I often make Faery stories on this channel and so I thought it would be good to make a video that helps better understand what these creatures are. I figure longer videos like this are also more enjoyable so I might make some other similar videos on certain other creatures. Big thanks to Tristram for his donation the other week, used it to buy a couple of good books with some great content which really help out with future vids. If you enjoy my content and would like to support my work, you can help me out via PayPal, which is much appreciated: www.paypal.me/dukeofavalon
One of my rusted friends, who used to live in a secluded house in the Norwegian woods, shared with me a fascinating story. He said that he and his family witnessed some tiny beings dancing joyfully around their pot of porridge on the stove. However, they soon realized that they had made a mistake. They had not turned on the heat and the porridge was still cold. Apparently, that’s how the small folk like it.
I always scoff when people claim Europeans have no stories left over as if we require outside stories for faith and culture. We don't have "a" book this is true, we have libraries.
Here in Ireland, you will often find what we call faery trees of bushes. These are groups of or even single trees that grow in the middle of an open field. Even today, many people (myself included) would never even think to damage or cut these trees down, for we believe that they are gathering places for faeries.
Thanks Duke. Here's a story for you: When I and my brother were small, I about five and he three, my brother was awakened one night by a weird buzzing noise. He says he looked around and saw a little man dancing on his headboard making the buzzing sound. Of course he screamed out and the little man, who he described as puppet- or marionette-like, disappeared, Many years later, reading a book on fairies, he read an entry about folks putting a bowl of milk on the doorstep to have the fairies sing their children to sleep. He remembered that the night he had 'that nightmare', a stray cat we had taken in had gone missing, and he had our mom put a dish of milk on the back step hoping for the cat to return. I remembered that as well, and also add that I had more than a couple 'nightmares' myself in that particular house. We live in the Southern US, but my mother's ancestry is English, Scots-Irish and Welsh, and our grandmother and her siblings experienced a couple of 'ghostly' experiences as well, that she related to us once upon a time.
Love your stories I do ... learned an amazing amount about fairies from this video .. Have loved fairie tales since childhood .. was given a book of fairie tales as a little girl .. slept with it at night .. as others might sleep with a stuffed animal or doll,, And yes I have a lovely fairie garden at home .. with flowers and herbs .. and windchimes .. and often I talk with them there .. Thank you for your beautiful videos .. they are much appreciated.. Btw .. your voice is achingly beautiful .. listening to you is entrancing⚘ Jen999💜💙
I had the great good fortune to see fairy lights. It was the middle of the night and I saw them at my bedroom window through the blinds. Beautiful and very gorgeous bright green and pink dancing lights. No explanation for them. I was amazed and ran outside to see what they were and they were gone as soon as I opened the front door. I will never forget it.
I'm pretty late with this one but I was always told as a child not to step in or break a toadstool or mushroom ring because as well as being leftover from a faery party it was a portal to the faery world, when we were children my friends and I used to try and trick each other into stepping in the faery ring and would tease that the faeries would take them away forever if they did. Nice video btw I really enjoyed this, I've been on a British folklore binge since my other half revealed he didn't know what a Brownie was.
I remember back when we were kids. There were always some trying to get others to do things which were known to antagonise the fae. I'm not sure what the threshold is for actually getting their attention. It probably varies. Or maybe it's only once, and then they bide their time, waiting and watching. Quite a surprise when they do turn up and drag you into Faerie though.
I saw a video by a medicine man called David Leeson from the Isle of Man ,he also is a medicine man on a pacific island.He talks about faeries and elves.They do exist in a way that is not earthly.
Thank you for this gorgeous overview of faery folklore. I can't believe I've only just discovered this channel! I can't wait to have a look through all of your wonderful videos.
I've just had my first visit to Northumberland and whilst looking into its history I found your channel.. I really enjoyed this video and I'll be listening to your others.
When I was little my granny has a filed with a faery ring in it, and we allways used to run down there and then back up to the wood to see if we can find them. Even to this day, that wood still unnerves me I'm not sure why. It's in a rlly pretty area of sommerset tho
Found your channel because I was curious about what material exists on TH-cam about the border reivers. You've gained a subscriber. I liked the way you narrated this as if Faeries are creature as real as cats or dogs or horses. Really added immersion to the discussion of the mythology.
