The Celtic Otherworld | From Annwn to Avalon

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
  • The concept of gods and spirits having their own realm connected to ours is found in practically every culture on earth. In the British Isles, the Celtic people shared a similar idea that went by dozens of different names, such as Tir na nOg, Avalon, Mag Mell, Annwn, and more, but together they are collectively known as the Otherworld. Shrouded in mist, sometimes it is seen as a subterranean world or as an island across the sea, where time flows differently, the sun always shines, and its inhabitants want for nothing. The Celtic Otherworld is an enigmatic and magical world appearing in various mythologies of the Celtic lands, from the branches of the Mabinogion, to the tales of the Fenian Cycle, to Arthurian Legend.
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    MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.
    MUSIC:
    "Cernunnos the Horned One" by Caleb Hennessy
    "Rhiannon" Medieval Cover by Kristofer Prophet
    "The Elder Path" by Adrian von Ziegler
    CLIPS:
    Stock footage of Ireland, Samhain, forests and mist
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    ARTISTS FEATURED:
    Luke Fornari
    John Howe
    Aled Thompson
    Anna Del Duca
    Dana Franklin
    Oleg Gritsak
    Marc Simonetti
    Caoranach art
    Edu Herbosa
    Roger Garland
    Patrick Lynch
    Sebastien Vrancx
    Oliver Howell
    Barbora Urbanko
    Ralph Horsley
    Maryna Makurina
    REFERENCES:
    “The Mabinogion”
    “Heroes of the Dawn” by Fergus Fleming
    “Vita Merlini” by Geoffrey of Monmouth www.sacred-tex...
    "Druids, Gods, and Heroes from Celtic Mythology" by Anne Ross
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 54

  • @noellehollar4347
    @noellehollar4347 Рік тому +29

    VERY excited to see you cover the Otherworld. It's one of my favorite parts of Celtic mythology. Also, beautiful artwork to compliment the narration! 😍

  • @zeropoint2594
    @zeropoint2594 Рік тому +2

    The Otherworld and the magic Woods of the elbs in lord of the ring are very similiar in the feeling they give off

  • @connorricketts1323
    @connorricketts1323 Рік тому

    thanks for covering the celtic wourld really instresing i like the fae folk and the fairy's people and I love all the mythology thank you for doing a subject I love really appreciate glad I find your channel I love all mythology and love folklore thank you

  • @marcelloramos362
    @marcelloramos362 Рік тому

    First to comment. Very interesting. I have heard this from various sources.

  • @FinalFantasyArtist24
    @FinalFantasyArtist24 Рік тому +15

    Thanks for covering the Celtic Otherworld! Always loved tales of King Arthur and of the Fae Folk.

  • @stacyowl1658
    @stacyowl1658 Рік тому +11

    always love celtic and british folklore! Thanks for covering it!

  • @timothyhenegar7484
    @timothyhenegar7484 Рік тому +5

    Hm, so Annwn or Avalon was an other worldly dimension existing within our own huh? A paradise or untouched which could be reached by gods, rituals, worthy by heroes, or even by those through magic.
    Interesting similar to Norse Mythology of the Nine Realms exist beyond Midgard through the branches of Yggdrasil. The physical and the metaphysical. Yet time differentiates from our own.
    Fascinating.

  • @dragowolfraven3806
    @dragowolfraven3806 Рік тому +7

    Nice. I remember Avalon from the stories of King Arthur.

  • @DaughterofAnubis
    @DaughterofAnubis Рік тому +11

    Gorgeous! I never knew of the Celtic Otherworld until now.

  • @nicholasjones7881
    @nicholasjones7881 Рік тому +6

    I like the story of Tir na nog. Hearing it, makes me think of an old TV show "The Knights of Tir na nog.

  • @LacertaZilla2024
    @LacertaZilla2024 Рік тому +3

    I remember Avalon from Gargoyles

  • @ambarrose
    @ambarrose Рік тому +8

    This time I must say you went for a very dear subject of mine. I was around 12/13 years old and already very much into mythology.I started writing creatively and my one topic for an original story was exactly this one. A world still filled wit magic and magical creatures that exists... In some ways with ours, in some ways in a separate dimension, so to speak. I made it a haven for all magic beings, when human greed became too much to handle. I also made it the explanation of why there isn't magic anymore now.
    So yes, this one was pretty special to me. It was a lot like going back to my 12 year old self and exploring every book on mythology that I could get my hands into. Before internet took over, with all the answers at ready in a split second.

    • @rickardjones4908
      @rickardjones4908 5 місяців тому

      Wow,I wrote something similar to all this as described in the video about these magical places and I had never seen anything I had heard about this story and I wrote something super similar,That was really weird It's like I was remembering something instead of writing it down

  • @stewartthomas2642
    @stewartthomas2642 2 місяці тому +1

    Great vid......Love your stuff kick on love it❤❤🧡💛💚💙💜🤍💥

  • @LacertaZilla2024
    @LacertaZilla2024 Рік тому +2

    I heard that when it’s Halloween the veil between dimensions becomes weakened and supernatural beings can come visit

  • @Yanxie
    @Yanxie 3 місяці тому +1

    I LOVE that Rhiannon cover!!!

  • @cmoney3163
    @cmoney3163 Рік тому +2

    They forgot the part where Shirou Emiya found his way to Avalon and met King Arthur once more and they lived happily ever after.

