. I always give them the same response and that is NO you don't. It's not all peaches and cream like you think. I am glad to have seen your response as I also tell people if you abuse your powers they can be taken away just as easily as they were given.They are a privilege not a right. Once gone there is no getting them back.
@@sheilasullivan1950 So, you would have to make it known that you are seeking answers from the fairies and not say your higher spirit guides? If when you are meditating and asking for guidance you should let it be known who you want the guidance from?
OOH MY GOD!! In September 20, 2005 I went into surgery at Stanford Hospital. And I die. The soonest I stop breathing I was out of my body, because I was breathe, I was part of the air, and yet I was a being. Not a thinking being! There’s no brain I was out of my body , but a being full of knowledge and love . I was part of nature and yet a human being in form. And then they brought me back, and I’m still here.😢😢
When we started having possessions and hoarding welsth, we became afraid of death, we were attached to our material possessions instead of rather than our spiritual love and such
This channel is great as I've been researching the Fae for a while now. I guess it's safe to say that no one really knows what the sidhe origin really is as there are so many different theories. Doesn't mean I'll stop tho. I'm fascinated with the tuatha de.. I don't know why specifically them, but there something about the Irish mythology that just calls out to me.
I was in the hospital years ago had a major operation and stayed three and a half weeks.The night before the operation was very sick but looked out the window and there was five little people ina circle I felt they were there to help meI never have saw them sick.The Great Serpent Mound is not far from this hospital.I had never thought of it since but made out well.
I was born in the hospital right next to the Great Circle Mound in Newark. Always been very connected to nature and great with animals, even the wild ones.
Just wanted to add theres a great song about the hills of the Fair Folk and those who disturb them- its called ¨Hollow Hills¨ by the classic gothic band Bauhaus, awesome song and you should check out the live version on UA-cam- utterly spine tingling. You can really picture the hills at night, with mist and fog blooming all around them
My mums irish ...A McLaughlin. I have seen ' 2 NEON BLUE ' Fairies ... When i was year 3 or so .. I'll never forget . Still tells same story n still vivid .. Dancing lil neon fairies . Like tinker Bell but neon blue
You say fairies are definitely not gods, but if you believe the origin story that they're the Tuatha Dé, having gone underground or into the other world after their defeat by the Milesians, they are gods of a sort. I think there are different fundamental views on the origins and natures of the Sidhe, possibly a result of the fusions of ancient cultures.
I’ve always been told that the Fae are a third of the angels who took neither side in the angelic rebellion and that it’s their punishment to wander the earth eternally and are denied entry to heaven. This could explain the reason that some are good and some evil
If your ever in Wicklow, ireland visit the pipers stones, it’s our little Stonehenge. I was there for the first time yesterday & had an amazing time. There were 3 fairy trees & people had left gifts for them & so did we. We meet a reiki healer there & it looked like a witches coven meeting 😂. I would always respect the fairy’s you just don’t mess with them.
As a Shaman, I just want to just point out that Elves and Dwarves are not equal to the Fae. They are mortal, therefore are still within the realistic bounds of life on other planets. Fae are astral entities, they are more like sentient spirits who merged with an elemental aspect which is why they are also recognized as nymphs and satyrs. I understand that it was used as an example but Elves and Dwarves have more in common with humans than Fae. Lumping them together based on fantastical elements is like saying the ocean and deserts are the same cause they are all environmental features.
@@tanyaphilstrom7077 at this point, I've seen too much 👀 🤣 and Fae are... particular about who they speak to. Whenever I do hear from them, it's a complaint, but what else is new on this planet. The only thing I can tell you about Gnomes are that they don't like that name/image. Fae appear to us in true form, it's up to us to be clear in the mind to see them correctly. Otherwise your assumptions dress them up like a Boggart from Harry Potter (the only accurate piece of magical information in a book series about magic) My local mine fae like to be called "Tommy Knockers" and I think that's Clever, Cool and Cute. Trinity approval from me. While I have your attention, can we collectively agree to rename the Turkey to "Gobblebird"? Those birds don't speak Turkish and it's giving them anxiety.
@@adaman.shr.3538 they old gods aren't as endangered as they are portrayed by scholars. The Egyptian pantheon probably does this the most but the old gods are always reborn in new forms. It's like a never ending Soap opera of divine proportions. So don't worry, the earth is entering a new era and the everyone will meet the deities who govern over their respective aspects of their regions. The "collective will" of said theme per se. As each landscape is different, so are each variation of those deities. You're bound to meet the ones you thought you lost, and they feel very appreciative of your devotion so 👍👍 you're in the good books
@@L3onking thanks but the reason I said this is because I meet a women when I was lost in woods with blond hair and green eyes and green dress and a wooden basket with flowers and buds she helped me to find my mom and when I ask her if I will see her again she said yes give me a pendant and kissed me on my cheek and ushered me to my mom then she jus up and vanished in the forest she told me her name is freya or feya so I asked well as for the pendant I'm still wearing it till now it's my most precious possession along with an old European sword given to me by an antique shop owner who told me it's a knights sword but them what are divine spirits are they remnants of some gods or something or fairies
3 different races of extraterrestrials stranded on the Earth in times so ancient that for early humans they looked like gods. Brilliant video, thank you! I'm subscribing to your channel 👍
Go back to Genesis. God breathed a spirit into the flesh and it made a soul. The flesh and spirit are components that joined make a soul. The spirit goes back to God at death to be re used. Edit: Not saying your soul goes back to God or you in particular get reborn. I'm saying the you is a different thing than the components and one of them is reused and technically the other is replaced a few times a year.
I recently learned the tetragram YHWH isn't meant to be spoken, but inhaled on the YH, and exhaled on the WH. The very name of God is the breath He gives us. Pretty cool!
Christian mythology has nothing to do with Gaelic mythology. You’re just retracing the footsteps of the Catholics who destroyed these religions in the first place.
@@codykondo6973 I wasn't relating it to this mythology. I just interjected this bit of information into the conversation. The language YHWH comes from is actually Hebrew though. I'm not a fundamentalist, I believe in a Universal Christ....all belief systems are valid to me.
@@codykondo6973 false. Abrahamic mythology stems from the Canaanite pantheon of the Eloha, the pre-Canaanite peoples originally came from Sardinia and the Iberian peninsula. The SAME Iberian peninsula that the pre-Celtic peoples came from. You go far enough back, you realize that the reason all the myth systems have so many similarities and universal stories is that they come from the same Neolithic beliefs. It's ALL connected.
I finally figured out the real etymology of Fairy since most dictionaries on the matter present things that do not make any linguistic or etymological sense. Fa- is also spelled Fae, which is directly related to Wae and Vae, Ve and Vi. It comes from Latin Vi as in Vita meaning "Life." it was combined with -iry, which tracing back occurs as -ery (where eerie comes from but misrepresented) having come from argi/argr/earg which all come from the Latin form of Greek urge and means work. Fairy literally mean Life Worker which explains the connection to nature which makes the word an alternative to Wight (Life and used as a generic word for living being like creature) as the animating living essence of a person, place or thing, which is the connection to the Vaettir from the same Latin sources. The obvious more restricted since of later concepts of being a concept of the ghost or soul/spirit is where there is the whole "ancestor" connection and association with burial mounds and ancient ruins. Such burial mounds were then called the Sid of the Fairies as the word literally meant seat, used as a term as a place/center of authority and thus power which itself was a reverse lone word to Latin as Sede which would otherwise have been Throne and from Greek the word Chair from Cathedral (a seat and place of authority and power) since such mounds were used as the temple and tomb honoring the dead by their heirs in the manner reflected in such as the lore of Beowulf. Fairy, Wight, and Vaettir are the same thing in meaning. When it comes to the "specific types of Fairies, Elves, Dwarves, etc" are just more specific types of Fairy, Wight, and Vaettir.
…this sounds sooooo Indian - it’s a shame that Nycean-council Christian mythology replaced this beautiful and rich Irish lore - luvvit! Thank you for this awesome video 💚
Since I have become a born again believer in Jesus Christ, the world is much more mysterious and wonderful than I’d ever thought. Mythology and folklore have much more meaning and truth in Christianity than our modern supposedly ‘logical’ society is willing to believe.
😊 I'm a SciFi and steampunk writer with another worldbuilding channel here on UA-cam, and this video was very helpful for my mythology research, for I'm retelling some of the old celtic folklore in my book. Thank you! 🤗🍀💕
Yeats has several poems which feature the Sidhe, “Hosting of the Sidhe” in particular. They also feature in “The Stolen Child”. There are others as well from his early period. To me there is a definite difference between the Fair Folk and the Tuatha de. You might consider the Fair Folk as the everyday citizens of the people under the hill and the Danaans as the aristocrats.
Yes, you can find them in the “in between” here but not, there but not, in dusk and dawn between rivers and land, in the middle of unearthly planes. In dreams they stand .
Etymology. The English fairy derives from the Early Modern English faerie, meaning 'realm of the fays'. Faerie, in turn, derives from the Old French form faierie, a derivation from faie (from Vulgar Latin fata, 'the fates'), with the abstract noun suffix -erie.
