Scotland's SCARIEST mythical creature?

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  • What is a Redcap? Where are you most likely to find one? And what is their gruesome association with blood?
    Hi everybody I’m Nick and this is Beasts of the Olde World: a channel that explores ancient folklore, mysteries and mythical creatures from across the globe.
    In this episode we look at one of the most terrifying mythical creatures from the Scottish borderlands, a region with a history of conflict between the Scottish and the English.
    This creature is the Redcap, a bloodthirsty goblin-like creature relatively unique to Border Folklore. We will touch on their relationship to Powries and Dunters, and we will examine why the redcap is considered to be among the most evil and dangerous creatures in folklore. We will also look at why these wicked creatures haunt the ruins of ancient castles found along the border between Scotland and England, especially those with particularly dark histories.
    We will look at what would happen if you were to be caught by a redcap, and will reveal the gruesome reason for their name.
    We will retell the dark story of The Evil Lord Soulis and the Redcap Sly, and talk about Hermitage Castle, where the tyrant Lord and noted sorcerer once lived. We will reveal his legendary dark pact with his redcap bodyguard, their reign of terror over the borderlands, and Lord Soulis’ eventual downfall at Ninestane Rig.
    I hope you enjoy this short deep dive into Scotland’s mythic past, examining these fearsome beasts of the olde world. I hope you will join me again for more mythical creature features in the future!
    00:27 PART ONE - Steeped in Blood
    05:30 PART TWO (STORY SECTION) - The Cauldron of Ninestane Rig
    11:00 - Hermitage Castle
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    🔗 Linked Resources:
    Notes on the Folklore of the Northern Counties of England and the Borders by William Henderson
    ISBN: 9789353920142
    Pages 251-255
    books.google.c...
    A Dictionary of Fairies by Katherine Briggs
    ISBN: 9780140176582
    Page 339
    Thank you for watching this episode of Beasts of the Olde World!
    🎓 All research was undertaken by Nicholas Oakland (Please see linked resources above)
    📝 The script was written and edited by Nicholas Oakland
    📖 The story section was written by Nicholas Oakland, adapted from the olde Border folk tale “The Redcap of Hermitage Castle”.
    🎙️ All voice-over was performed by Nicholas Oakland, recorded via Audacity, with after effects applied in PowerDirector365.
    🎬 All aspects of editing, including video and audio, were undertaken by Nicholas Oakland, using PowerDirector365.
    🎼 The music was sourced from TH-cam’s audio library.
    🔊 Sound effects from multiple sources, including TH-cam’s audio library, PowerDirector365 sound effects catalogue, or otherwise created by Nicholas Oakland
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  • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
    @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    Which mythical creature features would you like to see next? Let me know 👇👇👇

    • @michaelsmyth3935
      @michaelsmyth3935 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld a lot to choose from. What about a video on Nixies, Pixies and Sprites. A lot of confusion in consumer land.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      I have a video about Pixies planned - still at early stages so I don't know quite what the shape of it will be yet but in my head it's a double episode.

    • @mandycheryl7334
      @mandycheryl7334 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorld Black Dog/Hound Lore would be very interesting.
      Also wondering if you have any plans to cover significant hauntings at all?

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Black Dog video is recorded and is a bit of a bumper episode, so look out for that soon!

    • @7thDesertRat
      @7thDesertRat 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Nuckelavee

  • @MichaelShafer-td8ew
    @MichaelShafer-td8ew 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +152

    Thanks for actually showing Hermitage Castle. Please, show more of the actual locations that correspond to the stories.

    • @FkUToob1776
      @FkUToob1776 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      So fucking needy

  • @estherlowlands1105
    @estherlowlands1105 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    This was nice to watch, I grew up near the border and it's true the area has a lot of macabre folklore. The thing about putting a stick in a window and having it come out chewed is a common theme. THey say the same about Spedlins Tower, which is another reviving tower not far from Lockerbie, although the basement there is said to hold a vengeful ghost of a man who starved to death in the dungeon, not a redcap.

  • @SugarandSarcasm
    @SugarandSarcasm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    Always been fascinated by the Leanan Sidhe myself. Thanks for the Redcap lore!

  • @adelemarieish
    @adelemarieish 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +95

    Fantastic and terrifying. I was told as a child one more way to outfox the redcap. Turn your clothes inside out, if I put on a jumper the wrong way round I won't change it, lol better to be safe than sorry.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Yes I came across this strange detail in the research for this video. I left it out because so much Redcap lore is so dark and heavy that the image of someone turning their clothes inside out as a fix-all felt too light-hearted in contrast. It's such an interesting little detail too, but I just couldn't find a proper place for it to fit without disrupting the overall tone of the video.