I've always had an old square headed, wrought iron nail in my coat pocket... my Grandmother always told me to keep a bit of iron in my pocket when I'm travelling, to keep the Boggarts at bay - and the one time I didn't, I was hit by a falling tree! My wifelet dare not touch the nail... it just sits there, keeping me safe.
Have you read "on faerie stories" by Tolkien? Somewhat different to this video, and more akin to survive the jives interpretation, but nonetheless one of the best essays I've ever read
Agreed Frest, I read it (again) just recently, always rewarding. His short stories like "Smith of Wootton Major" are wonderful as well. Not to mention his translations like the medieval poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", which fits his criteria for fairy/faërie-stories beautifully.
They are dangerous because they are not like us, they live by different rules. Many things and beings are dangerous but still beautiful. Respect. Relocating the foundations of a church, though, that sounds like a kindness.
it is important what youre doing, our folklore is deep and intresting, but most of the people in britan at this time are setting forests alight for there entertainment, disrespecting ancient monuments, and genarally beying stupid, but by keeping this ancient folklore alive we can hopefully tell the next genaration storys of our ancestors and how superstisous they were
Those disrespecters of nature don't believe, so they have no defence against the unseelie. They are puppets, carrying out the work of the dark fae. They can only go so far, before they are into territory that humans can't endure. A tipping point is always reached eventually, when society begins turning back to rational behaviour again. By rational, I mean accepting the possibility of things beyond their understanding. By rational, I do not mean dogmatically rejecting unusual ideas without any evidence.
Noticed that you replied to that "loved it" comment, Duke. Be careful with that, quite a few bot/scam channels are coming up with comments like that, can result in hacking, it's been exposed by a few channels on TH-cam (it's the same as the "wanna be friends" comments which are popping up everywhere, look it up). Just thought I'd let you know. Thanks for the video anyway, great.
@@TheJollyReiver good to hear, an easy way to spot it is clicking on their channel and being re-directed to some dubious uploads (normally gaming, with a fair few views) from another channel.
Funny how none of the European faeries came over to the US. We just don't have these kinds of encounters, but we can hook you up with a variety of monsters and aliens.
Oh, I don't know if that's all true. I've read that the tales of the knockers or tommyknockers followed the Cornish & Welsh boys over when they came to America to work, especially in the mines of Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, & Nevada. They'd go on to become a part of American miner folklore because of this. I recently heard a tale at the end of an episode (it may have been the 2024 Halloween episode) on the YT channel called Reports of Paranormal Events (aka R.O.P.E.) of a man, perhaps an Irishman, who aided the American effort during the Revolutionary War. He would walk down by an old mill that was said to be haunted by a banshee. He ignored the local warnings because he believed that because his soul/conscience was pure, she would not harm him. And she didn't. But, he one day heard locals talking about how there was a group of British soldiers nearby looking for him. Again, he ignored their warnings & took his walk by the mill. Unfortunately, he came across the soldiers. He tried to escape them by holding up in the mill, but they got in. The man told them that if they killed him, then the banshee who haunted that place would surely kill them. The soldiers hesitated for a few moments to consider his wild claim but ended his life right there just the same. However, after they did so, they began to hear noises in the bushes that surrounded the mill. They saw... something... passing between the trees out in the darkness. The British men became spooked, frightened even, & attempted to themselves hold up within the old mill where the body of the man they had just killed still lay. If they could just make it until daybreak... But, then they all heard a terrible, shrieking cry split through the air inside the mill. Startling at the sudden sound, they jumped & reeled 'round with ringing ears to witness the last thing that their living eyes would ever behold; the apparition of the banshee in her horrid glory as she swiftly advanced to claim them. Anyway, that was my awful job at trying to paraphrase the tale, I'm sure there were many details left out & things that I got wrong, so I encourage you to check the story out for yourself! But, there are many tellings of situations where faeries & other such entities have followed a person, family, culture, or people across the sea & apparently stayed in America. There are also those who seem to have counterparts in the indigenous tribal cultures that are so similar in description to those of fae, spirits, or entities from the homelands of those who came to North America to live, that there was seen no reason or need to distinguish them as two separate types of beings, & when the when the natives used their word for them, the settlers simply associated it with the beings that they knew of from their motherland. And of course, there is a belief or some might even say a hypothesis that these beings may potentially exist objectively & can choose to travel or pop in to any part of our physical world that they wish to. This may mean that the cultural differences claimed to exist between those mentioned in the folklore of different peoples could be nothing more than a matter of viewing them with human eyes & brains, through perceptual lenses that are tinted with various cultural ideas or, it may simply be intentionally done by the fae as an amusement to them.