I own ten acres in Eastern Washington state, USA... I have had some of the oddest experiences of my life on this property since we bought it. I've been looking for information about nature spirits to understand better what I am dealing with. I am 1/4 Irish and 3/4 Italian and have certain gifts that are not supposed to exist in this materialistic age. Hence clicking your video. Thank you.
@@melaniem.3804 Sorry Melanie... it is so hard to keep up with everything lately. Ok ... lets see. First, before you move here, check practical things like cost of living, Western Washington's uncertain weather, politics and geology should also be checked. Western Washington is as expensive to live as New York. I lived through three earthquakes on that side of the Cascades, one was a 6.8 in 2002. I was also, here, for Mt. St. Helen's many eruptions. www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living On the spiritual level. So many experiences I don't know where to start. We moved to Eastern Washington upon retirement because of cost of living and we wanted to live simply, grow our own food and raise hens. I own 10 acres near the Columbia river gorge. I've always had spiritual gift. It started soon after we started unpacking. There seems to be native American ghosts on my property. I 'see' one of them, frequently. Very rarely is it a full body apparition but he's definitely here. One time, I walked into my craft room and he seemed to be nearly dancing.. moving about. That room is really strange. It doesn't feel friendly. Lights sometimes appear there. -- a deep blue light, sometimes voices... I've heard drums late at night. (they may be actual drums, a native American lady told me they have ceremonies, but I can't be sure?) He stands at a window staring in. I can sense him. I've seen him as a bright white light walking around our work-shed, and also, in the house. I dreamed that there was a hunting party and they were attacked by their enemies. All were killed in a clearing near by. Last summer, I was already alone.. I went out to look for the comet, as I was walking, he was walking behind me. At first I thought it might be the spirit of my husband, but there was a creep factor I would not feel with him. Suddenly, I saw a very big bear running towards me. Just a quick vision. I would have been dead if it was a real bear. strangely, I realized the bear was in daylight though it was actually 11 PM. The spirit stayed with me until I returned home. I felt the vision of the brown bear was hostile in intent and I've considered using my Italian prayers and folk magic to block him better, but I pity him and his fellow lost souls. Be conscious that this state is still very wild in places, the mark (spirits, energies/effects) of the Native Americans and nature in the raw, is stronger here. Wild, wild places. There seems to be nature spirits also. I see them as little sparks of light of a golden or reddish gold hue, dozens of times, maybe hundreds. I am surrounded by forest on three sides. Sometimes I've seen them in very dark conditions, like after sunset, so not bugs glinting in the sunlight. - I think they are Fay folk. Perhaps actual fairies? I've never seen them as cute little creatures with wings, just lights where there should be none. Flying up a tree just before a thunder storm. I don't think we really understand this phenomena. The native Americans also believe in many kinds spiritual entities. I suggest reading about their beliefs. There are also pod casts on these subjects. One summer morning my husband was working in the chicken coop and I was in my herb garden. I heard the clearest most beautiful bell or chime I ever heard.. beautiful, quite loud.. It lasted at least 20 minutes. I looked all over but we had no bells or chimes hanging up. It wasn't a windy day so nothing metal was moving. I called my husband over and asked him if he heard it.. he didn't. I checked on line, even asked several of my pagan friends (I'm a Gnostic Christian) They suggested that I was seeing and hearing nature spirits? -fay folk?. The wild hunt. I finally went to the herb garden at sunset and I told the spirits that I respected them and if they wanted to take some of the leaves of my herbs or vegetables, feel free to take them, but not too much because we ate them, also. I heard a horn blowing from afar. Very, very distant. (imagine an ancient horn ) and heard horses galloping. In my imaginative eye, I saw men on horses, not literally, but as a vision. There is a creature I see every so often - in the forest. It looks like it is entirely tan and peaks from behind a tree. It is short. Not sure what he is. he's not an animal. Too tall for that. When my husband was dying, a great deal was happening. Death seems to attract these things. I saw a bigfoot walking past the back of our work-shed (its more like a barn) it was all black 'black as midnight' and I knew instantly it wasn't a physical creature. Bigfoot are not even reported where I live. I've checked. I also saw the sparks of light often, and what they call 'shadow people' several times. Since his death, I've had trouble with poltergeists and spirits, though, I use what my mother taught me to tell them to leave and use prayers in my own tradition for protection. I am sorry this is so long. I worked to trim it. KMH Yes, there is a lot more. This little forest of ours is rather strange. I always wonder are we surrounded by the spiritual realms and most don't see it? Or does the spiritual realms find those who are open to it and manifest more? A subtle difference?
Imagine an exotic people wearing flowy embellished capes of sheer fabric that looked like wings. Riding beautiful horses and chariots. They wore exquisite headdresses and eye makeup and knew about advanced knowledge considered "magic". An exotic people. From a far away land. The people of Ireland England etc couldn't pronounce pharoahs so pronounced it as faeries. Egyptian Queen Scota/Princess Meri-taten married a Galician Greek king in ancient Spain then Iveria. Their three sons were pharoahs princes in her side and Iberian princes in their father's side. They went to Ireland and took other Egypto-Iberians there with them. Possible reason for the faeries legends.
3:00 another thing is and I guess you don't know this but most ancient Celtic bruials they buried them literally in the sitting position. I thought I heard you discuss this before, and it makes me wonder if that also played a part in their name. Ragnarok is apparently apart of Celtic mythology as well. So these ancient warriors and kings were buried to be ready for combat at a moments notice.
The daione sidhe are the tuatha de danann, they are still alive because the milesians (gaels/irish) interbred with them. The tuatha de Danann are the bronze age civilization of Ireland, and before them came the men of the bag, probably remnants of the civilization before the younger dryas. And even before them were the Formorians, maybe Neanderthals or some long forgotten other race of men.
I sat amongst the roots and long branches of a Moreton Bay fig tree, in the grounds of an ancient and important Maori pa and looked out towards sthe Manukau Harbour to the heads where the harbour met the Tasman Sea. The sun was nearly set and and was plunging into the deep ocean. Under the gloomy branches, I could see the Fae/patupaiarehe dancing-their silhouettes obvious to me against the setting sun...There were 15 patupaiarehe or so, and each one was around 40 to 50 centimetres tall.......
Not bad, but lots missed and possibly misunderstood at the end. The underworld fairy in English and Irish folk Whispers are neather good nor bad...they could curse or bless dependant on the person. Brownies are the helpful ones in Ireland and were left milk and biscuits (happy hedgehogs those days). Water: Undines are elementals most often female in form, which is see through wipsy and eligant traditionally (and my experience in North Wales), that eminate an innocent sweetness that call to your feelings of longing for home (also told regarding sailors called into the sea). Gnomes: Earth elementals Often appear to careful loving gardeners. Possibly akin to lepricorns. Sylphs: Air There are elf's most commonly seen with the 3rd eye and felt, sometimes sparkles accompany this experience. Found in anchent forests like Wistmans wood, Or parts of Wales. They will attack with elf shot if you carry Iron, they do not like it, neather do trees. Elf shot is invisible, but felt. Look at Saxon herb lore, there are lots of references. Then there are the Shee, the Gentry from Tir Na Nog (look it up). They are tall, not small. They are akin to the wild Hunt of Norway and Irleand. They are the ones that have been known to take folks away at times, found in Irish mithology. They have been often seen traveling in a sparkling silver mist. These I have been lucky enough to see with the physical eye, one Samhain night. My 6 year old step son said "is that them" and pointed. A sparkling mist (slug shaped) moved up a hill in front of us, in a most uncanny way. Blessings. x
My mothers family name is MacDubSithe. Many family histories have myths that give subtle explanations to the origins. My family is Scottish/Pictish by heritage and DNA (my DNA report showed tiny amount of Irish discerned as separate from). The Mac Dub Sithe lore is that they came from the water to settle inland (generally; the actual story is much fancier and full of mythical symbols. But the DNA report also discerns this Genetic line from welsh and Nordic). It’s hard to give a whole identity to the sithe. All myth and symbol is both literal and metaphorical.
I'm of Irish descent. According to my father, my great grandmother believed the Little People moved her barn at her home in Donegal, saving it from being struck by lightning. He said that if you argued with her, you got lashed with the stick. She was fierce. She had rats in her American basement which she referred to as "country gentlemen" and she was not afraid of them. She would send my dad downstairs to fetch something as a child and would tell him to "just throw a shoe at them." As an old woman, she dug up flowers and shrubbery at a local Rhode Island park and planted them in her own garden. She had the most beautiful garden. When a policeman told her one day, "Ma' am, you can't do that," she laughed and said, "who's going to stop me?" RIP Rose Breslin - Your flowers still bloom today.
Wonderful story! Have you ever seen the movie "Harold & Maude"? You might enjoy it, as I think the character of Maude might remind you of your great grandmother.
@@itgetter9 I haven't seen Harry and Maude but will check it out. My dad told me lots of Grandma Rose stories and I treasure them. 🌻
@@lauramayfair7887 Thanks for sharing some of those stories with us! Regards to you!
