Who Were The Mysterious Picts?
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- Who were the Picts?
These mysterious ancient warriors left a legacy that’s without a doubt not fully understood, They left standing stones engraved with depictions of animals, warriors and mythical beasts, they left barrow cemeteries and much more.
They seemed to have quite suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth.
What happened to them?
They're often referred to as the lost people of Europe.
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I was told in Scotland that the reason so few Pict houses have been found by archeologist is possibly because the modern farms are mostly on the same places where Pict settlements once existed. It would suggest an uncommon continuity of population. In other words, the inhabitants of northern Scotland are basically Picts who changed their language, possibly twice.
Or maybe just because most of them used wooden housing with wattle and daub walls 🤔
But yes on the whole wider archaic populations tend to be masked by modern habitations.
In the case of Scotland also possibly masked by flooding to create water reservoirs and hydro electric power generation in the 20th century - the draining of several of these hydro reservoirs since the advent of wind power in Scotland may lead to some nice archaeological discoveries considering the areas are not yet inhabited, so hopefully they get to work fast before all the land is sold to greedy developers.
Also populations have a way of spreading over time.
They may have clustered in the north originally to keep away from Roman, West Germanic and Viking invaders - but eventually diaspora from inter marriage with these invaders would have the Picts genetic descendants all over Britain, mainland Europe and America by now.
Likely also Asia and Australia too considering the British occupations and colonies in those regions for centuries.
@@mnomadvfx I live in the States, and have a small amount of Pict DNA.
@@TheShredartist You should report yourself to the US government. Oh, that's right, they already know. Never mind.
@@mnomadvfx Well you very much described the settlement that Kayleight talked about. So it is not a problem in wooden houses.
Repurposed the stones of old houses
The PICTS did not vanish, we just blended and merged with the heathen and kept our records hidden away. Besides, you present your information in an intelligent and entertaining fashion. Thank you
@garyallen8824 the historical record has them accepting Christianity though. Then the fun begins!
I've got strong Pictish bloodlines. We're still here, and our flag 🏴
Many ethnic groups ceased to exist when their descendants no longer retain their native cultural identities. The Picts had gone through linguistic and cultural changes. Pictish language is considered my most scholars as a branch of Brittonic Celtic languages. Overtime the Picts were influenced by another branch of Celtic culture known as Goidelic. Eventually the Pictish language got supplanted by Gaelic language, a Goidelic branch of Celtic language. Also Christian missionaries of Gaelic speaking Ireland converted the Picts to Christianity. The Scots are the living descendants of the Picts.
@@MrLantean thank you for your brilliant post! No, we didn't disappear, we did go through changes. I personally have strong Pictish bloodlines as well as Kernow Celtic bloodlines. There are other bloodlines in the Scottish people, but for the most part, you are spot on. We still fly the saltire which is a Pictish battle flag, that also makes up the union flag of the UK.
@garyallen8824were we are, I'm one that has DNA matching to the picts and I do not believe in a desert god... we never just vanished we blended in like the Gauls or the Norse...
I live in Scotland, in Angus. There are lots of old Pictish sites around here and carved stones, now in museums for safe keeping. About 10 minutes from where I live there is a place where an an ancient Pictish place of worship once stood, now a Christian Church. It was chosen as a place of worship or sacred site as 3 burns ( brooks) all converge at this place. Lots of Craved stones from it in St Vigeans. Thank you very much gorgeous Kayleigh, this was very informative.
U said nothing about thier disappearance
Glenbervie here
I have a story of them...from before the times of Christ. They were very spiritual...and had settlements all over. Of Celtish stock...red hair sometimes...they had mediums and priests...and knew of Christ without news from the Middle east...they were also very warrior like...and gave the Romans a good hiding a time or two. At one major battle...the whole tribe went to the help of a more southerly tribe...near the Antoine wall...and every last one fought to the death...this had been agreed upon. This small tribe had a Temple...within which they had a Cross of Truth, shown them, and the Cup of the Grail...also shown them from spirit guides On High. What happened later I do not know...but sometimes spiritual groups are for but a short time...and they just disappear, or amalgamate. They were a fine race...I can sense it...Scotland's finest, without doubt.
