Absolute gem of a channel. It's been a pleasure to watch this channel grow. Please continue to keep our people's folkish legends and oral traditions alive.
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching fella!
@DK-cy5mt Жыл бұрын
@@TheJollyReiverreally glad I found this channel, I write short stories that I try to intertwine folklore into, your content is really helping
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
@@DK-cy5mt glad you enjoyed!
@sithdoestat4432 Жыл бұрын
@@TheJollyReiver can't wait for the ireland and wales videos!
@Friendship1nmillion3 ай бұрын
@@TheJollyReiver Yeah , really enjoyed this . One of interest that stands out for me is the Phantom Pipers at number 7 on your list . I'd like to hear a particular story about one Or more about them ( not that I like bagpipes at all ) . Just wondering IF one of these mentioned in 7th on your list are the original ancestors of British former pop singer turned actress/director Billie Piper ( her 1st big hit was " because we want to " ) . Thought maybe her very first ancestor was the inspiration behind the pipped piper nursery rhyme . Maybe you could do a collab video with @The-Resurrectionists video channel on all I've detailed ? Much appreciated . ♑✍️🇧🇻🇦🇺
@smartman123 Жыл бұрын
love every thing Scottish greetings from Lebanon 🇱🇧
@veronikav3126 Жыл бұрын
Oh, what can be better than to sit in front of the fire at nigh, listen to and share Scottish folklore and be utterly and delightfully scared and spooked... 🥰 P.S.: thank you for this amazing selection.
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoy!
@violetmoonofthenorth Жыл бұрын
I thought I was quite knowledgeable about the folktales of the Scottish/British isles..I’ve heard only about two of these 😂
@donnyskinglongliveme Жыл бұрын
The lonely places in Scotland are places you are never alone! It's obvious lot of work has gone into this video, so thank you! If you read Adomnan's account of St Columbcill popping up the great glen. They encounter the Loch Ness monster in the river Ness and after it attacks them, it's banished from the river into the loch! Also, i was surprised that the Cailleach (of Corryvreckan among other places) was not in your list, being such a big part of Scottish folklore! A fantastic video!
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Always room for her in a part 2!
@colinmclean7787 Жыл бұрын
another brilliant video mate
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Thanks man!
@HBTLions Жыл бұрын
Love your passion for this stuff... I just listen because it's interesting to me.
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@anthonyvasquezactor8 ай бұрын
My God, you couldn't have picked a better musical accompaniment for the Baobhan Sith segment. That "Jaws"-like sound as I heard the story gave me chills. 😨
@TheJollyReiver8 ай бұрын
Thank you :-)
@comesahorseman Жыл бұрын
Almost all of these were new to me; thank you! 👍🏴
@lordgriffin9444 Жыл бұрын
The loch ness monster is my favorite creature of scottish folklore but it is nice hear to about scottish folklore and nice that you are preserving the fires of the traditions of europa so will you do the welsh folklore creatures because that will preserve the fire even further in that thank you
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed!
@CoreyisBarackObama10 ай бұрын
I'm from Inverness (a 5 min drive from Loch Ness)
@anubusxАй бұрын
Have you ever seen anything?
@Jen9998 ай бұрын
Truly enjoyed this I did.. was unaware of most of these.. this video was beautiful.. informative.. and intriguing as well.. Looking forward to your videos of English, Irish and Welsh creatures.. Btw.. the best feature of this video is your voice.. it adds a poignant and classic note to your video.. achingly beautiful it is🌹 Jen999💜💙
@TheJollyReiver8 ай бұрын
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! The English one is already out if you’d like to see that!
@Jen9998 ай бұрын
@@TheJollyReiver Thank you .. I will check it out .. your videos are grand :)
@elizabethmcglothlin5406 Жыл бұрын
Ghost pipers still looking for a place to practice after death
@frankb821 Жыл бұрын
Loved Loved Love this!!! We only have one here in Southern Arizona...the infamous Chupacabra! Pretty sure he'd lose a fight to any of the beasts in this video, though
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed mate
@ForneliusNulland Жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this. Thanks so much for making it.
