Where does Magic come from?

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  • @PeasantByTheSouthernSea
    @PeasantByTheSouthernSea 4 роки тому +41

    How rare to find a video containing such depth of etymology, history, and interlink. Thanks for that.

  • @TheGiantSoda
    @TheGiantSoda 6 років тому +127

    I needed my etymology fix from you guys. Great work as always.

  • @jasonbelstone3427
    @jasonbelstone3427 4 роки тому +49

    "Where does magic come from?"
    Anthropologist and Etymologist: (pulls up newspaper pin-up board)

    • @jonnymak1079
      @jonnymak1079 3 роки тому +1

      Read the old Jewish books and luciferian doctren...also quaran
      All the demons names before Christ wur jewish and iranian names...
      In the necronomicon...they add and turned into Greek names since it was the 1st written language...
      Magic comes from alchemy ...science math and diffrent energys...

  • @RadenWA
    @RadenWA 4 роки тому +397

    Wait, you mean the word “Machine” came from the same root as “Magic”? So Technology _is_ magic!

    • @rickc2102
      @rickc2102 4 роки тому +28

      Damn son, you're a fighting, fucking, drinking machine!
      Machine. That's it. That's your war name. I christen thee "Machine."

    • @Inviridial
      @Inviridial 4 роки тому +65

      any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic ~Arthur C. Clark

    • @ericfisher565
      @ericfisher565 4 роки тому +17

      Hmm I wonder where chemistry and pharmacy comes from🤔🧐

    • @rdavel777
      @rdavel777 4 роки тому +25

      @@ericfisher565 alchemy

    • @RaccoonNation
      @RaccoonNation 4 роки тому +27

      @@ericfisher565 pharmakeia

  • @jpniti779
    @jpniti779 4 роки тому +25

    Etymology unlocks many fascinating secrets about history and terms used in everyday conversations

  • @DonnaSnyder
    @DonnaSnyder 4 роки тому +10

    All that etymology made me giddy with pleasure. The whole video was very interesting and informative. Thank you.

  • @mykal2803
    @mykal2803 4 роки тому +53

    If skyrim has taught me anything, its what a draugr is.

  • @Nozarks1
    @Nozarks1 4 роки тому +77

    This is such an interesting video. I'm Zoroastrian and amazed with your knowledge. According to legends, the Maghavs (as they're called now) still live hidden in mountains in Iran. And have abilities like becoming invisible at will etc.

    • @wanderingsoul1189
      @wanderingsoul1189 4 роки тому +7

      Hello.. glad to come across a zoroastrian.

    • @Nozarks1
      @Nozarks1 4 роки тому +3

      @@wanderingsoul1189 yes we’re so few. Glad to come across one too.

    • @Nozarks1
      @Nozarks1 4 роки тому +2

      @@wanderingsoul1189 yes it would be. Are you from Iran?

    • @10011011110
      @10011011110 4 роки тому +5

      Can you recommend me a list of books to read up on Zoroastrianism? And also on the Magi? I need a few starter books so I can branch off of. I know a bit about Zoroastrianism, but not much. It isn't a religion which is studied enough, I find.

    • @vacuousbard6410
      @vacuousbard6410 4 роки тому +4

      Your religion can be proved/debunked using tnt.

  • @ratgirl34
    @ratgirl34 4 роки тому +13

    I love that you got D&D and MTG into the conversation. I don’t fully follow the whole thing but it is fascinating.

  • @binkbonkbones3402
    @binkbonkbones3402 Рік тому +2

    The fact that the Welsh word for pharmacist is magician is the most Welsh thing on the planet

  • @Fr00ter
    @Fr00ter 2 роки тому +10

    Great Video. Well researched, well prepared, must have taken lots of preparation and work 💪🏼

  • @glowingdawn9179
    @glowingdawn9179 4 роки тому +11

    Watching this video feels like clicking through hyperlinks on Wikipedia and reading just the top paragraph of each article for a test you have in an hour.

  • @leannaaustin1555
    @leannaaustin1555 4 роки тому +5

    Soooo grateful for your time and work , such a masterpiece produced so informative, loved it

  • @vazzaroth
    @vazzaroth 3 роки тому +3

    Damn, this video is absolutely amazing. Thank you for making this, I'll be referring people here as often as possible!

  • @steelangel9039
    @steelangel9039 4 роки тому +6

    7:24 the words in Slavic languages, such as другой, drugy (meaning, "another", "the other one"), and друг (meaning " a friend") also originate from this (along with the number of myths and folk tales about how the closest ones are the most likely to deceive / betray).

  • @catalystcomet
    @catalystcomet 4 місяці тому

    You and Rick Steve's share a certain quality about your voices that I really appreciate. I can be so stressed out sometimes, I'm very neurotic and I'm working on it, but I feel that listening to things like this is a much healthier coping mechanism than other things.

  • @hairsgreen3263
    @hairsgreen3263 4 роки тому +50

    Holy hell all this and a random shout out for magic the gathering

    • @angieadams8548
      @angieadams8548 4 роки тому +1

      AMEN my friend now I know

    • @jeremycbarnhart2305
      @jeremycbarnhart2305 4 роки тому

      It's a RIDICULOUS MIX OF CRAP and they GRAB at STRAWS!!!! They string a FAST and Plush blob of info and make it make sense. Its horrific!!!! THEY are the CRYSTAL BALL!

    • @stewartbeckett5642
      @stewartbeckett5642 4 роки тому

      I think he has eaten a magic mushroom

  • @DamienZshadow
    @DamienZshadow 4 роки тому +3

    This blew my mind as the most comprehensive breakdown of words I did not expect! I need this poster!!!

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому +1

      Hi! Thanks! We've now made a poster available, finally: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64907778, if you're interested. A high quality digital version is also available as a Patreon reward.

