Scottish Myths and Legends

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  • "Scottish Myths & Legends" explores the magic, mystery and sprinkling of mayhem that covers the dramatic landscape of Scotland. From the ancient tales of the Loch Ness Monster to the stories of shape shifting Kelpies, we go on a fascinating journey of discovery to uncover the stories behind the myths and the magnificent Scottish landscape that has inspired these truly legendary legends
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  • @patriciamoffat1542
    @patriciamoffat1542 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +214

    Come and experience Scotland anytime. Beautiful scenery, good fresh air, welcoming and friendly people, weather a wee bit unreliable most days.😅
    I'm Scottish and live in Scotland, probably a wee bit biased.

    • @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko
      @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      You are no biased at all laddie. As a Scot; I am extremely proud of my country, our banished Royal Family, and our prowess. Though as a young lad of 15, my father emigrated to Australia, much against the protestation of my mother and I, it broke my heart the day the ship pulled away from the dock at Tilbury. From then on (1961) I yearned to return to back to Scotland, but in order to honour the wishes of my father and my mother's father (Grandpa) I remained in Australia much against my wishes. I married 51 years ago to a Scottish girl who was never keen to return. However; she honoured my wishes to go back to my beloved Highlands and told me to go back for Three weeks. Twelve months later, I came back to Australia and to World War III. Two years later, when I asked the wife if it were OK if I went back to Scotland, she said OK but asked the question: "How long are you going back for" I said: "THREE WEEKS" My wife responded: I Seem to have heard that before"! However; three weeks it was that I was back for. There were tears in my eyne when I left home again; never to return. Regardless of how often I pleaded with my wife to return back home, I got a negative answer. There is an old saying: "YOU CAN TAKE THE LAD OUT OF SCOTLAND, BUT YOU WILL NEVER TAKE SCOTLAND OUT OF THE LAD!! ALBA GU BRAGH!!!!!

    • @patriciamoffat1542
      @patriciamoffat1542 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko Australia seemed so far away all those years ago when you were 15, the opposite side of the world. It doesn't seem so far away nowadays. I've never lived anywhere but here. I'm close to my family, unless we had moved somewhere together, I wouldn't have gone too far. I suppose in your heart there's something always drawing you back to your roots. You don't miss much here anyway, the weather is worse than it was when I was young, I've got a long memory.

    • @judis6224
      @judis6224 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Would rather keep Scotland for the scottish

    • @judis6224
      @judis6224 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko I hear what your saying Angus,just something about it.

    • @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko
      @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@judis6224 What Something about what. Be more specific. I am no a mind reader!

  • @margaretkerr4591
    @margaretkerr4591 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +324

    As a Scottish lassie - im very proud of my country. We are also known as great storytellers even today. Just walk into any pub and talk to an elderly gentleman x

    • @GuantanamoBayBarbie3
      @GuantanamoBayBarbie3 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      And you have one of the loveliest accents in the whole world! ❤❤❤

    • @debbieellett9093
      @debbieellett9093 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Lucky you!

    • @traceycook1018
      @traceycook1018 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      I’d love for you to have a youtube channel interviewing these elders.. you’d have a great following I’m sure

    • @margaretkerr4591
      @margaretkerr4591 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      @@traceycook1018 that's actually not a bad idea 💗

    • @abbynormal3068
      @abbynormal3068 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@margaretkerr4591Go for it, Margaret! ❤ Sounds like it would be very entertaining, not to mention enlightening!

  • @lisabrown9132
    @lisabrown9132 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +170

    I'm mainly Irish. My great grandfather came over with his parents when he was 4. We are from the Kennedy clan. But Scotland cannot be beat in beauty! Scotland and Ireland both deserved better and more respect than England ever gave them.

    • @christineweir8979
      @christineweir8979 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

      I agree .... Scotland and Ireland deserve more respect

    • @JeSTeR-X1o
      @JeSTeR-X1o 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Another rebellion sounds good,unite the clans n we send Charlie running😜🍀🍀

    • @steveheuser7382
      @steveheuser7382 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Me too. Two clans plus Irish

    • @Timewaitsfornoman
      @Timewaitsfornoman 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      And wales!

    • @dennisburt4614
      @dennisburt4614 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kennedy clan here in maine also

  • @williamparker1085
    @williamparker1085 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    visited in late 1980's, may this beautiful land never change......signed a respectful englishman

  • @Patrick_Cooper
    @Patrick_Cooper 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    This popped up in my feed, and having Scottish ancestry, I click in. As soon as the bagpipes began to play I had tears in my eyes. I have always loved the bagpipes.

    • @sevenspecie592
      @sevenspecie592 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Same here!! Something about bagpipes makes me very emotional!! ....AMAZING GRACE on the bagpipes will rip your heart out😢

    • @jaredharris1940
      @jaredharris1940 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      If the pipes don't make you cry, you aren't scottish!

    • @NanaBren
      @NanaBren หลายเดือนก่อน

      When my only daughter died, Amazing Grace on bagpipes was played at her funeral. I love the pipes. ❤

    • @TracyD2
      @TracyD2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@NanaBrenI’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter. May you have peace

    • @NanaBren
      @NanaBren หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your kindness. God bless you. ❤️

  • @seasmacfarlane6418
    @seasmacfarlane6418 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +68

    Scotland, my home, is beautiful, and visitors who respect her are very, very welcome. Sadly, we are inundated now with the kind of visitor nobody wants..... tourists who drop litter, campervanners who leave their rubbish just anywhere and empty their chemical toilets in burns, at the roadside, in private gardens, drivers who break speed limits, drive like maniacs and drink and drive, visitors who tear up rare wild flowers, and damage monuments and geological features.......... we have this kind of visitor in spades. Its so, so sad and I despair for my poor, beautiful home.