Love the stories of your Great Grandmother. Thank you for sharing them.🌸
My Mum and Dad also came from Donegal and us children were brought up in Glasgow,Scotland. Do not recall being told about fairies but always about the Bogey man who would get you if you were naughty. My Mum was also fierce she once chased a big man with a brush for complaining about my brother.
My Irish great grandmother pitched a fit when my grandmother wanted to get married in emerald green. She said the fair folk would spirit her daughter away if she wore that colour. This was during the second world war. So people still took these entities pretty seriously, fairly recently.
So did she get married in green?
My grandmother, long gone from this earth, use to make dresses for the wealthy ladies in her community and she would also make our dresses and winter coats to help out. However, she would never make us anything in green nor would she paint any rooms in her house green, it was considered a “bad luck” colour.
@@dancingismylife101 Our family too. Green was considered unlucky. Lord help you if you brought a peacock feather into the house.
@@dancingismylife101 why is green bad?
@@dancingismylife101 oh, dear, green is my favorite color. Maybe that explains all the bad luck in my life.
My childhood home was 5 mins from a fairy fort here in Ireland. Let me tell you from experience, it’s a dizziness when you walk through it that can’t be replicated. It’s almost like a derealisation. I often played in there with friends. But we never stayed too long. The fairy fort still stands and they are protected and cannot be destroyed by law.
where is this one?
@hofmannwaves1525 Obviously they won't tell you, but an easily accessible place I've experienced this strongly is the Shannon Pot.
When we arrived there in the middle of bloody nowhere there were actually a couple people at the carpark. Though when we walked up the path towards the pot we only encountered one group of people. And nobody was at the pot itself but us.
The previous buzz and whistle of a relatively warm and breezy Irish day turned to practical silence.
You couldn't dare speak above a whisper.
Surrounding the pot grew loads of lushous green foliage, typical of Ireland, if not slightly denser and greener then normal. But nothing, NOTHING, grew inside the pot.
The water was deader then stone, and blacker then obsidian. Like a giant mirror of the deepest reaches of the abyss.
Who knows where all this water came from?
At the time there was much less known then what little we do know today about the waters origins.
And yet this giant pool of water only shed the tiniest of trickles.
And that trickle would grow and grow and become the mighty, yet treacherous, Shannon River.
Never trust the Shannon.
That river plays tricks on you. Many people have drowned that way, it's not a good way to go at all.
Whatever you do, don't trust that river!
Here in Hawaii, we have the Menehunes. I believe every culture all over the world each have their own folklore of little people with mystical powers.
In Iceland, the hidden folk that live in the volcanic rocks look out for people, but cause mischief 🧝🏻♀️
Guam's are tatemono.
I've seen those little people.
@@renaephenix Riiight...
In Australia they're called Dillungoolies
Here in southern England almost all of this is lost and replaced with the Disney fairy. It’sa shock to many that stone circles were being destroyed right up to the 50’s by airfields and quarries. And burial mounds by deep ploughing in the 60-70,s. They have tried to destroy the ancient link to the land. But the faerie can be felt in the beautiful places, the springs and the quiet corners.
Here in the States, one could probably say that we've almost eliminated all remnants of the original spirits of the land with our foolish progress, or better described as money hoarding and wealth building. It still remains in limited forms, in limited areas, but it feels thin, violated, and evacuated. We are a slob like people here, progressing materially but regressing spiritually, intellectually, and without any shred of interest in wisdom. And what little natural old places that are left become over trodden by thrill seekers or developed into more concerns for wealth building.
We are like children in a museum who just cannot read the sign that says, “look but don't touch.”
But I have to wonder if there will be a day or era of reckoning at some point. Years ago, as a younger man, when standing in certain areas, I could feel the deep well of sadness mixed with a horrid anger within the land. And even at that time, I knew that all patience had long since been lost. It would be a new but hard era for sure. When the land that has provided for our wealth and progress (or more like, had been raped and pillaged) would start to shutter its stores and begin reclaiming that which we had slovenly taken from it.
I doubt I will be around when it happens, but I can see it already beginning. My health isn't good, and I know that I have more years behind me than before me now. I only hope that those who do care, or try to live lightly as best they can, will be spared -- at least.
@@datatwo7405 The history of America (Amaru ca - Incan for Land of the winged/plumed serpent) is dark. The worship of the Dragon & serpent are literally the worship of Satan's original beast form before he was cursed by God in Eden/ Shamballa /Shangri la. Notice the feathered headdresses of antiquity by the majority of Native American tribes.
Still preserved in Kent woodlands and coastal areas. It's among the Roma community too.
You know, I've always found the traditional tales of fae to be much more interesting than the Fantasia fairy spin-offs. As an animator and designer/developer, they have a lot more potential for media, too; on account of being more believable and resonating.
I don't know that I can fault Disney's Nine Old Men with much; but as an act of respect to both our own spirituality world, and our artisan predecessors, it's time to open our ears and move on from that.
Well said, I've heard similar from a psychic in the USA also.@@datatwo7405
Growing up in northern Scotland I was told all about the faerie folk. My mum still calls small cakes faerie cakes ☺️they are alive and well!
I grew up in Glasgow but my dad was irish so I learned about kelpies and selkies from my mum and leprechauns and changelings from my irish granny
We still have fairy cakes here in Essex.
@Wynter Reign yes they are tiny cupcakes with currants in them and plain on top. They are usually cooked in floral frilly cake cases....well they are here in Essex. Always give one to the fairies!
Any recommendations for people who want to learn more about them? I'm Scottish and Irish but the language and stories weren't passed down. Its quite sad to keep that I missed out on that part of my heritage and now im trying to learn about it!
@@maggiethedruid9010 I would check out Lady Gregory's Complete Irish Mythology. It's more Irish-centred than Scottish, but there's some crossover. Scathach the great warrior woman lived and trained heroes on the Isle of Skye, and when Clann Uisnigh ran as refugees from Ulster they made for Scotland.
Once on holiday in Ireland we cycled on a country lane between my cousin's and my aunt's. It was late and quite dark. When we came to cycle back the next day we saw the lane was full of potholes, any one of which could have pitched us off our bikes but we'd managed to miss every one. It was put down to the 'little people' guiding us through them. In a local park in England, as a child, I saw a ring of toadstools. When I asked why they grew like that, my Irish father told me it was a fairy ring. The idea of them was fascinating to me.
In india in northern Himalayan region we have fairy mountain and we are not allowed to wear bright or perfumes while we are in jungle areas it is said "if they loved your smell or color they will dispear you forever.. and there are several people who got 1 hour to say good bye to there family and were taken forever..
in our local language fairies are called "aachuri"
Oh wow I didn’t know about it!! I’m from India and the northern region is my favourite part of India.
@@faery10 great you can google about a lore of "jeetu bangdwal ki kahani"
@@abouteverything9031 i was just about to ask you this hahah thank u :)
@@88_garnet8 aachuri is local name of fairies
In Bangladesh we call them 'fori'. Obviously that's very similar to fairy but I've never found as explanation as to how it is that some Bangla people believe in them.
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A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to ... but wait ... this is all fantasy ...
I moved to Ireland 3 years ìago, a place called mullagh na sì (fairymount) and there's a fairy fort a field away from my land. I'd love to go pay homage but don't want any nasty things to happen. My neighbours grandson looks like a changling to me, with amber eyes and snow white hair( his parents are blue eyed and brown/red). I'm English but have been fascinated with Celtic tales since I was s child. By the way, I've been very happy here, blessed with good fortune, neighbours and loving soulmate, but gotta share this. I planted trees out in the furthest corner nearest to the fort and one of them moved! The ground was not disturbed but it definitely wasn't where I put it! I guess it must've blocked one of their power lines or pathways so I let it be.
I so enjoyed your comment. What part of Ireland are you based? I am Irish & have experienced many magical encounters with the good people... Glad to hear you are happy & settled. 🙌🏻
@@AoibheannDoyle-SoulTherapist I'm in roscommon but close to borders of Sligo , Mayo and not far away from Galway border too. There are other forts on the hill but all on private open land. This one is tucked out sight from everyone in forestry but can be seen from the air which is how I found it😉😁😃
You could try honey milk or small offerings near the trees you planted. They generally respect ppl who are good to nature... not to anthropomorphize them...
@@laurencashman6668 a couple cookies.
I loved these comments. You are so fortunate to live there.
Sometimes....the youtube algorithm will reccomend a gem of a channel such as this. Today is one of those times (:
So glad I've decided to click
You are so right. This is a gem of a channel. As soon as it popped up on my recommendations I clicked on it and subscribed right away. I just love Irish and celtic mythology.
@@marypalmer8581folk lore becomes myth,myth becomes legend, legend becomes history and there lies the truth
Here in the Philippines we have Duwendes, Diwatas, Nuno sa Punso and Enkanto. They are all members of the Encantados. Some say they live in the City of Biringan. More like Agartha as there are portals in where you can access their hidden world. I really believe these creatures existed as there are stories all over the world.
