The Wildwood Runester
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In Search of Black Shuck - The Demon Dog of East Anglia!
Hello and welcome to my new series all about East Anglian Witchcraft & Folklore. I was born and raised in East Anglia as were my ancestors before me and I have held a deep fascination with the folklore and magical practices of the area since childhood.
Black Shuck, the phantom black dog of East Anglia. What a fascinating subject this is! In this episode, I go in search of Shuck. I look at the legend of the black dog in Bungay and in Blythburgh and we see how people are still having encounters with this black dog right into the present day. I am also pleased to be able to bring you a hitherto unrecorded story that happened just a very short distance from where I grew up.
Journey with me through Suffolk and into the Cambridgeshire fenlands as I go in search of the phantom dog of East Anglia.
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Video Contents:
00:00 - Introduction
01:07 - The Black Dog of Bungay
07:45 - Stories of Black Shuck from the pub
24:54 - The Black Shuck Roadtrip along an ancient roadway
29:00 - Black Shuck in Blythburgh
31:30 - Black Shuck on the East Coast
33:03 - Day Two back on the farm
34:33 - Black Shuck in Cambridgeshire
12:00 - Fairy Loaves
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  • @b43xoit
    @b43xoit 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Captions in both languages (modern and old) would help.

  • @raymondfink9580
    @raymondfink9580 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Abandoned idol’s yet they set up there own idols just calling them relics. That’s humorous. The church was as idol worshiping as the people of the lands.

  • @raymondfink9580
    @raymondfink9580 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where can I find that Seax? What company sells it?

  • @raymondfink9580
    @raymondfink9580 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love that Seax!

  • @Bob-v6h8t
    @Bob-v6h8t หลายเดือนก่อน

    I will have to try making a small batch this way. Curious to see how it will taste just as is without any flavorings. I enjoy trying the varieties of ales and beers and such out there with various flavors and such, too, but generally, I really just like ale that tastes like ale.

  • @martin-x4p2v
    @martin-x4p2v 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    i am a cryptid researcher , i can assure you that black shuck or "shock" is the british werewolf (not the hollywood changling) or dogman, note the bungay attack the victims were strangled which a dog couldnt do also there was a storm, the door would be shut, a so called dogman has hands i have confirmed this thru dowsing at st marys church. Nonetheless your presentation was excellent and very enjoyable keep up the good work!!

  • @_Kay.D
    @_Kay.D 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Will you be doing any more? I would love to find out about the different spirits, elves, fairies etc of east anglia

  • @jakewebster5084
    @jakewebster5084 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hope to see more of this! I think 450 BCE was actually supposed to be AD... Great video!

  • @drjackdaw6627
    @drjackdaw6627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Which Rune would you say works well with spirit and the ancestors?

  • @drjackdaw6627
    @drjackdaw6627 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fabulous video, really enjoyable, very evocative and descriptive of the east Anglian area, i love it, thank you

  • @hadassahchayim0424
    @hadassahchayim0424 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Keep talking nerdy to me.

  • @ashleypenny1820
    @ashleypenny1820 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a great video! Perfect blend of research and storytelling! I was going to listen on the way to work this past week, but decided to wait so I could see the locations and visuals, and was glad I did. I ended up watching at home during a thunderstorm, just the right atmosphere :). Fantastic work!!

  • @dietrichess9997
    @dietrichess9997 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hello! That was interesting and very relaxing to listen to, as I worked on some jewelry. I'm surprised I'm just seeing this now, as it's three years old! I have liked and subscribed and I'm looking forward to seeing more of your content.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hello, glad you enjoyed it. 😊 Yes, I've been around for quite a while but such a little channel despite my efforts that I don't think many people find me in TH-cam land. Anyway, I am glad you did 😊

    • @dietrichess9997
      @dietrichess9997 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester I will be catching up with your content, for sure! I have some related stores to share, but later....

  • @hadassahchayim0424
    @hadassahchayim0424 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The girlfriend and I would love to join you for a radish dish.

  • @anotparticularlynotableguy
    @anotparticularlynotableguy 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is a great video! Thank you so much for including the rune poem, that sent me down a really interesting rabbit hole and I'm so so thankful I found out about this. Hail Woden! Edit: id like to add how extremely well researched this is. Doing research myself, I find this video to be very helpful for knowing what next to research. Thank you! Subbed.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you so much. I do ahve to invest a crazy amount of time and energy into these videos so comments like this make it all worth while. Thank you for subscribing.