    • @veritas41photo
      @veritas41photo 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      I am descended from the MacLeans of Duart (Isle of Mull). You are so right. Tourism has come close to ruining Scotland, especially in the Highlands. I am afraid I can never go back to Scotland because of this sad fact.

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Those are Scots!

    • @seasmacfarlane6418
      @seasmacfarlane6418 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @veritas41photo Yes, it's a tragedy, and yet our councils and the Tourist Board are continually promoting more and more and more......... so awful. Thank you for your comment. 🙂

    • @awildawallace5837
      @awildawallace5837 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Behave yourselves when you're a guest!

    • @jeannedouglas9912
      @jeannedouglas9912 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It's in America too sadly. Not sure how those types sleep at night or even think that such behavior is acceptable anywhere, ever. Very creepy and very man unkind VS man kind.

  • @kualumpurzagreb3408
    @kualumpurzagreb3408 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +31

    Walked on foot from Pitlochry to Killiecrankie and back to Pitlochry all in 1 day. - took me more than 4 hours to complete, but worth every minute. Best Walk of my Life ! At Killiecrankie stopped for Scottish Oat cake and strong Scot Tea. Best Meal of my Life ❤
    I live in the City, and there is nothing like Magnificent Scotland !! Every bit of it Magical ❤❤❤❤

    • @andrewjohnstone963
      @andrewjohnstone963 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Im born and bred Scot
      The scenery especially in the west and its islands quite stunning
      But all of Scotland is not up to this standard
      The cities are becoming litter strewn and its highways are polluted with rubbish
      I live in Largs a lovely place in its own right but its not the town I knew 5o years ago
      And most places have became alike
      The rubbish stops at Tyndrum people in rural areas value their environment
      But the towns and cities are becoming scuzzy to say the least
      So paint a realistic picture not a delusion
      I love my country the scenery as i said is beyond poetic
      But the populas areas are not!!!!!!

  • @lindsayschilling8707
    @lindsayschilling8707 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    I spent the better part of a month in Scotland visiting our Family's Castle, the Scottish countryside, large towns and small quaint villages. I am a direct descendant of Gordon Highlanders. When I (we) arrived in Scotland and began touring/exploring, I had an overwhelming feeling that I was finally home; I felt as though I truly belonged there. I identified with the wonderful people and beautiful country; I felt very much at home. It was a spiritual & emotional experience, particularly when we visited our once Family Castle (I am a descendant of Gordon Highlanders & our castle is Huntly Castle); my mother & her sister inherited the castle shortly after The Depression here in America. As they didn't have the money to travel to Scotland to assume possession of the castle, my mom & her sister signed the it over to the Scottish Government. They did a wonderful job restoring it, though some of it is in ruins. My sister, myself, husbands & my 86 year old mother visited the castle (we explored every inch!). There were a lot of tears, joy and spiritual feelings of belonging there. It WAS an amazing day, a moving experience. We met our cousins over there, and they joined in on the Huntly Castle excursion. It was an Amazing day (and me Mum got to see her castle 😊). I've seen other comments here on how people were spiritually moved, felt an overwhelming belonging when they visited Scotland - I totally get that. I too felt like I was at/in a place where I'd been before, especially when I visited small villages where my distant relatives were born and lived. I truly appreciate this video: the folklore and true stories were of great interest. Though I've read & heard it before, it was a great refresher of some of Scotland's history. If you ever have an opportunity to see Scotland, GO! The people ARE wonderful, and the country IS beautiful. I fell madly in love with Scotland. ❤

    • @lwilson123
      @lwilson123 หลายเดือนก่อน

      glad you loved our country

  • @33Jenesis
    @33Jenesis 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +46

    The landscape, lakes, and coastline in Scotland are incredible. People are rugged and tough. It is a good place to feel at peace with the world and myself.

    • @markholleran9994
      @markholleran9994 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Scotland only has 1 lake lol

    • @williamwilson2270
      @williamwilson2270 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Scotland must be made free of the filthy illegal Act of Union which breaks the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath, for surely Southern England is cursed and will one day fall and Scotland will rise up in revenge.

    • @user-rr1jw9cz1u
      @user-rr1jw9cz1u 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I experience such grief frequently that I am not there in the Highlands. The friends I made there are mostly dead & gone.

  • @janellrenee984
    @janellrenee984 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    Wow! I feel like I was MEANT to see this video. About 11 years ago I went on a tour at that cemetary. As soon as I entered the gates, I was so overwhelmed with the spirits of what felt like God or angles that I sat down. I told the tour guide that this felt like holy ground and I felt like I couldn't stand up. He asked me if the presence was coming from a certain area of the cemetary. I pointed towards an area that was maybe 30 feet away and he said, "that is where the Martyrs are buried." I have photos of it still and just looked at them. I still felt the same feeling... and I stopped looking at my photos. It wasn't a bad feeling, but it was HEAVY. LIKE SADNESS and holiness all mixed together. I've never felt anything else like it

    • @GreatBritishChannel
      @GreatBritishChannel  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Wow thank you for sharing! Really glad you found our video. Hope you enjoyed it

    • @hsepo
      @hsepo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      What a story. I understand you so well.