I remember them, my grandparents tell stories about them.
Where do aswang and kapre belong?
Spirits of the earth :)
In Mexico we call them Duendes “duwendes” sounds familiar it’s crazy how they’re all around the world
@@OM4Rx Our countries had some similarities because one particular country colonized both our countries.
The Fae are here always, and always have been. Here in Australia they are just as vibrant and loved. I’ve been a believer my whole life, my family is Celtic and we have always loved the Fae and l trust them implicitly. I have had so many strange experiences...they are more real than we ever will be.
Right you are. The fairy folk have been here as long as we have. They do no harm to this planet, and are permanent citizens here. Glad to meet a believer. Many blessings.
Been seeing fairies for 15 years as energy beings in spirit form. They manifest in many ways through nature. I see/feel them often in Victoria through butterflies, dragonflies, thistle seeds and the Superb Fairy Wrens to name a few :D
I've started on my own path in contacting them. They can be malevolent, to the ones who disrespect them, but from my own experience, even though seeing/feeling one can be shocking, I've never got the impression that they were evil. See y'all at the Crossroads of Magick...
Definitely a lot of fae folk or land spirits here in Australia. I think they take on characteristics of the indiginous people though.Ive se e n and heard them as this form.wh a t do you think?
@@redwolf7929 If that's they case then there is no wrong believes. The differences could be enviromental they could be different entities but the same type accross the world. So Norse, or Amerindian, West African can be different entities but the same kind of entity. It could be beings from another dimension or when we die we enter dimensions above the 4th. Maybe that's were the pineal gland comes in. So much to explore.
Very illuminating. Obvious parallel with odin and his association with the host of the dead in late folklore and with elves in the sagas. Both associated with barrows. Faeries evidently mix of spirits of ancient dead and elemental spirits
I thought I’d see you here. The blonde description of Air Faeries made me think of your theory that ‘fair’ haired people could have been valued for having supposedly neotenous traits.
I am wondering if, perhaps, such traits could have fed into the caste system of Indo-Europeans subjugating the local peoples in what would become Britain.
Ever-youthful ones, ever-living ones, these are the epithets of the fair folk. Anthropologically speaking, youth and beauty are the only traits sought to be confirmed by social conventions and traditions of conformity precisely because they are indications of health - this is merely the society confirming itself as a living entity, enacting itself as being alive. Preference of beneficial traits as per the socially determined elite aspects of the respective time-frame.
It could well be, with all the deific associations blondism has in the literature, that the blonde nobles (Indo-Europeans) saw themselves as descended from the gods, while the people they invaded were mere mortals.
This mix could have produced the Celtic identity, just as the modern Indians are themselves defined by their mixed heritage.
As unsightly as it may seem to modern people, if we cast our gaze away from the traces of caste systems in the past, we shall not see through the ages clearly.
And such poor knowledge shall not see us through them well.
@@thegreenmage6956 Encounter w. the hidden people ua-cam.com/video/bodVJE4qVk4/v-deo.html&ab_channel=RichardWilliams
Sound a bit like Slavic fairies(Vila)
@@bolerobolero5668 like Fleur Weasley in Harry Potter?
@@LadywatchingByrd I don't get the reference. I have not watched or read any Harry Potter.
Whenever someone has an incident to share, it is all speculative. I can't prove this story because, well, you'll see. When I was a teenager some years ago, I was walking home on a very blustery day in the Spring in East Tennessee. It was a lively mid-day, with gray clouds and a heavy wind. Whirlwinds were in the park in plenty. As I walked, I became enamored of one of these whirlwinds close by. As I watched it hurtling leaves and debris about, suddenly, all the world changed around me. The air no longer appeared like air, but a thicker, heavier substance like water. The whirlwind itself changed. Within it was a tall human-like being, nearly 7-7 1/2 feet all (approx. 2.28 meters). I recall making out that this "being" such as it was, was flipping and somersaulting and jumping and whirling around in chaotic abandon. It seemed to me that it possessed dragonfly wings and large oval eyes. I seem to recall it wearing some sort of garment. Anyway, it bounced and whirled and flipped limberly, as if having a fun and joyous time. Then as I stood there, this being became aware of me. It stopped, looked at me, and in shock in seeing me (as much as I had seeing it), jumped and flipped backward over a trash dumpster where it disappeared. The world around me flashed and all was put back to normal again. What's stranger still is that I continued my walk home and it wasn't for a few long minutes of sitting at home when the memory of what transpired came to me. There was a strange out-of-mind sort of feeling. I like to attribute the experience to the actual witnessing of one of these creatures, although I haven't had anything like that happening again.
I seriously think everybody gets a glimpse of the unseen, but few believes what they see. I wondered if I was going crazy from my brief experience that only happened once. It took 30 years and listening/reading NDE's to believe the unseen is real.
That is some experience! thanks for sharing!
And THIS is why I read the comments!!
What a wonderful experience! And in East TN too. I'm in Nashville, maybe I will see that someday.😊 Thanks for sharing😊🐝
@@kelleemerson9510 Same! Don't know how deep you've gone down that rabbit hole, but just in case you or anyone else is curious check the work of Dr. Jim Tucker and others at the University of Virginia. They are studying NDEs, children with memories of past lives, out of body experiences, consciousness, psi, mediums, channeling, etc. There's a ton and all the info they have is astounding. It is absolutely fascinating and I'm glad at least one group of people is trying to apply the scientific method to fringe and paranormal topics. He "solves" something like 3/4ths of all past life cases, meaning he is able to trace the information to the person they were before. I'd be impressed if it was 1/10, but 3/4ths is substantial. Some even being born with birth defects that align with the previous body. It seems like there may be a connection to these kids and having violent or sudden deaths like jumping out of a window during a fire, a fighter jet going down, etc.
Has definitely changed my worldview. I'm still more science-brained, but I think bridging the gap between the two is going to result in some astonishing discoveries.
You experienced the dark dimension of the nephilum.they was shown how to manifest threw there parents the fallen of watchers.
The best Irish faery stories in my opinion feature unexpected interventions in the lives of ordinary people. In these the faery is not a being of ill-intent but has a neutral attitude toward people in general. Only when an individual human over-steps the boundaries do they provoke a negative reaction from the faery that they have in some way crossed.
My mom taught me about these wee folk. It was very magical. I was always looking for them.
Your Mom was a wise woman to pass on knowledge to you of the unseen realm.
I worked on the Hill of Tara bypass Road from Dublin to the town of Navan as an archaeologist. A lot of care was taken to respect the ancient ruins we discovered and to protect the beauty and integrity of Tara itself. The road is long finished but the old respect for the past is still there, even if we Irish do not largely believe in fairies anymore
There are over 15000 different types of faeries here in the U.K., only 4 of which can be considered benign or friendly. Traditional Celtic faery tales were never intended for kids and rarely had happy outcomes. in many ways, they resemble later alien abduction stories, telling of people getting lost in 'pocket dimensions' for decades or giving birth to odd hybrid other -worldly children after being taken away. Most of what I know about this subject was taught to me by my grandfather who was an arch druid and was contemporary with men like Gerald Gardener and Aleister Crowley.
Always cross examine everything these beings say to you. if they lose patience or tell you 'time is running out' then they are trying to deceive you and are the 'bad ' sort. A good spirit will always take the time to reassure you and NEVER eat or drink anything they may offer you or you will be lost forever.
Stay safe out there and blessed be.
So it's so much better being human? Destroying our planet with all the murder, greed and wars? 🧐
If aliester A.C. Said they were bad, maybe they weren’t so bad. Maybe they were considered evil by people performing occult rituals and acted as an enforcer? Or maybe they are all evil spirits and when a person accesses the spiritual realm through occult practices like astral projection, they are open to being tricked or attacked by them? I dunno just a thought?
You should certainly avoid concern for time. That is the essence of the battle with Kronos, but all the same, it is good to work fast, and get a lot done, while you have the chance.
They won’t cross water, if you ever need duck out.
@@onemysore6120 Sadly doesn't work. It would be an incredible stretch to believe those folk trapped by faeries for decades, never once crossed water in all that time. People trapped by faeries will do literally anything to escape. Anything. Not, Anything other than cross a body of water.
However, if you do get grabbed by a faery, there are occasions on which, the faery may be more easily forced out, if you have a water flow to attach it to.
So, water is certainly useful for dealing with them, but it's not some kind of magical charm. It is only effective in certain circumstances
Hi! Love your video, just adding some info from an Irish person with a decent grip on the language - 'anam' meaning soul/spirit and 'ainm' meaning name are two separate words that still exist!
You are correct. "anam" does have the root I was speaking. My mistake. I don't know how I made such a fumble.
@@FortressofLugh Honestly your knowledge of the language is still more impressive than the majority of us here in the country and most of us begin to learn it from four years old! Easy mistake with the close spelling!
@@siobhanfahy8792 thanks. I think the mix-up was partially born from my Old-Irish study, where the words appear even more similar. I had realized the connection between soul and breath studying Greek and when I went to try and confirm the Gaelic connection I must have just quickly mistook the words in the edil dictionary based on the Old Irish being even more similar in various spellings. www.dil.ie/concise/1402
Hey man. Your Gaeilge pronunciation is really good. Fair play.