  • @EriumKross
    @EriumKross 4 роки тому +105

    It's so fascinating how words have shaped our evolution so much! Ironically, what you are doing in this video would be considered "magic."

    • @jjs8426
      @jjs8426 4 роки тому +2

      Every human action is magical

    • @vanessadotson8067
      @vanessadotson8067 3 роки тому

      Not to be that guy but we all spoke one language until Nimrod and the Tower of Babylon where Nimrod tries to kill God and God changes every human's tongue so we cannot understand each other and spread us out across the world and that's why we have different languages

    • @ArcanumArcanorum17
      @ArcanumArcanorum17 3 роки тому +6

      @@vanessadotson8067 I don't think that's historically accurate

    • @Spiggo97
      @Spiggo97 2 роки тому +4

      @@vanessadotson8067 "Not to be That Guy" -That Guy

  • @earthtonesHQ
    @earthtonesHQ Рік тому +3

    "what is blinking?" - These dudes

  • @christianmuller976
    @christianmuller976 6 років тому +11

    German here: DnD and Etymology in one video. This is heaven! Besides Weihnachten, there is also "Weihe" - consecration as another divine related word. It hilarious how similiar German and Englisch become, when you take a dive to the etymological roots of English.

    • @BigHenFor
      @BigHenFor 3 роки тому

      The Angles and the Saxon tribes invaded and settled in England, and their languages evolved into Anglo-Saxon, the precursor of English. So, Old Germanic languages formed the foundations of English.

  • @gsleazy1975
    @gsleazy1975 4 роки тому +2

    I appreciate the research Into roots that further break down predicate root and give amazing context.
    I always had a wondering of what root words meant and led to current lexicon. You're awesome and thanks for the info!

  • @Cadwaladr
    @Cadwaladr 6 років тому +14

    The bit about clerics reminded me of a little Middle English verse I stumbled on one time:
    I pray yow hertyly, worshippull clerke,
    to haue this Englishe mad in Laten:
    "I haue etun a dyschfull of curdys,
    and I haue schetun yowr mowth full of turdys."
    Now opyn yowr satchell of Laten wordys
    and sey me this in clerycall manere.

  • @anniefinch6843
    @anniefinch6843 Рік тому +1

    I think it's neat learning about different stuff. I remembered that magic was in the Disney movies like Snow White and the seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast. It's nice learning about different stuff and I think it's educational.

  • @Artur_M.
    @Artur_M. 6 років тому +9

    Truly magical episode!

  • @fighting3209
    @fighting3209 2 роки тому +2

    thanks for this, the video did a great job of confirming that we are literally surrounded by magic every which way we turn.

  • @simonlow0210
    @simonlow0210 6 років тому +3

    Nice job. I really love magic and mythology in video games so it is fun to learn how the word and related words emerged. I have learnt a lot.

  • @gingerredshoes
    @gingerredshoes 4 роки тому +1

    I did not expect an etymology lesson, but 3 minutes into the vid I am here for this, nerding out.

  • @kobalt77
    @kobalt77 4 роки тому +5

    This was absolutely wonderful ... I learned s much from this, thank you so much !

  • @isaachester8475
    @isaachester8475 2 роки тому

    I’ve learned so many mindblowing things in the first few minutes of this video that I need to take a break just to ponder them before moving on.

  • @juniorred08
    @juniorred08 3 роки тому +3

    “One often meets their destiny on the road they take to avoid it”
    -Master Oogwway-

  • @IAM-nb4yk
    @IAM-nb4yk 3 роки тому +1

    You went in on this! Very enlightening, thank you.

  • @marcusmees4625
    @marcusmees4625 4 роки тому +19

    You mentioned Gandalf. Gand is also a Scandinavian form of wizardry.

  • @fredkelly6953
    @fredkelly6953 10 місяців тому +1

    Maybe the video should have been called where does the word magic come from. Magic itself has a far deeper past than a few thousand years ago.

  • @Jumpoable
    @Jumpoable 4 роки тому +5

    Kylie Minogue's Magic brought me here. Now that is magic. So is this magnificent magnum opus of Indo-European etymology. Thank you kind wizard.

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому

      Honored to follow her! 🧙🏽‍♂️

  • @1natVson1NATIVESON
    @1natVson1NATIVESON 4 роки тому

    Great Video and very informative. I appreciate you taking the time.

  • @rmdodsonbills
    @rmdodsonbills 6 років тому +35

    Similarly, the Lakota language (a Siouan language of the northern great plains of North America) has the word "wakan" which is variously translated as "medicine," "holy," or (potentally) "magic." All of these concepts carry connotations of mystery, as holy beings are mysterious ("Wakan Tanka," the Great Mystery of Lakota religion and roughly akin to an overarching deity, is sometimes translated as "Great Spirit" with "tanka" being a common word to indicate large size or otherwise greatness), or disease and healing is mysterious for pre-industrial or pre-scientific societies. "Mni wakan" (alcohol) is "water" that has mysterious effects. I have to assume that any resemblance to the various "weik" derivatives in European languages is entirely coincidental, at least until linguists/etymologists find a way to trace back further than Proto-Indo-European to connect it with the languages of Native Americans.

