Everyone like: Cu Chulainn this, Fionn mac Cumhail that. But no one ever realizes that the reign of The Fomori only ended because of Cian mac Cainte's rizz.
Well this was a fun ole video, two absolute Irish Legends from the Ulster & Fenian cycles going toe to toe for a subjective comparative laugh, was really expecting Cuchulainn to win mostly because he seems to be more well known among average Irish folk nowadays and seems to have more statues/locations in his name etc I personally enjoy both characters for many different reasons across their fascinating journeys but always prefered Fionn MacCumhaill that little bit more overall. Happy to see my ancestor win this one haha.🌳 Go raibh maith agat for sharing good sir.⚔️🌅🍀
Thank you so much for watching and for the thoughtful comment. And truth be told in the first iteration of this battle (a blog post) I had Cú Chulainn winning!
@@irishmyths I thought that might of been the case haha, so much of it really comes down to perspectives an personal preference. Keep up the great videos always enjoy seeing them in my feed.⚔️🌅🍀
I am *such* a fan of your channel! Before I even watch, I'm 5 videos in and I wanted to say thank you. I have been in a huge religious crisis recently, and trying to piece together my own spirituality through my ancestry feels extremely confusing as an Irish descendant (esp. being 4th gen American by now). I get overwhelmed around details and consistency in lore/mythos, but you make it all super easy to grasp and take notes on. Sláinte from the states!
Another thing about Cu Chulainn's death, he made two vows - first that he would never refuse a meal from a host and second that he would never eat dog meat. So of course his enemies tricked him and offered him a meal of dog meat, forcing him to break a vow which in turn weakened his spirit and made him more vulnerable when he went to face his final battle.
I had never heard this part of the story before! Thanks so much for sharing, definitely adds another layer to the narrative, tying his death back to his "birth" as a hero (when he kills Culann’s hound). Brilliant storytelling
@@irishmyths I may be slightly mistaken only in that the never rejecting a meal is never rejecting a meal from a woman so a version of the story goes that it's an old crone who tricks him into eating dog meat. Also, just in case you ever have to say it again, "sliotar" is pronounced "slitter"
Fionn didn't just have to suck his thumb to get the knowledge. He had to chew down to the marrow to acquire the knowledge he needed when It was called for
Yup I've read that in some iterations of the tale. But, for example, in Kuno Meyer’s translation of the Mac-gnimartha Finn (The Boyish Exploits of Finn) it just says the following: ”...whenever he put his thumb into his mouth and sang through teinm láida, then whatever he had been ignorant of would be revealed to him.” celt.ucc.ie/published/T303023.html
while i very much enjoy what you're doing and love the quality of your videos, i would recommend you learn how to properly pronounce some of the name of groups/characters/irish words (sliotar [slitter], Fianna [fee anna {not Fee awna}, Nuada [Nooda] etc) for example.
I read Finn came off the horse and he became an old man I thought Oisin was his father but I love BRIAN BURU WAS REAL HE GOT KILLED IN HIS TENT BY THE VIKINGS HE WAS 65 THE VIKING STOLE IRISH WOMEN BROUGHT THEM TO ICELAND ID LIKE A STORY ON THAT THEY ARE NOW ICELLANDDERS THERE LANGUAGE IS FUNNY
Everyone like: Cu Chulainn this, Fionn mac Cumhail that. But no one ever realizes that the reign of The Fomori only ended because of Cian mac Cainte's rizz.
Well this was a fun ole video, two absolute Irish Legends from the Ulster & Fenian cycles going toe to toe for a subjective comparative laugh, was really expecting Cuchulainn to win mostly because he seems to be more well known among average Irish folk nowadays and seems to have more statues/locations in his name etc I personally enjoy both characters for many different reasons across their fascinating journeys but always prefered Fionn MacCumhaill that little bit more overall. Happy to see my ancestor win this one haha.🌳 Go raibh maith agat for sharing good sir.⚔️🌅🍀
Thank you so much for watching and for the thoughtful comment. And truth be told in the first iteration of this battle (a blog post) I had Cú Chulainn winning!