    • @adelemarieish
      @adelemarieish 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorld I can understand that indeed. I'm from a small island in Orkney so where this came from I've no idea, but it certainly scared the living daylights out of me.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      Yeah I couldn't find any reason for it either - I guess not having a 'why' makes it even scarier when you're young! But it's funny you should say - Orkney is all I've been reading about for the last couple of weeks! Just today I finished my first draft of the script for an upcoming video about Selkies!

    • @adelemarieish
      @adelemarieish 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorld Oh fantastic, I love the selkies. In the Summer you could hear them and they love music. So looking forward to this.

    • @secretdoorgaming2024
      @secretdoorgaming2024 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Often my clothes are inside out so I think I am ok... lol

  • @zaqzilla1
    @zaqzilla1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    I love how it's left handed. Being left handed was seen as something evil in various cultures.

    • @demonlordotrt754
      @demonlordotrt754 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      If you didn't know left-handed people are always 10% of the population at any given time one reason is believed this as a norm is set as a counter to all the right-handed people

    • @MichaelBetsch-sl9bb
      @MichaelBetsch-sl9bb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      A lot ; disproportionately even Hollywood actors and actress are left handed check it out

    • @joeywantstoplay
      @joeywantstoplay 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@MichaelBetsch-sl9bb left hand path

    • @MichaelBetsch-sl9bb
      @MichaelBetsch-sl9bb 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@joeywantstoplay what's that left hand path

    • @razzaus1570
      @razzaus1570 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      But it held the staff in its left hand so its dominant right hand is free to use.

  • @kaisokusekkendou1498
    @kaisokusekkendou1498 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    The redcap feels interestingly similar to vampiric lore.
    - _Requires_ your blood to stay alive, leading to why they are likely distinctly evil (they prey upon people).
    - Long teeth, and leaves behind a large tooth when killed.
    - Able to unnaturally overpower and outrun a normal person.
    - Defeated by a holy symbol / scripture.
    It is neat seeing strikingly similar mythological traces set in a completely different creature. It almost feels like the original source of such lore is old enough to produce completely diverging mythology later on down the line.

    • @fluffybunny3178
      @fluffybunny3178 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Great thought. Blood is life to a lot of things

  • @soulewh
    @soulewh หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    One theory of how my family’s ancestors went from the Soules’ (soo-lay) of southern France to England and then America (a George Soule sailed on the Mayflower) and the modern Soule (soul) family was through Scotland where John de Soules (soo-lez) was hereditary constable of Scotland under King Robert the Bruce and his younger brother was William de Soules, constable of Hermitage castle. The dark wizard of your amazing video! The entomology and evolution of family names has always fascinated me, perhaps the direct descendants or family of William de Soules changed their name to avoid notoriety and moved to southern England?
    If you’ve never been to Hermitage it’s an incredibly eerie place, especially how the temp drops so dramatically as soon as you enter it’s stone walls.

  • @Christine-l1b
    @Christine-l1b 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Thanks!

  • @youthoughtaboutit6946
    @youthoughtaboutit6946 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +47

    I’ve always wondered if there were any folkloric stories of Red Caps interacting with Blue Caps (the benevolent creatures who warn/try to save miners from collapses). Considering the dichotomy of Red vs Blue and malevolent vs benevolent, I’d be surprised if there weren’t at least *some* folktales featuring the two interacting.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      Worth looking into... 👀

    • @youthoughtaboutit6946
      @youthoughtaboutit6946 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorld would be amazing to see you do a video on that if you find any!

    • @stilltoomanyhats
      @stilltoomanyhats 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

      Legend has it their ancient feud lives on as the crips vs bloods...

    • @JamieCurranthemagnificent-z7h
      @JamieCurranthemagnificent-z7h 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@stilltoomanyhats Democrats and Republicans too lol!😂

    • @RAMROD1847
      @RAMROD1847 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Happened all the time in Compton back in the 80s

  • @Isaac-hm6ih
    @Isaac-hm6ih 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    It's always nice to see a story where the people ignore the cancellation clause of the spell and simply bypass it 😆. This perfectly demonstrates why you don't tell the people you're oppressing the exact terms of your dark pacts.

  • @michaelsmyth3935
    @michaelsmyth3935 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    That Redcap Sly had powers way beyond the norm for his kind.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Yeah, not the most conventional Redcap of all time, that's for sure!