    • @patrichausammann
      @patrichausammann 6 років тому +7

      "Waka" might come from the "rain maker" or "rain god" (> deity), then rain is "water from heaven", so it might be "holy" but also mysterious or magic. I would guess, that "Tanka" might have an Asiatic influence. Maybe from the Japanese language. Because in Japanese "Tanka" is a form of ancient short poem. So we would get "mysterious poem"(>story) or "holy story" from "Wakan Tanka". And we shouldn't forget that knowledge in the past has been passed on in a poetic oral form!😉
      "Mni" might be related to "Mizu", which means "water" in Japanese. Actually it looks to me like a mixture of Japanese, Hawaiian, Maori and Samoan (Mizuka waiwaivai >> Mni). Maybe they have a connection to the German word "Wasser" (>vasɐ) too. And it might be possible, that the west Germanic word "watar", was probably "transformed" to the English word "water". If we have a look at Indonesian, we can see that the expression for water made a circle, from our "English" point of view. And it seems funny, that Indonesia is diagonal on the other side of Eurasia, viewed from England. And now guess what. It is the exact opposit (> contra element) of the English expression, then "water"(Engl.) is called "air" in Indonesia.😉 And to be honest, it seems really strange that the term for "water" is "udara", in Indonesian (udara >> 1.u >v>W, 2. d > ß, 3. a, 4. r, 5. a >e >> 1, 3, 2, 5, 4>>> "Waßer"(Ger.) "Wasser" (Sui. Ger.) water(Engl.)). It looks to me that some people had a lot of time and fun, to shuffle the things(>words) up. But hey, I am only a hobby linguist.😉
      Another strange point is that a tribe of the Lakota is called "Teton", which reminds me very much to the ancient Nordic people in the region of "Jutland", and around Danemark. But they had also connections to the "Blackforest in Germany and the source region of the Danube river.😉 They were called "Teutons" (Engl. with "-s" as a indicator for a plural), "Teutoni" (Ital. with "-i" as an indicator for a plural) and in German "Teutonen" (also with "-nen" as an indicator for a plural). But a part of their homeland sank and they had to leave😔.
      Here I translated a part of a German Wikipedia article to English:
      "Thiuda (Þiuda) is the earliest surviving lexeme in a Germanic language, in the Gothic language, meaning "people".
      The * þeudō, which was reconstructed for the Germanic language, forms the linguistic basis for the etymology of the term German and emerges as a word element in the field of onomastics." (Source: Wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiuda)
      Have also a look at the Túatha Dé Danann in Ireland and the "Isla of Mann"😉/Isle of Man or simply "Mannin".
      As I mentioned in another post, J. J. R. Tolkien already knew the answers, and I think I know them too.😊
      🦅🌟🌞✨🕊
      👩🏻‍💻 © by P. Hausammann 🦄🌛🏰 🌜🦁

    • @ancientcivilization9245
      @ancientcivilization9245 4 роки тому +2

      The ancient indian scriptures have many stories in which it is mentioned that there were rulers who ruled the entire globe and vedic knowledge was everywhere, with the coming of dark age (kaliyuga) the Dharma is 1/4th of its original strength, elites have huge control over us. Let me give you examples Pharmaceutical, pyschiatry(con pseduo science) , abhramic religions, money, oil, history, media, entertainment etc.

    • @jimanast3593
      @jimanast3593 4 роки тому +1

      @@patrichausammann Water is "udara" in Indonesian. (? /!) Water in ancient Greek was "ydoor" and even in modern Greek their is the adjective meaning "watery", which has the nominative forms (in masculine, feminine, & neutral) "ydarees ydaree ydares", respectively!

    • @patrichausammann
      @patrichausammann 4 роки тому

      @@jimanast3593 Very interesting! I figured out some kind of a system to interprete other foreign languages and it works pretty well. Naturally there are false friends and some changes which are based on historic divergences, but when I realize how to interprete with my system I was really astound that I understand many words.
      What amazed me most was that when I saw a documentary about American natives, I understood practically everything, and that before the actual translation was told.
      Since I taught myself the Cyrillic alphabet, I now often understand Russian words.
      I mean look at the example of the word "water" in Russian or German. In Russian it is "вода" (> voda), pronounced "vada" and then you look at "water" in English. Or in German it is "Waßer" or "Wasser".
      I mean, there isn't much of a difference in Italian either, since it's called "aqua" there.
      Maybe you ask now why. Look at "voda" (pron. "vada"). Just two simple adaptions and you see what I mean. You just have to invert the "d" to a "q" and change the "v" to "u" and then rearrange the letters.
      Actually it does not surprise me at all. It just remembers me to "one ring to rule them all". This ring has to be uncovered, that its power fade away. I want the world to become a better place, but to achieve this we have to disclose that our "mighty leaders" don't want our best. They want to play us off against each other to gain even more power and wealth.
      Some teachers told me that I could never show the connections between the different languages, ​​and that languages ​​have absolutely nothing to do with mathematics. However, I disagreed and the older I got, the more convinced I am that I was right as a little lad.

    • @jimanast3593
      @jimanast3593 4 роки тому +1

      @@patrichausammann Sth else: water in Japanese (mizu) reminds me of water in Turkish : su!

  • @christopherlennings580
    @christopherlennings580 4 роки тому +2

    Great job on the video! I learned so much historical truth. But it all stems from deceptive roots so it makes me question things more now than how I felt prior.

  • @LambentIchor
    @LambentIchor 5 років тому +7

    The proto-Celtic root of druid was specifically the oak tree, if I remember correctly, though it did come from the PIE word for tree. So the druid was the oak-knower. With the oak tree being _dair_ in modern Irish. The Irish for magic is _draíocht_ which comes from the druidic arts which over time became magic or enchantment in general.

    • @mladendjukic1061
      @mladendjukic1061 4 роки тому

      Druid comes from drvid or drvovid .

    • @LambentIchor
      @LambentIchor 4 роки тому +1

      ​@@mladendjukic1061 It's pointless giving words without saying which language they are from. Writing the letter V immediately marks this out as suspicious. It wasn't used in Old Irish. The 'v' sound does exist but it is produced by what is called lenition of the letters 'b' and 'm', with another 'v' sound being produced by what is called eclipsis of the letter 'f'.
      None of these changes were written in Old Irish, which was first written by monks using the Latin script. It was understood that the changes were triggered by the placement of the letters. Later lenition was written by putting a dot over the letter, and eclipsis by the use of consonants.
      And not of these sounds would occur in the Old Celtic root, from which Old Irish and the Gaulish forms would have come from. The Old Celtic is reconstructed to be something like *derwijes, broken down to *derwos "true" and *dru- "tree" (especially oak) + *wid- "to know".
      The Old Irish form was written as 'drui' with the dative and accusative forms being 'druid'. The plural was 'druad'.
      The modern Irish hasn't changed much, being 'draoi' meaning *druid*, with later meanings of wizard and magician, or someone who read auguries.
      Where did you get these two words? What language are they supposed to be from?