  • @jayday1463
    @jayday1463 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Spooky subject beautifully filmed. Loved the content, the artwork, the music. Great information linked together by a dedicated researcher. Thank you

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Really glad you enjoyed it. ❤

  • @redstarbetty7997
    @redstarbetty7997 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just to add another little note - I have a theory as to why so many cultures have deities linked to death and the underworld with either canine features or canine companions. On studying the habits of early humans it seems many would try to place their dead in particular caves or other natural apertures in the earth which were designated for such use. These locations would likely have been the frequent haunt of wild canines looking for food, who would then "process" these bodies. Thus the wild dog, wolf, jackal etc becomes the agent of transition into the subterranean underworld or afterlife. My guess is that the likes of Woden's wolves, Hel's Garm, Anubis and Wepwawet of Egypt etc have extremely primordial roots, deeply embedded figures in the homo sapien psyche as creatures linked to death and transition. The fact that canines appear to be very sensitive to spirit presences is another possible reason of course - just thinking aloud here as I always like to try and understand the roots of things!

  • @redstarbetty7997
    @redstarbetty7997 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I was actually at work on nightshift in a care home when a colleague gasped as we were sitting having a cup of tea in the lounge after finishing our chores "Oh my god I've just seen a black dog walk past the doorway!" she cried. We jumped up and hunted the building high and low for the black dog, baffled as to how the animal had got in the building, finding nothing. A week later the colleague's father passed away. She understood the vision of the black dog as a warning of this event, even though this old spectre of folklore is little spoken of nowadays in County Durham - it's like people still understand what seeing him means, even though his original tales have long been forgotten.

  • @2014andBeyonD
    @2014andBeyonD 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How many liters of ale you eventually ended up with?

  • @GhostintheMachine-eg5wm
    @GhostintheMachine-eg5wm 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    17th to like

  • @jasminmorley4644
    @jasminmorley4644 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi Sharyn, i really enjoy your videos 😊. I'm struck by the similarity between hag stones and the weights used on warp weighted looms (round with a hole to suspend them). Textile work has such primordial female magic - if i needed staff and wand, I'd definitely go for a distaff and drop spindle. I wonder if there's a connection there...

  • @belladonna70
    @belladonna70 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow..

  • @patfrench8046
    @patfrench8046 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    You are awaome and beautiful

  • @patfrench8046
    @patfrench8046 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stay healthy, strong, kind, and wise

  • @woodlandtales
    @woodlandtales 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Really enjoyed this video . Thank you so much lovely xx

  • @JP-jw4uc
    @JP-jw4uc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hi, I live in Suffolk and really enjoy the topics of East Anglian magic, thanks for making this channel.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, thanks for your comment. I’m happy to hear that and you’re most welcome ☺️

    • @JP-jw4uc
      @JP-jw4uc 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester Look forward to your videos, where are you based in EA ?

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Alas, I’m currently exiled in Somerset 😭😭 My dad has a farm just over the Suffolk border between Newmarket and Ely, so it’s nice to get back home there whenever I can.

  • @grumpygit7329
    @grumpygit7329 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Totally brilliant thank you x

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So glad you enjoyed it 😊

  • @belladonna70
    @belladonna70 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lovely video.

  • @belladonna70
    @belladonna70 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    hi sharyn , Emmaline here

  • @Luftwaffle35
    @Luftwaffle35 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you! Im an East Angle in America so its nice to see some lore from my ancestral homelands.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's lovely to hear, thank you. Lots more ideas so I'll keep them coming and hopefully that will help you feel more connected to your ancestral land.

  • @francisedward8713
    @francisedward8713 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am so excited for this series, even though I don’t practice “witchcraft” as such frequently. This video was excellent! Folklore is incredibly important to us heathens and I’m sure this will enrich my own AS heathen practice. I’m even more excited because it is you - most other English folklore videos are often very “Celtic”. Those hagstones and fairy loaves are incredibly beautiful - I need to find myself some. Consider me jealous! One of my favourites from East Anglia is Black Shuck and the scorch marks still present on the church in Blythburgh.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bless you. So glad you enjoyed it. I've been meaning to do this series for ages. So pleased I've finally got going with it. 😊 Recently invested in a whole load more books on the subject so my East Anglian folklore library will soon be rivalling my Early Medieval library. Oh yes, Black Shuck, possibly from the Old English word Scucca. Well, you'll be pleased to know that I do indeed intend to cover this wonderful story and next week I plan to head east to Bungay and Blythburgh!! So excited!!