It really is! I'm sure he got a lot verbal beatings at the beginning for getting it wrong. People are protective of Gaeilge pronunciations but few actually speak it.
Love this as I write stories about the fae 📝🍀👸🧚♂️I come from Ireland my ancestors whispered the stories to me
I just found out that what we have always thought was a playful ghost in our family home is more likely playful being such as this. I am fascinated and have learned so much here. Thank you!!
I am from Newfoundland, there are a lot of stories about the fairies here. One of the oldest things was if you knew you were going to be out after dark you would keep a slice of bread in your pockets to give to the fairy's if they tried to come and take you away.
Lovely to hear my native tongue spoken on this.
Its true, here in Ireland the construction of motorways in recent years have ruined ancient sites forever.
Many artifact discovered go unreported because that will stop production. Archeology is the last thing cintractors want getting in the way if their deadline bonus.
We will never know what's been lost.
Nothing has been lost. That world still exists all around and in this one.
This was wonderful and very informative! I’m working on a series of paintings right now inspired by Celtic mythology and this gave me a lot to go off of! ☺️
Greetings from The Emerald Isle ! Fair play man.. good to see the wider world embracing the Sidhe. They have re-awoken and are calling on us to protect the planet as we share it with them, even though they are in a different dimensional frequency. So us destroying earth, destroys their earth too ! Nice to hear your Gaeilge too ;)
Like the nice golden floral designs at the start of the video.
my family is Scottish and growing up my grandparents always told me stories about how you need to be VERY careful around fairies/ Fae Folk
Yes, respect is an honored tradition among those mostly invisible, very distant cousins of humanity, from times of antiquity.
Na daoine mhaithe - The good people.
I live near and amongst these places you've spoke about as I'm Irish and very local to the sites. I live in County Meath = Contae na Mhí
The good folk aren't God's but have the ability to enter our world and the otherworld. When you visit these places there is a peacefulness which can fall on someone.
Just because we can't see them doesn't mean they aren't there!
Físeán mhaith 👍🏻
I heard someone the other day say ` It`s like taking a cup and dipping it in a lake, looking into the cup, and saying `there`s no fish in there`. I totally agree with you, just cuz ya can`t see little people, doesn`t mean they aren`t there. Well said. I just had to respond.
An gcreideann tú sna sióga? Creidhim iontu!
Do you believe in fairies? I believe in them!
There's some Irish for you for that fantastic analogy!
@@stasiusclay7348 II would like to be able to read that in English. I do not `believe` in the fairy folk. I have had the honor of seeing two of them, at different times. That is different than belief, which requires faith. I saw living proof, so I`d be an ass to deny them. I have never left the US, so I promise you, they got here somehow. What I believe, is that millennia ago there is a link to humans. Not that they are human. I do not mean to say that. The 2 times I SAW, were very different. The 1st one was having a hissy fit, and therefore became visible, I presume from his emotional overload. I was driving by slowly when I saw this. It was obvious why he was having a meltdown, so I yelled out of my car, to relieve his stress. Only then did he realize I saw him. I was on an onramp, so never got to see the expression of surprise, he certainly must have been wearing then. The 2nd encounter was in my home, because apparently now they knew where I lived. That encounter left me angry, but I have learned to laugh about it, and to treasure these unusual encounters.
They are not gods. They used to be though, until they were pushed bellow the soil.
Fairies are nature spirits, but most of them descend from the tuatha of danann who were forced to go underground.
Knowing all of this is what inspired me to write a fantasy novel, heavily inspired by Irish culture and its ancient religion. Also, would be cool to know the name of music in the background, it's perfect for these type of videos.
"The One Who is Torn Apart" from the Xenogears Soundtrack
@@FortressofLugh
Thanks, Mr. Kevin.
And please, it would be great if you could touch more about this topic of the Daoine Sidhe.
Beannachtaí
what is it called?
@@eggomymeggo
So far: The Fantasy of Hanael
@@elgranlugus7267 is it published
I’ve had an idea for a while now, I’m not sure if you are familiar with avatar; the last airbender, but I thought it was such a great way to portray eastern tradition and philosophy to a western audience in a fantasy style.
I thought maybe if something similar, but not the same or not clearly a rip off, but indeed it’s own thing was made like it with concepts of ancient western culture, the results may be a renewed interest in our ancestral culture among children.
In the same way that avatar divides the world into four nations, and four elements, vaguely resembling the Thai, Chinese, Tibetans, and Siberians/Inuit, this world would divide the world into three parts of the soul as described in one of your more recent videos, and the nations amongst a Celtic inspired, Germanic inspired, and helleno-roman inspired nations...
Thoroughly enjoyed that series, have watched it with my children. I like your concept in principle. Would surely watch a show of it's kind.
I'm a huge fan of the series & I like how you put it. well said
@@EresirThe1st I agree, though I'm not seeing the kids more cultured...
That's basically what Lord of the rings is, tolkein took his love of fairy tales and put them into his mythology. He took the fairy folk and integrated them as the elves we understand today.
Loved avatar. Also Netflix is doing a great job in my opinion of teaching ancient knowledge to kids these days.
I like how you present your material in this video. It’s captivating, and unique compared to the rest of the faerie folk material available on the Internet. The topic of gods, faeries, and other mythological beings falls into the subjective truth category. We don’t really have evidence to be able to know the objective truth about these mythological races. So for now, each individual must do their own independent research, choose their own sources of information, and choose how they wish to fit the mythological races into their personal worldview. I see that you have established for yourself, based on the available information that you’ve looked at, that the faerie folk are spiritual in nature. I don’t yet know if I want to call the faeries spiritual, because I don’t really know what spiritual truly means. I personally view the world of matter/nature as spiritual. To me the physical is not separate from the spiritual. Humans have a soul, so this means that we are material and spiritual at the same time. This means we exist in a world of matter while being partly spiritual ourselves. Same goes for anything in nature, because all life has spirit and consciousness. So what really is spiritual? Is spiritual and other-dimensional same, or different? See it gets confusing. It might be that the faeries are multi-dimensional, and can move through different dimensions.
Sounds like you have been doing some deep thinking, I've been there myself. I started feeling like everything was connected somehow through the spiritual realms as I got into studying the Tarot, Numerology and Astrology in my search for spiritual truth. I've had many paranormal experiences that cleared up many doubts I may have had. I'm far from feeling like I have all the answers but I keep an open mind and weight everything within me. I know there is more to this world than meets the eye and that it is all connected to the spiritual realm of other dimensions of consciousness.
@@denisehill1705 Thank you for your reply. Yes I have been doing some deep thinking. I have a philosopher’s mind, and have been mystic minded from a young age. I’ve also always had a deep connection with nature, and the earth. From a young age I’ve been drawn to the past, to ancient, medieval, even Victorian times. Although I’m interested in myth & folklore of all indigenous cultures, my main interest lies with indigenous European/Teutonic and Slavic cultures. I’ve recently realised that my pull to the past was always ancestral, but I didn’t understand it until about 4 years ago. I was born & raised in Russia Rostov-on-Don, which is the homeland of my mother and all her family. My father and his whole family are Armenian, but unfortunately my parents never taught me Armenian culture or language, only Russian. At age 13 my parents moved our family to USA Florida. So I’ve lived in US for many years. It’s here in US is where I started discovering the truth about the hidden history, and native pagan spiritual heritage of my Slavic Russian ancestors. Prior to this discovery, I just associated the Russians with the orthodox Christian faith. Now I know that Christianity was never native to Russia, or anywhere in Europe. They all had their own native pagan faith, and Christianity actually played a very negative role in the history of the world, but that’s a topic for another time. I think it’s great that you started your awakening process, and you are revealing secrets and hidden mysteries with your Tarot study. Keep it up. Good luck to you
Just because one doesnt know how tosee them, doesnt mean they dont exist.
Thabk yoy for sharing the lore thats left!
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Ahh I greatly desire to see the land of my roots but I suppose listening and watching videos like this is as close as I'll ever come.
The greatest fear of the enemies of humanity is that we reconnect back to these beings (elementals), and not even to do magic necessarily. Just to feel. And want the relationship(s).
Exactly !!! ❤️
Amazing and brilliant work, Fortress of Lugh ! Thanks always for sharing your perfect videos. I love watching it.
Love it! So great to know more about them. I've never heard of using Crystal's to ward them off so to speak. But by some inspiration I use a circle of crystals on my altar to make offerings to them in. I always felt that a barrier of protection was necessary.