  • @wendychavez5348
    @wendychavez5348 4 роки тому +1

    I love all the etymology in this video! Thank you!

  • @DrFranklynAnderson
    @DrFranklynAnderson 4 роки тому +8

    Me at about seven minutes in: “Ah, so _that’s_ why this is called The Endless Knot…”

  • @lauralaladarling3775
    @lauralaladarling3775 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, I have just discovered you. Thank you for your amazing video, what a chart! Wonderful. Xxxx

  • @Amyr28go
    @Amyr28go 4 роки тому +6

    That was an overwhelming amount of information, I need to lie down for a sec.
    PS: GREAT VIDEO BTW

  • @Dynaboy1
    @Dynaboy1 4 роки тому +2

    Atlantean priests/sorcerers moved to Egypt and passed their knowledge, you can read about it in the book from Manly P. Hall and book name is SECRET TEACHINGS OF ALL AGES

  • @jonnymak1079
    @jonnymak1079 4 роки тому +24

    Science is magic...
    And we know nothing compared to the ancients ...

    • @BaronUnderbite
      @BaronUnderbite 3 роки тому +8

      The ancients did not separate the spirit from science

    • @jonnymak1079
      @jonnymak1079 3 роки тому +1

      @@BaronUnderbite yes !!!
      Exactly bro
      Thats why they understood
      In these days we took God and spirituality out ... :/

  • @williamchristensen7354
    @williamchristensen7354 4 роки тому +2

    Well, consider my itch for linguistic analysis thoroughly scratched!

  • @daddyleon
    @daddyleon 4 роки тому +3

    I love this video. Part of the reason is all the connected lines. Etymology is a nice and interesting thing to delve into, but to connect them like tinfoil-hat conspiracies makes it even better! Great way to straddle the line between subtle and overbearing comedic composition.

  • @hadotonini1189
    @hadotonini1189 4 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the info. I appreciate the weird intro and background music. It's refreshing.

  • @KingHackR1ofAnonymous
    @KingHackR1ofAnonymous 4 роки тому +7

    It comes from the codes that command the matrix. The matrix we live in is commanded by Combinations of tones that can be used by putting the tones into word commands for easy remembrance. Words are used in combination to create the tones needed to produce the command. There are beings all around us that we can't see some are to assist us with certain problems but not if its part of our training. The commands are there for the certain beings who took bodies for higher purposes. But we have learned from them or witnessed them being used and wrote them down in a way for us to understand. Hope this helps the matrix is made from waves of energy from another Dimension.

    • @juliuslabare8147
      @juliuslabare8147 4 роки тому

      There's a movie "Frequencies" by Darren Paul Fisher. Have you seen it?
      It showcases the theory you mention. Code (frequency) is the basis of the language and strings of code form commands. I wouldn't consider the commands magic themselves, like you wouldn't think of a computer command as magic. The Matrix was designed with a fixed number of commands. I think magic refers to using non-native(artificial) commands that are created within the Matrix to alter reality.

    • @starrdust2972
      @starrdust2972 4 роки тому

      kinghackr1 how do you know this?

    • @juliuslabare8147
      @juliuslabare8147 4 роки тому

      @@starrdust2972 (edit) I think magic refers to any power outside of the Matrix commands. Knowledge from my own experiments.

    • @dukemartinez7551
      @dukemartinez7551 4 роки тому

      @@juliuslabare8147 I’ve been doing my own experiments, and I’m thinking magick is a key to glitching the matrix

    • @juliuslabare8147
      @juliuslabare8147 4 роки тому

      @@dukemartinez7551 Have you been able to physically move any objects without direct contact?

  • @michelleguymon6112
    @michelleguymon6112 2 роки тому

    very informative but a mouth full. around and around we go.. wow! wonderfully done.

  • @TheGiantSoda
    @TheGiantSoda 6 років тому +9

    AND RELIGION FOR BREAKFAST!!!!!! My day was made.

  • @marshillman9914
    @marshillman9914 4 роки тому +1

    It was quite a lot but I really appreciate the work you did, for what it's worth.

  • @rahuldhargalkar
    @rahuldhargalkar 6 років тому +3

    This is something I love

  • @nathansfreedwell982
    @nathansfreedwell982 4 роки тому +1

    this video was perfect

  • @amarpapemelanated9821
    @amarpapemelanated9821 4 роки тому +4

    Thoth the Atlatean, The Greatest of All! From whom all knowledge came from! Teacher of Lights and Dark!

  • @eldersun9877
    @eldersun9877 4 роки тому +1

    Great job ..... I loved every minute of it ...... ETYMOLOGY RULES

  • @KekoaSkills
    @KekoaSkills 4 роки тому +3

    This is intense, complex and amazing! Maybe slow down just a bit.

  • @rolandhellmann2232
    @rolandhellmann2232 4 роки тому

    The first video i see on your channel, and you have the next follower. Great work thx.

  • @eltacodemexico1174
    @eltacodemexico1174 4 роки тому +5

    I always wondered why in Spanish we call the Wise Men "The Magician Kings" (Los Reyes Magos)

    • @PM_____
      @PM_____ 2 роки тому

      @Torus Factory lol sthu

  • @Lyndanet
    @Lyndanet 3 роки тому +1

    I like the news report style used here . It would be great to see you both publish a book with a glossary and footnotes that alone would be so interesting..