    • @francisedward8713
      @francisedward8713 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester How exciting! While on the topic, I think a “tour” of your library would be incredible. No doubt I will have a lot more on my list. In terms of Anglo-Saxon gods and such, I have heard Stephen Pollington’s “Elder Gods” and “Leechcraft” to be the most thorough. Have you read these? :)

  • @francisedward8713
    @francisedward8713 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can I just say, as a former atheist in my early twenties who only discovered the wonderful world of our Anglo-Saxon ancestors and their pre-Christian religion very recently, and who now considers myself an Anglo-Saxon pagan/heathen/Fyrnsidu - whatever you want to call it, THANK YOU! Wanting to prove that the Anglo Saxons were just as cool (much cooler, in my opinion!) as the Vikings resonates with me deeply because they are so overshadowed by their Norse cousins and sister tradition. This faith is just incredibly beautiful and I now feel so connected to the land on which I live and want to go to all of our ancient monuments, like Wayland’s Smithy and Wansdyke. You really deserve more views and subscribers; I love your academic approach, as a reconstructionist myself. I would love to hear more about your actual daily practices and such, like UPG, and whether you work with lesser attested deities, like Seaxneat, Bældæg, and whether you think the Anglo-Saxons had their own “vanir” as distinct from our “ēse” (aesir) - a lot of people merge Frīg with the Norse Freyja, etc. I don’t know how to approach these. Greetings from a Mercian (or Northumbrian, depending on the time period) now living in Cambridge. I really need to explore the rich sites of East Anglia, because I’m so close now! I think your discussion about Ragnarok is very interesting because a lot of other AS heathens just assume we did not have one and that it was a later development. Great video. Low-key really considering swapping my degree to Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic from Law. 😅

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, thank you so much for your comment. I really enjoyed reading it and it's much appreciated. Yes, like many, I was first drawn to the Norse side of things but later called to explore the Anglo-Saxons (I explain that in my Intro video). I grew up in Cambridgeshire. You should go check out Devil's Dyke which is not far from Cambridge. It's a most delightful Anglo-Saxon earthwork which I love to visit when I go home. I may be completely wrong about the Ragnarök thing - all I can do is speculate and come up with theories as so much of the rich spirituality of the Anglo-Saxons is lost in the mists of time but I believe that end-of-the-world stories are very old indeed. Oh yes, I know what you mean! I saw the degree they have in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic at Lucy Cavendish College in Cambridge the other day when I was googling their Anglo-Saxon garden (my best mate works there) and I thought about how much I would love to do that. I'd love to be able to give up my job and spend my life studying and creating art! I've really been more focused on research in this series rather than UPG, but that's maybe also something people may be interested in. Something to think about. Thanks!

    • @francisedward8713
      @francisedward8713 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester Thank you for your response; I will definitely have to check Devil’s Dyke out! It’s glorious down here because in the North West back home, there is not much in the way of Anglo-Saxon stuff, at least not compared to the east coast and the south. I’ve hiked in the past to some Anglian crosses circa 10th century, and the Liverpool World Museum has one of the best Anglo-Saxon collections, including the beautiful Kingston Brooch, but that is about it. I learned yesterday that the so-called “Celtic” crosses dotted about these islands are actually Anglo-Saxon in origin, or, at least, the Anglo-Saxons were making them before the Celts, and later the Vikings, did! Yes, I’m not sure what other people think, but I do think there is a complete lack of UPG on TH-cam when it comes to AS heathenry - especially UPG that is not new-age stuff. Even just stuff like altar setups, AS wheel of the year and how to celebrate, rituals, etc. I just want to add though, the way you format the series is excellent because you delve far beyond the runes and into the culture and society, which I think is incredibly important to understanding the religion. Everything from how the Anglo-Saxons truly were wordsmiths and witty/clever with word choices, to even, for example, the role women held. I watched a lecture recently specifically about Mercia and how Mercian culture allowed Ætheflæd, Lady of the Mercians, to truly be a warrior queen, after marrying into Æthelred’s family which was full of strong women, all of which was truly unprecedented in medieval Europe at that time, including the fact she was succeeded by her daughter! I just wish there were more specifically dedicated AS groups in England - all of the big Germanic ones are Norse. I would love to see our unique literary tradition continued, telling stories of heroes and gods to the strum of the lyre (I really need to go to one of these performances of Beowulf!), meadhalls and temples for AS gods for all to use communally; if only I had the money! Are there even that many of us here in England, though, because it seems like online all AS heathens are American!? You really are doing Wōden’s work! :)