You arrived in my "Might interest you section" so i thought i'd have a wee look. Quite glad i did! I was born in Scotland so the Lore is passed on but the research has taken me all over the world. Each country has their own understanding & when you look into their Lore you see the sameness. I saw someone from China commenting, if you watch Guardian with english subs you see their Ancient lore on the fair folk or D'xing. All i find comes under the banner of Djinn or Jinn. Always a good idea to pay homage when walking in forests, besides lakes & granite rocks or through the winds, to leave sweet cakes, offerings to return home safely. A bhith beannaichte & sàbhailte. Tapadh leibh dhutsa
I live in Murfreesboro Tennessee and yes many Fair folk are here . We live on a natural spring and I have heard and seen things I can't explain, I have put a shrine for the water 🌊 element she loves it. Sounds crazy but there you go. Bless your gingerbread hearts 🌻🎃🌻🎃🌻🎃
I live in Murphy n.c...I'd love to go and sit by your spring and just listen quietly...❤
Very cool dissection! I really loved hearing all the old world names and words - the etymology of magic and the fae is fascinating!
In the Philippines Fairies are called *"Diwata"* and dwarvs *"Diwende"* or an evil Fairy are called *"Encanto"*
In mexico folklore is fairies are called Hadas 🧚♂️and gnomes are duendes 🧙♂️
There also creatures in in the Philippines called aswang that were almost bad faries/demons that steal people's babies n stuff lol
@@torpeahoop6704 Yup, but I mostly think aswangs are ghouls, or humans turned ito one by witch 🧹 craft/dark arts or selling ones soul and worshiping the devil
i don't think that there are evil faeries i believe that they are neutral
I’m from Ireland. I had a visit by en Elf a few years ago. This was witnessed by my young gardener who did not believe in faeries and such but has now changed his mind. I have a photo to prove it. I have always believed in them and I do not consider them to be bad folk.
I would love to see this photo!!! Would you feel comfortable emailing it to me by chance?
Go on... tell your story Eire Marion if you can...
@@karagalactic So too have I and my wife, we have met and spoken with a for the want of a better word a "Leprechaun", he came3 twice in one day, a little man, a happy carefree person,spoke to me as if he knew me all my life, no more than 5 ft tall, it happened and we were given an explanation but he brought us good fortune.a great story a bit long but worthy of telling ,we all live in the dimension we call the present and when we move on the body dies but our spirits live on in the next dimension (halloween when the veil between the dimensions becomes open). Slán abus beannacht duit
This was really insightful. I'm here researching fairies for my children's book 'The Lost Harp'. The Giant in my story meets fairies in Donegal who guide him along his journey up the west coast of Ireland.
Na sídhe. This brings me back !
Me too!
Do you think there could be any connection between the Aes Sidh and the Germanic Aesir?
I've always thought!
@@ericadoss2959 well there could be a connection since a lot of people have mistaken the king of warriors Sigurd for the invincible hero Siegfried but they both are actually different people since one bathed in the dragons blood while the other cooked and eat dragon heart so of course there is absolutely a connection I just don't know what
I'm under the impression that fairy folk were the remnants of a past religion before indoeuropean influence. its probably a combination of spirits of earth, and water and trees etc. mixed with ancestor worship. Such that mounds of the dead would have been the home to such a combination and probably more powerful magic because of the admixture. Many mounds predate Indoeurope arrival.
I think I agree with you. Back in Roman times each home had a house spirit which might have been a holdover from spirits in the trees or stones that the house was built out of. I see a lot of similarities to British and European brownies, hobs, and other protector spirits.
Absolutely. 🍀
Many mounds do predate Indo European arrival true but you find some similar things with the Tokarians who went East from Central Asia as well.
@@EresirThe1st yes Maori people of Aotearoa/New Zealand have Patupaerehi who are white skinned, red/fair haired, beings. Who could appear and disappear into the mist. They occasionally had children with Maori, but retreated into another realm, as humans took over the world.
The mounds date from neolithic times. DNA testing has proved that the neolithic people (who resembled Sardinians and Basques) were replaced by the ancestors of the Irish who arrived as the Beaker people
Fantastic. I've been studying Philippine mythology and we also have our equivalent of elves, and I'm finding a lot of consistency with these, whether direct or indirect!
This is so interesting. I'm actually writing a changeling story based on fairy lore. Fairies are intriguing creatures. Maybe that's why people have always found them so irresistible, all over the world.
What’s the plot?
Considering that there is 10s of thousands of years of unrecorded history here it would make sense that the possible earliest origins of Fairies and dwarfs were originally the reminents of human sub spices.
amazing video! really great for someone getting into celtic mythology :) i was wondering if maybe in the future would you do a video on these people who could see the fairies because they have ‘the sight’ ? it just really caught my attention when you said that
There's nothing remotely funny or enchanting about having 'the sight'. As you are curious, I warn you: Be very careful what you wish for.
Many genuinely Irish have this. It warns of death of a loved one or friend. Usually within 2 to 3 months of getting a dream, audio warning, daytime vision where time and place do not exist. People are very wary of being in contact with these folk seeing it as more a burden or curse to those they come in contact with. They can foretell the future. They can heal people, animals, plants, land, bodies of water, air, things and buildings or? The opposite. Never make them mad. If they tell you something? It is to warn you for your benefit. If you refuse to hear them out or go too far and laugh and mock them? You will surely rue the day. It is not a joke or a party trick. Do not ask them to tell the future like a horoscope. If they have information to impart? They will tell you. Don't seek the unknown for entertainment it is taboo. Never trust one that demands payment for the telling. The help comes for free and is to be given freely. The gift can be removed if used unwisely or for profit. Your soul can be taken in ransome. Anyone that has it can have fun and enjoy themselves but on the whole? There is a heavy price to pay. The taking of your soul or a family member. Usually a child. Hopefully you understand this grave matter before you choose to proceed. Fair warning.
I agree with sylvia I have the gift and it is a double edged sword as my grandmother used to call it as she had it too.
@@sheilasullivan1950 I so agree with you. I feel it is a curse most days as the visions are never good. I feel like a messenger and those who you give the messages too are ungrateful 99% of the time. The Fae are ethereals not lower level beings as in the video. I tried to help a family member realize when you break a promise to them it is an insult. She didn't listen so I stopped helping her. People who do not have the gift do not understand the burden. there are times that I am so depressed I do not want to get out of bed. This is why I tell people if you are not experienced and confident with your own abilities never ever mess with the unknown. I've said the same thing about wishes as well because you never asked for anything usually they will come to you and give to you freely. The only thing I asked them for was during a conversation many years ago with the fae I commune with I asked her to show me my bloodline origins. This was only after she told me I was one of them. But you're right they don't have to tell you anything and most of the time they will not and you have to word what you say to them very carefully which is what most people do not understand. People also don't understand that they do not like Gardens with images of them that insults them as well. There is a whole list of things that they find insulting and I was given that list the one that I leave offerings for and fiercely protects my yard everyday. Some are forthcoming and straight up and others are not it depends on the individual faerie. I have seen too many of the bad and evil entities in this world that do not belong here that have been brought by Mankind's negativity. Most people have always told me I wish I had your abilities. I always give them the same response and that is NO you don't. It's not all peaches and cream like you think. I am glad to have seen your response as I also tell people if you abuse your powers they can be taken away just as easily as they were given.They are a privilege not a right. Once gone there is no getting them back.
@@melissathompson5536 Very interesting! Thanks for sharing!
@@sheilasullivan1950 So, you would have to make it known that you are seeking answers from the fairies and not say your higher spirit guides? If when you are meditating and asking for guidance you should let it be known who you want the guidance from?
OOH MY GOD!! In September 20, 2005 I went into surgery at Stanford Hospital. And I die. The soonest I stop breathing I was out of my body, because I was breathe, I was part of the air, and yet I was a being. Not a thinking being! There’s no brain I was out of my body , but a being full of knowledge and love . I was part of nature and yet a human being in form. And then they brought me back, and I’m still here.😢😢
Sounds like you had yourself a good ol' NDE.
Death is fake news, this is the single greatest kept conspiracy going today
When we started having possessions and hoarding welsth, we became afraid of death, we were attached to our material possessions instead of rather than our spiritual love and such
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What brand of scotch was it?
Laura Kinsale has a wonderful book about the Sidhe
What is it called?
I looked up the author and all she has is fiction.
This channel is great as I've been researching the Fae for a while now. I guess it's safe to say that no one really knows what the sidhe origin really is as there are so many different theories. Doesn't mean I'll stop tho. I'm fascinated with the tuatha de.. I don't know why specifically them, but there something about the Irish mythology that just calls out to me.
I was in the hospital years ago had a major operation and stayed three and a half weeks.The night before the operation was very sick but looked out the window and there was five little people ina circle I felt they were there to help meI never have saw them sick.The Great Serpent Mound is not far from this hospital.I had never thought of it since but made out well.
Was this in Ohio?
@@LilyGazou yes in Southern Ohio
I was born in the hospital right next to the Great Circle Mound in Newark. Always been very connected to nature and great with animals, even the wild ones.
@@marykintz643 I was born in Portsmouth, Ohio.
nice choice of music..."The One who is Torn Apart" one of the best games of all time.
Just wanted to add theres a great song about the hills of the Fair Folk and those who disturb them- its called ¨Hollow Hills¨ by the classic gothic band Bauhaus, awesome song and you should check out the live version on UA-cam- utterly spine tingling. You can really picture the hills at night, with mist and fog blooming all around them
My mums irish ...A McLaughlin.