  • @frostythesasquatch
    @frostythesasquatch 4 роки тому +4

    Oh, hey! My favourite religious studies scholar! That was a welcome surprise.

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому +2

      What a coincidence, he’s our favourite religious studies scholar too! 😃

    • @emiliolorenzo3139
      @emiliolorenzo3139 4 роки тому

      Literally! I thought the same thing 😅

  • @ndo104no
    @ndo104no 4 роки тому +1

    I wish this was a poster I could buy and hang!

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому +1

      Your wish is our command! Well, actually your comment was the final spur to get us to get this set up, so the infographic is now available as a poster: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64907778

  • @PjotrFrank
    @PjotrFrank 6 років тому +3

    Wow! What a great and educating lecture on the etymology of magic. I enjoyed it very much, although there's a plethora of additional words associated with magic. The Hex/Hexe/Hagazussa/Heka/Hekate connection would have been a nice addition, as well as Caduceus, Thaumaturgy, and Dweomer (a word rediscovered by Gary Gygax - one of the creators of Dungeons & Dragons). So, how do you feel about a second part for this topic?

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  6 років тому +1

      I may well revisit magical words, there certainly are many more! I've got a few Endnotes planned with bits I left out of this (already very long!) video...

  • @JustLooking
    @JustLooking 6 років тому +2

    Asatru follower and word-nerd here; thanks for the shout-out to my religion! :-)

  • @willemvandebeek
    @willemvandebeek 6 років тому +15

    Andrew is in mono and only from the left side :-/

    • @moreteabishop5405
      @moreteabishop5405 6 років тому +2

      Don't slit your wrists just yet, check if your plugged in correctly first.
      Then do it.

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  6 років тому +3

      Sorry! I guess I didn't check the audio settings for his clips properly. My apologies.

    • @tdgs
      @tdgs 6 років тому +2

      Hey I had the same issue. I am using the iPhone app and for some reason the sound is weird when watching landscape, but if you are watching vertically the sound is ok. Very weird.

    • @sleazyclara
      @sleazyclara 6 років тому +2

      Ahaha I was listening with only one earphone in. I was so confused why there was no audio on that part. Thanks for pointing this out!!

    • @darrell20741
      @darrell20741 5 років тому +1

      @@tdgs It is the poison apple spell. I had an old macbook one time that acted like this just before the microphone stopped working.

  • @jamescrawley7993
    @jamescrawley7993 4 роки тому +2

    I must say, this was a very good video where I learned some things that I have always heard about in rumors, but this was very cool! Learned some interesting stuff! thanks!

  • @nea1186
    @nea1186 4 роки тому +3

    thank you I love and need etymology in my life!!!! love this! from Lv,nv

  • @KorhalKk
    @KorhalKk 4 роки тому +2

    The etymology to phanein I believe is to "bring to the light", "to reveal", better indicating the etymological relationship you're exposing.

    • @vojsavaibrahimi3571
      @vojsavaibrahimi3571 4 роки тому

      Phanein = me pa = to lock
      Ne= us
      In =inside.

    • @lettersivewritten
      @lettersivewritten 4 роки тому

      Made that mistake just yesterday, lol.

    • @KorhalKk
      @KorhalKk 4 роки тому

      @@vojsavaibrahimi3571 The best I can take from your comment is "bannan" from protogermanic which is the root for banish and abandon. And this means "to take away" or to "put away", which is the speculative root for bandit too. Don't know which language you're using but from greek is "to reveal" or "to manifest" and the PIE root is BHA. Sanskrit uses "bhanati" which means "to speak" or "to voice".

  • @rafaelbrgnr
    @rafaelbrgnr 6 років тому +9

    Interesting. In Portuguese the Magi are called 'Os 3 Reis Magos' (The 3 Magician Kings).

  • @JustLooking
    @JustLooking 6 років тому +1

    Re: deus ex machina...the phrase (translated into Latin from Greek) originally referred to staged divine interventions in classical dramas. An actor playing the god was placed in a mechanical device above the stage, so that he could descend on cue and deal with other characters' problems.

  • @weblightstudio8215
    @weblightstudio8215 4 роки тому +10

    "Magic" has always been with humans. You have done a nice job of analyzing the term in a western sense and I guess a deep analysis would have required a series

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому +3

      There is *always* more to say! Because I'm focused around the etymology of English words, I do end up with more restricted slices of big topics like this.

    • @blissexotic4806
      @blissexotic4806 4 роки тому +1

      jINN DEMONS DO THE MAGIC....WITH OUT THEM YOU ARE NOT DOING MUCH...

  • @1stAmbientGrl
    @1stAmbientGrl 6 років тому +1

    Wow! Soooo much information in this video, I need to watch it several times to absorb it all. Along the line of self-fulfilling prophecies is the power of suggestion. That's really what a self-fulfilling prophecy is; a strong suggestion.

  • @m...1045
    @m...1045 4 роки тому +10

    Now that was a comprehensive historical lesson on "magick"
    👏👍

  • @josephbrauer2573
    @josephbrauer2573 4 роки тому

    This is 2 years and 2 months after the release date if this video . HOLY CRAP man !!! how did remember all of that stuff ? ? ? I got very low grades in high school English . You flew right it , well done.

  • @DJMeriMero
    @DJMeriMero 4 роки тому +16

    Magic came down to the people of Babylon, and then spreading all over Mesopotamia , Iran, Yemen and later Israel, Egypt to North West Africa.

    • @bartlemy
      @bartlemy 4 роки тому +2

      You speak the truth 💯

    • @DJMeriMero
      @DJMeriMero 4 роки тому +1

      @@bartlemy you got some nice DnB playlist there 😉

    • @bartlemy
      @bartlemy 4 роки тому +1

      @@DJMeriMero thanks bro.. I'm an ex producer from back in the day

    • @DJMeriMero
      @DJMeriMero 4 роки тому

      @@bartlemy oh really? You should help me. I’m from Belgium. You can visit my channel i uploaded 2 demos DnB tracks.