    • @michaelsmyth3935
      @michaelsmyth3935 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld seems more like a Demonic Entity that got called forth, entrapped in that form due to the nature of the summoning.
      There are some who believe that the form taken by a summoned creature has a lot to fo with expectations.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Yes, in a way it's a shame that this is pretty much the only surviving story featuring a 'redcap' - at least with a strong narrative, and that I'm aware of. As you say, in many ways, beyond being called a Redcap, it bears very little resemblance to the more traditional Recaps of border folklore.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      I'd love to hear more Redcap stories though, if anyone has them / knows where to look for them! 🕵️‍♂️

    • @SugarandSarcasm
      @SugarandSarcasm 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorldwith no way to run or fight, then I'm guessing there wouldn't be that many stories

  • @michaelstewart7036
    @michaelstewart7036 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I think it's pretty hilarious that the soceror is impervious to weapons but can be beaten unconscious with fist

  • @christopherwilson3242
    @christopherwilson3242 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Hermitage Castle near Newcastleton in Roxburghshire, on the borders, was built in the 1240s by a Baron Nicholas de Soulis, known as Lord Soulis. A reputed necromancer and notorious torturer and black magician who was eventually burned to death in a barrel of pitch by his own tenants.He had a daemonic familiar who helped him in his evil works, named "Redcap Sly"...

  • @raceface_m2579
    @raceface_m2579 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

    Really interesting. The Philippines also has these mythical red capped dwarves. People who have their third eyes opened, say that they still exist today. And the description of them align with those in this video.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      That is interesting! I knew there were other Redcaps around the world (that behave very differently to these little terrors) but haven't heard of any from the Philippines!

    • @Passions5555
      @Passions5555 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Do you mean the duende?

  • @robertmcintyre2325
    @robertmcintyre2325 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Hinkypunks, Kelpies, Grindylows, leprechauns, Black Dog, Pooka, or Coblynau (to name a few).

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      You may see some of these very soon!

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      The picts had others these are gaels and Highland Dal riada beasties not true Scottish beasts

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StuartAnderson-xl4bo The Scots were the people from Dal Riada, not the Picts.

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @damionkeeling3103 i know I said that Picts had other beasties

  • @magdatorruellas9122
    @magdatorruellas9122 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Have not heard about Redcap for years!

  • @tessalyyvuo1667
    @tessalyyvuo1667 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I like how in the story common people united to overthrow a rich noble tyrant.

  • @ObeyCamp
    @ObeyCamp หลายเดือนก่อน

    That story of Redcap Sly and William de Soulis is so good. I've never heard that one before, or even heard of a Redcap, but I love the style of the story. The regular prose being interspersed with a few impactful rhymes is a style of storytelling I wish we still did more often!

  • @Quarks_Bar
    @Quarks_Bar 26 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    A Red Cap would make a Great Horror Movie Monster.

  • @Priest2.0
    @Priest2.0 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Be a great Highlander episode. The Highlander has to confront The Red Caps

  • @bobthor9647
    @bobthor9647 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Maybe the new Pantheon mmo will have some. Pathfinder Kingmaker rpg had some creepy ones

  • @Morow0Wind
    @Morow0Wind 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Well the story with the wizard proves the Redcaps can be killed in battle. 1. Sly wouldn't have screamed to make their weapons dull and melt if he couldn't be harmed by them. 2. He was powerless against the army of unarmed men and watched in horror. So the Redcaps aren't immune to damage. Then its better to fight than run since fighting you still have a chance to win. Maybe outsmarting is an option too. Nothing is said of their intelligence from this story.

    • @TrueFork
      @TrueFork 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      a glass fiber rope should have worked since it's made from sifted sand?

  • @galweg8475
    @galweg8475 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nice story. There used to be a plaque in the town I grew up in (Kilmarnock) that a Lord Soulis had been slain there in a skirmish between Lord Boyd and himself as Lord Soulis led a group of English mercenaries who were attempting to take Dean Castle, the local castle. Not sure of the date, but the story goes that Lord Boyd shot Lord Soulis in the heart with a crossbow from over the water.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Yeah it seems there were a few Lord de Soulises at one point - none of them appear to have fared very well. From what I can tell, a lot of their stories get mixed up, too: the historical Lord (William) Soulis from this episode was really sentenced to life in prison for treason, and was not a sorcerer. There was an earlier Soulis, Ranulf II, who was really murdered by his own servants, so he could be the true source of the tale.

  • @CptJak-fg4ic
    @CptJak-fg4ic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Great work! Just found this channel. I have written an RPG (PnP/TTRPG) with European folklore and it's central themes. Your work is great source material for me when researching. Well done!