Great video, alot of effort went into this! Have you ever read Andy Pacioraks book "Strange Lands" its a really cool art book about the different types of fayes that inhabit the "otherworld" That St Matthews church example is interesting, there's a tale down here about St Michaels church of Bray which was attacked by devils to prevent its construction. You know I tried to find the "the luck of Eden hall " at the V + A because I remember reading about it in a church in Edenhall, Cumbria. Couldn't find it anywhere in the museum though which was annoying.
Are there any legends connecting fairies to horses or the spirit of horses? I was raised around my parents trotters, and I often felt a spiritual process taking place. I had to learn the discipline of sitting quietly to access this. 👍👍 Thanks!
One of your videos was recommended to me and I subscribed and decided to watch all of your content. I sorted by oldest which apparently is this one, but you mentioned you have some older videos. I enjoyed this one and wish I could watch your earlier videos too. Is it possible to still watch them? Also, your channel page states you have 47 videos in total but I counted 42. 😅
Danny M Martin Carthy, the godfather of the British folk revival. He taught that song to Bob Dylan and Paul Simon - Simon never credited him for his and Garfunkel’s version of it, despite making millions on it, I’m sure.
What i dont get is nobody has any actual photos or videos, I mean you'd think people would try set up some cameras to capture some footage :) where would we be able to see these faires in uk?
beautiful work Duke. I've been to see the fairy flag of Dunvegan (it's pronounced as 'dun vay gan' in our accent though) Have you seen it yourself? Can I send you a couple of books Duke? I have some that you will absolutely love.
Afraid I’ve not been mate. I’d love to though, there’s a lot of stuff I want to see on Skye. I’ve been to other islands but not the most famous one ha. Will have to go soon. And sounds great mate, what books are they? but I’m not really all that comfortable giving out my address to over the internet to be totally honest
@@TheJollyReiver I used to live in the highlands, and worked for a while in Skye, so I know some really amazing places there. If you ever get up there, let me know and i'll tell you some hidden gems to visit. there's a book of local legends in Skye by a local woman called Otta Swire. I've got a couple of books of Irish folk tales, but I understand you man. If there's an alternative address I can send them to? Otherwise, I have family in Co Durham who I can send them to and you can collect.
Peat Fire I will do mate. I’m planning a trip there in the next year. And sounds great mate, that’s really nice if you, send me an email at dukeofavalon1997@gmail.com and I’ll send ya an address
The stories of changeling are told in other parts of Europe- where I grew up the were tales of 'odmieńce' babies left in place of human children. One of the theories behind the legends of changelings or odmieńce is that autism in children was the cause of many such cases.
Ah, so I don't need to tell the full tale as you already have. Yes, the indicators of a changeling surprisingly closely mirror the actual diagnostic criteria. Several of the deterrents mentioned, or at least the ones that I recognized, are likely just sensory assaults. What is perhaps most curious is how many normal fae characteristics happen to be shared with us on the spectrum. The current discussion surrounding autism also still possesses shades of the changeling stories of old in how parents try desperately to get back the child that was stolen from them, but in fact never existed to begin with. They've simply switched to a new scapegoat.
A lot of autistic folk find it far easier to connect with the fae, so that makes sense. It is not a requirement though. A changeling can pass through life for decades with very little suspicion. My mother did admittedly tell the doctor that she suspected I might be autistic when I was a baby, but the doctor told her there was nothing to worry about. After that, the concern was dropped. All people could really be certain of, is that I might be a bit odd.