It was a combination of Kenneth MacAlpin who completed the unification and assimilation of Scots and Picts around the year 843 CE and the influence of the Irish church in Scotland which eventually caused the Pict language to disappear and the Gaelic dialect to be favored and promoted.
The Britons called them woads
@@jonhawkins7510 wonder if because of the plant of the same name from where blue dye was made?
@@thepassdude5173 probably
"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" is a track written and performed by Roger Waters from the 1969 Pink Floyd double album, Ummagumma. It holds the distinction of having the longest title of any of the band's tracks.
It’s the song that comes to mind every time I hear of Picts. Came right after Grantchester Meadows, a very calming tune. That Pict got down!
I once saw the lyrics written down, can’t remember where or how it went. But if you turn up the volume to neighbour startling heights, it ends with ‘thank you’
Great contribution... that tract was my "hook" to PF.
Plus Gaelic , I think , at the end always wondered what it really said .
Back in the early seventies that song had me running off to the library,, to find out wtf a pict was.
Still to this day, I can't hear, see, or think about anything to do with the Picts without that song automatically playing in my head, usually for hours on end.
My first intro to the Picts was not any archeological article but from pulp fiction short stories. Robert E. Howard (you know that guy who created Conan the Barbarian. No, not the movie version) capitalized on the mystery of the Picts to create a dark & ancient people whom he 'dotted' through out his fantasy 'mythos' (Kings of the Night, The Dark Man & others). His image of them has been hard to shake from my mind
Great writer
Bran Mac Morn
Yeah; 'Worms of the Earth' & 'Kings of the Night'; an excellent & epic movie can be made from those 2 stories but Hollywood & most any film company would get it all wrong@@thomasbest8599
From the British Isles to the Americas, it is obvious that ancient people had trade networks which were much more extensive than they were given credit for even a few decades ago. As for what happened to them, I think the most likely scenario is some combination of dwindling numbers due to warfare with the various invaders and absorption into the newly-dominant Celtic culture. It's a pattern we've seen all over the world.
As much as I love to look at you Kayleigh, it also would have been nice if you showed some pictures of maps and artifacts to support your excellent storytelling… ❤️👍
I agree... The photos and maps really help bring the story to life....
Yes wouldn’t that be nice. I think she just expects you to believe her word for it..good luck with that.
I agree, story telling is fine, but some images and maps [even if executed by Romans] would have been appreciated.
@garyallen8824 what crap there was no real evidence for what she was saying, actually when you think about there is no evidence to support a lot that she says
Aye, but shes pleasant on the eye... i can watch with the sound off...
Fascinating, I remember when I was little, my grandma would tell me about the Picts, about them being a mysterious tribe in the far north of Scotland, and that they disappeared.
A very strange and enchanted people for sure...that disappeared into the mists of anitquity...
I don't know enough about Pictish culture. I love the topic of paleoanthropology and archeology but I wouldn't mind if you did more videos on linguistics, geography and semi-ancient cultures. Looking forward to this vid!
The common thread when the Roaman took over is that the tribes they overwhelmed or were in conflict with are described as savages, that Roman propaganda persists in our history to this day and is saddening a foundation of the colonial mindset of later generations of European peoples. Archaeology reveals the complex trade routes and skills of European pre-Roman cultures, as do Greek texts provide written evidence that included the Britons who clearly exploited the island's mineral wealth including tin, copper, silver and gold.
🙄 buncha "woke" nonsense
I remember when the Picts were considered a language-isolate, completely separate from all other tongues. It has only been in the last generation or so that thevidea that they were another form of Brythonic Celt. Ithink the right adjective os Brythonic....