@connorricketts1323 Жыл бұрын
and another great vidoe loveed it one day i might vist Scotland and the countryside I love the countryside there's just something magic about it and thank you for all the hard work you put in the videos and we really appreciate it love your channel and love folklore and mythology never stop telling the stories myths legends folklore your keeping them alive for future generations and keeping the hectic and history alive and makeing sure they don't get lost in the past your doing amazing work
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Thank you mate, glad you enjoyed as always :-)
@2pacEEzGacha22 сағат бұрын
tbh the countryside is fine but it's kinda boring- I prefer edinbrugh or glasgow T-T
@connorricketts132321 сағат бұрын
@@2pacEEzGacha I loved the countryside buts its fine If its not your thing
@MrRourk Жыл бұрын
I heard of 1,2,4, & 5 before Thanks for this video
@Freakaboogie Жыл бұрын
this is a great channel!!!!!!!!!!!!
@DarkAutumnScribe Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Thoroughly enjoyed this. I’m very much looking forward to your videos on Ireland and Wales! Cheers!
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
@calicomist921310 ай бұрын
I have a Master's Degree in English - I loved this video! I've also discovered my Scottish ancestry from Clans MacIntosh and [Mac]Duff so I can't hear enough about Scotland. Thanks for posting!
@pastel_guts81128 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for these videos, they've been helping me get inspiration to write my own Sudrian Folklore and Fairytales! As in The Isle of Sodor in Thomas and Friends, since Sodor is located between The Isle of Man and Cumbria. ^^
@APIEProductions Жыл бұрын
I love your content! Keep the videos coming!
@observationsfromthebunker9639 Жыл бұрын
I really love Faerie lore and other old lore, have done so since reading LOTR and Fairies at an impressionable age. Scotland has some weird, wonderful, and wicked ones! 1:26 Didn't know Shellycoat was a Border denizen. It acts like one, too, full of mischief. 4:32 The northern lands have the sort of snaky dragons that makes you understand the "worm" or "serpent" appalation. 5:27 Redcap must have its choice of living places on the Border then! 15:36 there are at least four of these listed in old collections of lore, so they must've enjoyed a following among Highland shepherds. 13:52 A few Scottish people have come to Sasquatch Chronicles over the years and claimed there is a Bigfoot-style "wild man" in the northern hills. Might this legend be a connection? 19:06 again, sounds like another Bigfoot-style creature, perhaps. 19:36 There is a beautiful old ballad about a selkie that is a man instead of a woman. Can't remember the title though.
@maccurtis730 Жыл бұрын
This is the content I subscribed for.
@williamrobinson7435 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant! This is one to keep for reference. Thanks so much! 🌟👍
@noreenclark25688 ай бұрын
I recognised a few names there but i still enjoyed the stories . A merry Christmas and happy New year to you and yours
@user-co4gs3hm8p Жыл бұрын
The Nuckalavee reminds me of the Ringraithes in in Lord of the Rings. Truly terrifying 😮
@cosmiquealiene61684 ай бұрын
I first heard the name "Ghillie Du" through Brownie Guides, as a potential name for a Six. In our pack, we had Gnomes, Imps, Leprechauns and Sprites Sixes, with matching badges. I saw in my book they also had Kelpies (which took the human form rather than the better known horse form, for some reason), the aforementioned Ghillie Du (who wore a Tam O'Shanter cap, for maximum Scottishness), Pixies, Elves and this obscure Welsh fairy called a Bwbachod (whom I found out the other day steals barstools from underneath teetotalers - THE BADGE EVEN DEPICTED HIM HOLDING A STOOL!!!!🤣) I found out that before my time, Brownies had even more options for Sixes' names, including the Tylwyth Teg from Wales, Little People from Ireland and Fairies, who were depicted with wings. I remember being a little girl and asking my Mum why there was no Fairies six. She responded that it was likely because nearly all the girls would want to be in it! I can imagine that is why they retired the name.
@mjrchapin9 ай бұрын
Wonderful summary of things I do not want to ever see! On to England!
@lolmacdonald94019 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed that, weldone and thank you X
@smartman12311 ай бұрын
love this
@amb163 Жыл бұрын
Great video! Glad to see you're nearly at 30K subs :)
@markshockley5533 Жыл бұрын
About 4 hours from my home in Maryland is a road in Pennsylvania where it runs through a state park and they call being lattern man and there is a actually lattern man been filmed and you can tell it's supernatural it walks along the road at night.
@vibingwithvinyl Жыл бұрын
Lantern man?
