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My family and I were in Scotlamd in 2022! Absolutely loved it! Spend several days on Isle of Skye! I agree, a truly beautiful place on this earth. Missed the fairy Glenn, but the hike along the pools was one of my favorites.
Faerie were small people like Jyoti Amge(search images) who began living together as outcasts of society to survive, but they were literally being hunted by animals(wolves) with nobody wanting to help them.. They came across Isle of Skye and sought sanctuary where they were protected by the MacLeods who invited them to live on the Isle of Skye in safety from the beasts of the bushes.. The garment of a flag was a gesture & likely the wishes that came true were co-incidents.. Leprechaun Luck....
Loved this video. My family is from Clan MacQueen of Skye and I've lived in the Carolinas all my life. Thank you for such a wonderful telling of Skye from such a unique angle.
My family also from Harris. Just returned from my bucket list trip to Scotland last week. That 2+ mile Fairy Pool walk was tough on this 78 yr old dude with a bad knee, especially the steep incline back to the parking lot. Wasn't sure I was going to make it, I refer to it as the "Trail of Tears", lol, but it was worth every step!
Anytime we have the privilege of touching the land of our ancestors, with correct intention on our part, we leave that place wiser and changed. I have a strong connection to spiral symbolism, and when you were showing the stone spirals, I was feeling a strong spiritual tug in that direction. This was a beautiful video Jacob! Thank you! You cracked me up at the end when you were talking about using your dad voice to get people to stop picking up the rocks :) We all age into that "get off my lawn" person :) Fricken kids! LOL!
I loved your amazing journey.on the Isle.of sky my grand father and father lived on the Isle of Bute and were involved in the scottish wool imdustry they then moved to stoke on trent and were involved in the making of the fine bone china thank you once again gillian fay reid just to tell you l live now in South Africa and we have a suburb here in Pretoria called Fairy glen 🧚♂️🧚♀️
As I am rereading The Mists of Avalon, I can't help but see Avalon in Skye. I am a Morris, though more Welsh and Irish than Scottish, I feel the pull to Scotland like no other place. Should I ever make it there, I may never leave. Be blessed, and thank you for this video. 🧚♀️✨️🌟
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Thank you. I have had a fascination with Scotland as my heritage also hails from there, but of the legends you shared in this video I have only ever heard of the fairy flag of the McLeod clan. Although I have never visited, when I see those mountains, lochs & mist, the ancient standing stones & the castles I feel a genuine draw to them, which your video rekindled again. I now live in Sweden, but when I visit Norway there is much of the terrain that is really similar, literally as if the sinking of Doggerland that joined the Scottish & Norwegian landmasses created a contemporary understanding where we have forgotten these lands were in deep history really one. Same geography. Similar origins. I have a similar spiritual feeling of being at home in Norway & would love to visit these far flung sites such as the Isle of Skye....but alas, age & arthritis has made such a journey too challenging now. So thanks to your video & dedication to detail, I can armchair travel instead.
I was there last September. I know I’ve barely scratched the surface of all the amazing ancient sites there are to see, so the longing to return is very great. The feeling there is so surreal. I feel at peace and at home surrounded by the beauty and history of Skye. I truly can’t wait to go back.
Such a beautiful, and mysterious land...I live in the US, and I have never been there, or anywhere over that way, but I feel a connection in my soul. I'm sharing this video with my daughter because I named her Skye, and I know she will appreciate it🙂
Thank you for your travels and the history/mythology you provide with each one! Watching your channel is a welcomed break from all the other noise I get on social media platforms. Keep up the hard work and safe travels Jacob.
Excellent! Your video is absolutely magical and you tell the stories in such a delightful and engaging way. I live in Tamworth in England but really love Scotland. I visited Skye many years ago just for an afternoon whilst on holiday in Aviemore. That was with my wife, son and step-son. Since then, my step-son has died at the tender age of 17 in the year 2001. Then, last year, I spent a whole week on Skye with my wife at a place called Kensaleyre. The weather was superb every day and we are now so much in love with Skye, we are going back again next year for another stay in the same place. We tried to pack in as much as possible but still have much to see. We did manage a visit to both Armadale and Dunvegan Castle but, unfortunately, were not able to get to the Fairy Pools because, as we set off on the walk, my wife was taken ill with an epileptic seizure. We are not able to do as much walking these days as we would like, but watching videos like yours makes it possible to see some of the places that we maybe could not otherwise see. Keep up the good work.
Fantastic video - my son lived in Skye for 6 months last year on his travels, loved it! Also, as someone who broke their ankle hiking last year, thanks so much for helping that woman on your trip!
Wonderful, thank you. My mother left Glasgow with her family in the 1930's for New Zealand and I grew up surrounded by very Scottish uncles and aunts and cousins. I would love to visit Scotland one day and Skye has always held a fascination for me, not least because of that beautiful song we know and love . . . 😀
Skye is so beautiful. 🤩 With what you have said, I have a sneaking suspicion that my family could have come from here. I'm part Scottish and Norwegian. English, Welsh and Irish. I'm well represented 😅🎉 . Part of my family settled in North Carolina. This is all I know. I'm Pagan as well. I will be subscribing to you. 😊 I just had a birthday on the eighteenth and turned 69 years old. Hopefully in my next life time I can go to Scotland. 😊
So beautiful, it has this drawing in effect , i heard so much about this place from my scottish grandmother. She also made it sound very magical. Thank you for doing this video and stay safe and well.
Such an ethereal place. Thank you for showing us. We may never make it there. My father's clan is Ross. It too is in Pictish land. It was wonderful to see a place my ancestors may have known very well. Thank you again!