Kayleigh, this is a great departure from your usual fare. Thanks!
Etymology fun fact time! The word "depict" actually comes to us via reference to the ancient picts. The prefix "de-" negates the root "Pict" which in this context means "vanish." So to de-pict is obviously to do the opposite of vanish, and generally means to create an image of something (in the sense that something "appears").
Source: I made it up
Thanks, that is a fun fact.
:D
jolly good show, ole boy! ta.......😅
Good idea...
Henry of Huntingdon was one of the first (surviving) historians to note this disappearance in the mid-12th century Historia Anglorum.
I read somewhere that the Pictish language was still spoken as late as the 1700's in parts of the north east. interestingly it was not replaced by Gaelic (the language of the Scots), but with Doric, a language with roots in old English and the low countries (Holland and Belgium). Which suggests a wide ranging trade and possibly cultural network to the south and east, by way of the north sea.
Weird, I was just watching something about Doric speakers on the telly just the other day
aye thats no true . Gaelic was spoken all over Alba .Aberdeen comes from a Gadhlig version of a Pictish word .Scots,which Doric is a dialect , came way way later .
@rippedtorn2310 interesting hypothesis, do you have more to add on other words, places ect in Scotland
lt is possible that the Pictish language was related to Basque.
Basque is thought to have been spoken all over the British lsles & France before the arrival of the Celts.
@@vertmicko4763 interesting
There may have been a few reasons why the Picts dyed themselves before battle only to just to look fierce and otherworldly to the enemy combatants, one reason is to easily differentiate your warriors from the enemy forces when engaged in heavily mixed battle and like some others had mentioned they could have believed the woad dye had healing properties in it's self plus they could mixed other herbal material with the woad dye and there could been religious overtones to this prebattle warrior procedure to help focus the warriors for the impeding battle.
Also team blue helps identify friend from foe in a battle
@@gregchainey2571 Exactly
@@gregchainey2571 That's what Richard says.
They also fought naked so maybe the paint helped keep out the cold.
As in present day Papua New Guinea.
I saw a documentary a few years ago in which the recipe for woad was reconstructed. It was the exact shade of grey/blue that some special forces use now and is ideal for camoflage when moving through twilight and mist.
I'm really looking forward to this video!
No bone to Pict with this fine exposé.
Where I live, in western Sotland, there are two local fortifications that almost certainly date from Pictish times. By chance, I discovered the defence related communication systems associated with each fort and that led to an understanding of broch and fort positions elsewhere, including farther north. This is an aspect of former cultures that seems to be neglected by archaeologists. So far, the longest communication line I have found is 22km while Roman communications were by semaphore and limited to a maximum of about 1.5km between signal stations. You may have in mind the hilltop beacons depicted in Lord of the Rings - if so, forget it - that notion (by Tolkien) is completely wrong. Hill and mountain tops are often in cloud and mist. If your mobile phone only worked about 30% of the time you would probably not bother owning one. See - Messages from the past: Iron Age signalling in Argyll. Thanks Kayleigh, it is always entertaining to watch your videos. Cheers!
Being of scottish highland decent a member of the MACBAIN clan i am interested in this .An achient story goes as scottish warriors were sleeping in their camp the picts tried to sneek up on them in the night but one of them trod on a thistle with his bear foot and cried out with pain so alerting the scots from their sleep who proceded to sloughter them all
which is why the thistle today is scotlands national symbol.
It wasn't the Picts that supposedly stood on the thistle it was a viking.
@@GrantFinnRobbie Makes more sense.
I'm loving that a man had a "bear" foot.
@@felicitybywater8012and an anchient story😂
What type of bear was the foot? Black bear or brown bear, adds to the story.
Nice touch with the nails. Most probably never noticed the Saltire on each ring finger.
This is essentially what I learned. Picts were celts whose descendants are still with us, albeit mixed with the other scottish folk.