  • @divaden47
    @divaden47 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    I have no Scottish blood from a direct ancestor, but I've been to Scotland several times and it is truly a really beautiful country.

  • @cindchan
    @cindchan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    I have a great love for Scotland, as some of my ancestors came from there. I have been there a few times and have loved it every single time! Loved hearing stories from the land of my ancestors!

    • @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko
      @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      YOu are one of us laddie , no matter where you were born. The blood of the Gael runs through your veins, as it does through every Scot, except those murdering Campbell of Argyll BASTARDS!

  • @karentan611
    @karentan611 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +43

    Visited Edinburgh, inverness, the nearby Loch, culoden in 2019. I’ve been in love with Scotland and dying to be back. Scotland has my ❤

  • @conniestewart3365
    @conniestewart3365 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +60

    I have always felt a deep love and yearning for Scotland even though I have never been there. I feel that if I am blessed to ever land upon her shores I would be coming home. Clan Stewart is my clan and I am a Stewart by birth. I feel the pride of my fore fathers swell in my heart for this lovely land. Mary, Queen of the Scots and Robert the Bruce are among my ancestors.

    • @traceycook1018
      @traceycook1018 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      It’s bc you lived there before in a previous life .. I feel the same way and was hypnotized and found out I’ve lived several lives

    • @graceamerican3558
      @graceamerican3558 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      😆 I feel the same at times. The pipes give me goosebumps. Scotland is my bucket list. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

    • @eveross359
      @eveross359 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I am a Bruce on Mother side and a Duncan on Father side.

    • @lushuslegs
      @lushuslegs 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a direct issue from King Robert, through Ralph de Fedarg who became Sir Meldrum of Fyvie Castle!(1213) Sweetheart, us Scots, have always been travellers, innovators and as history says..No matter where you go, a Scot was there FIRST!🤔👍😄 Anyone going against it, are jealous Sassenachs!😅😅And even then, they still want to dress up in Our Tradition Dress, eat our Haggis n recite Rabbie Burns! (Which even the Rusians do on Burns Night! What an accolade eh!) Be proud of your heritage, put visit on your Bucket List. You'll be coming home and not be disappointed!5❤❤❤

    • @judis6224
      @judis6224 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Mary queen of scot is my relative

  • @loriomyoreo8224
    @loriomyoreo8224 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    My father said our ancestors came from Scotland. Honoring his request that a bagpipe play at his funeral graveside proved to be the most beautiful and meaningful part to me.

    • @lwilson123
      @lwilson123 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      my mother also had a piper from Linda in scotland

  • @christineweir8979
    @christineweir8979 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    A true statement....once you've been o Scotland ...it can't be forgotten ... what a beautiful place !!!

  • @shanimarais9695
    @shanimarais9695 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I love Scotland. It's my dream to go there someday... and Ireland...
    My great grandparents immigrated from Ireland (Dublin)to South Africa, the storytelling from both the Irish and Scottish always have me in awe.
    The Lockness is fascinating and truly is mysterious.

  • @oakleafwellness
    @oakleafwellness 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    As a Texan, with Scottish roots I thank you for this upload.

  • @cdfdesantis699
    @cdfdesantis699 ปีที่แล้ว +71

    This is just charming! I'd so love to go to Scotland, & go myth hunting.

    • @kellyshomemadekitchen
      @kellyshomemadekitchen ปีที่แล้ว +11

      As would I!
      We must have talked this up! I just found out 8 days after making this comment that a trip to Edinburgh next summer is in my future. I could not be more excited! 🤩

    • @cdfdesantis699
      @cdfdesantis699 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kellyshomemadekitchen Terrific! Let's GO! Thanks for your reply!

    • @jodeeps2287
      @jodeeps2287 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Me too, can I go with you when you do 😄

    • @cdfdesantis699
      @cdfdesantis699 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jodeeps2287 Absolutely, LOL! Another person replied to my comment, about going to Scotland. Let's all go together, & be gawky tourists! Thanks much for your reply! 😉

    • @benitasteffan7404
      @benitasteffan7404 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Please go! It’s amazing. Just got back from there. Blessed to have friend from Yorkshire. Her mother is Scottish. If you need some ideas for places to go please message me! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿❤️👍

  • @taleandclawrock2606
    @taleandclawrock2606 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    I wonder where the White horse, Waterhorse stories come from? My Mum is Scottish, ( maternal Myles, Honeyman, paternal Grant) but i was born in Australia, and never been there. Yet i had a recurring dream throughout my childhood of a white horse, with which i was trapped, endlessly struggling for freedom. Until one day we leaped a fence and were free.

    • @victoriaquillin2170
      @victoriaquillin2170 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      My father's family is from Scotland, the Muirs

    • @elizabethscott7660
      @elizabethscott7660 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I've also had visits from a white horse, and yes, Aussie born. It's odd how the spirit of our ancestors and the land of Scotland carries on in our blood.

    • @cathybenson5119
      @cathybenson5119 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      My maternal great grandparents were from Scotland. Their surname was Walker. They immigrated to Australia.