I'll speak no absolutes, but many aspects of dense cities can be quite hostile to faeries. It shouldn't be impossible to find one, but you might have a better chance looking elsewhere.
This reminds me of an Ep of the TV show (Poltergeist, the legacy) i don't know if you! Know about it or not, but in one Ep the legacy group were being attacked by a clan of evil scottish fairies.
Hello! You said the fairies and lore are out of Briton. Did you mean Briton proper or the British Isles to include Scotland and Wales? Thanks so much for your channel! My folks came to what would be America in the 17th century. I hope to visit your fair country someday soon!
When it comes to Faery lore, people here typically mean the entire British isles. Most of the interesting stories are in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, which has affiliation through Northern Ireland. The problem with England is that a lot of it has been so over industrialised, that a great deal of the landscape has given way to the human world. Particularly in those areas closer to London. Mind you, I've spent most of my time in the South of England, and I've had no difficulty connecting with Faerie. The SouthWest is good. Glastonbury is an obvious centre of interest. There are a variety of thin places still left here. The fae themselves don't really have much respect for human political boundaries. Land masses may have a particular flavour, but it can't be divided up by lines on a map. Britain seems to have a lot of similarities with Scandinavia. As the land stretches out through Europe, the flavour changes a lot.
Good Morning. Доброе утро. Д. Дерево наверно значит около = 200 лет. Доброго солнца восхода. Дерева и морей. More.Море.Великобритания омывается Северным, Ирландским, Кельтским и Гебридским морями. Инсайт.англ. insight может русское муж-инстинкт. Жен-интуиция. Изучаю - Британская фолк-наука.Husband-instinct.My woman's intuition is telling me something.
I often make Faery stories on this channel and so I thought it would be good to make a video that helps better understand what these creatures are. I figure longer videos like this are also more enjoyable so I might make some other similar videos on certain other creatures. Big thanks to Tristram for his donation the other week, used it to buy a couple of good books with some great content which really help out with future vids. If you enjoy my content and would like to support my work, you can help me out via PayPal, which is much appreciated: www.paypal.me/dukeofavalon
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One of my rusted friends, who used to live in a secluded house in the Norwegian woods, shared with me a fascinating story. He said that he and his family witnessed some tiny beings dancing joyfully around their pot of porridge on the stove. However, they soon realized that they had made a mistake. They had not turned on the heat and the porridge was still cold. Apparently, that’s how the small folk like it.
That's interesting. I almost always have my oats cold, and I have been demonstrably away with the faeries for years now.
rusted!? what’s a rusted friend? what the heck word did he actually mean? it’s on the tip o’ me tongue. ah, yes - rustic! :) 🪵🌲🪻🌱
@@feralbluee trusted norwegian autocorrext 🙂
I always scoff when people claim Europeans have no stories left over as if we require outside stories for faith and culture. We don't have "a" book this is true, we have libraries.
Well said
100% correct!
The Antlered One It is because our culture is so normal. The clothes we wear today stem from Europe. The slang, the mythical creatures...
@@carpediem.u7615 can't see the forest for the trees yep
Well stated.🌷
I think fairies are derived from pagan beliefs about spirits of the dead. Akin to Alfar in Norse religion
I think you are correct.
Oh cool I didn’t know you watched this channel. Love the videos. I’m planning on studying Indo-Europeans at university thanks to your videos
+Survive the Jive Thanks for sharing this video mate. Finally getting some views on this channel ha
@Carmicha3l right or wrong they originate from pagan beliefs.
I think they are the spirits of the field, forest, perhaps bodies of water. Spirits of the dead doesn't feel right.
Here in Ireland, you will often find what we call faery trees of bushes. These are groups of or even single trees that grow in the middle of an open field. Even today, many people (myself included) would never even think to damage or cut these trees down, for we believe that they are gathering places for faeries.
You diverted a motorway because of it too lol.
