Messed Up Monsters from Celtic Folklore (Part 1) | Folklore Explained
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- Опубліковано 30 тра 2024
- Let's dive into the messed up mythology and folklore of the Emerald Isle!
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» 0:00 - Intro
» 1:21 - Sponsor
» 2:44 - Leanan Sidhe
» 5:17 - The Kelpie
» 7:41 - Caorthannach
» 10:47 - Wrap-Up
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» Researched by: Jack Daly & Jon Solo
» Written, Filmed, & Edited by: Jon Solo
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» my favorites: messeduporigins.com/books
» Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry by W.B. Yeats 1888: books.google.com/books?id=XsI...
» Kelpie Stories from Northern Ireland: archive.org/details/folklorej...
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#CelticFolklore #StPatricksDay #Leprechaun
Shoutout to all the modern-day Celts watching! (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Which of these creatures would you LEAST want to find under your bed?
The whole st pat's Day in America is pure Hollywood,you have bagpipes which is Scottish, you don't mention the troubles during the 60s-90s so it ain't all leprechaun and four leaf clover....but still love your yer show haven't missed an episode in yrs .
Wonder what the St Patrick's day town looks like
St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland
Caorthannach most definitely
After reading the Scorpio races definitely the water horses, the authors version of the 'kapel ishka' were scarifying 🐎😱
Irish people for top of the morning: "I've never said that in my life."
Jacksepticeye: Trembles in fear.
the most scariest Celtic monster is a sober Irishmen
Jon Solo: "these creatures will give you nightmares!"
Me: "my four year old would love this video!" *Puts it in with his other pagan inspired storytimes*
Me as a parent ngl
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Lol sounds like me I read the original grimm fairy tales to my kids from a very young age 😃
I love the kelpie, it's almost identical to the Scandinavian bäckahästen ("brook horse") and tales of the water being the nøkk when he appears in horse form. I think there was definitely some cultural exchange that happened when the Vikings settled in areas of Scotland and the Northern Isles - though where the legend of the creature originated from is unclear 🐎😍
Indeed. It's almost identical. I sat there going: "It sounds like a mix of bäckahästen and näcken". Makes me wonder which one was created first/which culture influenced the other. Impossible to find out today, I would think.
There has been a huge amount of early cultural trade between all the north-western edges of Europe. For example, when the Vikings settled in Iceland, they brought a load of endentured women from Ireland, who brought their oral literature with them
i heard that theres also a urban legend story that the lochness monster it is said to lurk in the scotland's water where theres a castle
@@gojo5621 we do have loch ness type monster here in sweden called Storsjöodjure (the great-lake monster)
I also finished a.c. valhalla=vikings,Ireland.
Yesss! We need more Celtic mythology, folklore, legends and tales!
Yes.
Can Never Get Enough🍀
I never understand why people don’t talk about folklore more
Probably because we have easily and readily accessible movies and shows to watch, replacing the folklore myths and legends with modern ones.
They might start seeing similarities in their religion 👀
Two reasons. Books, tv and movies, have replaced it. Also urban legends are folklore. Slender man is our modern banshee.
Christianity went around and systematically destroyed and appropriated all the folk lore they could possibly find.
I am a lot more worried about how to pronounce Irish names than their monsters
I'm Irish and even we have trouble with some names 🤣 there can be up to three versions of an Irish name. The anglosised version, Anglo/ Gaelic or full old Gaelic. So yeah I don't blame you.
Try Norse-
Kelpie were used in a book I read once where people race with Kelpie during the time of the year when they resurface. What made the book interesting was it was a tale between a girl who only have a regular horse but need the prize money and an expert who inherit his father's loyal Kelpie, which the girl won because of the stereotypical privilege kid who uses the most powerful and undispline kelpie that nearly ruin everything.
You should cover Selkies though, because there's a movie where they're featured in "Song of the sea"
the scorpio races?
@@j.hypolite5163 yeah that. Kind of got bored halfway in because there wasn't much build up and its predictable, so I Google the ending.
Yes! A fellow Scorpio Races reader! Though, I'll admit, I got bored with it pretty early and just skipped to the last page of the book. ^^;;; Curious, but not enough to go back and read it. (￣▽￣;)
it's used in Atus games as a demon
@@DragonSlayer1417 yeah it was a very slow build up
The kelpie reminds me of the water horse from Frozen 2. The horse tried to drown Elsa until she took control of the reins and was able to ride to Ahtohallan. After that, the horse was basically at her beckon call whenever she wanted
it's a similar creature, just one is celtic the other is norse. probably some type of cultural exchange during events where both cultures encountered each other
@@Ray_Vun it’s a Nøkk.
you should do more black/African mythology/folklore
Nigerian Yoruba mythology seems to be the most internationally popular one in the whole world. Not only does it have the very popular Orishas, it’s also insanely flexible!