    • @carolynsilvers9999
      @carolynsilvers9999 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My sister had a similar repeated nightmare throughout her life

    • @sum1has2
      @sum1has2 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I’m American from Ohio with mostly Scottish roots. Similar dreams from ages 3-12 of riding a white horse and trapped until we dive off a high cliff into water and swim away to freedom. (Was never around horses ever.)

  • @sallyh7282
    @sallyh7282 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    Thank you for sharing these lovely Scottish myths and legends and presenting them so beautifully.

  • @atsukorichards1675
    @atsukorichards1675 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +79

    Thank you for the stories! (The dog Bobby reminds me of our famous dog, Hachi, who kept waiting for his late master at the front of Shibuya station for 10 years...)

  • @Julietta-zv9db
    @Julietta-zv9db 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I am 67 living on a small island in the Caribbean. My wish is to be able to go your country and stay at least a month. Ĺove your channel. God bless Scotland

  • @doreenpatersom9710
    @doreenpatersom9710 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The highlands of Scotland really is Gods country come visit it and see for yourself ,I was born in the heart of the highlands and there's nowhere more beautiful I am proud to be a highlander

  • @vivaldi1948
    @vivaldi1948 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    There's something about the Scots that has always fascinated me. Maybe it's the kilt or the impression I have of a strong, brave people.

  • @travvydub
    @travvydub 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    When visiting Scotland as a child , while hiking on the rob roy trail. I had an almost overwhelming feeling that I had been there before. It’s amazing how strong those feelings can be! In the land of my ancestors.

    • @ritaspeers1259
      @ritaspeers1259 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I believe we have what is called cell memory or DNA memory. It runs deep.

  • @jonnid3122
    @jonnid3122 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    I began studying about Scotland because of a dream. I awoke with an outline for a book I am writing. As I research the places I visited in my dream, Im finding they all exist down to details and distances from place to place! This all seems hard to believe, but I have never been to Scotland or seen photos of it!

    • @Kay.in.FL.HI.SA.JP.OZ.NZ.RIO..
      @Kay.in.FL.HI.SA.JP.OZ.NZ.RIO.. 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Perhaps cellular memory, plus! Good luck with tour book; do you have a title yet?

  • @Koontah
    @Koontah 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am the descendant of the clan of Maxwell. This was a wonderful, well-narrated fragment of Scottish history. Thank you. 🥰

  • @pennypaterson8000
    @pennypaterson8000 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I am a Canadian fr the maritimes. My maiden name is Murray and have been told l've Scottish ancestry on both sides l'm very proud of that. I hope to visit Scotland soon ❤.

    • @williammacdiarmid6395
      @williammacdiarmid6395 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Aye... Yous Murray's were from creif Scotland. Your main clan enemy was the clan Drummond.

    • @lwilson123
      @lwilson123 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Scottish surname

  • @carenfullard7217
    @carenfullard7217 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    I am from South Africa and worked in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow) in 1997 for a few months. My great grandmother came over to South Africa from Scotland. The countryside was beautiful for me and the villages felt like they all were from the movies. Such a rich history

  • @belindajacques4984
    @belindajacques4984 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Just found out I am 17% Scottish, had no idea. I have always been interested in the history of Scotland and England. Especially the legends and myths.

  • @patpatsthis-n-that2721
    @patpatsthis-n-that2721 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I have dutch irish Choctaw and Cherokee...and ive always been drawn to Scotland and ireland and just the land in general..lol...and omg love listening to old tales always have ..thanks for sharing

  • @jessicacanfield5058
    @jessicacanfield5058 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

    This is very interesting . I love the Scottish stories. I feel sometimes that maybe in a different life I lived in Scotland

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You didn't.

  • @adairadair9490
    @adairadair9490 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Absolutely beautiful beyond words lush green pastures mmmmmm🏞️

  • @rotapp7268
    @rotapp7268 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I'm from a land far away from Scotland and this was astonishing. All that history, all that culture, all that myth. Just amazing, thank you.

  • @user-fb7xs3ne8t
    @user-fb7xs3ne8t 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I lived in Dunoon in late 70s early 80s ( us navy ) was a young boy had the joy of going to primary and secondary school and learned all this history first wouldn't trade that experience for anything

  • @marshaverduzco2859
    @marshaverduzco2859 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I used to dream of going to Scotland, visit the places where my ancestors came from.

    • @lwilson123
      @lwilson123 หลายเดือนก่อน

      maybe you will get here one day

  • @alanatolstad4824
    @alanatolstad4824 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    I wasn't ready for this to end! I've been to Scotland, twice. Once by car with 5 friends, and the second, by guided bus tour with another friend. It's true about the draw of the land & people. I really need to get to Norway, land of my Great-grandparents, in order to quit fantasizing about Scotland!

    • @GreatBritishChannel
      @GreatBritishChannel  10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      We have another program coming up about Scotland that you might like. Please subscribe so you don't miss it.

  • @sandrawoodall6545
    @sandrawoodall6545 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I loved this I adore Scotland even though I’m not Scottish. And I especially enjoy bagpipes.what great stories.