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If anyone wants a breakneck paced tour of Neolithic archaeology? Get yourself to Orkney. There’s so much there! I went a couple of years ago and it was astounding,
I have been intrigued about the Picts since I first read about them as a young lad. Hope you find out some more about them to share with us on your trip to Scotland.
Oh, and by the way, having you nails painted blue and with the Scottish flag to boot, is a subtle but powerful touch for the subject of this video.
I know a story about one Pict that gathered together in a cave with several species of small furry animals and was said to be grooving... and the wind cried Mary. So Mysterious !
Kayleigh knows. The Dutch love them ^^
John Cleese was the voice in that Pink Floyd album.
@@mariemelansongundy-vx4ox Reddit says it was Ron Geesin tho
@@mariemelansongundy-vx4ox his wiki page kind of confirms that he was the co author of Atom Heart Mother and 0 hits on Google of John Cleese participating in PF, except for the fact that the latter financed Monthy Python movies
LOL. I left a Pink Floyd referenced comment before trolling the comment section, nicely played sir, nicely played!
I have Scottish ancestry along with native American. I thoroughly enjoy your videos. If you're ever in my area, I would love to come and hear you speak. Love from Texas ❤❤❤❤
I hadn’t noticed the added notes before including pictures which is really really great and very informative, thank you.
I spend a lot of time in Scotland climbing high mountains walking in the Glens and beautiful neolithic sites there is so much to see…
I love having ancestors that the Romans could not conquer and built a wall against. Magnificent people.
The Picts weren’t on the other side of the wall. In the east were the Votadini, who were the same people as The Gododdin (a later version of the same word), and on the west side were the groups that eventually solidified as Strathclyde. The Picts were a hundred miles north.
Not exactly...The Romans crushed the Picts in open battle and sailed round the British isles. The general of the army was recalled and so never solidified their gains. After this a legion was recalled from Britain and so given the northern Britons primary export was barley (animal feed for Romans) and had no major population centre it was far easier to build a wall that they'd have to go through to have their goods taxed.
@@imperatorcaesardivifiliusa3805 I guess you’re talking about Agricola supposedly fighting at Mons Graupius, for which we have no evidence except in his son in law’s hagiography. That was in 83, and Hadrian’s wall was built in 122, nearly forty years later. However, the wall wasn’t built against or to control the Picts, who were over 100 miles north of the wall, with the Votadini and other non Picts between them and the wall. As for sailing around the whole island, that was a survey to establish whether it WAS an island. They mention the Orcades (Orkney), but there’s no evidence that they fought anyone. The data possibly fed into Ptolemy’ Geography, again from the 120s. As for Calgacus, we have no evidence that he existed or that if he did he was a Pict. The speech was certainly not in Latin and is a poetic creation of Tacitus. The speech by Agricola, which is more likely to be real, thanks all the British soldiers who have fought alongside the Romans for several years. The Britons seemingly fought for Rome against the Picts. If the Picts were so fearsome, why wait nearly forty years to do anything?
Yep n Glasgow comes from Brytonic Welsh language. The Gauls had close relationships with the Greeks. Marseille was Greek n Galatians were Gaul settlements in Anatolia as a defence bulwark against the Persians !😊
@@esioanniannaho5939 There were few Gauls in Massalia, which was an entirely Greek city. So were Nicea (Nice), Sophia Antipolis (Antibes), Monoikos (Monaco) and other Greek colonies. The Gauls tended to stay away from that coast. As for the Gauls in Galatia, didn’t they invade?
"Hey, guys, what'll we do to scare our enemies?"
"Let's paint ourselves to look like smurfs!"
Thank you for doing this video. I've been intrigued by the Picts for years.
It's garbage. Can't even get basics correct.
The one thing left by the Picts that still exist are the Brochs, found from Orkney to the Scottish Borders.
The areas of East, West and Midlothian are named after Loth the Pict, mid 6th century!
