A note: I originally trialled using a little AI art in this video, as I wanted to see what it was capable of. However, this was wrong as it is, of course, not historically accurate and therefore somewhat misleading. I have therefore blurred the few images used in this video to avoid confusion, and will not be using any AI art at all in future videos.
Just want to say that since 2023 I've been trying to understand who were the Picts and what differentiate them from Britons (I research british history just for hobby), and none of the videos or websites I saw gave such a direct but detailed explanation of who they were like your video. Great channel, and thank you very much 👏👏
Hadrian's Wall was as much about keeping the army busy than a customs barrier whilst providing a bit of employment for the locals. Due to a lack of activity since opening 19 years previously, the Romans moved up another 100 miles and built another cross country wall, the Antonine. The resources to be had up there weren't worth the effort, though.
I always envision the Romans saying this as the native Scots/Picts/Celts come running down the hill, naked bodies painted blue, hair bleached with urine, playing bagpipes. These are my people, both genetically and spiritually.
This is the most in-depth information I've found so far about who the "Picts" might have been. I wondered too about the Scythian history because of their art being so similar, and that the Scythian people apparently tattooed themselves too. I think it would have been pronounced as SKY-THEE-AN though, because of the C having been pronounced that way, maybe not in all languages in the area but certainly some. Unless that name is also a modern name for ancient people.
we've been rifled through so many times it's hard to tell where a nord begins and a bret ends, also in the past 500 years the influx of english to the southern regions further muddies the water. if you're from scotland just be proud of who you are, we all likely got some chedder blood in us as well some english by now
@@PlansG50 bit of both. Roman's and the British they had enslaved were pretty short compared to what the Scottish were. Imagine landing on the shores to find 6 ft+ men wearing ashes to look like zombies intentionally having errections while having their kids sit on the sideline and watch like a soccer game. So the fear tactics with the fact that it was the rest of a small island with little valuable resources and the reality of the cost of armoring legions to march through Britain all the way up there made it just a horrible pointless cost. By that time you'd feel like a prick being an emperor and going that out of your own interest for people you wouldn't even be able to use as slaves.
Enjoyed this very much; the narrator has such a lovely voice. I'm a Kiwi with lots of Scots ancestry from the very areas you describe as Pictish. Makes me feel proud 🙂
As an example, at 8:11 it would be nice to include a time period stamp which I wish you included on many maps. Your videos are great about history though. I used to hate history classes and as I've got older it's fasinating. TY
I wouldn't say necessarily Swedish though. Isn't it more likely that it was Norwegian or Danish? Since all three are quite similar in written form. Those who went viking in the British Isles were mostly Danish and Norwegian. Some Swedish, sure, but mostly the others.
@@Elora445Yes! Ever read the Oera Linde or Bock Saga? The info they provide gives context for why! Some of the writers relayed their knowledge on their neighbors and ethnic cousins. Mentioned a decent amount of migrations and changes in power. Blew my mind to learn that the Odin people are familiar with was an ambitious man named Wodin the eldest of 3 brothers! Darn good reading material for those hungry to learn the Northern expanse.
@@DooDoo-f4v Ehm, Odin as a character is the Nordic variant of the god, while Wodin is the Germanic one. So they are related, but not necessarily the same. Most likely it was Germanic people who took the god with them when moving into the Nordics and eventually it developed into Odin. Or the Nordic people traded with them and was inspired by their gods, made their own versions of them. See also: Greeks and Romans.
Picts have always fascinated me. It probably helps that that fascination can also be found in the writings of my favorite fantasy author, Robert E. Howard. Subscribed.
There is an old Irish myth which says that after the fall of the tower of babel we migrated over here from scythia and that we brought the language from there with us.
The Picts were just Britons on the wrong sde of the Roman customs barriers. They liked a bit of Body Art and a decent pint. Two of my kids are tattooists and two are publicans - so nothing much has changed. Where is the mystery?
This is a great documentary! Regarding the Pictish language being theorised as a Pre-Indo European language (34:03 timestamp), what is the distinction between that possibly being a Pre-Proto-Indo-European language? I'm curious as to the timeline, as it seems that the name of Pre-Indo/Pre-Proto strongly relates to the timeline of language being developed.
This is the best UA-cam offering on The Picts. It is, however, nearly spoiled by the (otherwise impeccable) narrator's gross mispronunciation of moRAY (for MURRay) and dalriADA (for dalRIada). Worth correcting.
really enjoyed this video and it gave me a good idea of who the picts may have been or where they may have come from. loved the map imagery as im american and not super familiar with the geography of scotland. cheers
My aim with these maps is to make them relatively simple, but still readable to someone who isn't very familiar with the geography of the region - so I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and maps!
Pictish had an influence of non-IE language, seems like it wasn't similar to Basque, but to Finnish and Hebrew. Yes, the last one is actually is 100% true, I was even able to find many semitic words in Pictish, even a semitic ending "-lv" (which can be found in oghams).