  • @juliam7056
    @juliam7056 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful Scotland!❤

  • @lynb2039
    @lynb2039 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When I was a little girl, 6 or 7 years old, I often heard the drums and bagpipes played by the high school band very close to my home in America. I would stop whatever I was doing and listen, mesmerized and then begin to weep silently. A decade and a half later, our family visited my aunt, and I was invited into her "Scottish Room". There, on every surface and every wall were maps, documents and photos, during which, she shared stories of our Scottish ancestors. I am truly a lucky woman. My aunt spent 50 years her life, as a genealogist, member of DAR- Daughters of the American Revolution, and Peace Corp volunteer, compiling, visiting world places, and sourcing proof documents, discovering and preserving, our family history. Up until that point, I knew nothing of our family lineage and suddenly it all made sense; my inexplicable, sentimental tears for the music of an ancient homeland I have never been to; for the soil I have yet to touch. I feel certain now, that not just the mind, but the body, remembers its roots, across generations and the centuries before. I have often argued this position, by asking: "Does not an Oak tree know where and when it will grow?", "Does not the tide return each day of the year, and at near precisely the same day and time as the year before?" My entire body tingles when the pipes and bouhdrans play, and the tears still flow. I am coming Scotland. Alba go bragh

  • @calicomist9213
    @calicomist9213 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    I'm an American and recently discovered my Scottish ancestry through Duff and MacIntosh. Thanks for posting this!

    • @Alabama323
      @Alabama323 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hello, I'm a MacIntosh, my paternal Grandfather came from Elgin. I'm Welsh with a bit of Scottish.

    • @calicomist9213
      @calicomist9213 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Alabama323 Wonderful! So glad to meet you! My line is Isabelle Duff (dau WIlliam Duff 1st Earl Fife) married Alexander MacIntosh of Moray and had 22 children. My 6th great grandmother was one of them. :)

    • @Alabama323
      @Alabama323 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@calicomist9213 Elgin is in Moray so who knows, we could be distant cousins. Lovely to meet you too.

  • @cynsi7604
    @cynsi7604 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    What’s kinda funny is that the Highland Scots (where my mom’s side of the family from the 1700s) are in the South as in SOUTHERNER in the Foothills of The Smokey Mountains in Western NC. 🤔 It’s just a lil fun fact from coming from the north of Scotland & then ending up in the Southern part of the USA 🇺🇸 x 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 = 🩵 😎✌🏻

    • @hoppes9658
      @hoppes9658 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My exact story. The Browns left Wilkes County in 1851 for Indiana,than Michigan.

  • @benitasteffan3685
    @benitasteffan3685 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I am very proud to say I’ve been to Scotland three times… if I had one wish in my life, it would be to live there. I don’t understand it but I always feel what when I’m there, I am home.♥️🙏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿✨

  • @jbeattie1244
    @jbeattie1244 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Scotland is old but yet mystic and majestic and has something for everyone and yet like me she never ages and yet i kiss her ground everytime when i come home to Caledonia

  • @hazelann63
    @hazelann63 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

    Stewart did get back on the royal throne.. William is part Stewart as princess Diana was a direct descendant of the Stewart, that's why she was sought out to marry Charles, to lend legitimacy to the british/German royal family who's popularity was in decline.

    • @ruthblack3676
      @ruthblack3676 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      That was the GENIUS of their match! A shame it was that their events turned in the fashion they did. But...William unites the blood of both houses. The Queen was sharp in her efforts to unite the Country in every which way she could. There is something quite right about that despite the obvious heartaches.

    • @valeriewalker954
      @valeriewalker954 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Queen Victoria was descended from King David from Tribe of Judah. Ask the Irish about the scarlet thread.

    • @marydbaker
      @marydbaker 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@valeriewalker954is that why the presence of all the lions in so many standards and family crests ?

  • @cgoodson2010
    @cgoodson2010 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    The Scots are wonderful and friendly - Summer 2023 - can't wait to go back!!

  • @marklauzon186
    @marklauzon186 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Ive been to Loch Ness on a rainy October Day. Yup..I can see why folks might believe....!

  • @geraldstiling3735
    @geraldstiling3735 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The land is old and wild and full of magic ..🦌 The mountains there were once taller than the Himalayas. The 🎥🍿 movie Highlander was filmed there⚔️🗡️

  • @sarahhales1505
    @sarahhales1505 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve been to the Covenanters prison. It’s a very sad place. It’s very quiet when you go there even though the city is right outside the cemetery wall. I felt this off feeling while I was there. Like a was being watched.

  • @user-lk9oh6iy5t
    @user-lk9oh6iy5t 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very much interesting and very much educational for me about Scotland

  • @darlahenri8095
    @darlahenri8095 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Beings have a long history on earth 🌍 what was up is now down. All have grave, joyful, misery, loving, exciting, supeior, supernatura and all kinds of stories. It is good and entertainment to hear of them. None are free be human or animal but humans have a chance. The catch is we all have to be free & wise together. Love dog and horses stories & all stories that have some light to them.
    Thanks

  • @HollyCranfan
    @HollyCranfan 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am an Irwin. We have Scottish and Irish coat of arms. Scottish who moved to Ireland and then to America. One day soon I hope to visit both Scotland and Ireland. So close to each other but different in their own lovely cultures

  • @RichardM1366
    @RichardM1366 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    My mom's side came from Scotland! Her maiden name was Livingstone. She passed away from cancer in 2011.