Pictish leaders were elected in a system similar to Tanistry where their prowess in battle, physical strength or intelligent leadership were the prime qualifications
The Scots and Irish also used this form of election, possibly inherited from the early Celts.
In Tacitus account of interaction with the Picts speaks of the Roman horror that Pictish women would hold their own in debate with the erstwhile conquerors, being held as equals among their people and even the leaders/chiefs would defer to their women.
The last Pictish "kingdom" of Fortrui joined with the Scots kingdom of Dalriada to create the gaeldom of Alba (Gaelic became the Lingua Franca and Pictish disappeared)
Being of Cornish and Welsh, with distant Scottish in the Cornish part of the bloodline, I heard many stories over the years from my elders, one that stands out here is that of the last of the Picts to leave what is now Scotland, having been driven south (perhaps not wanting to assimilate or merge) came down near Plymouth and took residence in the forests between what is now Ashburton and Bodmin.
legend has it that these Picts took up with local peoples who lived in those forests and were never seen again, as part of that myth the forest people were said to be Sidhe or Fae, and this gave rise to the legends and myths of the Pixies or "Pict-Sidhe"
I do not know where family got this story only that they said it came with our family from British Isles to Australia, and when I dig into the lore I find little reference to it, so while I am not saying they did hook up with Fairies and left the world of men, I feel there could be some reality to give birth to this folktale/myth
that some did come down, and did settle with local people of the forests and then vanished from local record, with both groups ending up assimilating over time with the Cornish peoples.
just thought I would share.
You had my interest, now you've got my attention
Can’t wait.
Thanks for another interesting & enlightening video.
And the wee Scottish flag on your fingernail was a lovely touch!
It is my understanding that although the Picts were described by the Romans as a fierce fighting people, the Romans had simply stretched themselves too thin and too far in their conquests of other lands. And that was one reason they decided to build Hadrian's Wall, which helped to keep the Picts on their side of the border.
I read similare theories also the terrain in scotland wasn't really suited for roman battle tactic. About Hadrians wall some historians think that toman build it not necessary to stop picts and Scots but to controll trading, there was forts with gates where the traders had to pass and pay toll.
@@flamenmartialis6839 that is what empire has always been about. It's a racket. Taxes pay for "protection."
They were going to take the Picts out...but when they met in one of the main battles...they had the Romans on the run....so the Romans ran behind their wall, despite having received big reinforcements. Also, the first invasion was resisted by the Picts too...who sent them back into the sea. Then, calmly they went home, relying spiritual tidings to other Celtic tribes...of Christ and the Holy Cross. News of these matters they received from mediums, as they were by far the most spiritual of tribes, and most warrior-like. Fierce fighters is a gross understatement.
Thanks, really enjoyed, hope you do more.
Scrolling through the comments I was surprised that no one mentioned that the first king of Scotland was a Pict, Kenneth MacAlpin
Indeed. And the Picts then called themselves Scots.
He wasn’t. That’s why nobody mentioned it.
@@Joanna-il2urfirst king of the united Scots of Dalriada
His Father was a Scot, his mother a Pict. When in times of trouble in Pictland the mother's side of the Kings family chose the heir to the throne. War ravaged land was still known as Pictland in MacAlpin's time. @@Joanna-il2ur
@@themightypaw3318 throughout history, rulers have held the nationality of their father.
"... because I just don't." - Yeah, you earned my like. 😅
The Broch’s were built by the Picts in the 1st century BC to 1st CE. So their structures survive, somewhat. My theory is the Broch’s were a response to Roman scout ships exploring the coast before Caesars invasion and the Picts knew Romans would attempt another, they had their spies and intel from Merchants.
Agricola did a more in depth reconnaissance of the coast prior to his invasion of 79 CE and had to deal with the hundreds of fortified Broch’s everywhere constructed over the prior century.
@garyallen8824
The Broch’s were constructed at the time of the Roman scouting of the coast and series of invasions, coincidence?