My family were from Argyle and Skye. Clan McArthur, heraldry pipers from clan Mcdonald, and clan MacLeod, but my family immigrated to Canada than Michigan. There are still stories told about my 3x great grandpa in the town he helped start about him being fae. He owned a tavern, his bartender being found mad in the swamp, him being an expert marksman, burying barrels of silver, and claiming the iron bars of the jail were attacking him after he shot someone for spreading falsehoods about him. Funny enough, he's got 3 graves, all with the correct dob and name, but different dates of death.
I think it is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Thank you so much for going, your video and the stories. I enjoyed all......and I could feel the energy and ancestral longing from Washington State, US.
I hate people who mess with spiritual and historical sights and artifacts. I was in scouting so I’ve seen a ton sights that have been vandalized and know that’s it very rude and disrespectful
Greetings Jacob! Just wished to say how much I appreciate your videos. With the state of media I feel as though it continues to distance us from what truly matters and what we should be doing as an individual to learn and grow as such. Although small yet grand at the same time the impact of media like this help some of the lost reconnect with what they are yet to discover with in themselves and may encourage them to take the steps necessary in their own lives to become greater. It is just up to the people now to agree and grow and disagree and move on. Both come hand in hand with nearly all especially with things like this. For it is listening to things unknown to us (Which most disagree with off the bat) that we are able to branch out. Just a thank you and a small word of appreciation. I hope more people return to their pagan roots and learn the wisdom that follow.
This video is absolutely beautiful and captures Skye is such a magical wonderful way. So glad you used your dad voice to, people need to be educated in history and to respect it. You have paid to visit a site so why disrespect it! Madness. You did Skye proud
It is common in Celtic mythology for men to learn their feats of arms from women. Finn mac Chuill also learned from two women in the woods. This tradition was kept alive even into modern times with Countess Markievicz teaching the use of guns to young men fighting against British rule in the period just before the Irish Revolution of the early 20th century. She was an excellent marksman (sic) herself. Google pictures of her in her battle dress. Awesome!
Starting my day watching this feels like self care for my soul🤌 So so happy you covered these locations! Exploring these areas last year was truly an awakening for me and I feel more in tune with my roots. Thank you for helping me find my way in pagan history and practices.
I just became a pagen born again for65 yrs since 4 I have seen the real light. I am a master herbalist in Canada good luck with your adventure and have a great forever
Thank you Jacob for another beautiful video! I love hearing of myths and lengends. The Isle of Sky is on my bucket list, more so now that I have watched this video. I do not understand rude, dishonest people who feel entitled to touch, destroy or take things from historic sights or any sight for that matter. Thank you for reprimanding them! Too bad there isn't a way to zap them!! Thank you for your very insightful videos, I enjoy everyone of them!
Thank you for this video. My family came from Skye. My mother’s siblings each looked like different nationalities. All blue eyed. We settled in Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
My Ancestor, Neil McLeod, left the village of Geary on Skye and arrived in S. Carolina in 1820.The Fairy Flag is the remnant as young MacLeods going to war would take a snippet with them for luck over the centuries. Are you familiar with the tale of MacLeod's Table?. Oddly enough I am Native American as well and practice a mix of Paganism. My Miwok Grandmother said to NEVER whistle at night.
I’m a MacLeod as well, ancestors went to Nova Scotia first before spreading and migrating to the New York area. It’s always nice to find another and know that our history has been carried on for so long down the ages! 🖤✌🏻
Well done video! Visiting Scotland, pagan and you have NC roots- I subscribed. They say that many Scots, upon seeing the NC Mountains, were reminded of their home in the highlands and decided to settle there. Also because it was safer from other hostile settlers who despised them for being Scottish. Many Highland Games still take place in NC and are packed year after year. The more one studies the language and culture of Scotland, you can see how the rural and isolating areas of North Carolina preserved it even today. In areas of the Outer Banks and the Mountains, locals continue to speak in a dialect very closely related to their Celtic roots from hundreds of years ago. Fascinating stuff.
Hi. My family goes back directly to the first 5 MacLeod (pronounced Ma Cloud) chiefs to Col Donald Macleod of St Kilda etc. We’re lucky to have a lot of knowledge and heirlooms from our ancestors. You’d probably really like St Kilda of you can visit. It was known for people with ‘second sight’. My great + grandmother was interviewed about it back in the 1700-1800’s and it’s really very interesting. There’s a book about it called Second Sight.
Thank you for these recommendations and a bit of history. I’m MacLeod as well on my mother’s side, MacIntyre on the other. I never knew my father or his family, so I know much more of and feel more of an affinity for the MacLeod line. My grandfather was always so proud of it. Thanks again 🖤✌🏻
Great timing for me to see this video as I'll be visiting Scotland in a matter of weeks and the Isle of Skye is on the itinerary! I'm very excited to experience this spirit of this place! Thank you for sharing the history and legends - always fascinating! And, I would love to see you as Gandolf high atop the mountain yelling down at the bad tourists!