The competing mythologies include those of the Kongo (from southern Congo Brazzaville and northern Angola) and the Swahili Zanzibar archipelago.
I love how much folklore was mixed and matched in books. MY favorite series with this is definitely the Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander.
I've also seen this done well in Gerald Morris' Arthurian series.
I love that every time you are holding Gunther, he’s basically just sleeping upright 😆
I really like your videos. I have been watching for a couple years now and I was wondering if you could do a video about Lithuanian folklore/mythology? Lithuanians were the last people to convert from paganism in Europe. We still celebrate some pagan holidays like užgavienės (pancake day). Anyways I heard stories about folklore creatures like the Aitvaras (Kite) and pinčiukas (little devil) and our extensive greek related pagan gods. I would love to hear your take on it.
i’d love to know more about Baltic cultures. they don’t have the attention they deserve
The survival of Lithuanian oral culture was a huge resource for 20th century researchers in oral tradition and oral literature. Definitely deserves more attention!
I wonder why female monsters are so scary. I love all the sound effects and artwork for the characters you selected Jon very cool stuff. Cheers and thankyou so much xo
what worth has a monster if he's not scary? that's literally why he exist for, to scare.
@@efaristi9737 he said female, she*
@@jamieyoung9206 why females specifically? a monster is meant to be scary, its gender is irrelevant.
FINALLY! MY NANA USE TO TELL ME SO MANY OF THESE STORIES I AM SO FREAKING HAPPY
National Meatball Day is actually August 23rd. I got about curious as to whether or not such a holiday existed, so I googled it.
Thank you, Jon. I appreciate this. I'm a modern Druid :) The Dullahan scares me the most you might want to check out. BTW by the time Saint Patrick was in Ireland the Druids were not relevant.
The Nuckelavee might have inspired the tale of the headless horseman.
This episode is especially fascinating to me all round because Celtic mythology is a major interest of mine and particularly the creatures and various sidhe that appear (less so the actual stories). I’ve never heard of Caorthannnach which both does and doesn’t surprise me since she seems to be specific to a single story/stories rather than having influence across various times and episodes (if you get what I mean? I almost don’t. It makes sense in my head).
Leannan Sidhe was one of the first creatures to intrigue me . The version mentioned is similar to what I’ve read but differs also in the ending of those she inspires. The tales I’m familiar with agree that she chooses those that are already naturally gifted artistically and are merely struggling for recognition (for whatever reason) - this is what draws her. She then appears and seduces them into accepting her deal - she will be their muse but in return they will belong to her forevermore. She will then leave them and they will create and create the greatest works (in their field) in history and when they are at the height of their greatness and their success she will return for them and spirit them away to continue creating solely for her for eternity. Sometimes this takes the form of the artist just disappearing, sometimes this is through death and then their soul will instead be tied to her. I’ve read some suggestions that there is a link between Taliesin and Leannan Sidhe which makes more sense hearing the version mentioned in the video, given that Taliesin’s gift originated from Cerridwen’s brew (he drank from her cauldron - Leannan’s victim’s blood [which in some cultures is their actual essence of who they are] are deposited in her cauldron which is tied to the gifts she bestows, etc). I don’t believe I’ve ever heard an actual ‘out-clause’ with Leannan Sidhe. I have theories, personally, but have never heard/read anything explicitly.
