The Morrigan seems less like a goddess, and more like a primordial force, based on her powers.

Fun fact. Cu Chulainn tied himself to that standing stone with his own entrails after his guts were already spilled.

I love the ambiguity of the Celtic mythologies.

She is also a goddess of prophecy, and is described as a "warrior and witch"

As an Irish person studying paganism and Celtic deity’s, I was so interested in the morrigan, she seems really interesting and awesome (Edit) after i made this comment, There was a group of ravens outside my house (There’s a family in the tree) but one of them was sitting in the garden on its own just looking at me, This went on for about 20 seconds till it flew away.

The Morrigan as a protective deity is a really dark things. She protects you so that you can eventually fafill your destiny

I believe the Morrigan predates the Tuatha de Danan in Ireland. I think the Celts that came in adopted her from the Mesolithic descendants already in Ireland. She is far older than most of the gods and goddesses worshiped in the classical pagan world.

I'm really enjoying these. I'm Irish and barely received any education on our mythologies. If we did they would be changed to where the characters found God in the end. Probably had something to do with the Catholic church owning all public schools in Ireland. They were notorious for changing local myths and legends to suit them.

The Morrigan is probably one of the most terrifying War Goddess in any mythology. Not only is she a carnal destroyer, but she also favors cleverness and subterfuge, other two less known methods of war. In a way, her three sides are the full embodiment of warfare, and all the horrors with it. And even further with her being a sovereignty goddess, she would urge her people to be free by any means. And taking one look at what Ulster has become since the rest of Ireland was freed and it wasn’t... well....

Please don't overlook non Irish Celtic mythology. Both Scottish and Welsh mythology are interconnected with Irish, and Welsh folklore includes Arthurian Legends. I am not very familiar with Cornish, Manx, and Breton variations of Celtic mythology, and would love to see videos on them. I also think pre-christian Anglo Saxon culture, it's similarities with Norse mythology, and how it affected and mingled with Celtic mythology would be fun to see.

The Morrigan's prophecy sounds suspiciously like Ragnarok, only further indenting my theory that the Tuatha Dé Danann are the Vanir on Midgard during the Second Cycle of the world.

The great queen is only a mystery to those she doesn't call to.

I think the Morrigan is one of the most interesting deities.

The Morrigan came to me when I needed her most. Because of her influence I've come into my real self, dark and light, angry and happy. I feel powerful now.

She's also considered the goddess of fate and change.

I used to think that Morrigan was a Scottish legend because of Darkstalkers and her Scottish accent in it. She’s a Celtic legend so that still stands (Celtic is mostly Irish and Scottish) but I did not know it was primarily known as an Irish legend.

I am consistently connected to The Morrigan; Over many years I have cared for her children and watched them thrive! They keep watch over me and warn me of dangerous things that are coming. My Crow Mates! ;-)

really fascinating, Morrigan's seem like such ominous figures, reminiscent of the Valkyrie as well as Odin who has two ravens on his shoulders.

From what you've described she sounds like an embodiment of the human fear or anxiety of death rather than a being dedicated to causing death or celebrating an afterlife like most divine beings. From prophesying death to appearing in scenarios that would likely cause death she serves as a warning that you should be afraid or to test your valor and character in the face of that fear. That's just how I understood her based on this video but I know nothing beyond what you said here. I love that you're doing Celtic mythology though, please keep it up!

the Morrigan has three aspects, one of wich: Macha, have red hair. But the Morrigan as one entity can have red or dark.

I really like your in depth details of all the stories,I love horror and folklore,I'm crippled in my hands and can't hold a book anymore(torture)I'm so grateful to all of your narratives

Bodvoc King of the Dobunni tribe in the west of England in the early 1st century bc, known from inscriptions on coins minted at Bagendon, Gloucestershire.Bodvoc means invading crows!!

thank you so much for covering milady and queen in this vid it is so hard to find info on her at all

I appreciate your existence. Great content. The Morrigan reminds me of Woden (Odin).

If you accept the (slightly cranky but nonetheless interesting) idea that the Phoenicians had a significant effect on Irish culture due to the ancient tin trade, this could be a version of Anat. She shows up in the Ugarit Baal cycle laying waste to her enemies with great glee, and is one of the few female war goddesses. Athena, one of the other notable ones, is usually considered to be her direct anthropological descendent.

I still consider the translation of her name to be "Great Queen" rather than "Phantom Queen."