Awesome to see the isle. It's a beautiful place that I'd love to see. Part of my grandmothers family the McDonald's are from there. Hugh Mcdonald the 4th descendant of James Ian Mor Macdonald of Skye is my 4th great grandfather. My father's line may have visited here too since we are placed in the hebrides and galloway. Ruth (allen)Tucker - grandmother William valentine Allen 1859 James fontain allen 1822 James's mother Rachel Mcdaniel 1789 Hugh B Mcdonald IV 1757 Hugh Mcdonald Jr 1720 Sir Hugh Mcdonald III 1680 Hugh Archibald Macdonald of Glenmore 1638 Sir James 'Mor' Macdonald of sleat 2nd Baronet 1605 Sir Donald 'Gorm Og' Macdonald of Sleat 1st Baronet 1575 Archibald Cleirich Macdonald of Sleat 1552 Donald Gormson Macdonald 1522 Donald Gorm Macdonald 5th of sleat 1500 Donald 'Gruamach' Macdonald 4th of sleat 1506 Donald 'Gallach' Macdonald 3rd of sleat 1430 Hugh Macdonald 1st of Sleat 1436 Alexander Macdonald 9th lord of the isles, 12th earl of Ross 1398 Donald Macdonald of Harlaw 8th lord of the isles 1364 Eoin Carrach Macdomhnaill (John Macdonald) 7th lord of the isles 1326 Angus oģ Macdomhnaill (Macdonald) lord of the isles 1272 Aonghas Mor Mac Domhnaill lord of islay 1249 Donald lord of isles between 1159 to 1219 Ragnall Mac Somhairle lord of the isles 1141 Somhairle, Ri Innse Gall (Somerled) king of isles between 1115 Gillebride Mac Gille Adomnan 1085 Giolla Adhamnan 1065 Solamh (Solomon) Meargach (Echmarcach) mac Ragnaill 1010 Ranald Ranaldsson Ranald Ivarsson 974 Imar (Ivar) 2nd of Waterford 945 Ragnall Mac Bárid Ua ímair. died 921-942 Bárid Mac ímair died 881 Ímar (Ivar the boneless) died 873
As a local, few pointers on pronunciation. Scottish Gaelic is pronounced more relaxed, not Gaylic rather Ga-lick. The a is flat, and the word is pounced without the focus on AY. Macleod is also pronounced with a Mac-Cloud. Other than that, very interesting video, the story of the Great War goddess is not common and it was nice to hear someone else talk about it.
Took a cruise and went to Skye. The place is magical. I'm not as healthy as I was so aeeing this comes from you. Too bad we don't have an easy relationship with the fae. Thank you.
My ancestral line through my dad's side is "MacLeod of Lewis" and its pronounced sounding like a cloud,not loyd. Olaf the Black,one of the last Norse kings.
I'm so, so happy the algorithm God's suggested one of your videos to me last week. Your channel is what I've been looking for for a really long time, but never found. I live in Canada but am from the England, and your most recent videos have massively helped with the mild but constant homesickness I feel. Liked and subscribed :)
7:45 yes! You said what I was thinking! I was engrossed and then as you mentioned the interesting presence I felt so strongly how much I love this channel BECAUSE you are a practicing pagan. It adds much more depth to the content and is why most of us are here following you! Such an awesome video mate thank you so much for all this work. If you ever find yourself heading all the way down to New Zealand for some reason I'll gladly help you out in anyway I can :) (The weather on skye just looks like our weather lol New zealand is also known in Maori as "aoteroa" which means "land of the long white cloud") but.....I call it land of the long white rip off because shit's expensive here >_
What a beautiful video! Thank you for for protecting the fairy ring while you were there. I love your retirement plan! 😂❤ We went to the Isle of Skye in 2019 and it was magical, you can just feel the mystery and spirituality of this gorgeous place.
Also NC girl here. You are offering amazing visuals and historical content! Love the passion and diversity! Just found your Isle of Skye video. Soooo beautiful, mystical. I have an ancient ancestral queen there. Born Galloway, married Johnston. Also ancestors from War of Roses families. Binging your channel now! You’re the first to mention the Doggerland tsunami event, impact 😊
This was an amazing watch! What a lucky turkey you are, getting to go to all these places! Oh and by the way, Kaia and I both agree there is no other job for you in your greybeard years than to stand on that rock and shout at bad tourists.
I just assumed I would be an old wizard in the woods of the hall land that people tell folk tales to their children about 😂 I will throw acorns at everyone and murmur old norse chants from the bushes then run away
What a very amasing view . And the storry was on the same time. Same time was waikings litelbit leddjent Derek . Same time wheen thay travels a round the world every were . 🙂❤❤❤❤
Anyone interested in the America/Scottish connection should look up Flora MacDonald, an island girl who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye when he was on the run from the English.
I found this video interesting and informative. My Scottish family clan is Gunn and have only started looking into my paternal genealogy which comes from Scotland and Sweden. I can understand your feeling of belonging because I have that too, the more look into my family history the more I feel that connection to the ancient world.
Hey Todd, Thanks for this! I became interested in discovering-more about Our Family’s beautifully-mixed heritage several years ago - and am currently following all the historical (and DNA) lines that I can trace, for all the desperate ‘strands’. My paternal Grandmother (who died last year, at the age of 94) comes from a Scotts/Irish heritage of clan MacDonald/McDonald on her Mother’s side - so I’ve been enjoying learning about the Sumerled and his Sons(etc!); a fascinating subject. Ironically, My Husbands Irish Father’s family (McAfee) were also originally from the Hebredian Isles - not too far away, on little Colonsay and Oronsay Islands. Who’d have guessed that We’d meet and marry generations after the Removal, resettling in Ulster - followed by emigration to the US?! …Astounding and wonderful! The point where the McAfee/McDonald stories intersected - some-time before the Removal - is sad, and so I haven’t shared it with Trevor’s Family. Apparently the then Laird of clan McAfee requested the aid of the MacDonalds/McDonalds (the then Lords of the Isles) to help them defend their islands against the English. The MacDonalds apparently agreed, then moved-in and took-over. They eventually hunted-down and killed the last McAfee Laird of Calonsay & Oronsay - following an extended hunt, and discovery of his hiding-place under some kelp; when the Sea Gulls spotted him, and gave him away. So much good and bad has happened through the centuries, most that We won’t ever know in this Life. I’m happy that all the Families now-represented DID survive the heartbreak and loss - and were able to begin-anew and (apparently) flourish; replanted in American and then Canadian soil! I’m very proud to be descended from All of My Ancestors; they were Survivours, and have giving Me that Will to adapt and keep-going - despite the ‘battles’ I face.💗 (Can’t wait to meet and know Them in Heaven!!!) BTW: It’s funny that You should mention Your resemblance to the MacDonald portraits, Todd. …You (and They) also look very much like My Nephew!!! Lol; guess those were some strong and dominant genetics, eh?! Thanks again for sharing!