I have seen ' 2 NEON BLUE ' Fairies ...
When i was year 3 or so ..
I'll never forget .
Still tells same story n still vivid ..
Dancing lil neon fairies .
Like tinker Bell but neon blue
You say fairies are definitely not gods, but if you believe the origin story that they're the Tuatha Dé, having gone underground or into the other world after their defeat by the Milesians, they are gods of a sort. I think there are different fundamental views on the origins and natures of the Sidhe, possibly a result of the fusions of ancient cultures.
They are diminished gods.
@@bashsibda6289 Certainly in how they're viewed in folklore and later tales.
I thought they were lower ranking gods or elementals
They are no Gods for there is only one. They are fallen beings, from a heavenly realm. Trapped by God in a separate realm from us.
I’ve always been told that the Fae are a third of the angels who took neither side in the angelic rebellion and that it’s their punishment to wander the earth eternally and are denied entry to heaven. This could explain the reason that some are good and some evil
Now my 'She-shed' has a new meaning 🤣
Fairy Folk Habitat!
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Would you say it's a sidhe-sidhe-er she-shed?
@@bradchambers5886 Lol!
I call it a ma’am cave. Don’t want to pass off the little folk.
If your ever in Wicklow, ireland visit the pipers stones, it’s our little Stonehenge. I was there for the first time yesterday & had an amazing time. There were 3 fairy trees & people had left gifts for them & so did we. We meet a reiki healer there & it looked like a witches coven meeting 😂. I would always respect the fairy’s you just don’t mess with them.
As a Shaman, I just want to just point out that Elves and Dwarves are not equal to the Fae. They are mortal, therefore are still within the realistic bounds of life on other planets. Fae are astral entities, they are more like sentient spirits who merged with an elemental aspect which is why they are also recognized as nymphs and satyrs. I understand that it was used as an example but Elves and Dwarves have more in common with humans than Fae. Lumping them together based on fantastical elements is like saying the ocean and deserts are the same cause they are all environmental features.
You sound like you know these beings. Have you seen them? What can you tell me about Gnomes? Please and thank you
@@tanyaphilstrom7077 at this point, I've seen too much 👀 🤣 and Fae are... particular about who they speak to. Whenever I do hear from them, it's a complaint, but what else is new on this planet. The only thing I can tell you about Gnomes are that they don't like that name/image. Fae appear to us in true form, it's up to us to be clear in the mind to see them correctly. Otherwise your assumptions dress them up like a Boggart from Harry Potter (the only accurate piece of magical information in a book series about magic)
My local mine fae like to be called "Tommy Knockers" and I think that's Clever, Cool and Cute. Trinity approval from me.
While I have your attention, can we collectively agree to rename the Turkey to "Gobblebird"? Those birds don't speak Turkish and it's giving them anxiety.
@@L3onking if you are a shaman then can you tell me are old gods still among us in the form of divine spirits or have they faded away
@@adaman.shr.3538 they old gods aren't as endangered as they are portrayed by scholars. The Egyptian pantheon probably does this the most but the old gods are always reborn in new forms.
It's like a never ending Soap opera of divine proportions.
So don't worry, the earth is entering a new era and the everyone will meet the deities who govern over their respective aspects of their regions. The "collective will" of said theme per se. As each landscape is different, so are each variation of those deities.
You're bound to meet the ones you thought you lost, and they feel very appreciative of your devotion so 👍👍 you're in the good books
@@L3onking thanks but the reason I said this is because I meet a women when I was lost in woods with blond hair and green eyes and green dress and a wooden basket with flowers and buds she helped me to find my mom and when I ask her if I will see her again she said yes give me a pendant and kissed me on my cheek and ushered me to my mom then she jus up and vanished in the forest she told me her name is freya or feya so I asked well as for the pendant I'm still wearing it till now it's my most precious possession along with an old European sword given to me by an antique shop owner who told me it's a knights sword but them what are divine spirits are they remnants of some gods or something or fairies
3 different races of extraterrestrials stranded on the Earth in times so ancient that for early humans they looked like gods. Brilliant video, thank you! I'm subscribing to your channel 👍
please explain further about the 3 different races ? i would like to know more thank you
This is deep
I'm reminded of in scripture how when Christ commanded Lazarus to "come out" 'and the Spirit breathed life back into him'
Go back to Genesis. God breathed a spirit into the flesh and it made a soul. The flesh and spirit are components that joined make a soul. The spirit goes back to God at death to be re used.
Edit: Not saying your soul goes back to God or you in particular get reborn. I'm saying the you is a different thing than the components and one of them is reused and technically the other is replaced a few times a year.
I recently learned the tetragram YHWH isn't meant to be spoken, but inhaled on the YH, and exhaled on the WH. The very name of God is the breath He gives us. Pretty cool!
Christian mythology has nothing to do with Gaelic mythology. You’re just retracing the footsteps of the Catholics who destroyed these religions in the first place.
@@codykondo6973 I wasn't relating it to this mythology. I just interjected this bit of information into the conversation. The language YHWH comes from is actually Hebrew though. I'm not a fundamentalist, I believe in a Universal Christ....all belief systems are valid to me.
@@codykondo6973 false. Abrahamic mythology stems from the Canaanite pantheon of the Eloha, the pre-Canaanite peoples originally came from Sardinia and the Iberian peninsula. The SAME Iberian peninsula that the pre-Celtic peoples came from. You go far enough back, you realize that the reason all the myth systems have so many similarities and universal stories is that they come from the same Neolithic beliefs. It's ALL connected.
I finally figured out the real etymology of Fairy since most dictionaries on the matter present things that do not make any linguistic or etymological sense. Fa- is also spelled Fae, which is directly related to Wae and Vae, Ve and Vi. It comes from Latin Vi as in Vita meaning "Life." it was combined with -iry, which tracing back occurs as -ery (where eerie comes from but misrepresented) having come from argi/argr/earg which all come from the Latin form of Greek urge and means work.
Fairy literally mean Life Worker which explains the connection to nature which makes the word an alternative to Wight (Life and used as a generic word for living being like creature) as the animating living essence of a person, place or thing, which is the connection to the Vaettir from the same Latin sources. The obvious more restricted since of later concepts of being a concept of the ghost or soul/spirit is where there is the whole "ancestor" connection and association with burial mounds and ancient ruins.
Such burial mounds were then called the Sid of the Fairies as the word literally meant seat, used as a term as a place/center of authority and thus power which itself was a reverse lone word to Latin as Sede which would otherwise have been Throne and from Greek the word Chair from Cathedral (a seat and place of authority and power) since such mounds were used as the temple and tomb honoring the dead by their heirs in the manner reflected in such as the lore of Beowulf.
Fairy, Wight, and Vaettir are the same thing in meaning. When it comes to the "specific types of Fairies, Elves, Dwarves, etc" are just more specific types of Fairy, Wight, and Vaettir.
…this sounds sooooo Indian - it’s a shame that Nycean-council Christian mythology replaced this beautiful and rich Irish lore - luvvit! Thank you for this awesome video 💚
Marvelous and the subject deserves indeed more then a video
Since I have become a born again believer in Jesus Christ, the world is much more mysterious and wonderful than I’d ever thought. Mythology and folklore have much more meaning and truth in Christianity than our modern supposedly ‘logical’ society is willing to believe.
Your very good at this. I love your exploring series
😊 I'm a SciFi and steampunk writer with another worldbuilding channel here on UA-cam, and this video was very helpful for my mythology research, for I'm retelling some of the old celtic folklore in my book. Thank you! 🤗🍀💕
Yeats has several poems which feature the Sidhe, “Hosting of the Sidhe” in particular. They also feature in “The Stolen Child”. There are others as well from his early period. To me there is a definite difference between the Fair Folk and the Tuatha de. You might consider the Fair Folk as the everyday citizens of the people under the hill and the Danaans as the aristocrats.
" Finding Faeries" by Alexandra Rowland
Your Irish pronunciation is remarkably good. If you're not a native speaker, I'm interested in what you used to learn. Great work.
I see the shee or fae as quite similar to the Japanese Kami, great video BTW.
Merry Christmas Lugh family. Peace on Earth. Goodwill to all living creatures.
Some of the artwork in this video is truly breathtaking. Could you provide info about the sources for these?
What is that first painting shown please with the horses and humanoid figure on them with like "head-dresses" etc. please?
...background music: Id's Theme Xenogears. It's been awhile since I've heard it. Thank you.
Beautiful pictures, thank you.
Yes, you can find them in the “in between” here but not, there but not, in dusk and dawn between rivers and land, in the middle of unearthly planes.
In dreams they stand .
Etymology. The English fairy derives from the Early Modern English faerie, meaning 'realm of the fays'. Faerie, in turn, derives from the Old French form faierie, a derivation from faie (from Vulgar Latin fata, 'the fates'), with the abstract noun suffix -erie.
That was fairy good
I really really really enjoy your awesome information. Thank you.