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Glad you enjoyed it and that you can find this useful! Loads more to come too!

  • @patricklee6066
    @patricklee6066 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Hooked on these videos at the moment,hoping you might do one about the woodwose,that half forgotten mythical wildman of old England.Not much around about the old chap!

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Not familiar with this at all, but will definitely be doing some research - sounds interesting!

    • @elizabethmcglothlin5406
      @elizabethmcglothlin5406 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Love the woodwose!

  • @st.anselmsfire3547
    @st.anselmsfire3547 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    *sees redcap*
    Me: "Jesus wept."
    Redcap: *bursts into flames*

    • @gerrydean7696
      @gerrydean7696 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Are you a wizard?

    • @CptJak-fg4ic
      @CptJak-fg4ic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Nicely done sir! *tips hat*

    • @christopherwilson3242
      @christopherwilson3242 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      He'd more likely laugh in your face, then rip it off. Powries no nothing of Christianity, nor would they care if they did!

    • @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462
      @sonofeyeabovealleffoff5462 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@christopherwilson3242Agreed!

    • @fattiger2000
      @fattiger2000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      We're going to need that in ancient hebrew

  • @spiderbugbear3721
    @spiderbugbear3721 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I have heard it from a friend that if one offers the redcap a good solid slice of cheese and a glass of whiskey he turns out to be a really nice fellow, quite talkative. He does tell a different version of the story 😉

    • @Firevine
      @Firevine 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I too can be swayed by good cheese, so I totally understand.

  • @eddyquigley2350
    @eddyquigley2350 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    🤯 how can I be a 43 year old Scotsmen, and this is me just hearing of the redcap's 😊

    • @StuartAnderson-xl4bo
      @StuartAnderson-xl4bo 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It's not a lowlands thing we were picts this is a borders beastie

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      If you're not spending your evenings diving into obscure folklore collections, I’m not surprised! 😅 The redcap is not a particularly famous mythical creature, but they’re certainly fascinating. Glad I could introduce you to them!

    • @eddyquigley2350
      @eddyquigley2350 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld it's very much appreciated I've just stumbled on to your channel but I will be staying for the foreseeable my friend 👍 grate informative content is hard to find keep it up 👏👏👌

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      🙏🙏🙏

    • @KCville6324
      @KCville6324 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@BeastsoftheOldeWorldnot famous? They're the first malicious fairy creature i heard of and are prevalent in games, books, and other media depicting dark fae

  • @thuglifegame7573
    @thuglifegame7573 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Great video! Subbed right away! Two questions about the story... Why did the Red Cap's scream not work the second time? Why was the Red Cap helpless when they beat his master? Looking forward to more content! Jenny Greenteeth?

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's a weird story and a very unconventional Redcap, so it doesn't really make much sense within broader Redcap lore, but the way I understand it:
      • the Redcap made a pact with Soulis which placed a protective spell over him that prevented him from being harmed by metal weapons, or bound (or hung) in rope. When people attacked the castle with weapons the spell came into play.
      • The reason the spell didn't work the last time was because the mob didn't bring weapons at all. There was nothing for the spell to work upon.
      • Redcap was helpless because he was bound by the pact he'd made with Soulis and the circumstances of his capture fell outside of what the pact allowed him to do. This is odd, as a more conventional Redcap would have had a field day!
      Glad you enjoyed the video! New content tomorrow! ⏳👀

  • @AxeMan808
    @AxeMan808 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I remember discovering them in the comic Mage by Matt Wagner. They used slings with elf-shot, and wore just the caps and hobnailed boots.

  • @Lisa-Lisa53
    @Lisa-Lisa53 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very informative.

  • @mommiesaurus
    @mommiesaurus 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Keep it up buddy.
    I am loving your videos.
    Times for your channel to glow up.

  • @pulverize3
    @pulverize3 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Red caps are just old Scottish warriors told from the perspective of the British

  • @gavhenrad
    @gavhenrad 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Redcaps are very interesting indeed

  • @itzybitzyspyder
    @itzybitzyspyder 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +23

    She had a raspberry beret...

    • @SoonGone
      @SoonGone 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      And now you've got that ear worm in my head! 😁

    • @itzybitzyspyder
      @itzybitzyspyder 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@SoonGone the kind you find in a secondhand store!

    • @Love2bda1
      @Love2bda1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @itzybitzyspyder 😂Excellent 😂

  • @cosmicgregg
    @cosmicgregg 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    My first band's name was redcap. Named after these bloody little creatures

  • @valerielargin3848
    @valerielargin3848 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    This was awesome, thank you so much!

