Hello all cosmic eternal peoples, the recent midsummers eve/day Stonehenge free festival gathering 2024, was a cosmicly amazing successful event , I was there and pleased to see all the free natural eternal peoples of the infinite wild natural eternal cosmos enjoying themselves, there WILL DEFINATELY soon be the return of the Stonehenge free festivals FOR ETERNITY , REGULARLY, and ALL other free festivals also FOR ETERNITY , the IMPORTANT thing is, the more the natural wilderness returns back to the northern side/edge of Stonehenge (where the small "barrow hills" and traditional pyramid stage/ main festival site area is), i.e. the tarmac, roads, fences, artificial things e.t.c. being taken up, and the natural mud, turf and other plants growing back,, the sooner the better, and the Stonehenge free festivals Will DEFINATELY return even MORE sooner it is PRIMARILY NECESSARY for the northern plains tundra/fields ( i.e. where the main free festival, pyramid stage , small" barrow hills" usually is) to become completely natural wilderness again , there will still be a route to the south of Stonehenge for traffic travelling east to west/ west to east, and yet that route will eventually have the tarmac removed e.t.c. also , and then just become a flat dry smooth natural mud route that vehicles can STILL use 100% safely o.k. at the same speeds as before, (that southern only (east to west/west to east) road re-naturalisation (eventually back to a vehicle safe flat dry mud road) is in the more distant future, but to the sides and northern edges all around Stonehenge ,re-naturalisation back to completely natural tundra is VERY DEFINATELY IMMINENT and IMPORTANTLY it is better NOT to actually scorch/burn the actual turf/grass soils e.t,c. in any way , we are elf minimalist-tech eco-friendly(primarily) peoples, Stonehenge is here for ETERNITY , and so are we ALL, and so is all our eco friendly cosmic eternal music equipment e.t.c. any planes, helicopters, U.F.O. , other craft e.t.c. e.t.c. in the sky and space is ONLY Soviet Union Russian, so rest assured EVERYTHING is o.k. and 100% ECOFRIENDLY, see you soon and a DEFINIATE eco friendly free festival ETERNITY ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEED

47:10 there's certainly a nonzero chance they were familiar with Weyland, they certainly did their Norse myth research when creating the Thor comics.

Another great telling Sir - thank you . I love your analysis and explanations - adds so much more

Really enjoyed this thank you, but I feel the daffodils in the ground next to you are smirking , as thier still flourishing unlike the narcissus bunched in your hand 😊

Spellbinding storytelling, thank you!

Ooo I like you, we would get on. 🌸

Nice to meet you at Waylands Smithy my friend :) great to see your story telling, congratulations !! lots of love, the guy in the robe ❤️

Hermes and Thoth are closely associated, Thoth is a magician and guide often connected to the moon. He's depicted sometimes wearing a crescent shaped sun disk on his head. I wonder if there's a connection to an earlier horned deity that became syncretized with the sun worship of Egypt, changing the horns to a solar disk.

Mythological Emergence is an interesting concept. You could say the woes of human existence are universal, and thus so are our stories.

Very enjoyable.. Thank you 🪴

Thank you for the telling and the elucidation piece too. This story is so rich, There are so many levels it is speaking to me. I do feel the crack of the great cosmic egg here, the loss of Eden, separation from the divine and the suffering that it begets. You're ending the piece with "this too shall pass" brought it home. -the lyrics of one of my favorite songs Summertime evokes it: Summertime, and the livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin' So hush little baby, don't you cry One of these mornings, you're goin' to rise up singin' And you'll spread your wings and you'll take the sky But 'til that mornin', there's a-nothin' can harm you With daddy and mommy standin' by. 🦢

Its very invasive in the south. It brought down a healthy small hickory blocking our driveway and I've seen it tear old garages down if its got enough water

Found you recently. Your videos are such a treat. The topics are just what I've been looking for. You are a wonderful storyteller, a pleasure to listen to, not hard on the eyes either😉. Your rustic home looks quite like mine ( I live in a log cabin in northern California), and whenever I have the chance to see your library, we have the same books! Such a joy. I appreciate and applaude all you do!

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Everyone is starting to see what once they couldn't some people are still asleep waking from a dream is hard 😂love your storytelling❤🇮🇪🤘 Pandoras box

Sir Walter Scott’s “Kenilworth” contains a description of Wayland’s Smithy. Great video and story telling! Your passion is evident and worthy of great respect. Well done and I look forward to further stories

Nicely told..you have got my mind working on the me being every character in the story..also the amount of information on where these stories originate and how they echo other tales. a dark tale of self suppression and anger control because of incarceration. another angle was the crippled genius that i am still mulling over. the gold ring i think was his own personal gift of his heart (that he was giving to his beloved).. that was wrongly given to another person ..i love your tales and the way you tell them and it has deepened my interest in my and the worlds ancient lore wisdom and self discovery..xx

All hail the God of the Algorithm, who hath blessed me on this fine day. 🙏 💜

Excellent! Thank you for stirring my memories. Swans have always been special to me ( my name of origin). I have many swan feathers collected over time. Was given a book abt Weyland when in England..I would love to sit by the fire & listen to you, glad to have internet, so in a way I am...Blessed be wonderful one..My heart is always in England!!! Land of my ancestors.