  • @markosolo
    @markosolo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    When you hear a dragon: Stop talking and stare at the camera for a coupla seconds, then say hang on, I hear a dragon approaching. Pick up a previously unseen sword, use it to stand up with, exit shot. Cut to you coming back, and sitting back down (some (green?) blood dripping on the sword, put it back down on the ground. Carry on talking about what you were on about before, never mention the dragon again. Annnnnnd....SCENE! I dare you to do it :P

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now that is actually a great idea! Ic þancie þē! Watch this space!! 😃

    • @Heathen.Heather
      @Heathen.Heather 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Haha that would be awesome!

  • @markosolo
    @markosolo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Blódegesan dráconzena!

  • @BadMotivator66
    @BadMotivator66 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it's pronounced vurluspaw, but good video :)

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aw, thank you. Not sure my brain could handle learning both Old English and Old Norse at once. 😊

    • @BadMotivator66
      @BadMotivator66 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester i'm just guessing that both tom rowsell and jackson crawford are right haha. i started trying to learn runes a while ago and quickly realised that as grammar changed over time, along with regional variations my efforts were to an extent an exercise in futility. Although it was a bit of fun!

  • @geehappyhips
    @geehappyhips 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ❤thank you

  • @hamingjafoundation
    @hamingjafoundation 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As always you've put in a lot of effort and we're thankful for your thoughts and knowledge.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. As always, your support and your comments are most appreciated.

    • @hamingjafoundation
      @hamingjafoundation 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester I've shared it in our group too, and it has been appreciated.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Brilliant. Ic þancie þē. þu eart swiþe mildelic. ❤

  • @Luftwaffle35
    @Luftwaffle35 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Definitely cooler than the Vikings 😁

  • @rabidbadger3855
    @rabidbadger3855 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Back and better than ever!

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aw, thank you, Mr Badger, for your support as always 😊

  • @robertmyers9233
    @robertmyers9233 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice very interesting information will you be doing a video about the Tyr Rune or the god Tyr 😎 SKal ⚡⚡

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you. Yes, I am working my way towards Tiw (Tyr)!

    • @Bjorn_Algiz
      @Bjorn_Algiz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now that would be amazing! ❤️

  • @MarkyScott
    @MarkyScott 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well done you beautiful lady, against all the odds youve once again managed to put together something amazing. Its truly been a pleasure helping you and i cant wait for the next one. ❤❤❤

  • @Bjorn_Algiz
    @Bjorn_Algiz 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hails ❤ the old english were much a part of the indo european families of all the cultures of our mother languages and culture during the great migration and expansion 😊 but we are all innately connected universally, we all have our languages and runes and symbolic alphabetical systems but we all derive from an older sources spanning thousands of years before Rome and Greece, and leading to ancient India or better the mother of all indo european languages and cultures or beliefs.

  • @witchplease77
    @witchplease77 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I love the cups you are using. A re they available from Amazon?

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I had to check my video to remind myself which glass I was using as I have grown my collection of Anglo-Saxon glassware since then. The one in the video is a copy of the Birka Bell Beaker and you can get it here: www.themerchantventurers.co.uk/product-page/bell-beaker-birka 😊

  • @hArtyTruffle
    @hArtyTruffle 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The collapse of the Roman Empire was around 450 AD/450 CE, not 450 BCE.

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, I know, thank you. That was a silly mistake!

  • @maximilianogabriel9982
    @maximilianogabriel9982 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No yeast ?..

  • @MaisnerProductions
    @MaisnerProductions 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

  • @kitthiggins1760
    @kitthiggins1760 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great Video. Is it alcoholic? I noticed no yeast was pitched. Do you rely the natural yeasts in the botanicals? Cool History lesson. Cheers from New Zealand

    • @wildwoodrunester
      @wildwoodrunester 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey Kitt, thanks for your comment. It was very slightly alcoholic! I didn't measure its alcohol content - maybe next time - but I drank enough to assess it. 😄 You're right, the yeast comes from the flowers and I guess from leaving it uncovered as none is actually added separately. I do hope to be able to visit New Zealand at some point soon as my other half is a Kiwi 😊

    • @kitthiggins1760
      @kitthiggins1760 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@wildwoodrunester Awesome. Thanks for the reply. It's most appreciated.