The Kelpie is another one that particularly fascinated me. The versions I’ve encountered - again - are slightly different (as pretty much all stories invariably are), however they are much more similar than the Leannan Sidhe tales. The Kelpie also shares some similarities between other creatures including Will’o’Wisps, Jenny Greenteeth and, surprisingly, Pegasus. The Kelpie appears to travellers who are lost and exhausted and encourages them to mount them as a (mostly) ordinary if friendly and intelligent horse. It leads them further astray without before carrying them below their home-body of water sometimes and lake/pond/river/creek and sometimes even a well (the specific types of choices of lair including wells are similar to stories of Jenny Greenteeth while the leading weary travellers astray are closer to Will’o’Wisps - differences being Jenny Greenteeth specifically preying on small children while Will’o’Wisps occasionally being legitimately helpful). Once a Kelpie is mounted, the rider is completely stuck to the Kelpie and entirely unable to escape. Similar to Pegasus however, the Kelpie (while not initially bridled) can be bridled and subdued by the rider (if they can do that while attached to the Kelpie’s back and before they reach the water) Once the Kelpie is bridled, the Kelpie becomes entirely docile and the one who attached the bridle has control for as long as they are holding it and so are able to dismount. The Kelpie (from my understanding) will then leave the person alone and they may escape. If they are unsuccessful, they will be dragged to the bottom of the water and devoured entirely leaving little to no remains behind. Not only is the requirement for attaching a bridle personally similar to the story of Pegasus and Bellerophon but also the way that once it is attached, the Kelpie/Pegasus becomes docile and obedient for their rider. So yeah, similarities across pantheons (they’re everywhere, particularly between the Celts and the Greeks - interesting because I personally would imagine that the Romans had more similarities while most actually occur between Celtic creatures/stories and stories specific to the Greeks - I’m unfamiliar with any equivalent Roman tales though I’d be interested to hear some.)
I would like an episode about Fin MacCool as I am from Northern Ireland and this is where the giants causeway is which in folk tale he helped create
I had a children’s book that had a story about him my grandmother read to me all the time (great- grandmother Gigi was from Ireland)
Every time I hear about the Kelpies, I think about the Ducktales reboot episode they appeared in as My Little Pony knock-offs, while still maintaining their mythical roots taking people to the water to drown them, which almost happened to Launchpad.
I read the story of the Kelpie who killed 9 kids back when I was a kid myself. Scarred me for a while, I was terrified of all horses despite living in the midwest
Keep up the great content always loved history and this channel does it perfectly love how you present the information and the humor
The current myth of the Druids has been gaining popularity. But, Ireland was already in the process of converting when he went there. He was not the first missionary there.
Ireland was also one of the only, if not the only country that converted without being forced. You can read the Confessio of St. Patrick and he never mentions any of that. Also, that wasn't added to his legend until several hundred years after he died. He lived in the 5th Century and snakes were added to his legend in the 12th Century. The snake thing is believed to have started in the Pale, the area of Ireland controlled by the English around that time.
I would have to say the Kelpie is best Celtic mythical creature. It was allegedly a shape shifter and being able to take control of all of them with just one is incredible.
I AM IN LOVE WITH CELTIC FOLKLORE!!!!🤩🍀 BRING ON THE KELPIES!!!!
I hope you do a video on ChuChulain the hound of ulstyer he’s an awesome folk hero
Obviously, the fire spitter (I'm not even gonna try that spelling) is the most frightening. The kelpie and inspirer are way passive aggressive. And you get quite a bit out the deal with the Sidhe, and can gain from the kelpie. Fire Spitter is just bad news.
You could do a whole episode about the pooka, a really weird Irish spirit. You could call it the messed-up origins of Harvey.
The Kelpie is definitely the most intimidating because it’s the one that sounds the most believable. I’m never touching a wild horse near water again.
I already knew about the kelpie for like 6 years - and now I learn about some other interesting creatures
Very lovely.
I'm surprised I have never heard of Caorthannach before. The book that started my interest in fairies was called Faeries by Brian Froud and Alan Lee and I've been reading about them for a little under two decades. The Kelpie is my favorite. That and the Phooka. The Nuckellavee is a terrifying creature that I would NEVER want to meet.
Missed a bit of an opportunity by ignoring the Celtic Creatures of Wales, as it's just past St David's Day (the patron saint of Wales), in favour of Irish and Scottish creatures and St Patrick's Day (who was Welsh btw), but's that's just me being pedantic - love yr content!
Omg just got so excited to see a video talking about celtic legends, being from Wales 🏴 myself x
"You can't expect a fella to go forty days and forty nights on pancakes. It's why we put Saint Patrick's Day in the middle of Lent. That wasn't a fluke. Pure Celtic genius, that was."
--Tommy Tiernan (Irish comedian, and he's HILARIOUS)
Nah it was the Catholic Church robbing Celt traditions and days and tarnishing them with Christianity
You're still technically not supposed to break lent. If you wanted to be completely committed to it, then on that day, you'd just boil cabbage, potatoes and carrots, pray for St Patrick's and call it a day.
But, yes, the majority of Catholic people have came to the agreement that it's okay to party, to indulge on meat and to take a drink of Guinness on St Patrick's.