Great video. Small note: 34:34 In terms of language families, Scots isn't Celtic but Germanic. I think you meant to say Scottish Gaelic which is Celtic.
Kenneth the 1st was a Pistish King and married a Gaelic high born and that’s how the unification of the Picts and Gaels came to be and why he carried the name King Of The Picts. 4months ago (so a 3months after this video) Edinburgh University released they’re findings on studying the Picts and other ancient Scottish cultures using over 10k modern bloodlines cross examining them with old dna from archaeological sites in Scotland and Europe, they’re finding confirmed that the Picts did immigrate to Scotland rather than being an existing Briton culture or peoples and that the ancient territories are still very much in place today in the bloodlines
SUBSCRIBED! Genuinely impressive material. Need to rewatch at least once, probably _far_ more, when I've time free to seek [google] additional info about technical terms concerned with the genetic [alleles] and linguistic aspects [P Celtic/Q Celtic]. But that's what's so impressive! I cannot recall the last time I watched a history vid on YT where I had to pause the film whilst I looked up a word I didn't know, or seek help to understand a new concept. Over the last few months I've been disappointed to find history vids labelled 'deep dives' that have essentially been nothing more than highlights taken from the relevant Wikipedia page.
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed the video - there is so much more depth to go into concerning the Picts, especially with the linguistic studies, that this video only really starts to scratch the surface. I hope you enjoy reading into the subject further!
When referring to Christianity, are you saying protestant or Catholic? I ask because it never seems to be identified, and I consider them different religions from a similar starting point. I'm not of either, though, was christened, but as a baby, I had no choice. I believe my parents or more my mother went through it because it's what you did in 60's. The village vicar was nit happy to do it though as my parents neither went to church or were married in the village church but several miles away. Thank you for bringing history more accessible.
A good summary, but it's a shame you use so much AI art in your videos. They have serious misrepresentations of the Picts, like what their houses and villages looked like, or having them wear metal armour when they famously never did.
@@JustAnotherHistoryChannel even then, there's plenty of actual landscape photos out there! There's plenty of historic societies publishing free open source material, just to educate the public. Worth investigating!
@@JustAnotherHistoryChannel glad to see youre willing to switch back. seeing/heari g AI generated anything in an educational video is an immediate "no" for a lot of people. it will always help your reputability to use real photos and voiceover.
Wallace, Wallace! On a serious note, it's interesting that Alba formed whilst the Vikings defeated both the Picts and Dal Riata. Alba also sounds very similar to Albion if you ask me too!
So good I have saved this vid to my History play list , I'm sertón that I'll learn more by re watching it. As I live in Edinburgh we have usually been on the Picts southern boarder , specifically during the Roman occupation Cramond was Rome's frontier Fort for a few decades . Although I am aware that the significance of the reclined "Standing" stones unique to Fyfe is not understood so difficult to make any Polemic statements about them the fact that you don't mention the prevalence of the often three stone arrangement ( l _ l ) of two verticals separated by a recumbent rock is my only complaint. As a Tourist interested in history visiting the east coast south of Aberdeen I expected to hear about the endless Viking harassment of the coastal population. Instead I had my preferred view of History reinforced the Norsemen and the Locals where at the verry least centauries old trading partners if not genetically co evolved through generations of regular crossings. (What regular means in this context I could not say). The "Historic" point is that far from being the victims of Viking raids these waters where "Muster Points" from which raids likely left to raid south and gathered at after them. As my Ammeter interest in ancient history is mainly through its pointers to pre history; I admit to extrapolating scant evidence for "Regular" long distance, probably information exchange based maritime "Old World" voyages'. I think arguments can be made for 20,000 BP so who knows how much further.
There’s nothing left of them culturally or historically. It’s probably a Roman political term that just means ‘not under Roman rule’. As alluded to in this video the idea of Picts as a people probably stems from 19th century ideas about ethnicity and race
Nah mate, Half if not most of the people born that are not from different countries are from Anglo-saxon descent, and the language your speaking is from the Anglo-saxons, and Scots came from the Anglo-saxons sooo
And the most likely theory about Picts is multicultural. The Pictland had 3 languages and cultures - 1. Western Pictish, shich was mainly Gaelic 2. Eastern Pictish, which was mainly Brythonic 3. Northern Pictish, which was non-IE This theory is actually mathcing all the places and holes. It literally can explain everything, and, of course, it is most likely the true one.
The scythian story could have been an adaptation of an oral history referring to the indo-european migration into the isles. The indo-european peoples are said to have migrated out of the region associated with the scythians during antiquity.
Because they were Scythians. Modern academia has been absolutely rabid to deny European peoples their past, even though mountains of evidence always prove them wrong.
They are as indigenous to Scotland as can be there ate traces in Northern Eastern Scotland of almost continual habitation since at least 10,000bc thus was the Stronghold of the Picts the CE at Rhynie. Tap o noth this was also where the Romans fought them at Mons Graupius and also the place the last invasion by Vikings on Pictland at Cruden Bay death of the Danes bay.
