What a great video! Perfect blend of research and storytelling! I was going to listen on the way to work this past week, but decided to wait so I could see the locations and visuals, and was glad I did. I ended up watching at home during a thunderstorm, just the right atmosphere :). Fantastic work!!
I was actually at work on nightshift in a care home when a colleague gasped as we were sitting having a cup of tea in the lounge after finishing our chores "Oh my god I've just seen a black dog walk past the doorway!" she cried. We jumped up and hunted the building high and low for the black dog, baffled as to how the animal had got in the building, finding nothing. A week later the colleague's father passed away. She understood the vision of the black dog as a warning of this event, even though this old spectre of folklore is little spoken of nowadays in County Durham - it's like people still understand what seeing him means, even though his original tales have long been forgotten.
Just to add another little note - I have a theory as to why so many cultures have deities linked to death and the underworld with either canine features or canine companions. On studying the habits of early humans it seems many would try to place their dead in particular caves or other natural apertures in the earth which were designated for such use. These locations would likely have been the frequent haunt of wild canines looking for food, who would then "process" these bodies. Thus the wild dog, wolf, jackal etc becomes the agent of transition into the subterranean underworld or afterlife. My guess is that the likes of Woden's wolves, Hel's Garm, Anubis and Wepwawet of Egypt etc have extremely primordial roots, deeply embedded figures in the homo sapien psyche as creatures linked to death and transition. The fact that canines appear to be very sensitive to spirit presences is another possible reason of course - just thinking aloud here as I always like to try and understand the roots of things!
What a great video! Perfect blend of research and storytelling! I was going to listen on the way to work this past week, but decided to wait so I could see the locations and visuals, and was glad I did. I ended up watching at home during a thunderstorm, just the right atmosphere :). Fantastic work!!
This is a great video. Thanks, and i hope your life is goig well!
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I was actually at work on nightshift in a care home when a colleague gasped as we were sitting having a cup of tea in the lounge after finishing our chores "Oh my god I've just seen a black dog walk past the doorway!" she cried. We jumped up and hunted the building high and low for the black dog, baffled as to how the animal had got in the building, finding nothing. A week later the colleague's father passed away. She understood the vision of the black dog as a warning of this event, even though this old spectre of folklore is little spoken of nowadays in County Durham - it's like people still understand what seeing him means, even though his original tales have long been forgotten.
Spooky subject beautifully filmed. Loved the content, the artwork, the music. Great information linked together by a dedicated researcher.
Thank you
Thank you. Really glad you enjoyed it. ❤
Will you be doing any more? I would love to find out about the different spirits, elves, fairies etc of east anglia
Just to add another little note - I have a theory as to why so many cultures have deities linked to death and the underworld with either canine features or canine companions. On studying the habits of early humans it seems many would try to place their dead in particular caves or other natural apertures in the earth which were designated for such use. These locations would likely have been the frequent haunt of wild canines looking for food, who would then "process" these bodies. Thus the wild dog, wolf, jackal etc becomes the agent of transition into the subterranean underworld or afterlife. My guess is that the likes of Woden's wolves, Hel's Garm, Anubis and Wepwawet of Egypt etc have extremely primordial roots, deeply embedded figures in the homo sapien psyche as creatures linked to death and transition. The fact that canines appear to be very sensitive to spirit presences is another possible reason of course - just thinking aloud here as I always like to try and understand the roots of things!