I'm only partway through and already hooked! I've gone out to Stornoway but not yet to Skye. I'm writing a short story woven through with Scots mythology and you've just provided the emotional and plot-driven high point for me! Thanks for such an inspiring approach. My people are Scots and I feel that tug with potency. I love that you took the time to make an offering at Scáthach's well at Dún Scáith! I'm referencing that kind of mythical act of reverence in my own story now. What a gift that is crossing time and space! Subscribing now, obviously, lol. 🐉🙏
I’m working on a channel for the native and cultural beliefs of Louisiana and how the pagan beliefs formed New Orleans and this whole area of the country. Along with the history of Louisiana. And how it’s still pagan no matter how it’s been transformed.
@@shannonknighten7868 will do. Would you happen to have another way I could contact you? Cause trying to go back and find a comment months later is kind of a hassle.
My family also came to North Carolina around that time from Scotland. Though I'm still working with a genealogist to work my line back into Scotland. I hope soon I can go "home" and be able to visit places my ancestors once lived
Only three minutes in, is that Portree behind you in background? Scorrybreac (park/trail) to your left? Mothers maiden name is from MacNichol/MacNeaicail. Wife and I got to go there last year, and i spent some time at the monument to the Clan there. def will be watching rest of video, just the scenery took me back. Ready to go back again!
Scathach figures prominently in my UF series, and it's no accident my last book started on the Isle of Skye. I was able to visit it last year, and plan to return.
so happy to find someone who admits to being a Pagan. so the Earth and creatures and plants are important to you. i’m an animist at heart, i think, cause as a kid i felt the spirits in everything natural. trees especially had magical ‘beingness’, but so did rocks. American native spirituality is closer to my spirit than the pagan, but i am in a wonderful coven now for about 16 years now and our ritual revolves around the earth 🌎. i feel more spirituality and being one with a group than i’ve ever felt. BB have a good day. 🏜️🌷🪻🌱
Also have ancestry ties to North Carolina, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland and Norway. Hoping to visit this area in a few years. Thank you for speaking on the spiritual and mythological aspects of this beautiful place as well as the historical importance. They seem indistinguishable to me.
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My family and I were in Scotlamd in 2022! Absolutely loved it! Spend several days on Isle of Skye! I agree, a truly beautiful place on this earth. Missed the fairy Glenn, but the hike along the pools was one of my favorites.
Great video. Beautiful footage. Are you a McDonald, or just feel a connection to them?
The ad in the middle is not the greatest place for it!
Faerie were small people like Jyoti Amge(search images) who began living together as outcasts of society to survive, but they were literally being hunted by animals(wolves) with nobody wanting to help them.. They came across Isle of Skye and sought sanctuary where they were protected by the MacLeods who invited them to live on the Isle of Skye in safety from the beasts of the bushes.. The garment of a flag was a gesture & likely the wishes that came true were co-incidents.. Leprechaun Luck....
Loved this video. My family is from Clan MacQueen of Skye and I've lived in the Carolinas all my life. Thank you for such a wonderful telling of Skye from such a unique angle.
My family originated on harris and skye. This is so unbelievably cool to see. Cant wait for the premiere.
My family came from the finest jails in Paris. And the settlement along the North Sea in Germany
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@@Timetraveler1111MN it was the premiere of his trip to the Aisle of Skye. It’s out now
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My family also from Harris. Just returned from my bucket list trip to Scotland last week. That 2+ mile Fairy Pool walk was tough on this 78 yr old dude with a bad knee, especially the steep incline back to the parking lot. Wasn't sure I was going to make it, I refer to it as the "Trail of Tears", lol, but it was worth every step!
That portrait does look just like you, that’s so cool
Anytime we have the privilege of touching the land of our ancestors, with correct intention on our part, we leave that place wiser and changed. I have a strong connection to spiral symbolism, and when you were showing the stone spirals, I was feeling a strong spiritual tug in that direction. This was a beautiful video Jacob! Thank you! You cracked me up at the end when you were talking about using your dad voice to get people to stop picking up the rocks :) We all age into that "get off my lawn" person :) Fricken kids! LOL!
I loved your amazing journey.on the Isle.of sky my grand father and father lived on the Isle of Bute and were involved in the scottish wool imdustry they then moved to stoke on trent and were involved in the making of the fine bone china thank you once again gillian fay reid just to tell you l live now in South Africa and we have a suburb here in Pretoria called Fairy glen 🧚♂️🧚♀️
As I am rereading The Mists of Avalon, I can't help but see Avalon in Skye. I am a Morris, though more Welsh and Irish than Scottish, I feel the pull to Scotland like no other place. Should I ever make it there, I may never leave.
Be blessed, and thank you for this video. 🧚♀️✨️🌟
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I swear by stinging nettle tea. It's a really effective and natural remedy for inflammation.
Thank you.
I have had a fascination with Scotland as my heritage also hails from there, but of the legends you shared in this video I have only ever heard of the fairy flag of the McLeod clan.