I love the Picts! I found them through reading Bran Mak Morn, a character from the same creator as Conan the Barbarian, Robert E Howard from Texas, where I'm also from. Then I came to find out Bran Mak Morn is loosely based on one of these Bridei kings...and then come to find out my name (Brady) might actually connect etymologically to the name Bridei?? And my mother's side is Scottish...maybe some atavism or genetic memory kickin' in? Haha. I was also obsessed with the Loch Ness monster as a kid, reading every book and watching every documentary I could find...but only recently found the St Columbo story with the River Ness beast episode and then him going to meet another king Bridei (Brady) to convert him. I found claims that this St Columbo story mirrors or even pays homage to some of the St Patrick myths, where Patty is slaying lake monsters hundred years+ earlier. There is some church propaganda intentions potentially with this in the story of Colombo but I was interested in what story did the Columbo story "replace"? It seems that many of the Patrick-slaying-lake-monster myths are reworking over older pagan ones but that's where it gets reaaaally hairy trying to find originals. Found old texts that off hand say "the locals say this is what the legend used to be before patrick" and I can't find it in the usual Fenian publication stuff so....? Help! Lol. The Pictish beast has to be one of my favorite mysteries, especially since compared to all the other easily recognizable animals, it makes one wonder just what were they going for? sources: Other_Dragons_or_Dragon_Others_A_Cultural_View_of_the_Loch_Ness_Monster "Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the worm of Lough Derg" [ O'Donovan's account from a local of the origin of Lough Derg's name in a story from the Fenian Cycle] ""A very strange Story hath been invented"" [The Great Folly, superstition and idolatry of Pilgrimages in Ireland, especialy of that to St. Patrick's Purgatory: together with an account of the loss that the publick sustaineth thereby, truly and impartially represented, p. 2]
@@philthycat1408 my dad always told me to hold in a pee until we'd crossed the border, "you dinny pish on our own streets when there's a country sized toilet a few mile south."
Yous are that keen to be vulgar you don't even realise you are talking like damn clowns. I've no doubt yer da pished himself in sight of the English. We were a better, stronger people when we aspired to more than being extras in a Mel Gibson movie. God Save the King.
2:52 Perhaps you'll address this as I get further into the video but the Picts absolutely are a defined ethnic (or at least cultural and political) group by the establishment of the Kingdom of Alba when they unified with the Scots
I haven't found much information available about these people, and I watch everything I can find on YT about them. I was glad to see the silver pendant that was found, but I'll bet there is more that's not been found yet. I love their artwork, and some of my ancestors were from "northern Scotland" according to my DNA, almost half is from there. I don't know where exactly, but I would love to know more about who they were, in their own history. I just don't know where to look.
29:11 he did not actually write "tricks them out" 😭 this has to be some sort of translation, right? I can't believe "getting tricked out" has been around since the 7th century ☠️
On my mothers side, they come from Montrose, Angus. Angus was at the heartland of the Pictii. So it's probably safe to say that Pictish runs through our veins...
Matrilineal kingship was the exception not the rule, so for those who refer to it constantly as matrilineal are rather than bilineal are ignoring the evidence within the kings lists.
Who were the Picts? As one of the last Pictush scientists, I answer: They were most likely the descendents of Insular Celts right-through. Saying they were just Britons is incorrect, not only considering their look, but also considering their language, which is of course not Brythonic. And not Irish. Picts just were Picts. That's the right answer.
Yes they are quite different from let's just say Welsh or Cornish but still they are more closely related to them than any other people So I don't know what you're talking And definitely somewhat related to Strathclyde
The Picts reminds me of our own history in Scandinavia. It is just through outsiders eyes fior a long time and then rather quickly we becmomes fully part of the bigger European picture. The stones are interesting, why so many?
Having Pictish ancestry and a surname can say for sure the writing is almost indistinguishable from the welsh language. The picts are not celts and the blood type doesn't match with the region as you are told in modern academia. The Picts in most cases were not as tall as those living around them being from 5'0 to 5'7 in height a dark caucasian skin tone, with black/brown hair color. Physically the picts while shorter in height had above average strength, speed, and eye hand cordination. As to the Pictish stones could it be an early form of geometry? i'll not be shocked later if we find they traveled beyond the ice wall
Three theory Picts are 1. Anatolians farmer (I) 2. Just a North Celtic tribe (R1b) 3. Scythians migrant (R1a) Isn't Scotland and Iceland have high r1a DNA paternal? Isn't Anatolians farmer is the one who built the stone henges? Or they are just celtic tribe as Brits?
Oldest stone henge in Britain is the standing stones of Stenness, in Orkney at the very top of Scotland at 5000 years old. Most likely that they were Anatolian farmers
Spending so much time in the idea that Picts were not homogeneous (a construct), but instead all sorts of diverse is ridiculous. Any evidence they had different religions or politics or races up there?
