The Holly King & Oak Child | A Traditional Story for the Winter Solstice adapted by Andrew Anderson
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- Опубліковано 18 січ 2025
- In a deep, dark forest during the early winter, the Holly King reigns supreme. He is a fearsome creature with deeply rutted bark and sharp leaves. This time of the year belongs to him, and he has brought drought, storms, and floods to the land. He knows that the Old Oak King's son will soon challenge him for the throne, but he is ready and will fight to keep his kingdom in perpetual winter. On the darkest day of the year, he sets out to find the Oak Child, but is surprised to find it is weak and helpless. With a ferocious smile, he prepares to strike the final blow.
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❤ Beautiful, this pagan thanks you
So beautiful!
Such a beautiful story that you can actually see by watching the trees ❤
Beautiful, I've loved the Oak King and the Holly King since I first learnt of them as they appealed to me greatly. I've never seen an animated version before and it's wonderful, the telling of the story and the illustrations, amazing. A friend recommended it, they have great taste 😊❤️
painfully beautiful and moving. made me cry in fact. gorgeous imagery and tale. thank you for the gift.
Beautifully done! Magically narrated. Thank you for sharing. ❤
~🙏💙🙏Much Graditude From The Carolinas🙏💙🙏~
So moving...
beautiful!! thank you
What a Beautiful story🥰💓
So very beautiful!!! Thank you 🙏🏼 🕊🌳🍃✨💫
Superb. Wonderful work!
Super
Who is the artist for the artwork? It's gorgeous. Lovely story.
The commentary is clearly AI lacking any emotion, inflection or art!
oh no!!! i hope not! but you're right, i thought the voice was dashing through the narrative but thought it was on purpose.
The narrator works for us... definitely not AI! 🙂 If you watch another of our videos you'll see it's his style
Hi Moonbooks, sorry to hear that, no slight intended. Blessings of the season to you all.
This reading style took so much away from the story...!!!...Pausing at the end of a sentence has an important purpose. One is allowed to breath in the magic of the words...I enjoyed the crisp articulate voice...I understood the reading without emotion...The breathlessness takes so much power away from, an other wise, very cool little film...!!!...
Blimey poor bugger being thought to be AI! Why on earth would you think the human narrator to be AI? I felt there was emotion and inflection, I want a good story teller but I'm not expecting Sir Ian McKellen 🤷♀️😊