@markshockley5533 Жыл бұрын
@@vibingwithvinylYes latterman is a being carrying a lattern like a old one at night he is seen along the road walking but you will see him before he sees you. And what I've seen myself is a fisherman in muddy clothes with a skeleton type face just walking on the shoulder of the road . And there is nothing for prank to happen these roads are desolate and nobody we know is stupid enough to do that trust me here in the US someone will get a bat or gun and go after the prankster.
@darlingusa2pettee576 күн бұрын
@@markshockley5533 We had a lantern-man that walked the railroad back in the day, in southeastern Virginia. I never saw it but some swear they did.
@vincerutter1921 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant stories and brilliant story telling, i have only heard of maybe 5, some of these are pretty terrible, my romantic brain, i would love most of these to be helpful and happy to help, sadly most are from our darkest nightmares, i know most are warnings but I believe some are true, i will always keep aware of my surroundings and now i will check to see what could be lurking in the dark when traveling to places, thank you for your videos
@jacksonfrenchii8080 Жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Cheers pal 👍🏻
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Thank you :-)
@feef48133 ай бұрын
The Nac Mac Feegle deserve an honourary mention. Crivvens!
@garybeuchat75584 ай бұрын
Thank you for the introduction to a new old world.
@TheJollyReiver4 ай бұрын
My pleasure!
@ieuanchamberlain2892 Жыл бұрын
I live close to Linton Hill and I ended up writing a Ballad about it for a theatre project.
@maxcarpendale3740 Жыл бұрын
Well done! Would love other videos like this for other parts of the UK
@alanbstard4 Жыл бұрын
excellent video. Great subject. Sort of thing i'd like to see discussed on Milleniyule too
@alfiemccalfry66358 ай бұрын
When we went on a trip to Loch Ness for a week in Primary School, we got pranked by the guides. They told us about the Ghost Pipers and later, played bagpipe music on a radio nearby our sleeping quarters. One of the kids had a panic attack.
@TheBorderRyker Жыл бұрын
Can I just say well done with the pronunciations. They can be pretty tricky. I thoroughly enjoyed this video and it is obvious that a lot of work went into it. Thank you 🙏🏻🏴 Just as a bit of trivia the Loch Ness Monster is known by some as Niseag (pronounced nee shack.)
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, much appreciated! Are you a Gaelic speaker?
@TheBorderRyker Жыл бұрын
@@TheJollyReiver I’m not a natural speaker (I live just north of the Carter Bar.) but I’ve been learning since the beginning of the lockdowns. It’s a beautiful language but some of the pronunciations are really difficult as a lot of the letters and combinations of letters sound completely different to English. Most people completely butcher the words but you pretty much nailed them. Not an easy task without practice. Thank you for helping to keep the old tales alive. I’m off to watch your video on the English folklore next. 😎👍🏻
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Aye I can speak a little bit of Gaelic as I’ve always been fascinated with highland folklore and history, but not a native speaker either aha. Thanks for the feedback, means a lot and gives me some confidence!
@connorryan7483 Жыл бұрын
I would love a video on Clootie wells!
@matthewrobson7190 Жыл бұрын
Just seen pele tower in creswell is opening next spring after they restore it, could be a good video
@dragowolfraven3806 Жыл бұрын
Nice.
@AmIDeadYet Жыл бұрын
There's some horror films to be made out of all these.
@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524 Жыл бұрын
The Blue Men sound like a Scottish adaptation of the Draugr.
@tinyredbeetle4675Ай бұрын
Im wroting a book woth 'animals' from British folklore in them, safe to say, your channel is very helpful with that! I was struggling for ideas but you've helped loads. 😄
@TheJollyReiverАй бұрын
Glad to be of assistance!
@smartman1238 ай бұрын
love this Scottish traditional music
@emilybarclay88317 ай бұрын
I love how British folktales are always either: This creature will do your laundry if you give it sweets and booze OR This creature will eat your kids, you, your mother, and burn your house down because you looked at it wrong I love it
@whiggles9203 Жыл бұрын
Would you consider mythological/religious figures seperate from folklore, particularly in the Irish and Welsh context? Love the videos!
@jameshoffmann8951 Жыл бұрын
What a great follow up to the English instalment !