  • @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344

    Growing up in Ireland I always remember the stories like Oidheadh chloinne Lir, An Rúraíocht, Táin Bó Cúailgne, Fionn Mac Cumhaill ect.
    Oisín i dTír na nÓg always stuck with me tge best though. There is more to the story if you heard it told in Ireland, more emotion to it. His goodbye to his fellow Fenians and his father and how he goes off with Niamh ar each draíocht a'rith ar cosa in airde os cionn na farraige. But when you return to your native land you find everyone dead, the people are smaller and weaker then peopleused to be. The magic in the air has vanished, your gods are gone replaced by one. The best quote from the story is "ní lucht comhaimsire domh na daoine" meaning these people are not my people, which rings true. Imagine being thrown 300 years into the future, you would accept death too

    • @Greeceiscool
      @Greeceiscool 4 місяці тому +2

      I once heard someone say that we should destroy ancient ruins and ban mythology from being documented and taught with the excuse being "they're too pagan" which is a very dumb excuse

    • @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344
      @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 4 місяці тому +1

      @@Greeceiscool Its a ridiculous excuse. While I'm a Catholic, I love Irish pagan myths and legends and my local folklore. Imagine destroying the pyramids of giza because they were pagan. Ridiculous

    • @Greeceiscool
      @Greeceiscool 4 місяці тому +1

      @@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 I know, Im not gonna start desecrating my ancestors places of worship that are several thousand years old just because I don't believe it was the true religion

  • @sarahhurst701
    @sarahhurst701 Рік тому +3

    So awesome. Thanks for doing this video.😘❤️🌍

  • @justastranger9868
    @justastranger9868 Місяць тому

    The fact my family name literally means the decendant of Manannan, the guardian of souls...King of the otherworld...is the coolest thing

  • @LacertaZilla2024
    @LacertaZilla2024 Рік тому +1

    Otherworld thats the name from the show Tara Duncan

  • @freowyn6415
    @freowyn6415 4 місяці тому +1

    I just found your channel, watched 2 videos, and I'm already obsessed. Brb disappearing into the mist to binge all your other videos, see you on the other side!

  • @MD37428
    @MD37428 5 місяців тому +1

    MU2024

  • @jacktheomnithere2127
    @jacktheomnithere2127 5 місяців тому

    it's also said that monsters - such as dragons - live in the Otherworld.

  • @robbabcock_
    @robbabcock_ Рік тому +2

    What a fantastic video!🙌

  • @christianchauhan23
    @christianchauhan23 Рік тому +1

    ❤🤍💙 all your videos mate👍

  • @justinwilliam6534
    @justinwilliam6534 Рік тому +3

    Could you try to explain the myths of the extinct Celtic Gaul culture please to separate fact from fiction because of the Asterix books.

  • @anthonym9610
    @anthonym9610 Рік тому +1

    I like that Fleetwood Mac in the background.

  • @LacertaZilla2024
    @LacertaZilla2024 Рік тому +1

    Any Celtic myths about a good wolf spirit

    • @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344
      @deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 Рік тому

      Yes, Na Faoladh or Wolfwalkers. Many great stories about them and even a film called Wolfwalkers

    • @LacertaZilla2024
      @LacertaZilla2024 Рік тому +1

      @@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 interesting anything else

  • @beaudoty3465
    @beaudoty3465 Рік тому +1

    Please make a video about aliens. 👽👾🛸

    • @Greeceiscool
      @Greeceiscool 4 місяці тому

      Why would he? Please don't tell me you believe the "all pagan gods are actually aliens or fallen angels or demons" bs

  • @MarkLopez-xf5wj
    @MarkLopez-xf5wj 11 днів тому

    ENGKANTO AND BIRINGAN.

  • @xtramail4909
    @xtramail4909 2 місяці тому

    Not sure why there is an Egyptian eye on the cover image? Yes Egypt had the concept of the underworld too but the northwest didn’t get it from Egypt they got it from ancient north Eurasian mammoth hunters

    • @MythologyUnleashed
      @MythologyUnleashed  2 місяці тому +1

      Thats our channel's logo! If you notice it's also our profile image, in our intro and outro, and on every thumbnail!

    • @xtramail4909
      @xtramail4909 2 місяці тому +1

      @@MythologyUnleashed oh ahaha oops.

  • @uberartist538
    @uberartist538 Рік тому +1

    ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

  • @WTigress666
    @WTigress666 Рік тому +1

    ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @bobbyegolf2771
    @bobbyegolf2771 Рік тому

    I would like to learn about Pecos Bill from the American tall tales next time please 😊

  • @ryanjann9572
    @ryanjann9572 Рік тому

    The Otherworld is like heaven for many religions

  • @jrodriguez1374
    @jrodriguez1374 Рік тому

    Nice background audio @ halfway

  • @bethanysmith5856
    @bethanysmith5856 Рік тому

    And now I'm tempted to listen to Tir na nog that the celtic woman sing

  • @BB-zd3jr
    @BB-zd3jr 9 місяців тому

    Watch it again? I don’t mind if I do 👏🏻❤️👏🏻

  • @ronaldmccomb8301
    @ronaldmccomb8301 Рік тому

    Now I wanna go back and read some Lloyd Alexander.

  • @Duelinator
    @Duelinator Рік тому

    I can’t wait to hear more about King Arthur

  • @AngelRiverar-yz7kz
    @AngelRiverar-yz7kz Рік тому

    👍🏼

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 Рік тому

    💙🕊

  • @blackbway
    @blackbway Рік тому

    These people were smoking too much mushrooms.