The Picts were highly spiritual...and some of their people were mediums. They were warned of the first Roman attack in the South...and went there to help repel them. On their return...they relayed their deep spiritual wisdom to other tribes. They rebuffed the Romans on a no of occasions...and one tribe laid down their lives to the last man, going first into battle, although other tribes ensured victory...as the Romans had to flee behind their wall.
This is part of my ancestory 💙 The mythical creatures can be seen when working with spiritual Earth medicines like the sacred mushroom. The practices were utilized in warfare also... Example: The berserkers know as Ulfhednar. We are still here just blended into the masses of current society.
Nice video. Just because they 'vanished' the picts do have this legendary edge to them. It's amazing how few we know about all these pre Roman tribes who lived before CE
The Picts are still there, they just adopted the Gallic language and culture. Like the Welsh of Penywern, they adopted the Anglo Saxon language.
Absolutely; they just integrated with the Gael culture of Dial Diada.
Picts spoke a proto Gaelic language which was in Britain before Brythonic.
Loving the blue 💙 nails! As a Scottish lassie, I love the nod and the wink to our National flag 🏴 Alas I am Scots/Gaels Western country stock. But the Picts rocked. Sadly, I don't know any Picts' but a wee bit of Alba Gaelic of thanks; Tapadh 💙
Excellent video Kayleigh! thoroughly enjoyed that video!
The most mysterious thing about the Picts is possibly why they adopted the language and identity of the Irish colonists they had just defeated - it must have had quite a cultural cachet in that environment.
Scots and Gaels were not separate peoples at that time, just different words for the Irish settlers. The Romans called the Irish who raided Britain Scoti, and that name was picked up by the Anglo-Saxon colonists. The Welsh used the word Gwyddel (with similar forms in other Brythonic languages), and that name was adopted by the Irish themselves as Goidel, which eventually evolved into "Gael" When the Picts became Gaelicised and absorbed the Irish colony of Dál Riata to form the kingdom of Alba, both names became applied to them..
Love your shows.
Can't wait !
you're on a roll here. you have great comedic timing. keep it up.
"'Cause, ya know, I just don't." Truer words were never spoken.
IIRC, genomic analysis of indisputibly Pictish remains basically maps to a very close match with the modern local population.
Basically, the Picts didnt go anywhere; they just stopped calling themsekves Picts (as opposed to more general terms related to Scotland in general).
I would be lying if I didn't say that your channel is phenomenal...your interest in ancient anthropology is so engaging...your presentation is bar none...and I have to be super honest...your presence and books are outstanding
Thank you, Kayleigh! Very interesting video!
I'm glad I Pict this video to watch.
Sick content. Never stop!
Thanks! Kayleigh for the interesting video hope you are having a wonderful time in Scotland love your work keep it up 🤗🥰😻
Awesome video as always,have fun in Scotland
@HistorywithKayleigh >>> You mentioned the Picts during your livestream yesterday, July 26th [2023]. At that time I did not know anything about the Picts. Now I do...👍
I guess you could say the part of the British Isles the Picts lived in was PICTuresque...😉🤭
{I will see myself to the door...😊}
I am guessing the blue dye the pics used was from the plant woad.
As an interesting side note woad plant is also historically used for wounds and antiseptic...
Coincidentally it was used during wartime... or maybe they knew something
For better health and survival rather than to look scary, maybe? Or both.
@@rdklkje13 I would say it was a damn good healthy dose of both.
They would have known about the medical properties... and the colour look fucken brilliant
Creating woad was a complex process but apparently it stank so badly that the woad makers had to live in separate hamlets. I imagine the finished product didn´t smell too bad.
@@johndanielharold3633 Who'd wanna invade any country that stinks?
there are some ongoing digs north of Scotland TH-cam channel - Ness of Brodgar Excavations, Orkney..