Thanks Duke. Here's a story for you:
When I and my brother were small, I about five and he three, my brother was awakened one night by a weird buzzing noise. He says he looked around and saw a little man dancing on his headboard making the buzzing sound. Of course he screamed out and the little man, who he described as puppet- or marionette-like, disappeared, Many years later, reading a book on fairies, he read an entry about folks putting a bowl of milk on the doorstep to have the fairies sing their children to sleep. He remembered that the night he had 'that nightmare', a stray cat we had taken in had gone missing, and he had our mom put a dish of milk on the back step hoping for the cat to return. I remembered that as well, and also add that I had more than a couple 'nightmares' myself in that particular house.
We live in the Southern US, but my mother's ancestry is English, Scots-Irish and Welsh, and our grandmother and her siblings experienced a couple of 'ghostly' experiences as well, that she related to us once upon a time.
Great comment mate, thanks for sharing :-)
English,Scott,Welsh Irish yay me the same🙂
what stories did your grandmother relate? Thank you
Love your stories I do ... learned an amazing amount about fairies from this video ..
Have loved fairie tales since childhood .. was given a book of fairie tales as a little girl .. slept with it at night .. as others might sleep with a stuffed animal or doll,,
And yes I have a lovely fairie garden at home .. with flowers and herbs .. and windchimes .. and often I talk with them there ..
Thank you for your beautiful videos .. they are much appreciated..
Btw .. your voice is achingly beautiful .. listening to you is entrancing⚘
Jen999💜💙
Survive the jive sent me.
I had the great good fortune to see fairy lights. It was the middle of the night and I saw them at my bedroom window through the blinds. Beautiful and very gorgeous bright green and pink dancing lights. No explanation for them. I was amazed and ran outside to see what they were and they were gone as soon as I opened the front door. I will never forget it.
Wait, Is it real ?
I have greatly enjoyed all your work. But I especially loved this one... thank you!
My pleasure :-)
I'm pretty late with this one but I was always told as a child not to step in or break a toadstool or mushroom ring because as well as being leftover from a faery party it was a portal to the faery world, when we were children my friends and I used to try and trick each other into stepping in the faery ring and would tease that the faeries would take them away forever if they did.
Nice video btw I really enjoyed this, I've been on a British folklore binge since my other half revealed he didn't know what a Brownie was.
I remember back when we were kids. There were always some trying to get others to do things which were known to antagonise the fae. I'm not sure what the threshold is for actually getting their attention. It probably varies. Or maybe it's only once, and then they bide their time, waiting and watching. Quite a surprise when they do turn up and drag you into Faerie though.
I saw a video by a medicine man called David Leeson from the Isle of Man ,he also is a medicine man on a pacific island.He talks about faeries and elves.They do exist in a way that is not earthly.
So happy to have stumbled upon your channel, it's WONDERFUL! Thank you, beautiful work.🧚♀️
Glad you’re enjoying!
Thank you for this gorgeous overview of faery folklore. I can't believe I've only just discovered this channel! I can't wait to have a look through all of your wonderful videos.
I've just had my first visit to Northumberland and whilst looking into its history I found your channel.. I really enjoyed this video and I'll be listening to your others.
I am always soothed and calmed by your narration thank you the Duke of Reiver ❤
Your strories helped me to some real though times ..it was realy calming..in the time that i was very ill,thanks for that !
very well done...love the accompanying art work
When I was little my granny has a filed with a faery ring in it, and we allways used to run down there and then back up to the wood to see if we can find them. Even to this day, that wood still unnerves me I'm not sure why. It's in a rlly pretty area of sommerset tho
Found your channel because I was curious about what material exists on TH-cam about the border reivers. You've gained a subscriber. I liked the way you narrated this as if Faeries are creature as real as cats or dogs or horses. Really added immersion to the discussion of the mythology.
Thank you so much, this is absolutely wonderful, i am delighted to have discovered your channel.
I've always had an old square headed, wrought iron nail in my coat pocket... my Grandmother always told me to keep a bit of iron in my pocket when I'm travelling, to keep the Boggarts at bay - and the one time I didn't, I was hit by a falling tree! My wifelet dare not touch the nail... it just sits there, keeping me safe.