    • @mrs7serpents157
      @mrs7serpents157 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I lived my formative years in Livingstone, Lothian. I like coincidence like this 🎉 may your beloved mother rest in peace 🦋🎉🦋

  • @imlistening1137
    @imlistening1137 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thank you so much for this beautiful video. I will never be able to travel across the pond to any of the beautiful Islands of Scotland or even England or Ireland. So watching a show like this is such a treat.

  • @boogingtonthunderwood8969
    @boogingtonthunderwood8969 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Just got my DNA done and found out to be 55% Scottish, descended from clans Caruthers and Bruce. Loving this stuff!

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Hahahahahahahahahahaha.

    • @sharonlord4439
      @sharonlord4439 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I am an Highlander my maiden name is farquhar

    • @colleenblackwater4792
      @colleenblackwater4792 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I just found this and as being Scottish on my Dad's side, greatly interested.
      We traced ourselves to Bruce and J. Dubglas...Douglas.

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@colleenblackwater4792 Of course you did.

    • @colleenblackwater4792
      @colleenblackwater4792 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@scottw.3258 to bad your shorts are so tight.

  • @Tarierine
    @Tarierine 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Is it possible to love a country I have never been in? I think yes!
    Thank you for this tales

  • @owlthepirate5997
    @owlthepirate5997 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Ive always wanted to go to Scotland..not sure if ill ever make it, though. My last name is Mccready, and im told that my ancestors came from Scotland in the late 1700's. 😊

  • @kathrynjordan8782
    @kathrynjordan8782 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have Scottish heritage in my family on my mother's side. This is a place I want to visit one day. It looks so beautiful that I wan to spend as much time in Scotland as I can. My 5th great grandfather came from Scotland and lived the rest of his life in Virginia. My 4th great grandfather was the first Stuart (in my family) to be born in the United States.

  • @lindamccaughey6669
    @lindamccaughey6669 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Wow that was so wonderful. Some was so moving. Thoroughly enjoyed that

  • @altheacraig2904
    @altheacraig2904 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    On my mother's side, I am Scottish. Janet Thain, my great-grandmother was born in Rathven, Banffshire. My Great Great Great Grand Mother Elizabeth Dick, married to Donald Sym were born in Perthshire, Scotland. By the time I knew my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Sym was spelled Sim. My dream is to go to both places someday. I don't remember the town or city in Perthshire. When I was a child my mother made two of my sisters and me a skirt and top she said were our PLAID from Perthshire. That was a long time ago, I am now 87 years old as of January 3rd, 2004. 👵🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛, me and my cats Teo and Twotwo

    • @lwilson123
      @lwilson123 หลายเดือนก่อน

      when we were wee we used to sing a wee song about a man called Charlie sim from Linda in scotland

  • @lydiaadams-jk4is
    @lydiaadams-jk4is 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I really really really want to visit Scotland. Its history and lores speaks to my heart.❤

    • @GreatBritishChannel
      @GreatBritishChannel  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We have some more wonderful programs on Scotland coming soon that i think you'll enjoy. Hit subscribe so you don't miss them

  • @francoisedandre3644
    @francoisedandre3644 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    L'esprit de Nessi disparu, hante encore les lieux. C'est magique.

  • @katiestrathern5769
    @katiestrathern5769 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Scenery looks absolutely
    beautiful 😊

  • @stellafoufas6102
    @stellafoufas6102 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing!

  • @robertkirkpatrick4935
    @robertkirkpatrick4935 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Though I've never been to Scotland myself my dad's side hails from Closeburn in dumfrieshire. All the way back to the 1100s. Our castle still stands. Someday I wish to take my wife to Scotland. I will be the first in my family in nearly 300 years.

  • @nancyM1313
    @nancyM1313 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    💙🌏💙thank you!

  • @happymonk4206
    @happymonk4206 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I recently learned of my Scottish ancestry. I have always felt a pull to somewhere in the U.K. i t makes sense now. I love music from Scotland. Canned haggis, whiskey, wearing kilts. Rainy weather. Guinness. History of the Picts, Scots, Irish, Welsh and English. I would like to live out my retirement in Scotland in a small cottage. Maybe someday I will. Till then I will dream of it and a fine lassie to grow old with.

  • @Summerrose400
    @Summerrose400 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My dad is Scottish, I feel a yearning to go to the highlands.

  • @debbieellett9093
    @debbieellett9093 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Wishing I could be there! Thank you for this beautiful and fascinating video.

  • @charjole1960
    @charjole1960 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Beautiful landscape

  • @tesselaynes5428
    @tesselaynes5428 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I was dreaming that I was climbing a hill out front of a cemetery and looked over in the distance to a hill with a scottish castle and I thought that must be where Im to go then a hand came out in front of my face and a man stood there wanting to help me the rest of the way up the hill but he led me away from my castle into a Gold truck. A few months after the dream I met a man who drove a gold truck.

  • @tejkarlapudi6765
    @tejkarlapudi6765 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    So much history!!!

  • @OGRocker1
    @OGRocker1 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Howdy to my ancestry of Scotland, I am of the Clan Carruthers, moved to America 400+ years ago. ...

  • @Mithras444
    @Mithras444 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am Scott Irish but live in the Appachian mountains Virginia. My family has been here since the 1600s we were kicked out of Britain. Went to school with the McCoys. You know the Hatfields and McCoys. 😅

  • @user-gz2qh1ie8d
    @user-gz2qh1ie8d 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Enjoyed this! Biological father was a Scot. Fellin love with the bag pipes first time I heard them at 5. Always wanted to see especially the highlands of Scotland. Doesnt look like it will happen tho. Will have to go see it in spirit form, I guess. One thing I really regret. Not getting there in human form.