Well, that escalated quickly! Put me in mind of “How very different from the home life of our own dear Queen!” I’ve always found Wayland’s Smithy and the Uffington White Horse quite magically beautiful places to visit.

a wonderful story and description on the narration. a joy to listen too.

You are a superb storyteller ( love especially the wicked chuckle) You have a wonderful understanding of how myth and nature weave together with shamanism and mystery.Thank you.

In Welsh it's known as Gofannon's Smithy. Gofannon, the ‘Divine-Smith,’ was the son of Belenos, the Sun-God, and Anu, his wife. Gofannon made a silver hand for the maimed Llud at the site. He is mentioned in the Mabinogion, has many links to Vulcan and earlier. All of these probably stem from PIE myths but I don't know of any. Thank you for the teachings and for reaching into your word-hoard with the tale of Weyland.

I've heard that the original weapon was likely made of stone. The sky was thought to have been originally believed to be made of stone, literally a giant dome firmament, & that's why rocks occasionally fell from it. Stone axe heads are actually one of the most ancient human tools of all time. Homo Erectus was debatedly the first truly human species, & was intimately linked to the creation of the stone axe-often identified in the archeological record because of their tendency to create thousands of them everywhere they went.

My name is Taran. Direct cognate with Thunor.

I'm a big fan of the crippled smith motif.

Great storytelling

😂 the stick beatings got me early in this one. those magical moments when you accept defeat and say whats the worse that could happen and thing’s dramatically improve, life changing after you hit rock bottom

When you refer to the feeling of the air in moments and those glimpses in your vision, it hits home. Just plain happy to hear others be open with these experiences, they are precious and reassuring in so many ways

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I think it’s important for all the young girls and boys hearing this story: the fisherman did not love her. If he loved her, he would have confessed and given her skin back so she could be free and live as her truest self. He was selfish and saw her as a possession and didn’t care what his desire did to her spirit. She did not love him, she had no choice but to be with him, marry him, have his children. This is not a love story. This is a story of a man lying, manipulating and taking advantage of a woman after he secluded her and took her option for freedom away. This is not how men treat women they love.

The passionate energy from both of you telling these stories 👏🏻 💛 bravo 🎉

😅 this made me giggle but i can imagine the necessity

I had no idea about garlics long history. I loved it before but now im in-love with it 💚

Hail Odin the all father.

This story was so awe-mayzin ! My face at the most vengeful parts literally : 😮 And its stayed like that for a minute. Bravo 👏🏻

Wish the sound was a bit better.

Wayland didnt know about re incarnation? He should have moved on before he made anything at all. Coward.

For doggie snacks and lute? strings.

I read once that blacksmiths were often depicted as crippled because slamming the hammer down caused them to become stooped and also shortened the leg they brought down as they swung. Who wrote/performs your theme music? It brightens my day everytime I hear it, They should be in the credits.

Wonderfully evocative, both Wayland 's Smithy and the story of Wayland the Smith. Both are vectors into the deep past.

Eagil the archer you say??

Wayland would be a great bow name, if it wasn't for Smithers

Fascinating story. Georgians Aren't Indo-Europeans, but share many mythic archetypes. We have a Forge priest who ascended into Demigod (godson) status known as Pirqush (grouch looker or Grumpy) who was a beautiful young man that girls wouldn't live alone so he prayed for peace and god gave him a disease that disfigured his face, giving him peace from the ladies. In one story he gets kidnapped by Devi (Giants) and forced to work for them, devi are already powerful Blacksmiths so it's kinda odd why they kidnap him. He's probably much better. Then one of the other Godson heroes have to rescue him. Blacksmith kidnapping was unfortunately common, north Caucasian barbarians often kidnapped Caucasian forge Priests and later empires would take skilled workers as well. Thankfully Pirqush had no interest in women!

AHHH the inseverable link between mortal, ensalved Daedalus and Divine, crippled Hephaestus archetypes is making me feral. It’s the transcendence of mortal to divinity, but at the same time the divine brought down to humanity. Creation being only the act of gods. But also like, we humans can smith too and become like gods in creation

Tragic story, but an excellent storyteller!🤗❤️🐝

Loved the storytelling, the mythology and the wonderful scenery. That interaction with the guy whose trickster smith great grandad was wild…loved the description of “temporary pagan” too … we all have our own ways of being.

awesome - enjoyed this!!! : )