The Morrigan is in the Iron Druid books. They're also audiobooks and some are on youtube. I would recommend them if you like urban fantasy

Thank you for this. I've only heard of The Morrigan a few times and never knew the actual tales or lore, backing or connected to it. I've heard a lot about a crow flying overhead as a bad omen. A sign of death. I had not known that the crow flying, was The Morrigan, though. This video was great. Really well done. I'm certainly learned a bit more about mythology, legends and lore. Many thanks, The Exploring Series. 👍

4:00 why do people think making threats to gods/goddesses is a good idea

Studied celtic mythology in first year of my degree, the tree godesses and forurms of the morigan are (tree being the number of parts to almost all gods) The beutiful blood eyed raven haired godess of battle lust and the glory that awaits those she faviours in battle and the pure joy of blood lust almost as sweet as the fourm of a young woman beneath the sheets The crone(hag) who weeps in the fpurm of the berived mother of warriors lost to the slaughter screaming for ethernety and washing her sons cloths upon the river bank to remove his blood The crow/raven (we only have ravens in ireland but we call them crows) the gorger of flesh and the only true victorof battles the one who feasts and grows fat on the folly of battle lust All are the same fourm and one must acept all to gain the desired one. For instance the high king was out hunting with the men of the finna and came upon at cron as day passed into night as they mad camp by the foot of a hill the men of the finna looked on in disgust at her as she mad advances on them but she promised who ever slept with her would enjoy great ness and so the high king slept with her the cron and in the morning woke beside the beutiful godesa of the morigan and had her also befot the crow flew away over his head towards his enemies home. One must acept all tree aspect of the morigan to truly have her favor even if that is acepting your own demise

The Morrigan and Banshees seem to be similar so i always assumed the Morrigan was the queen of the banshees, (Phantom Queen)

This was done very well. I'd like to see a more detailed video one her; altho she is my favorite goddess in any pantheon

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My grandmother is black Irish and would tell me stories of the Fey and Norse tales as well, my family is pegan and both my mom and grandma served in the military so they always made sure to give the Morgan her due, she has always been my favorite

This is so cool!

I’m getting shivers.

I've already done some exploring of the Morrigan in my most recent DA:O play through, *if ya know what I mean*

Most awesome deity in any mythology in my opinion.... Joe Donnelly wrote a sick novel about her called "The Shee" if u haven't yet u should seriously check it out an ancient evil unleashed on a modern Irish village with a truly phenomenal body count and some amazing death sequences for dif characters!

The Iron Druid chronicles by Kevin Hearne introduced me to the Morrigan and I love his rendition of this deity, she is my favourite mythical goddess!

PLEASE! I BEG YOU! Make a series talking about Magic The Gathering lore! That would be amazing!!! :D

My friend apparently shares a name with one of the Morrigan's aspects, I use the word aspect because seems more appropriate than sub goddess based on my interpretation of this video

Ravens always hawk at me and make me aware that they are in the area with me.

Thank you for this I am studying Celtic god and goddess for a pet project that I hope comes to pass.

The Morrigan - Smite

Do a long one on just cuculins story ✌👍 New sub thanks 👍✌

Will you cover cryptids such as the Jersey Devil?

Hi, I have not been able to find out who the artist is that drew that picture of The Morrigan with a crow holding her right eye in it's mouth and red hair. I saw it on the internet before while just searching a few different search terms. I found the artist before, can't remember the artist's name now or find where i wrote her name down to find the art again. I think she was from Seattle if I remember correctly. Now I can't find that particular art of The Morrigan on the internet all of sudden. I have also noticed you do not have the artist who drew that particular picture of The Morrigan listed here. May I please ask who drew that particular picture of The Morrigan with a crow holding her right eye in it's mouth and red hair please? Thank you! :)

Can you do a video about Deirdre of the sorrows

i got this from the eighth day series (The eighth day)(the inquisitors mark)(The morrigans curse)

I wonder if the Raven Queen from DnD was inspired from this deity.

Does the Morrigan not serve the same purpose with the Irish as the valkyries do with the Norse? As in being the chooser of the slain, to find who is worthy of mag mell.

I don’t know if you’ve done this before but can you do a exploring series for the song of ice and fire ?

Which goes back into the Irish and Scottish saying you don’t piss off their women

If you do Star Wars, can you do an Exar Kun video? Like what you did with Darth Bane and Darth Revan? plz respond.

Irish person here thanks for the culture lesson

She reminded me of Nocturnal from Skyrim in a way

Yasss my patron Goddess!!

its sad the things and knowledge we lose to history...

Anyone else stumble across this looking up the character Morrigan? I never heard of the Morrigan until now and the similarities to the Darkstalker in uncanny.

4:55 she's like a banshee washing someone's clothing before they are about to die

OK I did a back check in the tain one of her avatars does appear with red hair

Will you cover succubus and incubus or are you afraid of demonetization?

The Order of the Crows.

Oooor she was all three of the woman that summarize to one thus meaning she is technically one god but lives as three

The morrigan is not just a war goddess. She's also the goddess of women, protection, the waters

Weird, I always wanted a pet crow or raven

She scares me in The Iron Druid Chronicles.