I think it is only done in order to dismiss it - because of those numerous Roman tribal names, and all the fanciful stuff about Scythians and sons of Cruithne, that still have currency among the more romantically minded.
Most likely Pictland was a Brythonic speaking elite over a Gaelic speaking population. This parallels the later English speaking elite over a Gaelic speaking population. It also explains things such how could Gaelic, a very challenging language to learn, appears to have spread quickly throughout rural Scotland after the Pictish elite lost power. I can imagine someone using AI to generate Pictish creoles created by Gaelic speakers and try matching the creoles to the Pictish oghams.
After the Romans left the early ancestors of the English helped protect the Celtic Brits against the Picts. They were given land in payment and eventually settled the entire of southern Britain. Giving birth to England. 'Angleland'.
The people who built the gobekli tepe in modern Turkey were Anatolians farmer that carry DNA paternal "I"just like modern Sardinians.. and yeah this Anatolians farmer/Early European Farmers are indeed the first people of the British island before Celtic migration... The Stone henge were built by this Anatolians farmer/Early European Farmers. The Picts were probably Anatolians farmer/Early European Farmers
Picts are celts? Seems a similary since ancient times greeks and phoenicians discribe they like be a same as galic but more from north , and vikings like gots from beowulf history know each others ??
This video just highlights how little we actually know about the Picts. Example - the narrator mispronounces Moray and Gaelic, yet we're expected to believe that they say about people who lived thousands of years ago.
A note:
I originally trialled using a little AI art in this video, as I wanted to see what it was capable of. However, this was wrong as it is, of course, not historically accurate and therefore somewhat misleading. I have therefore blurred the few images used in this video to avoid confusion, and will not be using any AI art at all in future videos.
Good decision!
i might suggest putting text up to that effect on those slides, so people know.
First person I see taking such a decision and writing the explanation. Thank you for your dedication!
AI art is the worst, it almost never looks good.
Just want to say that since 2023 I've been trying to understand who were the Picts and what differentiate them from Britons (I research british history just for hobby), and none of the videos or websites I saw gave such a direct but detailed explanation of who they were like your video. Great channel, and thank you very much 👏👏
Not much is known about them. We don't even know what they called themselves. Which brings the question what is a Scott
Thank you, finally a detailed and easy to understand narrative of the Picts.
Romans cross into Scotland one time:
“Ah fuck no, put a wall up! Big wall! Make it two!!”
And the Picts just got in a boat and sailed around the walls to go raiding...
And we just kept doing it until the union.
Hadrian's Wall was as much about keeping the army busy than a customs barrier whilst providing a bit of employment for the locals.
Due to a lack of activity since opening 19 years previously, the Romans moved up another 100 miles and built another cross country wall, the Antonine.
The resources to be had up there weren't worth the effort, though.
I always envision the Romans saying this as the native Scots/Picts/Celts come running down the hill, naked bodies painted blue, hair bleached with urine, playing bagpipes.
These are my people, both genetically and spiritually.
@@karencreighton7939Genetically! How do you know? Celtic is a language, not a racial type.
But who were up there before the Picts?
A Greggs was recently discovered in Dundee that dates to the time of the Picts.
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Researching Pictish history for a novel and this is by far the best and clearest summary on UA-cam. Write a book please ;)
Really incredibly well researched work! Best Pictish documentary on UA-cam. By far.
And a lovely easy-listening voice!
This is the most in-depth information I've found so far about who the "Picts" might have been. I wondered too about the Scythian history because of their art being so similar, and that the Scythian people apparently tattooed themselves too. I think it would have been pronounced as SKY-THEE-AN though, because of the C having been pronounced that way, maybe not in all languages in the area but certainly some. Unless that name is also a modern name for ancient people.
The quality IS SO GOOD. The aesthetic and editing are amazing.
Picts or didn't happen
No pict, no proof
Well played.
Sorry, don't get it. Please clarify.
@@sandrapicton8961 It's a pun - the phrase is usually "pics (pictures) or it didn't happen. Hope this helps.
Post Picts or gtfo
Criminally underrated channel
This was an excellent video, thank for your work you did a great job
Love the longer format!
Great stuff as always!
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Super stoked you watch this guy.
This is such an incredibly well produced video damn
Happy to have discovered this channel, YT should have had these in my suggestions long ago. Gladly subscribed.
Wow the level of detail and thorougnhness of etymological chronology is phenomenal! Great job on that part, especially!
we've been rifled through so many times it's hard to tell where a nord begins and a bret ends, also in the past 500 years the influx of english to the southern regions further muddies the water. if you're from scotland just be proud of who you are, we all likely got some chedder blood in us as well some english by now
Massive congratulations to you for the success with these newer videos
You squeezed a lot in here. Helped fill in and sort out some of the gaps and mystery of Scottish history for me.
Wow what a wonderful video! Ive always wanted to know about the Picts. I love that the romans seemed scared of them. Haha
Not so much scared. Probably just hated them and saw them as vile barbarians.