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it! Plenty more on the way!

  • @mesbalkema9996
    @mesbalkema9996 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    See... I'm just that kind of stupidly confident that I'm absolutely sure I'd be able to pet the Redcap Sly....

  • @spencerdurette2859
    @spencerdurette2859 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My first introduction to what a redcap is was in D&D, where we only heard the sound of his iron boots in an abandoned mine where people were going missing. Party couldn’t see well in the dark and we got surprise attacked when it dashed at us, with us thinking it was someone swinging a pick, and it blindsided the rogue who would’ve noticed it by jump kicking her into a river that flowed through the mine, and then dropping another character in the next attack
    Needless to say, our group is terrified of redcaps even though we survived the encounter with it by using his boots against him and throwing him into the river after we got our companion out
    We didn’t find a body, so we spent the rest of the campaign going through the woods that were around the mine, expecting that he’d make a reappearance, but there were greater dangers than him in there…

  • @Jroc3578
    @Jroc3578 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    The images remind me of the little troll in the Steven King movie "Cat's Eye". Still freaks me out.

    • @Quarks_Bar
      @Quarks_Bar 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I Love that movie!! The cat was great. So were all of those twisted stories.

  • @brianvannorman1465
    @brianvannorman1465 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    "Are these Red Cap beasties bullet proof?", asks the American.
    I think I've got one of these things in my lineage.
    Hello from San Diego California.

    • @Princess_Celestia_
      @Princess_Celestia_ 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      The Navajo have a thing called skinwalkers, they are Navajo witches said to have one foot in the physical realm and one foot in the spirit realm making them impervious to physical weapons such as swords, knives, arrows, axes and even guns. However the Navajo believe that burning something sends it to the spirit realm and that by smudging your weapon of choice with ash allows your weapon to exist in both the physical and spiritual realms allowing you to kill the skinwalker with it. If these things are a type of spirit, then smudging your gun with ash should prove effective, if you buy into the Navajo claims.

    • @brianvannorman1465
      @brianvannorman1465 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Princess_Celestia_ Food for thought.

    • @gwang3103
      @gwang3103 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Maybe silver bullets would be effective against them.

    • @solitaregames
      @solitaregames 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@Princess_Celestia_ the Navajo didnt have in hand a .50 cal rifle. Even superman staggers by those.

  • @ricklane1693
    @ricklane1693 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love when they are in stories !

  • @innsmouthresident6802
    @innsmouthresident6802 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a good yarn , 3 o clock in the morning as I am about to head off into the dark walking to work . Will make me step a bit more lively even though I don't live in Scotland...you never know 😁

  • @tree4318
    @tree4318 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    I wish there was no AI art in this video

    • @jacoleighwessels3104
      @jacoleighwessels3104 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@tree4318 i think it works quite fine

    • @Marquise1
      @Marquise1 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tree4318 maybe there was

    • @dfunkmale
      @dfunkmale หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      These narratives would be so much better with art created by human beings.

    • @jacoleighwessels3104
      @jacoleighwessels3104 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @ that takes money and no one does anything for free unfortunately

    • @tree4318
      @tree4318 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@jacoleighwessels3104 I don't care how much it costs, people shouldn't accept this.

  • @sharonrigs7999
    @sharonrigs7999 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    ' Unwelcome ' from 2023 is a hilarious horror film featuring Redcaps

  • @faithruckdeschel1294
    @faithruckdeschel1294 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I loved this story, awesome channel!

  • @squibbs5828
    @squibbs5828 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    In the States here, we have deadly poisonous mushrooms with red caps. These mushrooms have been called all the lore names that were used in this video. I'm just curious as to if there is a connection between the creatures and the fungus..

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yes we have them here in the UK too, but I don't think there's any substantial connection. They're often linked together because of the shared red colour and a small degree of symbolic overlap but I’m not aware of any direct historical or mythological link. Still, always happy to learn more if anyone can shed further light on the topic!

    • @squibbs5828
      @squibbs5828 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld thats kind of what I was thinking. Still, thanks for the education and entertainment.

    • @impishrebel5969
      @impishrebel5969 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@squibbs5828 People often used lore and old stories as mnemonics for plants and animals on what to avoid and what was safe. It absolutely makes sense migrants would have applied what they knew from before to new things that bear a resemblance to the former, especially as warnings even children could understand. If something's named after the terrifying story chances are they aren't going to touch it.