Although I have never visited, when I see those mountains, lochs & mist, the ancient standing stones & the castles I feel a genuine draw to them, which your video rekindled again.
I now live in Sweden, but when I visit Norway there is much of the terrain that is really similar, literally as if the sinking of Doggerland that joined the Scottish & Norwegian landmasses created a contemporary understanding where we have forgotten these lands were in deep history really one. Same geography. Similar origins.
I have a similar spiritual feeling of being at home in Norway & would love to visit these far flung sites such as the Isle of Skye....but alas, age & arthritis has made such a journey too challenging now.
So thanks to your video & dedication to detail, I can armchair travel instead.
I was there last September. I know I’ve barely scratched the surface of all the amazing ancient sites there are to see, so the longing to return is very great.
The feeling there is so surreal. I feel at peace and at home surrounded by the beauty and history of Skye.
I truly can’t wait to go back.
Oh my goodness. Beautiful!!! Thank you Jacob!
Such a beautiful, and mysterious land...I live in the US, and I have never been there, or anywhere over that way, but I feel a connection in my soul. I'm sharing this video with my daughter because I named her Skye, and I know she will appreciate it🙂
My great grandparents emigrated from Sky to PEI and Nova Scotia, then to Dakota Territory in what is now North Dakota and Montana.
Thank you for your travels and the history/mythology you provide with each one! Watching your channel is a welcomed break from all the other noise I get on social media platforms. Keep up the hard work and safe travels Jacob.
Thank you 🍻
Excellent! Your video is absolutely magical and you tell the stories in such a delightful and engaging way. I live in Tamworth in England but really love Scotland. I visited Skye many years ago just for an afternoon whilst on holiday in Aviemore. That was with my wife, son and step-son. Since then, my step-son has died at the tender age of 17 in the year 2001. Then, last year, I spent a whole week on Skye with my wife at a place called Kensaleyre. The weather was superb every day and we are now so much in love with Skye, we are going back again next year for another stay in the same place. We tried to pack in as much as possible but still have much to see. We did manage a visit to both Armadale and Dunvegan Castle but, unfortunately, were not able to get to the Fairy Pools because, as we set off on the walk, my wife was taken ill with an epileptic seizure. We are not able to do as much walking these days as we would like, but watching videos like yours makes it possible to see some of the places that we maybe could not otherwise see. Keep up the good work.
Great video! Thank you so much! :) What great information, and wonderful filming, thank you!
absolutely beautiful video. it's lovely to see you travelling and enjoying yourself over the british isles.
Great chatting with you in the premiere 👍
Fantastic video - my son lived in Skye for 6 months last year on his travels, loved it! Also, as someone who broke their ankle hiking last year, thanks so much for helping that woman on your trip!
Beautiful landscape. Great vid as usual bro. Keep it up and be safe!
Thank you 👍
Thank you for this! I'm a MacDonald as well! So nice to have my history touched on.
Wonderful, thank you. My mother left Glasgow with her family in the 1930's for New Zealand and I grew up surrounded by very Scottish uncles and aunts and cousins. I would love to visit Scotland one day and Skye has always held a fascination for me, not least because of that beautiful song we know and love . . . 😀
I immediately saw that Mjolnir you're wearing as soon as you said Viking. Love this!
This place is absolutely amazing.
Wonderful video, Jacob! Your videography was of the landscape really captured the spirit of the place!
Thank you, glad you enjoyed :)!
Excellent video. Thank you so much for the tour and all of your efforts producing it for others to watch and enjoy this magical place.
Beautiful stories ♥ what we meed to connect to the past
Skye is so beautiful. 🤩 With what you have said, I have a sneaking suspicion that my family could have come from here. I'm part Scottish and Norwegian. English, Welsh and Irish. I'm well represented 😅🎉 . Part of my family settled in North Carolina. This is all I know. I'm Pagan as well. I will be subscribing to you. 😊 I just had a birthday on the eighteenth and turned 69 years old. Hopefully in my next life time I can go to Scotland. 😊
Thank you all the work you're putting into these documentations.
I'm finding them helpful in my deep questions
So beautiful, it has this drawing in effect , i heard so much about this place from my scottish grandmother. She also made it sound very magical. Thank you for doing this video and stay safe and well.
Such an ethereal place. Thank you for showing us. We may never make it there. My father's clan is Ross. It too is in Pictish land. It was wonderful to see a place my ancestors may have known very well. Thank you again!
Glad I could capture some of the essence of this place for you!
❤❤❤So beautiful! Thank you for sharing this beautiful story
This place has always been on my places to visit list. Thank you for giving us an awesome little tour with some amazing insights!
Skye is one of my favorite places to go when we visit family in Scotland. Great video explaining the myths and legends. Thank you
Outstanding video man!
Some of my ancestors came from Skye (McDonald). I would love to visit! It looks like Heaven!
My family were from Argyle and Skye. Clan McArthur, heraldry pipers from clan Mcdonald, and clan MacLeod, but my family immigrated to Canada than Michigan. There are still stories told about my 3x great grandpa in the town he helped start about him being fae. He owned a tavern, his bartender being found mad in the swamp, him being an expert marksman, burying barrels of silver, and claiming the iron bars of the jail were attacking him after he shot someone for spreading falsehoods about him. Funny enough, he's got 3 graves, all with the correct dob and name, but different dates of death.
I think it is the most beautiful place I have ever seen. Thank you so much for going, your video and the stories. I enjoyed all......and I could feel the energy and ancestral longing from Washington State, US.