@@PlansG50 bit of both.
Roman's and the British they had enslaved were pretty short compared to what the Scottish were.
Imagine landing on the shores to find 6 ft+ men wearing ashes to look like zombies intentionally having errections while having their kids sit on the sideline and watch like a soccer game.
So the fear tactics with the fact that it was the rest of a small island with little valuable resources and the reality of the cost of armoring legions to march through Britain all the way up there made it just a horrible pointless cost.
By that time you'd feel like a prick being an emperor and going that out of your own interest for people you wouldn't even be able to use as slaves.
Enjoyed this very much; the narrator has such a lovely voice. I'm a Kiwi with lots of Scots ancestry from the very areas you describe as Pictish. Makes me feel proud 🙂
I have a lot of Scottish ancestry from these areas too! I'm an uncultured American tho. :/
This is just an incredible style you have for your videos. Keep going, so pleasing to the eye and enjoyable to watch
I love this channel. Great content… and stoked for a 40+ minute episode
wonderfully informative video with lovely art & animation
Was suggested this and it's so well produced I just had to subscribe so I can dive into your other documentaries
Very nicely put together and interesting and informative.
This was a hidden gem 💎 way to go!
I love this video: both the topic and style! Looking forward to your next one :)
As an example, at 8:11 it would be nice to include a time period stamp which I wish you included on many maps. Your videos are great about history though. I used to hate history classes and as I've got older it's fasinating. TY
Beautifully made video. ❤thanks, you did a great job!
I had a Swedish girl friend and when she went to Scotland she was very surprised to find Swedish place names all over the Highlands.
I wouldn't say necessarily Swedish though. Isn't it more likely that it was Norwegian or Danish? Since all three are quite similar in written form. Those who went viking in the British Isles were mostly Danish and Norwegian. Some Swedish, sure, but mostly the others.
@@Elora445Yes! Ever read the Oera Linde or Bock Saga? The info they provide gives context for why! Some of the writers relayed their knowledge on their neighbors and ethnic cousins. Mentioned a decent amount of migrations and changes in power. Blew my mind to learn that the Odin people are familiar with was an ambitious man named Wodin the eldest of 3 brothers! Darn good reading material for those hungry to learn the Northern expanse.
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Ehm, Odin as a character is the Nordic variant of the god, while Wodin is the Germanic one. So they are related, but not necessarily the same. Most likely it was Germanic people who took the god with them when moving into the Nordics and eventually it developed into Odin. Or the Nordic people traded with them and was inspired by their gods, made their own versions of them. See also: Greeks and Romans.
@@Elora445 Germanic people came from Scandinavia, not the other way around.
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According to who?
These docs are amazing.
What i find interesting is the thumbnail looks nothing like what any contemporary images of the picts looked like
My paternal ancestors were Pictish, ive been trying to learn more, this video helped a lot. Thank you.
How did you find out you have Pictish ancestry? I’d like to find out if i do
This channel has some really high quality content.
Picts have always fascinated me. It probably helps that that fascination can also be found in the writings of my favorite fantasy author, Robert E. Howard.
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this is such a good video!! you deserve so many more views
What a great video ❤
There is an old Irish myth which says that after the fall of the tower of babel we migrated over here from scythia and that we brought the language from there with us.
Genetic data shows that the celts, red hair and green eyes are all from central Asia so theres a bit of truth there.
All indo Europeans originate from the Eurasian steppe which is where Scythia is located, it probaly has some truth to it
Very interesting! Thanks
Wonderful documentary on my ancestors. Always fun learning about my Pict forefathers.
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The Picts were just Britons on the wrong sde of the Roman customs barriers. They liked a bit of Body Art and a decent pint. Two of my kids are tattooists and two are publicans - so nothing much has changed. Where is the mystery?
Nothing changes 😂
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As an American, what's a Publican?
@@alexhatfield4448 You need a decent pint.
This is a great documentary! Regarding the Pictish language being theorised as a Pre-Indo European language (34:03 timestamp), what is the distinction between that possibly being a Pre-Proto-Indo-European language? I'm curious as to the timeline, as it seems that the name of Pre-Indo/Pre-Proto strongly relates to the timeline of language being developed.
This is the best UA-cam offering on The Picts. It is, however, nearly spoiled by the (otherwise impeccable) narrator's gross mispronunciation of moRAY (for MURRay) and dalriADA (for dalRIada). Worth correcting.
really enjoyed this video and it gave me a good idea of who the picts may have been or where they may have come from. loved the map imagery as im american and not super familiar with the geography of scotland. cheers
My aim with these maps is to make them relatively simple, but still readable to someone who isn't very familiar with the geography of the region - so I'm really glad you enjoyed the video and maps!
Excellent.
Thank you.
A very nicely made documentary! I particularly liked the slightly animated titles and texts. What editor/tools do you use?