    • @squibbs5828
      @squibbs5828 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @impishrebel5969 makes sense. Me and my 3 siblings used this code quite often. Still referring to it from time to time..

  • @tomseery791
    @tomseery791 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Incorrect. Hadrians wall is in England. Northern England but still England. The Antonine Wall built after is in Scotland.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Thanks for the comment! You're absolutely right-Hadrian’s Wall is located in Northern England. I mentioned it as a general reference point for a broader audience, to set the scene of conflict in the region, and since many people are more familiar with it than the lesser-known Antonine Wall. My focus in the video, though, is on the borderlands region, which has seen a lot of history tied to both England and Scotland, and where the Redcap legend fits in. Thanks for watching!

  • @brandonjerome
    @brandonjerome 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Great channel, love the video
    🔥🤜💥🤛🔥

  • @gwang3103
    @gwang3103 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fascinating!
    How about a vid on the BROLLACHAN, too? (This is also a scary creature from Scottish folklore.)

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Don't know very much about these but always love finding a new beast to research!

  • @CordellPotts
    @CordellPotts 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Iron Boots?
    I thought they had a weakness to iron?
    I was told a scrap of iron in your pocket could keep you safe from All Fae Spirits.
    It will anger the hell out of them,
    But they won't be able to approach or harm you if you carry iron with you?

    • @raven3moon
      @raven3moon 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Maybe it's not actually fae, but something else?

    • @ccvcharger
      @ccvcharger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Perhaps the iron boots slow it down, as terrifying of a thought as that might be.

    • @culturalproduct
      @culturalproduct 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Maybe the boots burn

    • @patrickglaser1560
      @patrickglaser1560 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Don't be daft, the iron boots are for training like Gohan or that guy from Naruto

    • @Isaac-hm6ih
      @Isaac-hm6ih 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Perhaps they carry iron insulated from their body by leather, wooden weapon hafts, etc, and use it against other fey. Like a human might use fire against another human.

  • @melaniedempsey6726
    @melaniedempsey6726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    if the master dies in 1377 and the redcap unlocks the door every 7 yrs the next unlock will be 2028

  • @shamusmcwright2640
    @shamusmcwright2640 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head" *Redcap poofs away* "Oh good I wasn't sure that one was going to work or not."

    • @Isaac-hm6ih
      @Isaac-hm6ih 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      *Redcap poofs away, she-bears show up.*

  • @necronomiclastodon
    @necronomiclastodon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I misread the thumbnail and thought it said "Redcoat" at first, and I thought, well...fair enough.

  • @SamEvans-at-sc_evans
    @SamEvans-at-sc_evans 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    REQUEST for a Wendigo episode, pretty please

  • @leej.a.7810
    @leej.a.7810 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    4:34 'You might want to learn a few passages, just in case.'
    Good advice for life 👍

  • @Licotus007
    @Licotus007 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    We need a Redcap horror movie!! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @phillipthomas1379
    @phillipthomas1379 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Liked and subscribed ❤

  • @davidmolloy126
    @davidmolloy126 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thanks very much Nick, from a new subscriber in Lancashire.

  • @revzombie
    @revzombie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Just happened across your channel and as I'm quite partial to folk lore and mythology decided to jump on board...👍🙂

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Welcome aboard! Very new channel here, growing much quicker than anticipated, but plenty more folkloric deep dives planned and on the way!

    • @revzombie
      @revzombie 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorld thank you, will be watching with eager anticipation of great things, best wishes and let the games commence 😉👍

  • @bensheekey1399
    @bensheekey1399 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I only know of the redcap from the older final fantasy games. If a human can't out muscle or out run a redcap, the games have seriously underplayed them as they are usually quite weak

    • @joehearts1850
      @joehearts1850 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I mean, we can go toe to toe with an Ifrit in Final Fantasy.
      I know what you mean though.

  • @dyansis
    @dyansis 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Finally TH-cam recommends me something I'd be interested in. Really like this channel. I'm subscribed

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Thank you so much for subscribing - I'm really pleased you like the channel! Loads more on the way! ⏳👀

  • @Dead_Again1313
    @Dead_Again1313 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Looks like Santa's toy makers have finally been fed up.

  • @Vikingcat01
    @Vikingcat01 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I hope you are going to do a story on the Vampire Haggis Clan .

  • @garyturnbull8883
    @garyturnbull8883 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stephen Llewelyn has the story or Sir William de Soulis in his “The New World Saga” books when they crash land at Hermitage Castle. Fantastic read and a very interesting Easter egg

  • @Humpdurious
    @Humpdurious 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Auntie Ethel really knows how to pick her companions

  • @FrankyBlack
    @FrankyBlack 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome!! Such a cool video! Great work.
    I'm from near Vancouver Canada 🇨🇦 but my background is part Scottish.. so this is really great to learn about
    Super entertaining.. love this kinda content.

