The Truth About Leprechauns: Origins & Etymology
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Are leprechauns folkloric fiends or flesh-and-blood beings? Uncover the true origin of everyone's favorite short, shoe-making, treasure-hoarding Irish fairy, including the origin of their iconic name.
FYI: this video is based on a series of articles from IrishMyths.com. Head over there for a more in-depth understanding of the etymology of leprechaun and its origin:
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Hello! Have you ever thought of doing an episode on the leprechaun's wardrobe? Everyone talks about how the leprechaun originally wore red, not green. But nobody talks about his hat - in the folklore collections he's described as wearing a "cocked hat". But modern depictions have him wearing something that looks like a top hat / pilgrim's hat.
Absolutely fantastic explanation, thanks for this. I was aware of Peter Ellis' explanation of the Lugh-linkage and was happy to hear you discuss it (for the record, I've read it in any other source). PS, as a "COVID-busy project," I wrote an RPG adventure set in Irish myth and folklore and I included an encounter with a tavern keeper who is horribly prejudiced against lepruchauns for this reason. :) Thanks again for this great video and I'm looking forward to checking out your other ones!
Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment! And any chance you could drop a link to your RPG adventure?? I'd love to check it out, sounds right up my alley
I saw a small folk years ago in my living room, yes I was sober.
Serious question: what did they look like?? I'm thinking of putting together an "eyewitness testimony"-type video exploring small folk/the other crowd
@@irishmyths it was a tiny man with a white beard as far as I could see it was kinda hard to see kinda see through but he was wearing brown clothing. I call him a gnome because that’s what he kinda looked like idk. I heard this chatter in my heard but I couldn’t understand what they were saying but then he told me to hush and disappeared.
It's pronounced Warr-ick, not War-wick
Roger that, my mistake!
Great video though :)
Where is rodruban, anyone know?
Man your background music is so f*ing annoying, I cannot pay attention at all, love it lmao
The origin of fairies is multiple choice: they could be spirits, pagan gods, fallen angels, or primitive people
Why is le bon dieu similar to little people, or 'prehistoric'? It's a normal old-fashioned French Catholic term for God
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I prefer Clurichauns.
They are definitely a bit naughtier than their leprechaun cousins! P.S. I wrote about clurichauns over on the IrishMyths blog: irishmyths.com/2024/03/01/clurichaun/
Elves, goblins, gnomes, and dwarves are used to define leprechauns not really describe them if that makes sense
7:27 elves could be based on a race of people too
7:21 those are dwarves of norse mythology
0:44 what do you mean merely descriptions? Leprechauns are fairies
What he said!
Banshee...comes from beansidhe ...meaning fairy women...agsin the roman catholic church oppressed the pagan memory ..!
12:03 all of the above
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