I hate people who mess with spiritual and historical sights and artifacts. I was in scouting so I’ve seen a ton sights that have been vandalized and know that’s it very rude and disrespectful
Greetings Jacob! Just wished to say how much I appreciate your videos. With the state of media I feel as though it continues to distance us from what truly matters and what we should be doing as an individual to learn and grow as such. Although small yet grand at the same time the impact of media like this help some of the lost reconnect with what they are yet to discover with in themselves and may encourage them to take the steps necessary in their own lives to become greater. It is just up to the people now to agree and grow and disagree and move on. Both come hand in hand with nearly all especially with things like this. For it is listening to things unknown to us (Which most disagree with off the bat) that we are able to branch out.
Just a thank you and a small word of appreciation. I hope more people return to their pagan roots and learn the wisdom that follow.
Amazing. Incredible.
Loved your video. Best video I’ve seen on Skye.
One of best vids! Absolutetly honor the way you incorporate your spirituality in each moment and each endeavor, like the prayer that is breath.
Thank you! So happy you enjoyed 😊
Such a beautiful place! I hope I will see it for myself one day!
Thank you for all your hard work! I always learn something new 💚
Thank you 🍀
Thank you Jacob 😀👍🏼
This video is absolutely beautiful and captures Skye is such a magical wonderful way. So glad you used your dad voice to, people need to be educated in history and to respect it. You have paid to visit a site so why disrespect it! Madness. You did Skye proud
Thank you! Will always pull out the dad voice to protect history!
Good, someone's gotta. I'll pull out the mum voice to do my bit 👍🏼
Such a great video,,,just subscribed, and now to binge watch your channel, cheers from P.E.I. Canada
It is common in Celtic mythology for men to learn their feats of arms from women. Finn mac Chuill also learned from two women in the woods. This tradition was kept alive even into modern times with Countess Markievicz teaching the use of guns to young men fighting against British rule in the period just before the Irish Revolution of the early 20th century. She was an excellent marksman (sic) herself. Google pictures of her in her battle dress. Awesome!
Beautiful! Thank you 🧡
Glad you like it!
I love watching your journey my man.
I agree with you about the potentially Pictish goddess. It sure makes sense.
Love your work! Thank you!
I absolutely love listening to you. Your videos are so enthralling thank you so much 😊
Starting my day watching this feels like self care for my soul🤌 So so happy you covered these locations! Exploring these areas last year was truly an awakening for me and I feel more in tune with my roots. Thank you for helping me find my way in pagan history and practices.
"Skye is not a place, but an intoxication" -From Otta Swires book
@@TheWisdomOfOdin Very true words
I love the mythic references; they illuminate emotional attachment to the land. Great presentation.
Thank you for this Jacob and also for the patreons!
I just became a pagen born again for65 yrs since 4
I have seen the real light.
I am a master herbalist in Canada
good luck with your adventure and have a great forever
Thank you so much, Jacob. I saw for the first time a place sacred to my Ancestors (clan, et alia & me)!
Your presentations are Awesome! K*🦊
This touches my soul. I am a Celt, and the island of Skye is beautiful.
Thank you Jacob for another beautiful video! I love hearing of myths and lengends. The Isle of Sky is on my bucket list, more so now that I have watched this video. I do not understand rude, dishonest people who feel entitled to touch, destroy or take things from historic sights or any sight for that matter. Thank you for reprimanding them! Too bad there isn't a way to zap them!! Thank you for your very insightful videos, I enjoy everyone of them!
You forgot to mention the amount of them that immigrated to Canada... Nova Scotia literally means New Scotland in Latin, for good reason.
Yes! This is where my MacLeod ancestors first settled. There’s a reason it’s called that and you’d think more would make the connection lol.
Thank you for this video.
My family came from Skye. My mother’s siblings each looked like different nationalities. All blue eyed.
We settled in Cape Breton Nova Scotia.
My Ancestor, Neil McLeod, left the village of Geary on Skye and arrived in S. Carolina in 1820.The Fairy Flag is the remnant as young MacLeods going to war would take a snippet with them for luck over the centuries. Are you familiar with the tale of MacLeod's Table?. Oddly enough I am Native American as well and practice a mix of Paganism. My Miwok Grandmother said to NEVER whistle at night.
I’m a MacLeod as well, ancestors went to Nova Scotia first before spreading and migrating to the New York area. It’s always nice to find another and know that our history has been carried on for so long down the ages! 🖤✌🏻
Well done video! Visiting Scotland, pagan and you have NC roots- I subscribed.
They say that many Scots, upon seeing the NC Mountains, were reminded of their home in the highlands and decided to settle there. Also because it was safer from other hostile settlers who despised them for being Scottish. Many Highland Games still take place in NC and are packed year after year. The more one studies the language and culture of Scotland, you can see how the rural and isolating areas of North Carolina preserved it even today. In areas of the Outer Banks and the Mountains, locals continue to speak in a dialect very closely related to their Celtic roots from hundreds of years ago. Fascinating stuff.
Very nice these are a gem. Jacob's ladder climbing to the nestle of magic
Hi. My family goes back directly to the first 5 MacLeod (pronounced Ma Cloud) chiefs to Col Donald Macleod of St Kilda etc. We’re lucky to have a lot of knowledge and heirlooms from our ancestors. You’d probably really like St Kilda of you can visit. It was known for people with ‘second sight’. My great + grandmother was interviewed about it back in the 1700-1800’s and it’s really very interesting. There’s a book about it called Second Sight.
There is a book called
Ravens & Black Rain: The Story of Highland Second Sight.
Recommend.
Thank you for these recommendations and a bit of history. I’m MacLeod as well on my mother’s side, MacIntyre on the other.
I never knew my father or his family, so I know much more of and feel more of an affinity for the MacLeod line. My grandfather was always so proud of it.