Iron Druid Chronicles!!

Bruh the Morigan is OP in joust. She just chills around corners in lane and picks people off.

There will always be hearts Amongst men's hearts That know relentless Immortality.

What were the 3 other goddesses that the Morrigan was a part of? Was it like the maiden mother crone archetype? I’m also the 222 commenter in this lol. Lucky me 😆🍀

Came here because I was thinking about crows the others day.

My favorite Celtic god is Artio

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Well now Blizzard has to make a Morrigan skin for Mercy or Moira

So you're saying that Bloodraven is a Morrigan? 👌 ☝

don't mind me just another dragonborn coming through

She follows me as Raven, sometimes as Wolf. When she and I dance in the Night, the blackness - pitch - sings of rich Light. She and I will never be apart - For marriage she asked - and I gave my Heart. In return, she offered hers. She warned that this is not a task where one can worm. Echo - do her words, hit my heart, to change it's beat - every time that she speaks. One mistake = WRATH to reap. The Raven's call - I call back - The world we share - Void and black - but Within it, There's All there Is - pure Love, always, my sweet Morrigan.

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Morrigan the Celtic Druidess goddess of war and genocide has an interesting turn here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oNKAg9GYvr_Kf5s.html

Fun fact, my name is Morrigan

Any thoughts on a Warhammer 40k series?

Morrigan is the death goddess; not of the same type as Persephone, or Persephaxsa (these two, not the same)- a different "office"... She is the same type as, in much earlier language Hereqex'ledevex'helez (here x is like German ch, or Sumerian x). In this very ancient language, the consort of the latter, the death god, is Zucbehebmee, not the same type as Pluto or Anubis. Morrigan is like an inexorable force, true... Persephaxsa- in ancient Greek, this is the same sort of x sound; this is also true of Caxsandra, best spelling for a goddess, her mortal walk was in ancient Greece- the very same as Celtic Cleena. There are some myths about Cleena and a mortal lover, Keevan, but like most such myths, this is the work of incarnate demons. Very few of the land took these pseudo-charming tales seriously; some later scholars or historians found them noteworthy. As a interpretive principle, the only divinities who had avatars or mahavatars, anciently in Celtic land, were Niamh, one of Venus- called Aine' by the Celts (removed- her replacement is Vumefeqa); Morgan la Fay, Fortuna herself; Arthur, avatar of Artaios- most of the fabricated Arthurian tales come again from incarnate demons... Arthur was of Celtic patriarchal attribution, was friendly with the Romans; Merruddin, or Merlin- same soul as St. Germain- other names of actual gods and goddesses, cited as ancient Kings and retinue, etc. in bizarre tales- these are of demonic origins.

Thus we find out where the name "Morgan" comes from.

The Morrigan was the first wife of Adam in later ages known throughout the world by many names, maybe most popular of her names is Venus.

Is The Morrigan her title?

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Thank you... My Goddess gets such a bad rap in popular culture. Shes really not that bad

Generally before religouse changes in Europe women did fight in war, scotlands greatist warrior was infact a woman.

seems like she protects people n general, but seeks vengeance upon those who slight her, even accidentally. a typical god/goddess type figure.

morrigan only protect warrior willing stand ground fight to death and being viking to i get go to valhalla

anyone elses name morrigan? spelled like how it is?? not morgan?

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Alright couple of things 1st the most superficial red hair. The morrigan is a shifter Her hair is whatever color she wants it to be. However it is near of never to my knowledge said to be read a's however said to be black in a couple of different stores at least in the stories where she doesn't take the form of a crone with grey or white hair. Keep in mind the stereotypical Irish redhead stems from norse genes and the tales of the Tuatha de dannan predate norse presence in Ireland. Now to get to the more important things she is a triple war goddess she embodies the horror of war which is also a psychopomp who conveys the dead to the other world as a chooser of the dead striker to the Valkyrie. We get glimmers of her as a fertility goddess and definitely a conveyor of sovereignty Which still remains in her bonding to and ties to the Dagda. She is not just the horror of war aspect. That was emphasized by the monks recording the tales in the process of demonizing her which isn't to say that she isn't a dark goddess but she has more than just those aspects. For those of you mentioning the iron Druid fiction series she is most certainly not The conflicted sex freak as portrayed there.

I pledge allegiance to the goddess morrigan... And the republic for which it stands.. One nation under god.. One nation!!!

Morr-EE-Ahn.

“mohr-REE-ahn”

Ravens and Crows Will Peck Us to Pieces... Mors indecpeta. Morrighan Celtic Raven Goddess.

So this is Dead By Daylight’s new killer huh ? 🤔

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