I'm into DnD, and when I did some googling, I came across a DnD monster called a "vampire muse", which I now see was inspired by the leanan sidhe. Strangely though, leanan sidhe also appear directly as a DnD monster, but now without the bit where they drain your blood and store some of it in a cauldron, instead they just leave you depressed. The vampire muse does have that blood cauldron, and is much more like what you described the leanan sidhe as in this video.
Please make a full video of the messed up origins of The Life Of The Giant named Finn Mcool and The Irish landmark called The Giant’s Causeway please
Got all excited when I saw Celtic thinking you’d done a video of Scottish mythology. But stories from our Celtic soul brothers in Ireland are pretty awesome.
Would love to see you do some on Selkie, dryads, and some of the "well-known" favorites.
omg, i LOVE selkies!! they’re SO cool and i’m sad they aren’t more popular :((
@@tinagoli2022 There's a selkie movie
@@tinagoli2022 It's called song of the sea
@@mrs.joestaralso the secret of roan inish
What's more frightening than Celtic scaries? Jon's closet.
I need JonSolo for my weekly happiness! Thank you for shooting first!!! And tbh I wait for you to say "sweet young thang" on every episode lolol
Gunther looks like he's been chasing scary Celtic creatures all night.
Bro I would gladly watch a tv show with you utilizing your Bardic skills
gonna start calling myself a fresh water witch because im scared of the ocean
Imagine a miniseries about mythological creatures like this. *chefs kiss*
I LOVE Celtic fairy tales and legends! The only one I really knew of before watching this video was "St. Brigid's Cloak"; I had a little book version of it that I would read all the time!
Celtic isn’t just the Irish I was looking for a broader Celtic creature video, but I’m still gonna finish the video and I still liked the video, because it is good content and I hear how much the likes really help
I first heard of Kelpies while watching the new Ducktales and was a little confused. I glad I got some clarity on the subject. Thanks 😊
I remember the Kelpie from fantastic beasts and where to find them. I also heard that some people believed the loch Ness monster is a kelpie. 🤷
As a Gaelic speaker, I have to say you did a pretty good job on pronunciation. (Not that you need my approval) Good vid brother :)
the witch cretaure was the most intesting but the first one was the most terrifying
As a witch and an Irish folk who lives in Texas the last one is amazing although everyone I hope knows we aren’t truly evil
Oh man hope to see more Celtic Mythology explained here! Would love to see ones based on Cu Chulainn and Scathach!
Finn McCool vs Queer Hammock. That should be a movie.
The Fire Spitter is probably the scariest one here
The Kelpie doesn't try hard enough and Leanan Sidhe gives her victims a choice in the matter right off the bat
That Kelpie is so scary i have nightmares with similar outcomes
Pretty cool!!
A fey vampire woman who targets artists, writers, musicians, and all other crafters of culture.
A water horse monster who is perpetually sweating and sticky.
And an old Sea Witch who can poison anywhere she goes and sets fire to anything she wants to.
We always found it funny that one of my families surnames was O'Leanan before it got changed. Especially since there are stories about my family not being quite human.
My great grandpa didn't help when he said the iron bars were trying to attack him when he was thrown in jail after they found his bartender (he owned a tavern) naked and insane in a swamp, and he shot someone for talking crap about him.
He got sent to an asylum. We can't find his grave. 4 headstones with his name and birthday are in my state, but they all have different days/ years of death lmao.
My family is special lmao
Please do more videos on Celtic myths its really interesting.
Thank u so much. I always wanted to know about more about the Celtic culture being from Wales
Same 🏴🏴🏴💕
Happy new month to all the Solo cups out there.
So with leanan sidhe if the artist was say a bisexual or lesbian would leanan sidhe still go after them? I don't know why this was the first thing I thought of but
Feasgar Math! Hey I really enjoy your videos. Especially this one. I grew up with Irish and Scottish Gaelic culture. And I grew up on the water and miss the water. I joke around with my kids and tell them I am a selkie, and that their father hid my skin to prevent me from returning to the sea. I do not know if you have done a video on the Selkie yet but would love to see one.
You should Philippines Folklore/Mythical Creatures such as Tiyanak, Manananggal, Kapre, Nuno, Tikbalang, Maria Labu, Dwende and many more.
I swear it's heck of an entertainment
Man I love your videos. They're always so good. Keep them up!
The first one was pretty interesting you said it was a descendants from a group of Celtic gods.
