I was a Brownie Girl Scout when I was 5 -6 years old. Now I kind of get why they called us that. We learned to help in the house. And we were cute mischievous little critters.

@LiathWolf

Жыл бұрын

I also found out from researching this video, the history of why the brownies are called such. I obviously wasn't a member but I did get invited to a few Brownie discos back in the day lol🤣

@kandicejohnson73

11 ай бұрын

Me too

@outlawJosieFox

11 ай бұрын

I was a Brownie for 2 weeks. Until I learned another school kid would be the boss of me. I'm like , no thanks.

@outlawJosieFox

11 ай бұрын

​@@LiathWolfThey had discos ?

@carolynwatson4301

11 ай бұрын

@@outlawJosieFox we had group leaders who were adults. I never had another kid telling me what to do. It was really fun. I stayed in Girl Scouts until I joined Civil Air Patrol in high school.

My grandfather would always tip beer out of his cup for the wee folk and whatever my brother loses keys or tools from his Workshop he always offers beer cookies for their return

Now I know where JK Rowling found the idea of Dobby and even part of the name Hogwarts. Brilliant!

@emmalouie1663

Жыл бұрын

a great story-telling and story making tradition in that part of the world

@roanwolf6389

11 ай бұрын

Yeah she really is not that original.

@nicbro3831

11 ай бұрын

Jk rowling is an unimaginative hack and a terrible person. I hope she gets a series of UTIs

@shalevedna

11 ай бұрын

Yup! I was just thinking that!

@shalevedna

11 ай бұрын

@@roanwolf6389she was not supposed to be original in the detail. It’s her idea of a story and how she took all sorts of European legends , myths snd historical events (WWII, Hitler as Voldemort, Death Eaters as Nazis and much more) snd rove thst into a very unique story that is very human but vouched in mystery, mystic and lore.

We have a brownie in our home, he got mad when I moved in and took over the spare bedroom as my sewing room. I dreamed of him angry at me. So I gave him honey and wine and a new place in the attic to stay- he is happy now, and I know our home is better with him here.

@XX-pd3qr

5 ай бұрын

Please describe how he looks and what he gets up to.

As a very small girl, I had a Little Golden Book storybook called “The Elves and the Shoemaker”. Listening to this it is clear these creatures were Brownies. I don’t know the origin of this story, but I vividly remember the tale.

@user-gi9nw7yw1i

11 ай бұрын

I had the same book ;)

@patriciajrs46

10 ай бұрын

​@@lisasmith3657Is a tam-o-shanter a hat?

@patriciajrs46

10 ай бұрын

It is funny that they had no trousers.

@dfghjdefrgthxcv

10 ай бұрын

I had that book as well. I still collect them to pass onto the younger ones in my family. Some of those older Little Golden Books were still very down with diving deep into the rich, strange, dark and complex well of Old World fairy tales.

I’m looking around my house, and man, oh, man, I could really, really use a brownie.

When I was a little boy I swore there was a little person in my house.I have a memory of a memory of see ing it .now as I'm in my 40's I can't remember what it looked like.I do remember thinking it came out of the ground that my parents house was built on though. It would move things around and sit in my room at night and taught me to spin a pillow end over end with my feet.I was about 3-4 years old.

@lindamaemullins5151

Жыл бұрын

Yep 👍 ❤❤

@remunabvks

11 ай бұрын

I saw one at that age, I remember it clearly and it fits the description... Small older man, with long beard and in simple gown-like clothes.

@isleofmist

10 ай бұрын

Wow

@XX-pd3qr

5 ай бұрын

Wow, that's amazing Red Wolf. What is your culture heritage? Where where you living when you saw the little person please?

I was told that while Brownies hate to be paid or even thanked, they are susceptible to compliments. It's alright praise the butter or how clean the floor is!

Brownies sound like the Domovois of Slavic cultures. The Domovoi is an ancestral spirit that you have to appease, which will help the family in its domestic chores. I remember reading a book of European folklore, which included brownies. I was immediately drawn to them.

@Myrdin90

11 ай бұрын

Sounds like the tomte and nisse of of scandinavia

@gastonmarian7261

11 ай бұрын

Humans have been working with spirits and otherworld allies for all of history. The only culture that has ever doubted the existence of such subtle beings is western materialist reductionist culture, which can't even conceive of the value of something non-physical, which is a big reason we're in such an epidemic of mental health struggles. Like shunning all your neighbors so you're isolated in your community, then you struggle to carry alone all the tasks of life that were usually supported by a whole extended family.

My Irish grandma used to put out a saucer of milk for the "wee people." She didn't like the fairies, but she didn't want to piss them off either. She was born in Cavan, and I saw this in upstate NY, 1980s.