@markshockley5533 Жыл бұрын
In Gettysburg Pennsylvania is where a 3 day civil war battle took place between Robert Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Gordon Mead's Army of the Potomac well both my father's and mother's family fought against each other. Well needless to say it is probably the most haunted civil war battlefield in the country. Almost daily people will hear phantom music marching of troops, phantom gunfire, shouting, screams and of spirits not just ghost but interacting ghosts. A half directly behind President Eisenhower's farm through the woods is Devil's den where the Texans and Floriadans where picked off by Union troops and killed a lot of men. Well in devil's den in 2001 my wife were waking and saw two confederate soldiers one sitting on a stone wall and the other taking to people. And at the time I thought nothing of it until the soldier on the stone wall wasn't moving it was a like looking at a 3d picture of a man with terror on his face and I tried to talk to him but he never responded. Just stared at the ground. I even waved in front of his face. That was some freaky shit. We walked and 5 minutes they were gone. I walked to the stone wall and no boot prints in the dust and no weeds trampled down. I was online around Halloween time to book a historical train ride through Adams county and came across the story of the soldiers in devil's den. I said hell no but it did happen. Mentioning our wonderful 5 star general Dwight Eisenhower who later became president his home is directly on the battlefield his land and surrounding is extremely haunted.nMaime and Dwight neven rich often would spend there days on there sun porch overlooking the woods and often the secret service officers would have go to the woods because Dwight would men walking around so of course the people protecting the president would have to check it out and find nothing. Crazy isn't it.
@markshockley5533 Жыл бұрын
To correct a comment Dwight Eisenhower and Maime Eisenhower though rich lived simply.
@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Жыл бұрын
11:09 coffin dance cats
@99fruitbat94 Жыл бұрын
Happy to realise that I didn't waste my Scottish childhood all those decades ago as I recognise the majority of these 🎉
@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Жыл бұрын
13:54 dont mind cousin phil. he always was an odd man
@Brentonius_III Жыл бұрын
cat sith is actually a character in a final fantasy game, but people say it as its spelt. wonder how they will say it in the remake next year when he arrives
@tedbriskett2962 Жыл бұрын
What about the legendary Haggis? Most notably the 'Great Crested' variety. Herds of wild haggii are said to roam the Outer Hebrides - but that could just be a baseless myth that we grew up with in England... 🤔
@mrmeowmeow710 Жыл бұрын
👍👍For a master story teller loved it
@AndyL6972 Жыл бұрын
You missed out our national animal the Unicorn 🦄 and an honourable mention to the 3 legged Haggis that roam the Mountains and Glen's too 😂 or was I just drinking too much Scotch Whisky 🤣🤪
@user-co7jt6sk8z7 ай бұрын
I enjoy this video very much then and I loved this video very much then.
@DaeronValyria8 ай бұрын
Omg Cat-Sith! A final fantasy reference 😂
@AdamTurnbull-xd3nf Жыл бұрын
have to say never herd of the warter bulls that's a new one on me. herd a few of these thou.bought a book on scottish boarder myths and legends a while ago.
@Mokiefraggle11 ай бұрын
The fascinating thing is, there's stories of water bulls (usually freshwater) in Scottish folklore, but if you go looking into Eastern myths, there's a Japanese sea-dwelling yōkai known as the ushi-oni, which roughly translates as "ox-demon" or "bull-ogre." It can be any number of variations, but it's most typically pictured an ox head atop the body of a gigantic spider, or can be a thing like a minotaur, with the bull's head atop an otherwise human body.
@tamiresnogueira86946 ай бұрын
the Pavanshi looks like Edward Cullen with Bella's hair... Edward Jacob would look like that
@sheep1ewe11 ай бұрын
The brownie seem to be pretty much the same as the Scandinavian "Tomte"
@MummaBear6 ай бұрын
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@cassandrarousos3555Ай бұрын
The big gray man sounds like a type of satchsqautch
@destonlee28383 ай бұрын
I came here looking for the weird phenodoggery. Mentioned in a collection of tales about wee folk and weirds.
@katharinecarmichael77599 ай бұрын
I am of Clan Carmichael from Scotland.
@anamariecameron78749 ай бұрын
these spirit’s need to be respected
@nicholascollins721910 ай бұрын
Mythology and mythical creatures and paranormal also spiritual realms also supernatural, which is what I enjoyed and believed in.
@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030 Жыл бұрын
the cat sith looks similar to a kellas cat
@arlenedavis57703 ай бұрын
Kellas cat?