I love the Celtic content and I’m excited for more! I really admire/appreciate the way you retell these stories with humor and additional context. It’s clear that you read a TON for your research and put a lot of work into these videos in order to give us some educational entertainment. Thank you!
Must admit I was expecting the mischievous (to fatally destructive) Pooka being referenced...
The Kelpie story cracked me up
I was always fascinated by the kelpie folklore.
Ooooh Jon I have been waiting for more Celtic content! 🍀 Thank you! Love your work.
I'm most familiar with the kelpie and know how to deal with it should the need arise, but it's the caorthannach that most terrifies me.
Also, the muse fairy reminds me of the DS9 episode where (teenaged) Jake is being physically devoured by a similar (adult) alien. And here we all thought the showrunner was just being his usual creepy self.
I mean, it could've been both.
This guy does not age i been watching for a little over 4 years..definitely praying to all the gods for immortality
0:25 i like how there is a day of celebration for people named patrick like me (well sort of)
Dying of depression because you can’t make good art is literally me on a Friday night at 4am
The snake bit of the last of the video reminded me of my gameplay in AC: Valhalla during the Wrath of the Druids DLC, and legit remembered there was but only one--literally ONE snake in all of Ireland. Never would've guessed that they were making a joke about Ireland and their lack of snakes.
Hey Jon are we going to see a video on Hestia soon, I’m super super excited for it.
8:20 - 8:25 “kinda like Kirby” comment saved me from the nightmare fuel that is the Caorthannach
Normal people: I'd rather cut off my finger than ride a Kelpie!
Equestrians: Pathetic mortals, missing out on all the fun.
Kelpie would probably be both the scariest and coolest out of the 3
Good stuff man keep it up
I love this video so much! Folklore is fantastic and you explain it so welll.
Thank you for this video Jon Solo.
If and when you and your lovely wife have children. You'll have so many kinds of folk and fairy tales to share with them, not to mention lots of material for their mythology and folk tales class homework assignments.
I took a mythology class in highschool. Your content in this channel is definitely college level information!😉🧜🧚🧞🎓
Did you know there is an Irish incubus? Maybe you can do a little bit on that next time you do one of these
Love hearing these! It's interesting to hear what my ancestors may have believed. (I'm part Scottish, Irish, Welsh, British, German, Black Foot and Sioux on my mom's side alone)
Tale Foundry did a list of Celtic creatures a few years ago. The Fomorian isn't just a monster in modern D&D, the original that inspired it can be found in Irish mythology and they're pretty terrifying; Also, from the Isle of Man comes the Nuckalavee, and that is a nightmare that will haunt you for quite some time.
"Getting piss drunk with friends while blasting Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphys..." I feel personally attacked.
There were 2 kelpies on the new Ducktales. It was amazing.
The water horse is the most frightening to me!!! I've always had a fear of drowning and that creature literally murders. I believe that's where Frozen 2 got the idea for their water horse when it tried to drown Elsa.
It's cool you mention Lough Derg I live on the hill looking down on it, pretty sure the image you used too is like a 5-10 minute walk from my house
If the Kelpie lived under my bed I'd be more worried about the flooding in my apartment. 😱
😂😂😂
I'd love to hear the origin of the muses from Greek mythology. Also, the origin for Gaia and if she is the same as Mother Nature.
I have also heard this about the Kelpie. It would also try and mimic the sound of someone drowning. Once you try and save the person, the tables will flip and now you're the one who's drowning and the Kelpie would jump out and pund you into the water and stand on your back and back of yourhead to make sure you don't get up and will get off of you once you are dead.
It's something I heard. I'm not sure if I described another creture but I heard this about the Kelpie. I could be wrong but it's okay to be wrong.
The Kelpie is like the Nokk that was shown on frozen 2
Fascinating video as usual. Love hearing about folklore. I have to ask, though...at 6:35 what are you doing with your hand? Are you double jointed or is that a strange camera angle?
0:30 So my great- grandmother was from Ireland and growing up I was always told that St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated because St. Patrick “chased all the snakes out of Ireland”. At least that’s what I was always told even as an adult
You should look up the wraith. They’re down right terrifying
I need to see more about Fionn mac Cumhaill, please.
Yeeeeah! Shout out for the Isle of Man; we have a version of the Kelpie called the Glashtyn, the story terrified me as a very young boy. The artwork in some of the folklore books isn't very child friendly haha 🇮🇲