Have you read "on faerie stories" by Tolkien? Somewhat different to this video, and more akin to survive the jives interpretation, but nonetheless one of the best essays I've ever read
Afraid I haven’t mate
Agreed Frest, I read it (again) just recently, always rewarding. His short stories like "Smith of Wootton Major" are wonderful as well. Not to mention his translations like the medieval poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight", which fits his criteria for fairy/faërie-stories beautifully.
Ah I love Survive the Jive
The British belief in fairies is very similar to the irish sídhe
the Sidhe and S'ith and Faery folk are all intertwined friend
Brilliant I find it fascinating folklore and superstitions , great video !
They are dangerous because they are not like us, they live by different rules. Many things and beings are dangerous but still beautiful. Respect. Relocating the foundations of a church, though, that sounds like a kindness.
Very interesting, I've always enjoyed learning about Scottish and Irish fairies and folklore, I have both Irish and Scottish blood.
it is important what youre doing, our folklore is deep and intresting, but most of the people in britan at this time are setting forests alight for there entertainment, disrespecting ancient monuments, and genarally beying stupid, but by keeping this ancient folklore alive we can hopefully tell the next genaration storys of our ancestors and how superstisous they were
Those disrespecters of nature don't believe, so they have no defence against the unseelie. They are puppets, carrying out the work of the dark fae. They can only go so far, before they are into territory that humans can't endure. A tipping point is always reached eventually, when society begins turning back to rational behaviour again. By rational, I mean accepting the possibility of things beyond their understanding. By rational, I do not mean dogmatically rejecting unusual ideas without any evidence.
i love the drawings you use. perfect faery tale pictures. :) 🌷🪻🌱
You acquires a new subscript , greetings from Bolivia
Noticed that you replied to that "loved it" comment, Duke. Be careful with that, quite a few bot/scam channels are coming up with comments like that, can result in hacking, it's been exposed by a few channels on TH-cam (it's the same as the "wanna be friends" comments which are popping up everywhere, look it up). Just thought I'd let you know.
Thanks for the video anyway, great.
Cheers for the heads up mate. Blocked and removed them.
@@TheJollyReiver good to hear, an easy way to spot it is clicking on their channel and being re-directed to some dubious uploads (normally gaming, with a fair few views) from another channel.
@Evocati yeah seems weird as I often comment "loved it cheers" etc just to boost the video
Have you noticed the "crushed head" on about 9.47 on this film? I often see heads and faces in rock formations.
Funny how none of the European faeries came over to the US. We just don't have these kinds of encounters, but we can hook you up with a variety of monsters and aliens.
Hey, nobody does UFOs the way we do!
Oh, I don't know if that's all true.
I've read that the tales of the knockers or tommyknockers followed the Cornish & Welsh boys over when they came to America to work, especially in the mines of Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, & Nevada.
They'd go on to become a part of American miner folklore because of this.
I recently heard a tale at the end of an episode (it may have been the 2024 Halloween episode) on the YT channel called Reports of Paranormal Events (aka R.O.P.E.) of a man, perhaps an Irishman, who aided the American effort during the Revolutionary War. He would walk down by an old mill that was said to be haunted by a banshee. He ignored the local warnings because he believed that because his soul/conscience was pure, she would not harm him. And she didn't. But, he one day heard locals talking about how there was a group of British soldiers nearby looking for him. Again, he ignored their warnings & took his walk by the mill.
Unfortunately, he came across the soldiers. He tried to escape them by holding up in the mill, but they got in. The man told them that if they killed him, then the banshee who haunted that place would surely kill them. The soldiers hesitated for a few moments to consider his wild claim but ended his life right there just the same.
However, after they did so, they began to hear noises in the bushes that surrounded the mill. They saw... something... passing between the trees out in the darkness. The British men became spooked, frightened even, & attempted to themselves hold up within the old mill where the body of the man they had just killed still lay. If they could just make it until daybreak...
But, then they all heard a terrible, shrieking cry split through the air inside the mill.
Startling at the sudden sound, they jumped & reeled 'round with ringing ears to witness the last thing that their living eyes would ever behold;
the apparition of the banshee in her horrid glory as she swiftly advanced to claim them.