I own ten acres in Eastern Washington state, USA... I have had some of the oddest experiences of my life on this property since we bought it. I've been looking for information about nature spirits to understand better what I am dealing with. I am 1/4 Irish and 3/4 Italian and have certain gifts that are not supposed to exist in this materialistic age. Hence clicking your video. Thank you.
tell us, tell us?!
Yes, please do tell your tales. Many of us are still children at heart!
i been planning on moving to that state, i would like to know more of what you've been experiencing there !
@@melaniem.3804 Sorry Melanie... it is so hard to keep up with everything lately. Ok ... lets see. First, before you move here, check practical things like cost of living, Western Washington's uncertain weather, politics and geology should also be checked. Western Washington is as expensive to live as New York. I lived through three earthquakes on that side of the Cascades, one was a 6.8 in 2002. I was also, here, for Mt. St. Helen's many eruptions. www.salary.com/research/cost-of-living
On the spiritual level. So many experiences I don't know where to start. We moved to Eastern Washington upon retirement because of cost of living and we wanted to live simply, grow our own food and raise hens. I own 10 acres near the Columbia river gorge. I've always had spiritual gift. It started soon after we started unpacking. There seems to be native American ghosts on my property. I 'see' one of them, frequently. Very rarely is it a full body apparition but he's definitely here. One time, I walked into my craft room and he seemed to be nearly dancing.. moving about. That room is really strange. It doesn't feel friendly. Lights sometimes appear there. -- a deep blue light, sometimes voices... I've heard drums late at night. (they may be actual drums, a native American lady told me they have ceremonies, but I can't be sure?) He stands at a window staring in. I can sense him. I've seen him as a bright white light walking around our work-shed, and also, in the house. I dreamed that there was a hunting party and they were attacked by their enemies. All were killed in a clearing near by. Last summer, I was already alone.. I went out to look for the comet, as I was walking, he was walking behind me. At first I thought it might be the spirit of my husband, but there was a creep factor I would not feel with him. Suddenly, I saw a very big bear running towards me. Just a quick vision. I would have been dead if it was a real bear. strangely, I realized the bear was in daylight though it was actually 11 PM. The spirit stayed with me until I returned home. I felt the vision of the brown bear was hostile in intent and I've considered using my Italian prayers and folk magic to block him better, but I pity him and his fellow lost souls.
Be conscious that this state is still very wild in places, the mark (spirits, energies/effects) of the Native Americans and nature in the raw, is stronger here. Wild, wild places.
There seems to be nature spirits also. I see them as little sparks of light of a golden or reddish gold hue, dozens of times, maybe hundreds. I am surrounded by forest on three sides. Sometimes I've seen them in very dark conditions, like after sunset, so not bugs glinting in the sunlight. - I think they are Fay folk. Perhaps actual fairies? I've never seen them as cute little creatures with wings, just lights where there should be none. Flying up a tree just before a thunder storm. I don't think we really understand this phenomena. The native Americans also believe in many kinds spiritual entities. I suggest reading about their beliefs. There are also pod casts on these subjects. One summer morning my husband was working in the chicken coop and I was in my herb garden. I heard the clearest most beautiful bell or chime I ever heard.. beautiful, quite loud.. It lasted at least 20 minutes. I looked all over but we had no bells or chimes hanging up. It wasn't a windy day so nothing metal was moving. I called my husband over and asked him if he heard it.. he didn't. I checked on line, even asked several of my pagan friends (I'm a Gnostic Christian) They suggested that I was seeing and hearing nature spirits? -fay folk?. The wild hunt. I finally went to the herb garden at sunset and I told the spirits that I respected them and if they wanted to take some of the leaves of my herbs or vegetables, feel free to take them, but not too much because we ate them, also. I heard a horn blowing from afar. Very, very distant. (imagine an ancient horn ) and heard horses galloping. In my imaginative eye, I saw men on horses, not literally, but as a vision.
There is a creature I see every so often - in the forest. It looks like it is entirely tan and peaks from behind a tree. It is short. Not sure what he is. he's not an animal. Too tall for that.
When my husband was dying, a great deal was happening. Death seems to attract these things. I saw a bigfoot walking past the back of our work-shed (its more like a barn) it was all black 'black as midnight' and I knew instantly it wasn't a physical creature. Bigfoot are not even reported where I live. I've checked. I also saw the sparks of light often, and what they call 'shadow people' several times. Since his death, I've had trouble with poltergeists and spirits, though, I use what my mother taught me to tell them to leave and use prayers in my own tradition for protection. I am sorry this is so long. I worked to trim it. KMH Yes, there is a lot more. This little forest of ours is rather strange. I always wonder are we surrounded by the spiritual realms and most don't see it? Or does the spiritual realms find those who are open to it and manifest more? A subtle difference?
Imagine an exotic people wearing flowy embellished capes of sheer fabric that looked like wings. Riding beautiful horses and chariots. They wore exquisite headdresses and eye makeup and knew about advanced knowledge considered "magic". An exotic people. From a far away land. The people of Ireland England etc couldn't pronounce pharoahs so pronounced it as faeries.
Egyptian Queen Scota/Princess Meri-taten married a Galician Greek king in ancient Spain then Iveria. Their three sons were pharoahs princes in her side and Iberian princes in their father's side. They went to Ireland and took other Egypto-Iberians there with them. Possible reason for the faeries legends.
My Nan always went on about the little people when i was a kid.
Thank you for your teachings
The Eldar.
The people from the stars
Thank you! Beautiful and enlightening material and presentation 👍 NEW SUB!
Animus has a similar word in spanish ÁNIMAS that means spirits/wandering souls/ghosts as well.
Hadas y duendes!
3:00 another thing is and I guess you don't know this but most ancient Celtic bruials they buried them literally in the sitting position. I thought I heard you discuss this before, and it makes me wonder if that also played a part in their name.
Ragnarok is apparently apart of Celtic mythology as well. So these ancient warriors and kings were buried to be ready for combat at a moments notice.
They are the children of the Mother Goddess; she and they are real and still live. May they bless you.
The daione sidhe are the tuatha de danann, they are still alive because the milesians (gaels/irish) interbred with them. The tuatha de Danann are the bronze age civilization of Ireland, and before them came the men of the bag, probably remnants of the civilization before the younger dryas. And even before them were the Formorians, maybe Neanderthals or some long forgotten other race of men.
I sat amongst the roots and long branches of a Moreton Bay fig tree, in the grounds of an ancient and important Maori pa and looked out towards sthe Manukau Harbour to the heads where the harbour met the Tasman Sea. The sun was nearly set and and was plunging into the deep ocean. Under the gloomy branches, I could see the Fae/patupaiarehe dancing-their silhouettes obvious to me against the setting sun...There were 15 patupaiarehe or so, and each one was around 40 to 50 centimetres tall.......
Not bad, but lots missed and possibly misunderstood at the end. The underworld fairy in English and Irish folk Whispers are neather good nor bad...they could curse or bless dependant on the person.
Brownies are the helpful ones in Ireland and were left milk and biscuits (happy hedgehogs those days).
Water: Undines are elementals most often female in form, which is see through wipsy and eligant traditionally
(and my experience in North Wales), that eminate an innocent sweetness that call to your feelings of longing for home (also told regarding sailors called into the sea).
Gnomes: Earth elementals
Often appear to careful loving gardeners. Possibly akin to lepricorns.
Sylphs: Air
There are elf's most commonly seen with the 3rd eye and felt, sometimes sparkles accompany this experience. Found in anchent forests like Wistmans wood, Or parts of Wales. They will attack with elf shot if you carry Iron, they do not like it, neather do trees. Elf shot is invisible, but felt. Look at Saxon herb lore, there are lots of references.
Then there are the Shee, the Gentry from Tir Na Nog (look it up).
They are tall, not small. They are akin to the wild Hunt of Norway and Irleand.
They are the ones that have been known to take folks away at times, found in Irish mithology.
They have been often seen traveling in a sparkling silver mist.
These I have been lucky enough to see with the physical eye, one Samhain night.
My 6 year old step son said "is that them" and pointed. A sparkling mist (slug shaped) moved up a hill in front of us, in a most uncanny way.
Blessings. x
Many old cultures experienced Fairy.
Including Americans and Hawaiians.
I'm of polish decent and we have fairies but we also have a ton of demon mythology like the leshie a wood demon who controls the forest
As a Starseed I'm pretty sure these beings are 4 Dimensional.
This was a really fascinating look into this subject. Do you have any recommendations for reading material to delve more into this folklore?
The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries, by Walter Evan-Wentz, might be a good place to start.
My mothers family name is MacDubSithe. Many family histories have myths that give subtle explanations to the origins. My family is Scottish/Pictish by heritage and DNA (my DNA report showed tiny amount of Irish discerned as separate from). The Mac Dub Sithe lore is that they came from the water to settle inland (generally; the actual story is much fancier and full of mythical symbols. But the DNA report also discerns this Genetic line from welsh and Nordic). It’s hard to give a whole identity to the sithe. All myth and symbol is both literal and metaphorical.
This was very good. Thank you.