Thanks again 🖤✌🏻
Great timing for me to see this video as I'll be visiting Scotland in a matter of weeks and the Isle of Skye is on the itinerary! I'm very excited to experience this spirit of this place! Thank you for sharing the history and legends - always fascinating! And, I would love to see you as Gandolf high atop the mountain yelling down at the bad tourists!
Great video Jacob!
Thank you!
Awesome to see the isle. It's a beautiful place that I'd love to see. Part of my grandmothers family the McDonald's are from there. Hugh Mcdonald the 4th descendant of James Ian Mor Macdonald of Skye is my 4th great grandfather. My father's line may have visited here too since we are placed in the hebrides and galloway.
Ruth (allen)Tucker - grandmother
William valentine Allen 1859
James fontain allen 1822
James's mother Rachel Mcdaniel 1789
Hugh B Mcdonald IV 1757
Hugh Mcdonald Jr 1720
Sir Hugh Mcdonald III 1680
Hugh Archibald Macdonald of Glenmore 1638
Sir James 'Mor' Macdonald of sleat 2nd Baronet 1605
Sir Donald 'Gorm Og' Macdonald of Sleat 1st Baronet 1575
Archibald Cleirich Macdonald of Sleat 1552
Donald Gormson Macdonald 1522
Donald Gorm Macdonald 5th of sleat 1500
Donald 'Gruamach' Macdonald 4th of sleat 1506
Donald 'Gallach' Macdonald 3rd of sleat 1430
Hugh Macdonald 1st of Sleat 1436
Alexander Macdonald 9th lord of the isles, 12th earl of Ross 1398
Donald Macdonald of Harlaw 8th lord of the isles 1364
Eoin Carrach Macdomhnaill (John Macdonald) 7th lord of the isles 1326
Angus oģ Macdomhnaill (Macdonald) lord of the isles 1272
Aonghas Mor Mac Domhnaill lord of islay 1249
Donald lord of isles between 1159 to 1219
Ragnall Mac Somhairle lord of the isles 1141
Somhairle, Ri Innse Gall (Somerled) king of isles between 1115
Gillebride Mac Gille Adomnan 1085
Giolla Adhamnan 1065
Solamh (Solomon)
Meargach (Echmarcach) mac Ragnaill 1010
Ranald Ranaldsson
Ranald Ivarsson 974
Imar (Ivar) 2nd of Waterford 945
Ragnall Mac Bárid Ua ímair. died 921-942
Bárid Mac ímair died 881
Ímar (Ivar the boneless) died 873
As a local, few pointers on pronunciation. Scottish Gaelic is pronounced more relaxed, not Gaylic rather Ga-lick. The a is flat, and the word is pounced without the focus on AY. Macleod is also pronounced with a Mac-Cloud. Other than that, very interesting video, the story of the Great War goddess is not common and it was nice to hear someone else talk about it.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, speaking as a MacLeod 😅🖤✌🏻
Thank you. I appreciate a lot
Took a cruise and went to Skye. The place is magical. I'm not as healthy as I was so aeeing this comes from you. Too bad we don't have an easy relationship with the fae. Thank you.
My ancestral line through my dad's side is "MacLeod of Lewis" and its pronounced sounding like a cloud,not loyd. Olaf the Black,one of the last Norse kings.
So nice to see so many other MacLeods here! I usually feel so left out on other Scottish history videos 😅
Absolutely beautiful place! Wonderful video Jacob 😊❤
Thank you!
I'm so, so happy the algorithm God's suggested one of your videos to me last week. Your channel is what I've been looking for for a really long time, but never found. I live in Canada but am from the England, and your most recent videos have massively helped with the mild but constant homesickness I feel. Liked and subscribed :)
I thank the algorithm gods as well! 😂 Glad I was able to capture a piece of your homeland ❤️
Where abouts in the England are you from, if you don't mind me asking?
7:45 yes! You said what I was thinking! I was engrossed and then as you mentioned the interesting presence I felt so strongly how much I love this channel BECAUSE you are a practicing pagan. It adds much more depth to the content and is why most of us are here following you! Such an awesome video mate thank you so much for all this work. If you ever find yourself heading all the way down to New Zealand for some reason I'll gladly help you out in anyway I can :) (The weather on skye just looks like our weather lol New zealand is also known in Maori as "aoteroa" which means "land of the long white cloud") but.....I call it land of the long white rip off because shit's expensive here >_
Great video! Maybe my new favorite. I’m sure you’re aware, but stinging nettle has a lot of uses. Keep up the great work!
What a beautiful video! Thank you for for protecting the fairy ring while you were there. I love your retirement plan! 😂❤ We went to the Isle of Skye in 2019 and it was magical, you can just feel the mystery and spirituality of this gorgeous place.
Also NC girl here. You are offering amazing visuals and historical content! Love the passion and diversity! Just found your Isle of Skye video. Soooo beautiful, mystical. I have an ancient ancestral queen there. Born Galloway, married Johnston. Also ancestors from War of Roses families. Binging your channel now! You’re the first to mention the Doggerland tsunami event, impact 😊
Family stories are told that we are from the isle of Skye. I was there only one night. Thank you so much for this video.
This was an amazing watch! What a lucky turkey you are, getting to go to all these places! Oh and by the way, Kaia and I both agree there is no other job for you in your greybeard years than to stand on that rock and shout at bad tourists.
I just assumed I would be an old wizard in the woods of the hall land that people tell folk tales to their children about 😂 I will throw acorns at everyone and murmur old norse chants from the bushes then run away
@@TheWisdomOfOdin Sounds accurate. “Never leave your home without a weapon! HYAH! *scampers away*”
What a very amasing view .