Anyway, that was my awful job at trying to paraphrase the tale, I'm sure there were many details left out & things that I got wrong, so I encourage you to check the story out for yourself!
But, there are many tellings of situations where faeries & other such entities have followed a person, family, culture, or people across the sea & apparently stayed in America.
There are also those who seem to have counterparts in the indigenous tribal cultures that are so similar in description to those of fae, spirits, or entities from the homelands of those who came to North America to live, that there was seen no reason or need to distinguish them as two separate types of beings, & when the when the natives used their word for them, the settlers simply associated it with the beings that they knew of from their motherland.
And of course, there is a belief or some might even say a hypothesis that these beings may potentially exist objectively & can choose to travel or pop in to any part of our physical world that they wish to. This may mean that the cultural differences claimed to exist between those mentioned in the folklore of different peoples could be nothing more than a matter of viewing them with human eyes & brains, through perceptual lenses that are tinted with various cultural ideas or, it may simply be intentionally done by the fae as an amusement to them.
Great video, and so very well done. I hooe you make more like this.
Thank you :-)
Great video! You clearly put a lot of effort into it
BEAUTIFUL. 💚
Nice use of the word "reality"... and excellent video as usual.
Cheers mate
You have the voice of a North easterly fellow, it fits the tone well
Great video!
Really good. Thanks!
we always had a horse shoe nailed over the door to keep us safe
So crazy because my grandfather hung a horseshoe up outside the house and we had a huge black iron bell he would ring everyday
Great video, alot of effort went into this! Have you ever read Andy Pacioraks book "Strange Lands" its a really cool art book about the different types of fayes that inhabit the "otherworld" That St Matthews church example is interesting, there's a tale down here about St Michaels church of Bray which was attacked by devils to prevent its construction. You know I tried to find the "the luck of Eden hall " at the V + A because I remember reading about it in a church in Edenhall, Cumbria. Couldn't find it anywhere in the museum though which was annoying.
No I can’t say I have but it sounds really good! I’ll have to look into it. That’s a shame about the cup tho!
Are there any legends connecting fairies to horses or the spirit of horses? I was raised around my parents trotters, and I often felt a spiritual process taking place. I had to learn the discipline of sitting quietly to access this.
👍👍 Thanks!
I'm sure there are but just can't call to mind any right now but I'll get back to you.
I seem to remember that the horse spirit is Epona , but I might have just dreamed that.😊
Sorry to go on , look at Rhiannon in the mabinogion too she's a horse maiden
Water kelpie, cabbyl ushtey, and dunnie
Now I'm not sure if these are strictly fairies, but they are horse beings.
Fight the fairies, Sam!
I m new to your channel and really liked this video. Could you please supply references as to the artworks and illustrations? Thanks
A lot of the artwork was by Arthur Rackham.
my mum stood in a fairy ring and wished for a baby.
Then I was born.
One of your videos was recommended to me and I subscribed and decided to watch all of your content. I sorted by oldest which apparently is this one, but you mentioned you have some older videos. I enjoyed this one and wish I could watch your earlier videos too. Is it possible to still watch them? Also, your channel page states you have 47 videos in total but I counted 42. 😅
Where do you get your introduction music, because it has a really nice sound.
It’s called Scarborough Fair, there’s some good covers of it on TH-cam :-)
Parsley, sage Rosemary and thyme. Beautiful, beautiful song.
Danny M Martin Carthy, the godfather of the British folk revival. He taught that song to Bob Dylan and Paul Simon - Simon never credited him for his and Garfunkel’s version of it, despite making millions on it, I’m sure.
@@TheJollyReiver Roger Whittaker does a great version, and Sergio Mendes, non traditional but......
@@TheJollyReiver Wow thanks duke.
What i dont get is nobody has any actual photos or videos, I mean you'd think people would try set up some cameras to capture some footage :) where would we be able to see these faires in uk?
Fairies are hard to find mainly because of their private and secretive nature, they're not known to be very trusting of humans either.
beautiful work Duke. I've been to see the fairy flag of Dunvegan (it's pronounced as 'dun vay gan' in our accent though) Have you seen it yourself? Can I send you a couple of books Duke? I have some that you will absolutely love.