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Really glad you enjoyed it! Quite a few Scottish beasties on the way over the next few months!

  • @brandyjean7015
    @brandyjean7015 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've read many an odd book, in my long life so I did know about Redcaps. I had not heard the tale of Redcap Sly however. Well told.

  • @GladioUmbra
    @GladioUmbra 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have fought and bested, many a "Redcap" in "Dark age of Camelot" Their appearance actually matches the description here. They appear as angry, dark little gnomes, sporting a red "stocking cap"

  • @nightraven2104
    @nightraven2104 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I met three or four of them, when i was traveling with my team to Baldur's gate.

  • @kolloduke3341
    @kolloduke3341 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Loch creatures who supposedly occupy these areas in the Highlands of Scotland please. Love the art work 😊 ..

  • @UcebannerReads
    @UcebannerReads 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    “No weapon can harm me….except foot to ass”.

  • @NearLife4life
    @NearLife4life 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The little imp in Stephen King's Cat's Eye looks like one albeit a green cap and tunic.

  • @brandonlordbaltimore5182
    @brandonlordbaltimore5182 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You have earned a subscription from this Capricorn. 🤘🐐🐋

  • @sirguy6678
    @sirguy6678 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Excellent video!

  • @MrWhite-ip9hw
    @MrWhite-ip9hw 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Shackles of sifted sand, that could be clay or glass? Shackles of glass

    • @ccvcharger
      @ccvcharger 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      That’s what I was thinking, could he possibly be bound with a fiber optic cable? A cable made of glass.

  • @richardsantana731
    @richardsantana731 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thats crazy, my mom says I described basically what the thumbnail looks like as a kid, I don't remember, but others have seen it too💀 red glowing eyes with a pointy nose, ears and sharp teeth wearing a red cap. supposedly i seen it crawling on the ceiling at night and started crying, and held on tight to my dad as soon as he arrived, don't remember any of that at all, but I also don't remember ever being at my mom's friends ranch either

  • @Sharkfire1482
    @Sharkfire1482 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The story was bone chilling

  • @mandycheryl7334
    @mandycheryl7334 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very interesting and also quite terrifying! Well done bro!
    The imagery is brilliant 👏👌
    Loving the stories too! Please keep em coming!!xx

  • @zakosist
    @zakosist 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    2:45 are they immune to weapons too? Just curios if they are considered truly invinsible or just stronger than humans

  • @dljordan
    @dljordan หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great story!

  • @jacobstaten2366
    @jacobstaten2366 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Some of this stuff like the large tooth are so oddly specific. I'm curious how they came up with that particular detail and what the significance is even supposed to be.

  • @Lolgram
    @Lolgram 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
    Ok color me confused! I always thought that Red Caps are winter fae ,subjects of Queen Mab.
    And as such they should be:
    - vulnerable to cold iron and salt
    - bound by the rules of hospitality and unable to enter a mortals home unbidden
    - subject to the rule of three
    - unable to directly lie
    - bound by any promise they make
    Could it be that I am mixing it up with some fantasy rules like d&d?

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      There are numerous variations around the world that share the same name, but this video is specifically about the border folklore beast. As with a lot of British folklore, centuries of Christian mythology has adapted (and in this case possibly invented) mythic creatures and their characteristics, which is possibly why the Redcap doesn't fit well within traditional Fae boundaries. These creatures are constantly adapted in modern fantasy too, further obscuring their original attributes.

    • @impishrebel5969
      @impishrebel5969 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      A lot of what you listed out actually came into lore much much later and some of it surprisingly recently. There were no courts as such in the earliest lore I tend to read and no winter fae. Some things existed but were far different in interpretation or had much more vaguely defined rules. For instance, cold iron in some early lore where it first starts appearing it was considered offensive to certain characters, not as a vulnerability. One of the earliest I recall a _sidhe_ maiden (as in she had come from a place where people lived underground, there was no oher indication she was supernatural) had married a man on condition that he never display iron in his home. When he did, she looked at it and immediately left the home and went back to her people. I tend to read the Irish Cycles however (which do tend to share a great deal with Scottish and Welsh lore from regional exchanges), and try to trace stories back to the earliest time they were written down (think first millennia monks were the scribes). I end up seeing how things like the keeners in the earliest lore being women mourning slain heroes by singing (keening) eventually turn into banshees shrieking as omens, to modern depictations like in Supernatural where they actually are responsible for removing those they target, and it is fascinating to follow changes in lore. If you want to look things up I recommend sacred-texts website, project gutenberg, or the CELT archive of texts. Mainly CELT texts. (Or grab some university syllabuses for ancient lore and read the materials, that's pretty fun to find)

    • @Lolgram
      @Lolgram 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      Thank you both very much for your answers.