And the storry was on the same time.
Same time was waikings litelbit leddjent Derek .
Same time wheen thay travels a round the world every were .
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What a great video! Thank you so much for making it
Glad you enjoyed it!
Anyone interested in the America/Scottish connection should look up Flora MacDonald, an island girl who helped Bonnie Prince Charlie escape to Skye when he was on the run from the English.
I found this video interesting and informative. My Scottish family clan is Gunn and have only started looking into my paternal genealogy which comes from Scotland and Sweden. I can understand your feeling of belonging because I have that too, the more look into my family history the more I feel that connection to the ancient world.
Hey Todd, Thanks for this!
I became interested in discovering-more about Our Family’s beautifully-mixed heritage several years ago - and am currently following all the historical (and DNA) lines that I can trace, for all the desperate ‘strands’.
My paternal Grandmother (who died last year, at the age of 94) comes from a Scotts/Irish heritage of clan MacDonald/McDonald on her Mother’s side - so I’ve been enjoying learning about the Sumerled and his Sons(etc!); a fascinating subject.
Ironically, My Husbands Irish Father’s family (McAfee) were also originally from the Hebredian Isles - not too far away, on little Colonsay and Oronsay Islands.
Who’d have guessed that We’d meet and marry generations after the Removal, resettling in Ulster - followed by emigration to the US?!
…Astounding and wonderful!
The point where the McAfee/McDonald stories intersected - some-time before the Removal - is sad, and so I haven’t shared it with Trevor’s Family.
Apparently the then Laird of clan McAfee requested the aid of the MacDonalds/McDonalds (the then Lords of the Isles) to help them defend their islands against the English.
The MacDonalds apparently agreed, then moved-in and took-over.
They eventually hunted-down and killed the last McAfee Laird of Calonsay & Oronsay - following an extended hunt, and discovery of his hiding-place under some kelp; when the Sea Gulls spotted him, and gave him away.
So much good and bad has happened through the centuries, most that We won’t ever know in this Life.
I’m happy that all the Families now-represented DID survive the heartbreak and loss - and were able to begin-anew and (apparently) flourish; replanted in American and then Canadian soil!
I’m very proud to be descended from All of My Ancestors; they were Survivours, and have giving Me that Will to adapt and keep-going - despite the ‘battles’ I face.💗
(Can’t wait to meet and know Them in Heaven!!!)
BTW: It’s funny that You should mention Your resemblance to the MacDonald portraits, Todd.
…You (and They) also look very much like My Nephew!!!
Lol; guess those were some strong and dominant genetics, eh?!
Thanks again for sharing!
Oops, so sorry; I reversed Your first/last names, Jacob.
Ah-weel; they're both grand names!
Honestly this sounds great. I'm looking forward to it :) !
My father’s people came from the Isle of Skye to settle in the state of Georgia, USA. So interesting to actually see this video.
I'm only partway through and already hooked! I've gone out to Stornoway but not yet to Skye. I'm writing a short story woven through with Scots mythology and you've just provided the emotional and plot-driven high point for me! Thanks for such an inspiring approach. My people are Scots and I feel that tug with potency. I love that you took the time to make an offering at Scáthach's well at Dún Scáith! I'm referencing that kind of mythical act of reverence in my own story now. What a gift that is crossing time and space! Subscribing now, obviously, lol. 🐉🙏
I’m working on a channel for the native and cultural beliefs of Louisiana and how the pagan beliefs formed New Orleans and this whole area of the country. Along with the history of Louisiana. And how it’s still pagan no matter how it’s been transformed.
As a fellow Cajun countrymen I find your comment both intriguing and exciting. Please let me know when you post said video. Thanks
@@shannonknighten7868 will do. Would you happen to have another way I could contact you? Cause trying to go back and find a comment months later is kind of a hassle.
Thank you for this. I'm in NC and several of my family lines came from Scotland.
My family also came to North Carolina around that time from Scotland. Though I'm still working with a genealogist to work my line back into Scotland. I hope soon I can go "home" and be able to visit places my ancestors once lived
Nice to see more videos about my home ❤
Only three minutes in, is that Portree behind you in background? Scorrybreac (park/trail) to your left? Mothers maiden name is from MacNichol/MacNeaicail. Wife and I got to go there last year, and i spent some time at the monument to the Clan there. def will be watching rest of video, just the scenery took me back. Ready to go back again!
A beautiful place I am actually named after :) My middle name.
That sounds like a top-notch retirement plan. It's taking "get off my lawn" to a whole new level. Plus, robes are very comfortable.
"Get off me stones!"
@@TheWisdomOfOdin 😂😂
Scathach figures prominently in my UF series, and it's no accident my last book started on the Isle of Skye. I was able to visit it last year, and plan to return.
so happy to find someone who admits to being a Pagan. so the Earth and creatures and plants are important to you. i’m an animist at heart, i think, cause as a kid i felt the spirits in everything natural. trees especially had magical ‘beingness’, but so did rocks. American native spirituality is closer to my spirit than the pagan, but i am in a wonderful coven now for about 16 years now and our ritual revolves around the earth 🌎. i feel more spirituality and being one with a group than i’ve ever felt. BB have a good day. 🏜️🌷🪻🌱
Also have ancestry ties to North Carolina, Wales, Ireland, and Scotland and Norway. Hoping to visit this area in a few years. Thank you for speaking on the spiritual and mythological aspects of this beautiful place as well as the historical importance. They seem indistinguishable to me.
thank you
The only thing I knew about Scotland was the wild heather in spring and summer.... Beautiful pastels colors pink lavender and white 😊