Afraid I’ve not been mate. I’d love to though, there’s a lot of stuff I want to see on Skye. I’ve been to other islands but not the most famous one ha. Will have to go soon.
And sounds great mate, what books are they? but I’m not really all that comfortable giving out my address to over the internet to be totally honest
@@TheJollyReiver I used to live in the highlands, and worked for a while in Skye, so I know some really amazing places there. If you ever get up there, let me know and i'll tell you some hidden gems to visit. there's a book of local legends in Skye by a local woman called Otta Swire. I've got a couple of books of Irish folk tales, but I understand you man. If there's an alternative address I can send them to? Otherwise, I have family in Co Durham who I can send them to and you can collect.
Peat Fire I will do mate. I’m planning a trip there in the next year. And sounds great mate, that’s really nice if you, send me an email at dukeofavalon1997@gmail.com and I’ll send ya an address
good stuff
The stories of changeling are told in other parts of Europe- where I grew up the were tales of 'odmieńce' babies left in place of human children. One of the theories behind the legends of changelings or odmieńce is that autism in children was the cause of many such cases.
Ah, so I don't need to tell the full tale as you already have. Yes, the indicators of a changeling surprisingly closely mirror the actual diagnostic criteria. Several of the deterrents mentioned, or at least the ones that I recognized, are likely just sensory assaults. What is perhaps most curious is how many normal fae characteristics happen to be shared with us on the spectrum. The current discussion surrounding autism also still possesses shades of the changeling stories of old in how parents try desperately to get back the child that was stolen from them, but in fact never existed to begin with. They've simply switched to a new scapegoat.
A lot of autistic folk find it far easier to connect with the fae, so that makes sense. It is not a requirement though. A changeling can pass through life for decades with very little suspicion. My mother did admittedly tell the doctor that she suspected I might be autistic when I was a baby, but the doctor told her there was nothing to worry about. After that, the concern was dropped. All people could really be certain of, is that I might be a bit odd.
They did't show themselves to city folk.
Very true
I've seen one and I'm from the city.
I'll speak no absolutes, but many aspects of dense cities can be quite hostile to faeries. It shouldn't be impossible to find one, but you might have a better chance looking elsewhere.
You have My Attention.
"fairies have sabotaged churches and move their foundations".. Nope, that was all Varg
One for The Elfinkind.. 🌟👍
This reminds me of an Ep of the TV show (Poltergeist, the legacy) i don't know if you! Know about it or not, but in one Ep the legacy group were being attacked by a clan of evil scottish fairies.
HOT DAMN! I found it, it's S2,Ep3, Lights out.
Hi what is the song at the start?
Psilocybe and amanita muscaria may cover some of the people mentioned
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Hello! You said the fairies and lore are out of Briton. Did you mean Briton proper or the British Isles to include Scotland and Wales? Thanks so much for your channel! My folks came to what would be America in the 17th century. I hope to visit your fair country someday soon!
When it comes to Faery lore, people here typically mean the entire British isles. Most of the interesting stories are in Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, which has affiliation through Northern Ireland. The problem with England is that a lot of it has been so over industrialised, that a great deal of the landscape has given way to the human world. Particularly in those areas closer to London. Mind you, I've spent most of my time in the South of England, and I've had no difficulty connecting with Faerie. The SouthWest is good. Glastonbury is an obvious centre of interest. There are a variety of thin places still left here. The fae themselves don't really have much respect for human political boundaries. Land masses may have a particular flavour, but it can't be divided up by lines on a map. Britain seems to have a lot of similarities with Scandinavia. As the land stretches out through Europe, the flavour changes a lot.
You would have thought that they would have made their cribs and doors out of rowan wood if they feared fairy folk stealing their children
I love it ❤
Beautiful but the Irish 'Tuath a danan' (sp) scurrilous shamens x
What tree are you referring to when you say, "The Round Tree" Exactly?
Rowan Tree, not round
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Fairy comes from the Persian word Pari
It actually comes from the French word for "fated", this was due to the old belief that encountering them was an ill omen.
@@isobelduncan Actually a corruption of Fair Folk.