    • @anthonylewis9944
      @anthonylewis9944 4 роки тому

      Facts

  • @vojsavaibrahimi3571
    @vojsavaibrahimi3571 4 роки тому +1

    Machina = hold
    Chi/ q/c + hin = in/enter
    A= is
    Is to hold us inside.

  • @Alliterative
    @Alliterative  4 роки тому +41

    To address some repeated comments: This video is about the origin of the word "Magic" and the tradition and concepts the English word refers to; therefore it covers some (not all) of the history of magic within the cultures that affected the word before and as it came into English. It is not intended to explain all magic everywhere or all the various magical traditions across the world. There are many rich and important traditions of magic in other languages and cultures. Also, the audio for the guest is unfortunately only on the left track, so if you can't hear it, try the other earbud. Our apologies for that technical error.
    And finally, we have now made a poster available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64907778 Also, a high quality digital version is available as a Patreon reward.

    • @satanlover134
      @satanlover134 4 роки тому

      dude some of the audio is missing

    • @josoffat7649
      @josoffat7649 4 роки тому

      @@satanlover134 dude, welcome to the post dmca authoritarian regime, get used to it.

    • @TwDjLsT
      @TwDjLsT 4 роки тому

      Beautiful accurate truth. You should be apologizing for nothing.
      Thank you / Namaste.

    • @MasqueradeCrew
      @MasqueradeCrew 4 роки тому

      That's funny. I'm using headphones that only work on the left side.

    • @TwDjLsT
      @TwDjLsT 4 роки тому +1

      @@MasqueradeCrew bummer. lol. COINCIDENCE? perhaps you are not ready to hear such truth.
      (not judging, It is funny.)

  • @mariosfamilytable
    @mariosfamilytable 4 роки тому +1

    Bravo Bravissimo!!!
    Bravi Bravissimi!!!

  • @ZWZDOzLtxBEO
    @ZWZDOzLtxBEO 6 років тому +25

    It's interesting how Polish "wiedźma" (a witch) doesn't seem to have negative etymology, yet it suddenly got this connotation, probably after the The Grimms' Fairy Tales publication, most notably Hansel and Gretel, so it would seem.
    "Wiedźma" comes from *vĕdьma meaning "she who knows" similar to how "wieszcz" came to be meaning originally prophet, wiseman and later an inspired poet.
    Both praslavic *vĕdĕti (to know) and *vidĕti (to see) come from PIE *weyd-, yet somehow "wiedźma" feels more connected to sanskrit वेत्ति (veda) than "wieszcz" is... at least it feels that way - if I were to form a feminine version of "wieszcz" I could do it ("wieszczyna" seems the most plausible form, as the tree "wierzba" which is a feminine tree has another form that is "wierzbina", coming from *werb- or perhaps *wer-), yet I can't do it the other way - there's no way to make a masculine form of "wiedźma" other than "wiedźmin" which is a word created for the witcher series, so it is plain fantasy.
    I find this discrepancy between Slavic and Romance/Germaic etymologies really amusing.

    • @evaflowers8153
      @evaflowers8153 4 роки тому +1

      nice to read.

    • @merlinidlehands3302
      @merlinidlehands3302 4 роки тому

      Are you done yet LOO L Just kidding !

    • @SpaceCase6valence
      @SpaceCase6valence 4 роки тому +2

      Someone who had their "witz" about them

    • @PDoodek
      @PDoodek 4 роки тому +4

      You can go further and connect it to “vedas”, the Hindu sacred texts.

    • @petrokrasnov2967
      @petrokrasnov2967 4 роки тому

      Put this into context. Grimes fairy tales was used to teach children. During the Bolshevik famines children were cannibalized and many women were involved. It’s a reference to Bolshevist terror upon the innocent.

  • @bluelightmoon777
    @bluelightmoon777 2 роки тому +1

    Short answer. It was two angels harut and marut who informed people about magic. But only the devils and magicians engaged in it. To become a magician you will have to do the worst types of things first in order for the devils to engage with you. I personally know people who have seen these things and it is as real as it gets.

    • @FaisaBeauty
      @FaisaBeauty 2 роки тому

      Where did you get this information from

  • @renatehoudijk4626
    @renatehoudijk4626 6 років тому +5

    Would you consider making this into a giant poster for on the wall? :D

    • @binra3788
      @binra3788 5 років тому +2

      Or simply a hi resolution image to scroll in??

    • @maiaallman4635
      @maiaallman4635 4 роки тому +1

      Great idea

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому +1

      Hi! It's taken us a looong time, but we have now made a poster available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64907778 Also, a high quality digital version is available as a Patreon reward.

  • @silense01
    @silense01 4 роки тому +1

    Amazing Video! I enjoyed this immensely. Thank you 🙏 .

  • @jaymesjmathias9390
    @jaymesjmathias9390 4 роки тому +5

    Magic. It is "unknown" or "held secret". That is the most basic and honest way to put it without ANY SPIN OR "MAGIC". You must stay center with no considering any opinion or "thought". If you step one iota away from basic center you then sway TOWARDS one GROUP(s) BELIEF and In so doing AWAY from a (the) OTHER GROUP(s) BELIEF.

    • @stevekinyanjui9504
      @stevekinyanjui9504 4 роки тому

      Interesting "stay center" sounds like meditation. Care to explain further ?

  • @bryanholmes3728
    @bryanholmes3728 4 роки тому +1

    I want that entire thing as a giant poster

    • @Alliterative
      @Alliterative  4 роки тому

      Thanks for your interest! As a result of several requests, we've now set that up to be available: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/64907778 Also, a high quality digital version is available as a Patreon reward.