  • @debbieellett9093
    @debbieellett9093 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    My Mom always told us we were half Scottish and half Irish. Have always felt closer to my Scottish ancestors.

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      So your mum and all her family/ancestors was Scots and your Dad and his family/ancestors was Irish then, or vice versa?

    • @traceyroyer993
      @traceyroyer993 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I'm some kinda Scotch--Irish, too. ☮️💙🧠👌🏼🎯👀😵‍💫🌍🕉

    • @louisestrachan8096
      @louisestrachan8096 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My husbands ancestors are highlanders. My ancestors are Viking/Irish. I always tell him that had my ancestors not partied together, he might not be here now. Amazing how all the people were able to travel to other countries even in the 100's a.d.

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@traceyroyer993 You're a whisky?

    • @scottw.3258
      @scottw.3258 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@louisestrachan8096 Let me guess, you're American though?

  • @jerisharpe906
    @jerisharpe906 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Although my ancestors were from scotland & my maiden name was Gordon. I always dreamed of visiting scotland. Even as a young child I loved to hear bagpipes playing
    Some of my relatives have visited Scotland & 2 of my nephews wore the Gordon plaiid vesr as did all the goomsmen while gettin marrried,, another nephew by marriage woeks for a company that occasionally sends their employees to Scotland for golf.tournments. Everyone comes back saying how beautiful Scotlajnd is.❤

  • @Turkish__Model
    @Turkish__Model 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    You can clearly see the zoomorphic indigenous elements dating back to Paleolithic times. A clear contrast to Indo-European polytheism such as Norse or Hittite mythology..
    Similar anamistic cultural elements can also be observed in the Basque Country.
    It should also be understood that "Celtic mythology" is a reconstructed religion based on Roman dieties with no proof of existence. The word "reconstruction" should be held synonymous with "imaginery".
    Again. Witchcraft like Basque witchcraft, is the true native religion.

  • @dionnedunsmore9996
    @dionnedunsmore9996 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    My God hes a knock out!! Look at that beautiful boy!

  • @glendabarton1914
    @glendabarton1914 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I'd love to go see Scotland. My mother Mary Kneeland was a descendant of Alexander Kneeland, uncle by marriage of William Wallace. So we're related to some of those historical figures: Mary Queen of Scots, James I etc. Kneeland's son fought in every battle with Wallace, reventually received a Coat of Arms from Robert the Bruce. There were a succession of war chieftains after that and one was arrested for his part in the murder of Lord Darnley. He did receive a coat of arms from Mary so she didn't seem too sad about it, perhaps that was thanks for services rendered. I think by that time she was tired of her petulant, spoiled husband. It would be very interesting to see the land where all this happened.

    • @bkb0859
      @bkb0859 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Douglas clan here.

  • @karensutherland9142
    @karensutherland9142 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Love these stories. My grandfather Sutherland was born in Inverness his mother was a Milne. I have always loved her name and have one picture of her that I wish I knew how to share. Her name was Queenie Alexandra Milne Sutherland and I wish I could share it like I said but she truly looks like a Queenie. My father and myself where born in Baltimore MD.

  • @bikinglikebecker
    @bikinglikebecker 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    As a MacLeod who has looked into this.. There were very small people much like we have today(Jyoti Amge - search images) who found strength in numbers to survive as a group but they were literally being hunted by animals(wolves) and nobody would help them, until they stumbled across the Isle of Skye where they were helped by the Clan MacLeod, where we protected them and left them to live in Peace on the Island isolated from the beasts of the bushes from passing @ Dunvegan Castle.. The Flag was a gift, a gesture; and is most likely a coincidence that the two wishes requested ended up coming true... There remains 1 wish imbued ... I wish MacLeods unified on the March to London bringing the Grandchild of Mary to the Throne.. The world would indeed be a MUCH different place today!!! Mainlanders have interfered too much on this Island... I support Brexit!! European Union = Soviet Union!!
    -Not many know about Scota, an Egyptian Princess buried in Ireland.. Daughter of Akhenaten & Nefertiti, Married to Tutankhamen.. Likely the name place of Scotland..
    -Atlantis also lays just off the submerged Continental Ridge before the English Channel filled in submerging Rockall Plateau..
    All you have to do is look at Criteria by Critias & Timaeus.. 555km x 370km.., "in northern portions along the shore".. "Mountain low on all sides, broke it off all round about(Northeast corner)
    There is a reason the Earth Calendar(Stone Henge) returned closer to its place of Origin first built by Chronos from City of Atlantis.. 23.5km wide... south end of Rockall Plateau..
    8000 yr old boatyard in English Channel before the Mediterranean flooded, forcing the Cro-Magnon [Incested Caen-Abel(s)] out of their homeland... into Jericho... Palestine...
    There is much to learn about Scotland & our Ancient Ancestors the Neanderthal.. Neo-Lithic... Advancement still flows from the Shores of the Atlantic... Hand Axes in Scotland to Bronze & Iron ages, to Radar, Computers & Tunnel Rail Guns sending Cargo into orbit to the orbiting construction & launch platform in a "more thought out" manner.. Using Hydro power instead of burning Sugar & Methane on Rockets... With Hydro Power + Rail Tunnels we could be sending up cargo every 45 minutes into orbit drastically speeding up construction..