Sorry cant leave the link as TH-cam keep banning my account when sharing TH-cam Vid links.. Weird
Great video as always
My guess is the Romans weren’t particularly keen on Pictland was because the PICTs didn’t much of anything which couldn’t be more easily obtained further South and the weather. Those cultures of tiny settlements without “kings” are hard to “Romanize” like of troublesome Germanics. For the Norse, Scotland around 1000 CE sounds material culture & weather-wise much like Norway/Danemark. Scotland with its long, squiggly coastline looked like home.
The warriors were ferocious...and beat them on a no of occasions to repel the Romans back behind their walls.
Pink Floyd's "Umma Gumma" has a really cool musique concrete song called "Several Small Furry Mammals in a Cave Grooving With a Pict." It's an entire LP side and a real audio trip!
The Scottish nail job is a nice touch!
I'll add this to the list of things that I won't lose sleep over. Which is nice.
My personal view is that the Picts spoke a Brythonic dialect, and much like the Britons of England they intermarried with the Scots, losing their language and culture along the way.
The "picts" blended in with the Celts who came in later; at least those who survived incursions by the damned Romans. Some clans still have degrees of the old Pict blood, some more than others.
Some of the words in Scots Gaelic are of Pict origin.
Excellent as usual
Great show!! P.s love the color on your nails !!
Nice 'depiction' Kayleigh ,, enjoy Scotland 🤙🙏
Interesting to know about where they came from. St Ninian landed in Scotland and converted the Picts (or at least the southern Picts) to Christians, then I assume they integrated into Scottish society. The Scots still paint their faces blue, especially when watching Scotland football team play. Some traditions never die 🙂But seriously it is interesting to know about the people that inhabited the lands of what is now the UK and where they came from and where their descendants are now.
St. Columba converted the ones in the highlands around Inverness a century later.
If only the Christians had left them alone .
Scots painting selves blue is a new gimmick based on that well known 'documentary' work of fiction film, Braveheart
@@rippedtorn2310They weren't compelled to convert. They thought it was a better way of understanding humanity, the world, and how they should live
Picts doesn’t mean painted people in Latin, which would be pincti. The word is held by experts to be cognate with Pett, Welsh for farmer. The group with paint on were in what is now south east England. Caesar never went further. They may have used either woad or madder. It’s only a single small group. The rest of it is bloody braveheart, the only film whose lies and errors have their own Wikipedia page!
History has never been so lovely.
Great video I was always interested in these people, hearing their name in many books and movies. Thank You.
Thanks for giving us the whole PICTure of who they were.
It was a very PICToral image of them!
I applaud your use of "ce" over "ad".
Interesting, Thank you.
Thanks Kayleigh, say "Hi..." to the Picts for me 😃
Great channel Ms Kayleigh! big history buff here, especially appreciate such a wonderful - and very beautiful presentation...ya got a new subscriber!
This lassie is such an easy going listen.....subbed!❤
My grandmother, on my mother's side was descended from the pictish scots..she was 5 feet tall..could read colors in the dark..light a fire without matches..and seem to be able to see beyond the room she was in..
Lol no.
Just a point out: There was no country called Ireland until the 7th century today's Ireland in the 1st to 5th century was called SCOTIA as in Scotland, and the people in the 4th century were called the SCOTII ie Scots. In 200 AD it was the Picts from Caledonia that invaded todays Ireland and the descendants of these Picts were the Scots so making it clear the Scots are not Irish or from Ireland as it never existed, it was these Scots (descendants of the first Picts from Caledonia/Scotland) that built Dal Riada on the west coast and its was these Scots that mingled with the Picts and perhaps the Vikings from Norway that built Scotland as we know it today.
Loved the video, very intelligent and informative. Thank you!
Thought I may see some images on your left where the wall space is bigger, but hey it made me listen more properly.