Thank you! I primarily use adobe Premiere Pro, and I use After Effects for some of the text illustrations
Pictish had an influence of non-IE language, seems like it wasn't similar to Basque, but to Finnish and Hebrew. Yes, the last one is actually is 100% true, I was even able to find many semitic words in Pictish, even a semitic ending "-lv" (which can be found in oghams).
Semitic never reach Europe
Great video. Small note: 34:34 In terms of language families, Scots isn't Celtic but Germanic. I think you meant to say Scottish Gaelic which is Celtic.
great vid and well researched. One tiny thing - i used to pronounce ogham in the same way as you but I think it's actually oh-am.
Thank you for sharing this very informative
An excellent Pict(ure) portrait. :)
Thank you, that was brilliant.
Super interesting!
Kenneth the 1st was a Pistish King and married a Gaelic high born and that’s how the unification of the Picts and Gaels came to be and why he carried the name King Of The Picts.
4months ago (so a 3months after this video) Edinburgh University released they’re findings on studying the Picts and other ancient Scottish cultures using over 10k modern bloodlines cross examining them with old dna from archaeological sites in Scotland and Europe, they’re finding confirmed that the Picts did immigrate to Scotland rather than being an existing Briton culture or peoples and that the ancient territories are still very much in place today in the bloodlines
SUBSCRIBED! Genuinely impressive material. Need to rewatch at least once, probably _far_ more, when I've time free to seek [google] additional info about technical terms concerned with the genetic [alleles] and linguistic aspects [P Celtic/Q Celtic]. But that's what's so impressive! I cannot recall the last time I watched a history vid on YT where I had to pause the film whilst I looked up a word I didn't know, or seek help to understand a new concept. Over the last few months I've been disappointed to find history vids labelled 'deep dives' that have essentially been nothing more than highlights taken from the relevant Wikipedia page.
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you enjoyed the video - there is so much more depth to go into concerning the Picts, especially with the linguistic studies, that this video only really starts to scratch the surface. I hope you enjoy reading into the subject further!
When referring to Christianity, are you saying protestant or Catholic? I ask because it never seems to be identified, and I consider them different religions from a similar starting point. I'm not of either, though, was christened, but as a baby, I had no choice. I believe my parents or more my mother went through it because it's what you did in 60's. The village vicar was nit happy to do it though as my parents neither went to church or were married in the village church but several miles away.
Thank you for bringing history more accessible.
Protestantism hadn’t come about yet. Not until the 1500s would it
Awesome video, I knew nothing in this video before watching. Appreciate these big overview videos
A good summary, but it's a shame you use so much AI art in your videos. They have serious misrepresentations of the Picts, like what their houses and villages looked like, or having them wear metal armour when they famously never did.
Oh wow that's a real shame really takes away from it
You're quite right, I'm intending to limit it to only landscape shots in future.
@@JustAnotherHistoryChannel even then, there's plenty of actual landscape photos out there! There's plenty of historic societies publishing free open source material, just to educate the public. Worth investigating!
@@BrianTyrrell-jq6uf Yes definitely! I just wanted to try out some new pictures on this one, I certainly prefer actual the landscape photos
@@JustAnotherHistoryChannel glad to see youre willing to switch back. seeing/heari g AI generated anything in an educational video is an immediate "no" for a lot of people. it will always help your reputability to use real photos and voiceover.
Wallace, Wallace! On a serious note, it's interesting that Alba formed whilst the Vikings defeated both the Picts and Dal Riata. Alba also sounds very similar to Albion if you ask me too!
The name Alba is derived from the same root word as Albion
The Vikings got murdered in North East Scotland refer Cruden Bay battle they promised never to raid again 😅
I've been wondering why Albania is called such and it relates to Alba.
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@@a44489 LOL! Thanks for that extensive explanation! LOL!
So good I have saved this vid to my History play list , I'm sertón that I'll learn more by re watching it.
As I live in Edinburgh we have usually been on the Picts southern boarder , specifically during the Roman occupation Cramond was Rome's frontier Fort for a few decades .
Although I am aware that the significance of the reclined "Standing" stones unique to Fyfe is not understood so difficult to make any Polemic statements about them the fact that you don't mention the prevalence of the often three stone arrangement ( l _ l ) of two verticals separated by a recumbent rock is my only complaint.
As a Tourist interested in history visiting the east coast south of Aberdeen I expected to hear about the endless Viking harassment of the coastal population. Instead I had my preferred view of History reinforced the Norsemen and the Locals where at the verry least centauries old trading partners if not genetically co evolved through generations of regular crossings. (What regular means in this context I could not say). The "Historic" point is that far from being the victims of Viking raids these waters where "Muster Points" from which raids likely left to raid south and gathered at after them.
As my Ammeter interest in ancient history is mainly through its pointers to pre history; I admit to extrapolating scant evidence for "Regular" long distance, probably information exchange based maritime "Old World" voyages'. I think arguments can be made for 20,000 BP so who knows how much further.
Very good this.
The Picts are still here
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Absolutely they are still here .