  • @LEARSIKCIGAM
    @LEARSIKCIGAM 4 роки тому +3

    it’s “Magick” and it’s the observation and application of natural laws

  • @dakotamartinez8310
    @dakotamartinez8310 Рік тому

    Thank you for this video.
    Happy 🎃 Halloween.

  • @simbriant
    @simbriant 4 роки тому +3

    A lot of this makes sense since governments, rulers, and organized religion tend to fear intelligent and wise people because they are not easy to control.

    • @edwilson7798
      @edwilson7798 4 роки тому +1

      Never a truer statement....To this day, they still have nothing other than disdain..or contempt for any one..who, actually thinks for him or her self...They really do wish for a population which..questions nothing, and believes only what is being designed for them.
      My daughter was given an assignment and told that..only, "approved" sources where allowed..and, that their work would not be accepted if other sources were used....The same with MSM, it's designed to seem like many sources...when, in reality, it is one source which seems like many...Many people truly believe, they are informed peoples..However, you cannot be an informed person..if, your information comes only from one source or "approved" only sources, as you are then getting designed information..just, like they are doing to people in the education system with.."approved, sources only".
      They do not want a population which thinks and forms their own opinions...They long for a day in which the generation that walks upon the earth, exist in a world where no other sources than, the "approved" sources have survived.
      Which again, it will seem like many different sources do exist..however, all those sources will contain the same designed idea/way of thinking...Sorry for rambling, it's late.

    • @mppm1740
      @mppm1740 4 роки тому +1

      This is why the royals hate the lock head one all the plight was planned.see what hate = covid..

    • @racheldoesacrylic4089
      @racheldoesacrylic4089 4 роки тому +1

      @@edwilson7798 we have been brainwashed from the miute we were born/ believe nothing question everything

  • @cerberaodollam
    @cerberaodollam 2 роки тому

    Ahura Mazda used to make me laugh so hard in middle school history class. "So you're telling me the ancient Persians had cars?!"

  • @ArtichokeAnarchy
    @ArtichokeAnarchy 4 роки тому +4

    21:18 “I’m so quirky and unique 🤪”
    stranger next to her: 21:20

  • @arabbithole5382
    @arabbithole5382 11 місяців тому +1

    Concept of magic in Hinduism is defined so differently... In Hinduism we say it supernatural powers... There are lots of supernatural powers mentioned in Hinduism such as 8 ashtashiddhi, 7 matrika, 8 matrika, 10 mahaviddya, kundalini power, 7 Chakras etc. Naruto anime even mentioned 7 chakras as well as these chakras also give human superpowers.
    These powers aren't like banned or wrong in Hinduism as long as long you are using for doing good stuffs.... There are also some dark powers as well which are banned to do in Hinduism.

  • @lafregaste
    @lafregaste 3 роки тому +8

    There's a series of children's books called "Hilda" that have a character who's a Mara, and she makes the main characters have nightmares. It's pretty cool to know the author probably knew about the etymology of the word and used it on purpose. Also, the idea of the Mara comes, as far as I know, from "night terrors", a disposition common in teens and young adults caused by stress, anxiety and others that make you suffer constant nightmares, that are quite severe. Sleep paralysis, that can make your mind distort reality, forming monsters, creatures and faces that are "not allowing you to move or breath correctly" and the horrible misogynistic idea of female lust.
    On another comment, not so much about the video itself. The 2 ads before your video were quite... interesting. One is for an app Gaia? that was talking about ancient powers (aliens, magic, etc) and the 2nd was a catholic ad for this coming Easter... I couldn't keep from giggling.. xD

    • @slatwar3221
      @slatwar3221 3 роки тому

      It is also a Netflix show now.

  • @shua_the_great
    @shua_the_great 4 роки тому

    This helps put SOOOO much together. Thx so much!

  • @ViceRoze
    @ViceRoze 4 роки тому +16

    Why does no one talk about African magic and how all of this can trace back to parts of Africa. Not just Egypt either.

    • @sunofshangoihate45thihated85
      @sunofshangoihate45thihated85 4 роки тому +2

      Indeed ifa, Vodoun and other forms of central and west African magik

    • @balazskiss985
      @balazskiss985 4 роки тому +2

      @@sunofshangoihate45thihated85 dogons use magic, they gods are Nommos
      nyomós is a hun word means pusher
      in hun the olds has nyomós words, means what metters, what push the balance in a direction
      so who brings knowledge to stone age dogons with sirius a and b in knowledge and stuff?
      huns

    • @sunofshangoihate45thihated85
      @sunofshangoihate45thihated85 4 роки тому

      @Danny Brennan correct 👌🏾

    • @sunofshangoihate45thihated85
      @sunofshangoihate45thihated85 4 роки тому

      @A ok Ebbo

    • @balazskiss985
      @balazskiss985 4 роки тому

      @A zulu
      szóló in hun= speaker, so sure had hun effect on them, and hunor=magur
      magura in africa means lion
      maga ura in hun=selfmade man, independent