Many thanks🙏😊🙏
Kayleigh , why don't you have a show on the History Channel ? And why don't you write for Archeology Magazine ? Love your videos , their ALWAYS interesting and never dull . With a little humor thrown in for good measure ! Have a wonderful day 😘
I'm looking forward to the day we start recording dates as UE - Unified Era. Probably won't happen in your life time, but I'm a Swiss Gnome of the Red Hat clan and have a good 300 years left in me.
thanks, always wondered.
Love your Scottish flag themed nails.
Thank for everything❤❤❤😮
Loved the wee Saltire on the nail and I’m completely with you on the BCE/CE thing
The Roman invasion thing: the fiercely proud Scot in me makes me want to go along with the ‘Romans couldn’t beat us’ thing but it’s not that simple.
The Romans conquered as far north as Aberdeen, including the battle of Mons Grampus. The Romans hated the Scottish climate, that they couldn’t grow olives or grapes and, most of all, the swing between summer and winter:
In summer, the skys are never totally dark with sunrise as early as 5am and sunset at 9pm
In winter, sun barely rises at 9am and sets st 4pm
As for Hadrians Wall, it was never designed to ‘keep people out’. It was to mark the edge of Roman territory and the beginning of taxation
I’m from Dumbarton, which has a rich history and house the Atticotti tribe, a client tribe of the Caledonii.
Dumbarton is mentioned in the Norse Sagas and the Irish Chronicles
You should look up Dumbarton Rock and Dumbarton Castle. It’s a great wee town - just ignore the dog-suicide bridge
Yup… that’s a thing
Hope you enjoyed your trip to our wee country
I imagine the Picts, when asked about the body painting would say "Oh, we just do that for the tourists"!
4:04 come at me 🤣 "Come at me brah" 💪
Thanks! 😎
7:45 Unicorns existed and still might, depending on how sharp you draw the line between Elasmotherium, wooly rhinos, and modern rhinos.
This is just the kind of subject I would have Pict.
I'll get my coat.
Thank you for using BCE an CE!!
Nicely done Kayleigh as always. I agree with others who have posted here. The Picts did not disappear we just became part of the larger population. I live in the US and have had extensive YDNA studies performed. Surprise! My male lineage goes back at least 4000 BCE to the Pictish population in NE Scotland around modern day Abredeen. [chuckle] Yes I also have tattoos. Thanks for your sharing.
Anyone else notice Kayleigh's fingernails are painted as the flag of Scotland? Haha! Love it!
Awesome video
I have Pictish ancestors, am very proud of it, they didn't disappear, they just mixed in with the populations.
Cool video, Kayleigh, but you missed the role of the first Scottish king, King Kenneth I. Kenneth was the son of a Pictish princess, which would have made his rule more acceptable to the Picts. It wasn't all hugs and kisses, however, as Kenneth slaughtered the Pictish chiefs who challenged him. What I think probably happened was Kenneth forced the Pictish population to assimilate into the Scottish population, explaining why they would just "suddenly disappear" around the year 900.
Kenneth I was something like my 34th great-grandfather (I'm not so sure about that number) which is a bit of interesting family history. It seems like he was a brutal guy, but I think he did what he needed to do to protect the country from the marauding vikings. With that external threat, the Scots and the Picts couldn't afford being divided.
Hope you enjoy your vacation in Scotland. Go tell them Scotland is free! ⚔ 🙂
If you want to cover everyone 34generations on, so am I and so is Donald Trump
@@Joanna-il2ur Cool! Maybe we could form our own secret society!
Thank you for this video. Now I understand where Terry Pratchett got the idea for the Nac Mac Feegles in the Wee Free Men and some other of his books. One is never too old too learn - thanks for teaching. Doe so voort.
The phrase "wee frees" references the Free Presbyterian church of Scotland, just fyi.
@@macgonzo Thanks, I did not know.
@@basievanheerden It's really not well known outside the Highlands of Scotland.
Really enjoyed this thanks for making it so interesting 🙏🏽🏴 wonder if DNA will ever show a Pictish link