Not true
@@GAMER123GAMING Sure is 🏴😃🏴
Are the Angles and Saxons gone ?
There’s nothing left of them culturally or historically. It’s probably a Roman political term that just means ‘not under Roman rule’. As alluded to in this video the idea of Picts as a people probably stems from 19th century ideas about ethnicity and race
Nah mate, Half if not most of the people born that are not from different countries are from Anglo-saxon descent, and the language your speaking is from the Anglo-saxons, and Scots came from the Anglo-saxons sooo
I'll be awaiting the vikings on the next one 😊
And the most likely theory about Picts is multicultural. The Pictland had 3 languages and cultures -
1. Western Pictish, shich was mainly Gaelic
2. Eastern Pictish, which was mainly Brythonic
3. Northern Pictish, which was non-IE
This theory is actually mathcing all the places and holes. It literally can explain everything, and, of course, it is most likely the true one.
The scythian story could have been an adaptation of an oral history referring to the indo-european migration into the isles. The indo-european peoples are said to have migrated out of the region associated with the scythians during antiquity.
Which was associated* the migration would have taken place much earlier
Because they were Scythians.
Modern academia has been absolutely rabid to deny European peoples their past, even though mountains of evidence always prove them wrong.
@@gratefulguy4130no they weren’t. Bede just saw the Picts and likened them to Scythians, but they were not in fact Scythians.
They're the Hyksos of Egypt, invaders from the Pontic Steppe around 2000BC
Chaldeans
As opposed to Iberian Celts, ie Hebrews and Gaels
They are as indigenous to Scotland as can be there ate traces in Northern Eastern Scotland of almost continual habitation since at least 10,000bc thus was the Stronghold of the Picts the CE at Rhynie. Tap o noth this was also where the Romans fought them at Mons Graupius and also the place the last invasion by Vikings on Pictland at Cruden Bay death of the Danes bay.
I love the Picts! I found them through reading Bran Mak Morn, a character from the same creator as Conan the Barbarian, Robert E Howard from Texas, where I'm also from.
Then I came to find out Bran Mak Morn is loosely based on one of these Bridei kings...and then come to find out my name (Brady) might actually connect etymologically to the name Bridei?? And my mother's side is Scottish...maybe some atavism or genetic memory kickin' in? Haha. I was also obsessed with the Loch Ness monster as a kid, reading every book and watching every documentary I could find...but only recently found the St Columbo story with the River Ness beast episode and then him going to meet another king Bridei (Brady) to convert him.
I found claims that this St Columbo story mirrors or even pays homage to some of the St Patrick myths, where Patty is slaying lake monsters hundred years+ earlier. There is some church propaganda intentions potentially with this in the story of Colombo but I was interested in what story did the Columbo story "replace"? It seems that many of the Patrick-slaying-lake-monster myths are reworking over older pagan ones but that's where it gets reaaaally hairy trying to find originals. Found old texts that off hand say "the locals say this is what the legend used to be before patrick" and I can't find it in the usual Fenian publication stuff so....? Help! Lol.
The Pictish beast has to be one of my favorite mysteries, especially since compared to all the other easily recognizable animals, it makes one wonder just what were they going for?
sources:
Other_Dragons_or_Dragon_Others_A_Cultural_View_of_the_Loch_Ness_Monster
"Fionn Mac Cumhaill and the worm of Lough Derg" [ O'Donovan's account from a local of the origin of Lough Derg's name in a story from the Fenian Cycle]
""A very strange Story hath been invented"" [The Great Folly, superstition and idolatry of Pilgrimages in Ireland, especialy of that to St. Patrick's Purgatory: together with an account of the loss that the publick sustaineth thereby, truly and impartially represented, p. 2]
You really need to put dates, this is a history channel!
Until that wall was built ‘we’ had to pish against trees.
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@@philthycat1408 my dad always told me to hold in a pee until we'd crossed the border, "you dinny pish on our own streets when there's a country sized toilet a few mile south."
Yous are that keen to be vulgar you don't even realise you are talking like damn clowns. I've no doubt yer da pished himself in sight of the English. We were a better, stronger people when we aspired to more than being extras in a Mel Gibson movie. God Save the King.
This looks great and is clear and easy to read. You repeat yourself several times over, is this ai?
2:52 Perhaps you'll address this as I get further into the video but the Picts absolutely are a defined ethnic (or at least cultural and political) group by the establishment of the Kingdom of Alba when they unified with the Scots
I haven't found much information available about these people, and I watch everything I can find on YT about them. I was glad to see the silver pendant that was found, but I'll bet there is more that's not been found yet. I love their artwork, and some of my ancestors were from "northern Scotland" according to my DNA, almost half is from there. I don't know where exactly, but I would love to know more about who they were, in their own history. I just don't know where to look.
29:11 he did not actually write "tricks them out" 😭 this has to be some sort of translation, right? I can't believe "getting tricked out" has been around since the 7th century ☠️
On my mothers side, they come from Montrose, Angus. Angus was at the heartland of the Pictii.