  • @asrickman1
    @asrickman1 4 роки тому +1

    Awesome presentation! Outstanding, I loved every bit of it! 🙌🏽✨💫

  • @marasi36
    @marasi36 4 роки тому +6

    The Magi would light their fires, chant their mantras and make their offerings to their God “Ahura Mazda”. They were the old world order, priests of Zarathustra, teachers of Avesta, and as Brahmans were to India and the Druids to Europe, so were the Magi to its capital Iran and the surrounding areas of what came to be known as Persia.
    ~
    “Magi” means “priest” its source is the Sanskrit “maga” meaning “priest of the Sun” which then becomes the European words “magic” and “magician”. Zarathustra was their prophet, born into a family of animal traders, his name has been said to mean “one whose camels are old” the “ustra” from the Sanskrit “ustra” meaning “camel” and “zara” seems to come from the Sanskrit “jara” meaning “old” the same “jara” which becomes the European “geriatrics” and “gerentology".
    ~
    Their object of worship, their supreme deity was Ahura Mazda, the “ahura” being the Sanskrit “asura” meaning “divine” from the root “asu” meaning “spirit” and the word “mazda” is the Sanskrit “medha” meaning “wisdom" his name meaning “divine wisdom”. Their beginnings are said to go back some 3,500 - 6000 years and the names for their God, their prophet and their priests are all Sanskrit.
    ~
    In his book “the science of language” Professor Max Muller writes “ It was more faithfully preserved by the Zoroastrians who migrated from India to the northwest and whose religion has been preserved to us in the Zind Avesta, though in fragments only. The Zoroastrians were a colony from northern India ”. The wisdom of the Magi was once a vast library of knowledge known as “Avesta” their language was called “Avestan” a dialect of the ancient Sanskrit language.
    ~
    Iran was originally called "Aryan" its citizens were originally known as "Aryans" they were the centre of Avestan culture. “Arya” meaning “nobel” describes the character of a person and has no relation to skin colour nor geographical locations, its emphasis reflects the cultivation of spiritual knowledge. This was emphasised by Lord Krsna some 5000 years ago where he accuses Arjunas decision not to fight, as non Aryan, as indicated by the word “anarya”.
    ~
    “ sri-bhagavan uvaca
    kutas tva kasmalam idam
    visame samupasthitam
    anarya-justam asvargyam
    akirti-karam arjuna “
    ~
    “ The Supreme Person ( Bhagavan ) said, My dear Arjuna, how have these impurities come upon you ? They are not at all befitting a man who knows the progressive values of life, they do not lead to higher planets, but to infamy.” Gita 2.2
    ~
    The etymology of “Arya” is “ar” meaning “to move” and “ya” meaning “advance” as in that which “moves (ar) in order to advance (ya)”. The dictionary defines “Arya” as “noble” “leader” “kind” “polite” “honourable” “wise” “master” “gentleman” and one who “behaves like an Aryan”. The land which became known as Persia was once “Aryan” and the scriptures known as “Avesta” reflect this in their hymns.
    ~
    " As the bright, glorious star Tishtrya moves on equally, so does the strong wind made by Mazda, and so the Glory of the Aryans ”
    ~
    ” Ahura Mazda spoke unto Zarathushtra, saying, i made the Aryan Glory, rich in food, rich in flocks, rich in wealth and rich in Glory “
    ~
    “ I bless the sacrifice and prayer and the strength and vigour of the Glory of the Aryans made by Mazda ” - all verses from the Ashtad Yasht of Avesta.
    ~
    “Bagastan” known today as ( Behistoon ) is an ancient city of Iran, its name is the Sanskrit “bhaga” meaning “God” and the Sanskrit “sthana” meaning “land” as in “the land of God”. We see the same in the capital of Iraq known as “Bhagdad” the “bhag” being the Sanskrit “bhaga” meaning “God” and “dad” being the Sanskrit “dada” and “dadati” meaning “gift” as in “gift of God”. Upon the cliff face of Bagastan in Iran we find written the following words.
    ~
    " I am Darius the great King, King of Kings, King of many countries and many people, King of this expansive land, the Archaiemenid, son of a Persian, Aryan from the Aryan race ”. Herodotus the famous Greek historian also writes “ These ( Medes and Persians ) were called anciently by all people as the Aryans”.
    ~
    This was the Middle East over 2000 years ago. Prior to the Greeks and Europeans naming the land “Persia” it was known as the Kingdom of the Aryans, an extension of Vedic India where even the name “Iran” is a corruption of the word “Aryan”. And their kings such as “Cyrus the great” and “Darius” both Sanskrit names “Cyrus” a corruption of “Kurus” a name of the great Vedic dynasty and “Darius” is the Sanskrit “dharya” meaning “holding” his name according to academia “holding firm the good”.

    • @djribz
      @djribz 4 роки тому +1

      Actually it’s the new world order because the egypto-Greco-Phoenician cultural line is 70 000 years old and the Babylonian is only 7000-10 000 yrs.
      Look up Austronesian maritime peoples.

    • @Shibestrike
      @Shibestrike 4 роки тому

      You’re going the wrong direction with the assumption that Avestan came from Sanskrit or that one was a corruption of the other. They were contemporaries and one would likely have understood the other in those times. It is useful to compare the languages to make sense of the other, but they both came from the same proto languages.

  • @hamfor4429
    @hamfor4429 4 роки тому +1

    Absolutely sensational!!!! Amazing research and information.😯😯😯👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍👍

  • @Towoawawabo8
    @Towoawawabo8 4 роки тому +7

    Go to Africa or Haiti, you'll see real show that no one can explain

    • @musicguy20
      @musicguy20 4 роки тому

      There are people who actually go out of their way to prove these people are scammers and reveal their tricks to make people believe them and of course give them money. It’s sad their tricks include people being killed.

    • @musicguy20
      @musicguy20 4 роки тому +1

      @Honey Beez Just like every where

    • @new777new3
      @new777new3 4 роки тому

      @@musicguy20 lol not all

    • @lockandloadlikehell
      @lockandloadlikehell 4 роки тому

      @@musicguy20 speak for yourself junior

    • @hyphield6471
      @hyphield6471 3 роки тому

      it's everywhere if you know where to look

  • @idolcruisefix71
    @idolcruisefix71 4 роки тому +2

    Wow! Great presentation. Linguistics is on the level of genetic historic evidence. Empires may write histories but they can't stop the organic dispersion and connections between words.

  • @Cesar_M_Romero
    @Cesar_M_Romero 4 роки тому +3

    If this video wasn’t 80% etymology it would actually be interesting

  • @Zuubeecom
    @Zuubeecom 4 роки тому

    LOVE,LOVE,LOVE. Thank you so much saving me so much time.