  • @cambuxton6835
    @cambuxton6835 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It is a goblin that wears a hat dyed with red blood. Usually the blood of what it has killed…Mean things they are.

  • @Helgodessofdeath
    @Helgodessofdeath 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There's old family lore from my mom's side about is being fea touched and descendents of the Leanan Sidhe. They say that's the only reason the Gille Fhaolain survived the battle of Sterling Bridge. We're still bloodthirsty blighters

  • @Comicreliever89
    @Comicreliever89 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Definitely subscribing after this. Reminds me of Fable Lore vids.

  • @peggle09
    @peggle09 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This was great

  • @k7l3rworkman97
    @k7l3rworkman97 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic! Love this, definitely gonna check out your channel 💪🏻
    Edit: SUBBED 😆

  • @kathleencandelaria4106
    @kathleencandelaria4106 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I am guessing that the poisonous mushroom is a reference.

  • @shadown5757
    @shadown5757 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Interesting story 😎👍

  • @diasalexandros6651
    @diasalexandros6651 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +50

    YT ads are becoming a joke.

    • @gunhoe34
      @gunhoe34 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      i know so freaking stupid

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Drives me nuts

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      @A_Bottle-Of_Orange_Crush 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

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    • @NearLife4life
      @NearLife4life 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I woke up half way through an ad of a full John Legend tune. I damn near threw my phone

    • @LegendStormcrow
      @LegendStormcrow 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@diasalexandros6651 on the better side of YT ads, the entirety of the Lego Movie. On the bad side, there was a cult.

  • @ReviloPendleton
    @ReviloPendleton หลายเดือนก่อน

    Redcaps were native American warriors in the Bald Hills wars in Humboldt County, California. Local mountains still bear the name Red Caps. I wonder if there is a connection?

  • @WaynesWorldUnlimited
    @WaynesWorldUnlimited 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    What a great channel I just come across it. I’m 46 years old now, but when I was young, I used to see the little people as I knew them. I used to talk to them and play with them. My parents got used to it even they would ask me. I’ve have you seen the little people today. They are like gnomes or elves goblins I’ve seen them through most of my life. so I know these kind of things are real and I do believe in a lot of mythical creatures

    • @BeastsoftheOldeWorld
      @BeastsoftheOldeWorld  4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Glad you're enjoying the channel! I've never seen anything myself but find these creatures and their stories fascinating nonetheless. Much more to come so hope you stick around!

    • @WaynesWorldUnlimited
      @WaynesWorldUnlimited 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@BeastsoftheOldeWorld oh I will thank you for making me feel welcome. Always good to judge the world with an open mind. Believe in all possibilities. Most of these creatures and animals are real. It’s just that we’ve been taught that it’s all a myth.

    • @mikepaz8385
      @mikepaz8385 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My brother used to play in his “faerie woods “ when we were kids. I was and still am envious of what he was able to see that I couldn’t

    • @billbrink9618
      @billbrink9618 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The way you saw/see these things is the way I see people. I've always seen the true faces.

  • @Sonsaiyon
    @Sonsaiyon 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wtf... from Scotland and 41yrs old, and never heard of a redcap my whole life

  • @PiratePrincessYuki
    @PiratePrincessYuki 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I played City of Heroes/City of Villains, on the City of Heroes Side we had a zone where the Redcaps and Tuatha de Danann fought against each other every night.

  • @roaddemon20011
    @roaddemon20011 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Papa smurf?!? Is that you?

  • @stevehuffman7453
    @stevehuffman7453 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Since legends and folktales always start with a grain (or more) of truth ... 😇👍

  • @30.06onaGrassyKnoll
    @30.06onaGrassyKnoll 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Redcap is a knickname for magic mushrroms that grow in that area, also the reason santa wears a red hat with a white tip...

    • @damionkeeling3103
      @damionkeeling3103 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Santa wears red probably because his origin is St Nicolas who was a bishop and red is the colour that Bishops wore. The white pompom wasn't common originally, early images show no pompom usually but red and black were used also.

  • @brianfalls5038
    @brianfalls5038 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Love the story and you now have a new subscriber