    • @jturtle5318
      @jturtle5318 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Jyoti has achondroplastic dwarfism, the most common type of dwarfism. It's genetic, but they aren't a subspecies like Homo Floresiensis.
      "The Mists of Avalon" includes "little people" who are part of the story.

    • @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko
      @AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for supporting your fellow Highland Clansmen MacLeod.........NOT! You betrayed us to the Sassunachs, and your TREACHERY will NEVER be forgotten!

    • @bikinglikebecker
      @bikinglikebecker 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@jturtle5318 erg sorry.. too many other triggers setting me off.. Thank you for sharing & expanding knowledge... is what I should have said... Enjoy your Summer!

    • @bikinglikebecker
      @bikinglikebecker 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko Well fellow Islander, please share on what you are talking about.. what treachery is it that you speak of?

  • @teresahopemiller1008
    @teresahopemiller1008 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful countryside, I am Irish English and German swiss. but my heart is irish. Soctland is beautiful as well. I drew the Edinburgh castle as a teen. If I had my health and money I go to the whole entire United Kingdom.I got to see it as a little girl. ( a wee lass ). I am visually impaired. My spouse loved the Blind school in Kent.

  • @jeanettecscott
    @jeanettecscott 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Hi Neil, I love watching your videos here, and fascinated by your conclusions or thoughts in relation to wildfires and also concerning I ran Khan, I was a huge fan in his cricketing career and follow his journey into politics with interest, I read his books, learned about his struggle to get healthcare for his mother with cancer and setting up a hospital and education centres and I have also been curious about his demise. What a sad world this is becoming. Stay strong please and keep up the very very valuable work you are doing here.

  • @Itried20takennames
    @Itried20takennames 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I played this for my Cairn Terrier…..great dogs.

  • @matthewpoplawski8740
    @matthewpoplawski8740 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Although Fyvie Castle wasn't mentioned, I two questions about it.
    #1- Is the sealed room still sealed up?
    #2- Have all the boundary stones been recovered?

  • @jarrodbarker5050
    @jarrodbarker5050 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As a human of Earth, I appreciate this.

  • @CynthiaNye.6005
    @CynthiaNye.6005 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What an enchanted tale and beautiful history lesson! I wish I was Scottish, but alas, Germany is in my bloodline. But my heart is not. However, my high school (in USA) were the Highlanders and we had pipers and dancers, so maybe that's a part of it... ❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇸🙌⛓️‍💥

  • @AAMARTCLUB
    @AAMARTCLUB 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My mother was a Mathieson from Dundee. I was told one of her predecessors was a Procurator Fiscal. Noted today that the current PF is Mathieson. Most of my mothers side were accountants business people or bookkeepers - like me.

  • @ToddMacLeodGoBlue
    @ToddMacLeodGoBlue 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    I adore this version of the "Skye Boat Song." Where can I find this version?

    • @ToddMacLeodGoBlue
      @ToddMacLeodGoBlue 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Found it. The Skye Boat Song used in this documentary: th-cam.com/video/6K2ZbMxewWc/w-d-xo.html

    • @skyemac8
      @skyemac8 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thanks!

  • @somethingdifferent5931
    @somethingdifferent5931 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Step into the heart of Scotland! Experience Ayr, a town steeped in history, vibrant culture, and stunning natural beauty. From ancient bridges to literary legends, Ayr's tale is captivating. Don't miss out on this journey through time. th-cam.com/video/hKFc5AsLEZ4/w-d-xo.html

  • @rneustel388
    @rneustel388 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    I’m very happy that my dna is 38% Scottish, beating out the 35% English. lol I really enjoyed this video and would love to hear more like it!

  • @susanmacdonald4288
    @susanmacdonald4288 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My grandfather was born in Thurso, but I've never been to Scotland. But I'd love to visit.

    • @GreatBritishChannel
      @GreatBritishChannel  7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You should visit one day. It's a beautiful country

    • @susanmacdonald4288
      @susanmacdonald4288 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@GreatBritishChannel I hope to some day! My mom, three brothers, and two sisters have all visited already.

  • @susanmorgan8833
    @susanmorgan8833 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    After James II, those in line for the throne were James' daughters Mary and Anne, and after them William of Orange. Mary who was the wife of William of Orange was offered the crown, but William and Mary became joint monarchs. It has been suggested (strongly) they became joint rulers due to William throwing a fit at the thought of his wife being his superior. It would appear that Mary II being a joint ruler and the daughter of James did not make up for her husband not being a Scot.

  • @laurac8659
    @laurac8659 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Great program ❤

  • @D5Universe
    @D5Universe 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I loved it!! ❤🎉 Soooooo intresting!! 🎉🎉

  • @228videos
    @228videos 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As Americans welcomed in Scotland ? I truly want to visit one day.

  • @lianefehrle9921
    @lianefehrle9921 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    13:21 there has been an expedition into the cave recently and they did find human bones inside a man made trench that could have attached to the castle above. I have not seen any update about those bones. One vertebrae was small like a child’s. There were animal bones as well.

  • @hayleyrichardson3343
    @hayleyrichardson3343 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    My great grandmother was Mary Murray x