@@irishmyths I thought that might of been the case haha, so much of it really comes down to perspectives an personal preference. Keep up the great videos always enjoy seeing them in my feed.⚔️🌅🍀
A 30-minute episode from you, we are spoilt - another highly entertaining installment
Thank you so much for the kind words! This one took me a while!
Everyone thinks the whole throwing with your foot thing is silly but I always took it as him drop kicking the spear witch I think is awesome
🤣🤣🤣
I am *such* a fan of your channel! Before I even watch, I'm 5 videos in and I wanted to say thank you.
I have been in a huge religious crisis recently, and trying to piece together my own spirituality through my ancestry feels extremely confusing as an Irish descendant (esp. being 4th gen American by now). I get overwhelmed around details and consistency in lore/mythos, but you make it all super easy to grasp and take notes on.
Sláinte from the states!
I love how leag,s job is to mock and ridicule cu culainn into a rage . To this day that’s the main duty of an Irishman’s closest friends .
Great video ! Are some of the images used here A.I. generated ?
Almost all of them were dude 😂
@@pineappleman7914 there is quite a few when I look now 🤣
For litterally thousands of years chefs have been doing the old thumb trick to make sure the meat is fully cooked
Another thing about Cu Chulainn's death, he made two vows - first that he would never refuse a meal from a host and second that he would never eat dog meat. So of course his enemies tricked him and offered him a meal of dog meat, forcing him to break a vow which in turn weakened his spirit and made him more vulnerable when he went to face his final battle.
I had never heard this part of the story before! Thanks so much for sharing, definitely adds another layer to the narrative, tying his death back to his "birth" as a hero (when he kills Culann’s hound). Brilliant storytelling
@@irishmyths I may be slightly mistaken only in that the never rejecting a meal is never rejecting a meal from a woman so a version of the story goes that it's an old crone who tricks him into eating dog meat.
Also, just in case you ever have to say it again, "sliotar" is pronounced "slitter"
Fionn didn't just have to suck his thumb to get the knowledge. He had to chew down to the marrow to acquire the knowledge he needed when It was called for
Yup I've read that in some iterations of the tale. But, for example, in Kuno Meyer’s translation of the Mac-gnimartha Finn (The Boyish Exploits of Finn) it just says the following:
”...whenever he put his thumb into his mouth and sang through teinm láida, then whatever he had been ignorant of would be revealed to him.”
celt.ucc.ie/published/T303023.html
It sounds to me like they need to make a dynasty warriors of Celtic and Irish myth. I think that would be pretty badass!
One has a mural on a taxi service. One has a hockey team. We know who Belfast City Council chose
Fionn! (He's one of my mother's ancestors... she's a Fionn lol)
Can you tell me what you think about the show From
Cu chulainn Offcourse because my name is Cullen 😅
23:48 I can't believe this works
while i very much enjoy what you're doing and love the quality of your videos, i would recommend you learn how to properly pronounce some of the name of groups/characters/irish words (sliotar [slitter], Fianna [fee anna {not Fee awna}, Nuada [Nooda] etc) for example.
And Emer is pronounced "ee-mer" with the "mer" part pronounced the same as mermaid. That one hurt! She's not a Middle Eastern ruler!
Who is the poet. Or architect. Of these stories. Setanta always wins btw
Great stories. And it's pronounced 'shhlit-er' mate
Devna
Love your videos man but you gotta work on your pronunciation.
I read Finn came off the horse and he became an old man I thought Oisin was his father but I love BRIAN BURU WAS REAL HE GOT KILLED IN HIS TENT BY THE VIKINGS HE WAS 65 THE VIKING STOLE IRISH WOMEN BROUGHT THEM TO ICELAND ID LIKE A STORY ON THAT THEY ARE NOW ICELLANDDERS THERE LANGUAGE IS FUNNY
Slit-ter
WRONG
Why is all mythology basically the same😂
WRONG
WRONG