@natalieb.125411 ай бұрын
I would like to point out the stories of Baobhan Sith; that here in the US the Native American populations have a mythical vengeful "Deer Lady" from the woodlands tribes. Beautiful woman on deer hooves who only seeks men who have done something very wrong. I have often wondered if the first Scots who emigrated to America shared the stories of Baobhan Sith with the Natives of Virginia/Carolina since they weren't always in good favour with the British rule and were "given" land out in the "frontier" to push the Natives further westward, many Scots cohabitating with the Native peoples it is likely to have happened. Or did both peoples have these existing creatures in their oral histories, bringing together the connection we as a species have as we tell our mythos across thousands of years. My paternal grandparents emigrated from Scotland in 1950s sharing faeries & Gaelic stories, here I was raised in Virginia taught both Black & Native stories from my mother's people, it fascinates me how Old World stories crossed the ocean while a bit discerning that my mother's people were not allowed to keep their histories. I appreciate these Scottish folklore videos, it keeps the memory of my grandparents alive.
@gavinhealy58999 ай бұрын
Many if not all of the being's are either hybrid or full E.T's . The Baobhan Sith in layman's terms are the Vampire E.T . They are allies of the Draco E.T and in the 1800's were augmented to have no fangs . The Baobhan Sith set up the Red cross . Off world they have full fangs , here without fangs in modern times .Some super soldiers from earth have become Vampires for various reasons.
@ronofthesea5953 Жыл бұрын
Some of these just seem like superstition, (though I'd dismiss none as such). But this feeling of dread is common enough for me to say: I think those from the lower world (not sure exactly what I mean by that) are able to reach us that way. It's like a kind of emotion based telepathy, I suppose. Anyway, here in "Dogman country" I hear of the same phenomenon.
@willhuey6 ай бұрын
The cu sith is basically the hellhound another equivalent is the barghest from England.
@colinmclean7787 Жыл бұрын
i dont want too sound like a nutcase here but i seen what i seen,,,in a place called the pete moss near blackburn west lothian,walking through it to the next town seafield,,i seen 2 big hounds running through the trees parallel to the path,and i say hounds becuase i love dogs,these wernt just any dogs,,my first instinct was oh fuck,they better not run this way but they just kept running in the same direction,then out of site,,,then i started doubting what i seen,but like i say,,,i ken what i saw that day
@TheJollyReiver Жыл бұрын
Strange things out there for sure 👀
@mistersharpe4375 Жыл бұрын
You're not a nutcase. "Hounds" like you describe are seen all over the world, even in Australia. Even if they are only earthly animals, us humans know much less about the creatures of this world than we'd like to admit.
@skeetskeet704111 ай бұрын
Odd that it isn’t mentioned that the monster of Loch Ness was not described as a serpent or a plesiosaur-like beast until the famous faked photo. Huh.
@andrewmcgregor650713 күн бұрын
How about the Dullahan?
@user-nj5bd8ly1y4 ай бұрын
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@pedallinraw Жыл бұрын
☺️👍🏻
@temperancewitchway Жыл бұрын
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐😄👍😊
@naomiseraphina9718 Жыл бұрын
Go hiontach ar fad! Bhainim sult as an fisean seo! Go raibh maith agat agus beannactht. Go n-eiri leat! --N
@Paulftate Жыл бұрын
you think people now have an imagination 😂
@StarMoons-mj3qq12 күн бұрын
Imagine the in my day kids we had to slay dragons and sail across mermaid filled waters
@Paulftate12 күн бұрын
@@StarMoons-mj3qq just my opinion of course? Not calling anyone a liar or anything ... seeing is believing ..... don't trust them lying ears🤘
@ChihuahuavideosАй бұрын
Bro you forgot morag the loch morar monster
@WishyBoz6 Жыл бұрын
Creature in the title picture for this video kinda looking like a snack ngl
@aaronsaunders6974Ай бұрын
Cat sith is the coolest
@ChihuahuavideosАй бұрын
Is the Cù-Sìth a chihuahua
@Morunic777 Жыл бұрын
I killed many Cu Sith in FF4😊
@WriterProfessor Жыл бұрын
Ùruisg look like Gollum.
@Why8876o5 ай бұрын
Please Wales 🏴 and Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏
@TheJollyReiver4 ай бұрын
Ireland nearly finished!
@kctaylor756311 ай бұрын
there are humans with blue skin
@mattewwoodward41313 ай бұрын
Sorry but if any of these myths and legends are over 800 years old then there not Scottish the Scots originally came from northern Ireland in 13th century
@otto80498 ай бұрын
You forgot one. My Foul Polish Land Lady. No one ever moves out.