Monsters of Celtic Mythology

Some of the most frightening and disturbing creatures ever imagined come from stories told in the British Isles of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. From the Banshee who cries at the arrival of death, to the forever hunted Questing Beast. This program will cover a handful of the most dreadful, most mysterious, and most mischievous creatures and monsters of Celtic mythology!

MYTHOLOGY HAS BEEN TOLD AND RETOLD IN MANY FORMS ACROSS TIME, STORIES AND ACCOUNTS MAY VARY.

MUSIC:
"The Elder Path" by Adrian von Ziegler

CLIPS:
Footage of Ireland, Scotland, Orkney, and Loch Ness

OPENING:

ARTISTS FEATURED:
Alena Zhukova
Jarow art
Daniel Eskridge
J Torrance
Box Jelly art
Gabrielle Callan
Dominique Mook
Wojciech Zwolinski
J Heidersdorf
James Griffin
Almatea art
Lie Setiawan
Mely Val
Praise Moyer
Tenshi Naelle
Estele art
Wesley Simpkins

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[MythologyUnleashed]

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[avacornthelastponybender]

The Minotur: "I have the most disturbing origin story in Mythology!"
The Questing Beast: "Hold my ale"

[borntogazeintonightskies]

Dearg Due 1:15
Kelpie 2:38
Pooka 4:22
Questing Beast 5:50
Banshee 7:33
Red Cap 9:29
Dullahan 11:04
Nuckelavee 12:25
Barghest 14:26
Loch Ness Monster 15:59

[nocturnalcove]

The Banshee gets way too much hate. Poor girl is just doing her job.

[NightRaiderTea]

The kelpie also has another Welsh counterpart called the Ceffyl dwr, it has people climb on its back and fly into the air before dissipating into mist, causing the person to fall to their death.

[Cuban]

Well the Dearg-Due isn’t just a bloodsucking Vampire. She also had the power to extract breathe of life from people. When she killed her bastard of a father it wasn’t by bloodsucking. She kissed him on the lips and sucked out all the air in his lungs including his life force. He died instantly.

She also didn’t kill herself right away. The husband had her locked in a tower with rats. So after a while of being there, the isolation drove her to suicide.

And she tore her husband apart with her teeth and drained him good. Also it didn’t happen right away. It took a whole year before she rose from her grave to take vengeance. The young Peasant boy tried to find her to help her move on. But she always ran from him.

I think it’s because she didn’t want redemption. Maybe she knew if she saw him she would go back to being good. And would have to face what she had done. Always she would return to her grave in the morning. So one day the peasants placed stones atop her grave to stop her from leaving.

And so far it has worked. The grave is a tourist attraction to this day. Oh! And it turns out that Dearg-Due was a mistranslation someone made. It actually means “Crimson Darkness” in Gaelic.

[IrishTechnicalThinker]

The Banshee is probably the strongest and most feared here in Ireland, Bean Si translates as Women Faerie or Faerie woman. Sounds like Ban She. The Banshee is possibly related to the Tuatha de Danann and this makes her even more powerful.

[pgtv]

Note about kelpies: there are some kelpies that are good and can sometimes prevent an evil one from killing a victim.

[inferlynx]

Barghest are also sometimes described as having reversed paws causing the creature to sound farther away the closer it is to you at least that’s what my gran used to say

[redscale]

We Swedish also have a creature like Loch Ness monster. Stor sjö odjuret (Big Lake monster) and some have claimed that Stor Sjön and Loch Ness is connected through a underwater tunnel.

[faultyfox]

The Banshee has always been described as this low grating howl in my family, way more like a cow crying out then a typical woman’s scream or moan, which honestly is a lot more off putting. It’s always in the night before someone/thing is found dead the next morning - the last time was years ago with my sister’s hamster 😂

[noellehollar]

Having a drag of a day at work, and this gem pops up in my feed. :D You delivered some fabulous narration, especially the vocal inflection when describing the darker aspects of these Celtic creatures, and your closing line was perfect. I am SO excited for the promise of a full video dedicated to Nessie. Thank you for another wonderful video!!

[TidusDowthelas]

Most "Celtic Folklore", is about magic, the fae and whimsy of the horrifying and unexplained, both good and bad. Take the Celtic Halloquinn, or Halloween, where we get our modern traditions for trick or treating.

[twilitlloyd]

The actual cause behind the Banshee’s screech was very likely either owls, or my favorite reason: horny foxes basically screaming that their bodies were ready. A Red Fox’s mating call sounds eerily like a woman screaming in terror.

[Actionfan]

Excellent video. I hope you do a video for creature of Canada. People might find it hard to believe but we up here do have a slew of monsters of our own other than Wendigo and the Thunderbird.

[DarkRider-gyrl]

I always get so happy when I see a new video come up on this channel. I saw your video on the Jersey Devil on halloween last year and ever since, my interest for cryptids and legends have been sky-rocketed. Keep up the good work!

PS: Kelpie, Nessie and Dullahan are my favorites of these legends🙂

[robbabcock_]

What a perfect video for St. Paddy's Day! Thanks, great as always.

[sturg]

Great video!! I didn’t know most of these, the Nuckelavee is terrifying!

[nazeersadek]

Amazing video which introduced me to a lot of mythical creatures keep up the great work guys

[LacertaZilla]

I love Celtic mythology from heroes to monsters