So it's probably safe to say that Pictish runs through our veins...
What font do you use in this video?
Matrilineal kingship was the exception not the rule, so for those who refer to it constantly as matrilineal are rather than bilineal are ignoring the evidence within the kings lists.
Who were the Picts?
As one of the last Pictush scientists, I answer:
They were most likely the descendents of Insular Celts right-through. Saying they were just Britons is incorrect, not only considering their look, but also considering their language, which is of course not Brythonic. And not Irish. Picts just were Picts. That's the right answer.
Yes they are quite different from let's just say Welsh or Cornish but still they are more closely related to them than any other people
So I don't know what you're talking
And definitely somewhat related to Strathclyde
Where did the Insular Celts come from? Iberia? Up the coast of France to eastern England? Very curious
The Picts reminds me of our own history in Scandinavia. It is just through outsiders eyes fior a long time and then rather quickly we becmomes fully part of the bigger European picture.
The stones are interesting, why so many?
Having Pictish ancestry and a surname can say for sure the writing is almost indistinguishable from the welsh language. The picts are not celts and the blood type doesn't match with the region as you are told in modern academia. The Picts in most cases were not as tall as those living around them being from 5'0 to 5'7 in height a dark caucasian skin tone, with black/brown hair color. Physically the picts while shorter in height had above average strength, speed, and eye hand cordination. As to the Pictish stones could it be an early form of geometry? i'll not be shocked later if we find they traveled beyond the ice wall
How do you know you have Pictish ancestry? What’s your last name?
Hadrian said "Build that wall!" 😂😂
Burghead is located further East, you have it where Nairn is
I appreciate the Blade Runner-esque music in this
I wish this had captions! It's interesting but I'm having a really hard time following with the bad auto generated caption.
U can turn on auto captions
Three theory Picts are
1. Anatolians farmer (I)
2. Just a North Celtic tribe (R1b)
3. Scythians migrant (R1a)
Isn't Scotland and Iceland have high r1a DNA paternal?
Isn't Anatolians farmer is the one who built the stone henges?
Or they are just celtic tribe as Brits?
Oldest stone henge in Britain is the standing stones of Stenness, in Orkney at the very top of Scotland at 5000 years old. Most likely that they were Anatolian farmers
Spending so much time in the idea that Picts were not homogeneous (a construct), but instead all sorts of diverse is ridiculous. Any evidence they had different religions or politics or races up there?
They were really into diversity, political correctness and sources also suggest they were avid BBC viewers.
I think it is only done in order to dismiss it - because of those numerous Roman tribal names, and all the fanciful stuff about Scythians and sons of Cruithne, that still have currency among the more romantically minded.
Where does the DNA show they were REALLY from? Who are they CLOSEST TO outside of the British Isles?
I now have a clearer understanding of who the Picts were.
Most likely Pictland was a Brythonic speaking elite over a Gaelic speaking population. This parallels the later English speaking elite over a Gaelic speaking population. It also explains things such how could Gaelic, a very challenging language to learn, appears to have spread quickly throughout rural Scotland after the Pictish elite lost power. I can imagine someone using AI to generate Pictish creoles created by Gaelic speakers and try matching the creoles to the Pictish oghams.
The Beast could possibly a stylized dragon🤔
After the Romans left the early ancestors of the English helped protect the Celtic Brits against the Picts. They were given land in payment and eventually settled the entire of southern Britain. Giving birth to England. 'Angleland'.
I have read that when the Romans left the Picts raided all the way down to Kent they I believe we're the forerunners of the Vikings.
@Dishfire101 Kent is way to beautiful for a horde of medieval jocks 🤣 no wonder the locals got the Saxons in to boot em back north
They invented the boardgame, Pictionary
The people who built the gobekli tepe in modern Turkey were Anatolians farmer that carry DNA paternal "I"just like modern Sardinians.. and yeah this Anatolians farmer/Early European Farmers are indeed the first people of the British island before Celtic migration... The Stone henge were built by this Anatolians farmer/Early European Farmers. The Picts were probably Anatolians farmer/Early European Farmers
Pity about their pronunciation of Moray - it should be as Murray, not Mo-ray.
I thought the same about Bran likely having been pronounced Bryan. If you roll the "r" as some still do, it could sound like Bran.
Hall of Names says the Kendrick family are descendants of the Picts. Can someone look into this, please. Thank you.
Picts are celts? Seems a similary since ancient times greeks and phoenicians discribe they like be a same as galic but more from north , and vikings like gots from beowulf history know each others ??
Could you do one on the ancient Iberians
That's a great idea, I'll add it to my list!
@@natustenebris9568 Read that as "librarians" 😂😂
Great video, although not a fan of AI generated images.
Keep up the good work.
This video just highlights how little we actually know about the Picts. Example - the narrator mispronounces Moray and Gaelic, yet we're expected to believe that they say about people who lived thousands of years ago.