I wish I had a Brownie helping me with chores around the house. I'd never insult they by offering payment!!

@meisteremm

11 ай бұрын

The fewer things you have, the fewer that you have to keep clean.

@Timetravel1111

11 ай бұрын

Ha ha I’m asking for help and putting offerings now!

@Timetravel1111

11 ай бұрын

@@meisteremmwe cook most our meals, we chop the veggies 🥕 and use a crock pot, then the counters and dishes needing clearing. Infinity, there bed sheets and clothes we live in 5 seasons yep winter 🥶 and I wear vintage outfits. Your comment makes some sense in a way yet not really?! Do you cook or eat fast food? My outfits are colorful and bring joy to the world. Even if your boring- basic we all need help cleaning 🧹 🧼 out home don’t we?

@meisteremm

11 ай бұрын

@jodyhakala247 I cook just about every night and then clean up after myself. I have what I need for furniture and nothing else. Been a mover for more than a decade, so I understand the value of not cluttering a place up.

My Brownie must be on strike.🤣

@LiathWolf

Жыл бұрын

lol, yeah I think mine left haha

Thanks so much for the collaboration, it was a lot of fun to work on and a really interesting topic to cover!

@LiathWolf

2 жыл бұрын

It was great to work with you, thanks for the help

The Brownies are the first level of Girl Scouts beginning at age six or seven. The uniforms are brown and their beanie they wear on their heads sports a dancing elf as their brownie pin does as well. When I was in Brownines before Girl Scouts we were told the story of Brownies and how they secretly visit people's homes and help clean their houses etc.Girl Scouts begins at age 9 and they wear green uniforms! Signed a former Brownie, Girl Scout and GS leader! Thanks for a very interesting video.

They are still around. I worked one a farm whit very old house still standing. When I was making a herb garden near the old house I felt someone was watching me and looked up. That's when I saw him 😀 this was in Sweden. We call them tomte

30 minute video on Brownies with Anna Bridgland? Sign me the f*ck up.

They're quite small, and very quick. Seem related to the "health" of the land and its occupants (or at least on my little block they were). Used to see them out of the corner of my eye when my mind wasn't very focussed. Never mentioned it, but one day my son came and asked me about them lol. We lived in a very special place; people often pulled up into my driveway looking for the Buddhist temple (which my old house in no way resembled), would all (and I mean all of these random visitors) take a deep breath in and say something like "Wow, this is so peaceful. You sure this isn't the temple?" Lol. "Everywhere you stand, is sacred ground".

Brownies remind me of House Elves in Harry Potter. Dobby was freed from service to the Malfoy family after being given a sock.

@LiathWolf

Жыл бұрын

definitely, in england the brownie was known to some as a Dobbie, so it would seem like J.K Rowling, used that name and folklore

@RissaFirecat

11 ай бұрын

That's wonderful. I have always enjoyed reading about the Fae. I’ve subscribed to Anna’s channel as well.

@PraiseTheFSMonster

11 ай бұрын

That's where she got the idea

@Myrdin90

11 ай бұрын

The idea for House Elves were 100% brownies. :)

My grandmother told us as children of the Brownie. He'd leave presents for us in a large boulder with a crevasse in their woods. After hugging our grandparents we'd run for the Brownie Mailbox as my grandmother had deemed it to see if he'd left us anything. We weren't allowed to leave anything for the Brownie however as my grandmother knew the tales of them possible leaving as a result and told us as well. Thank you for these Brownie tales and for reminding me of our Brownie ❤

I was not aware that the scottish Brownies were so similar with finnish 'tonttu', and at the same time with swedish 'tomten'. But anyone who has red Wil Huygen's "Leven en werken van de kabouter" is aware how globally spread these creatures are. :) In Finland they are often living in an old tree that grows in the home grounds before a house is built, and the master of the house has to spend a night under the tree to receive permission for building the house. Then the spirit/creature will move into the house and share blessings with the peopel living there - unless angered somehow. The sauna, the barn and the big house may sometimes have their separate dwellers of this kind. I am a heavy believer.

Every time when I heard name Brownies I start thinking about those little comic relief characters from the Willow (1988), starring Warwick Davis.

@a44489

Жыл бұрын

The guy in the cage, thoe

@a44489

Жыл бұрын

Won't beat that film one off

It was very fun to nowing abut the brownie before . But thay can like house santa and Farmer santa . Samtime thay ar serv the piople . So I like this browne storry very mutch. ❤❤❤❤❤

The Brownie Is simular to the Swedish "Tomte"! It's a common tradition to this day to put out a bowl with purage with butter at the bottom during christmas! As a thanks for the help the "Tomte" provides with taking care of the farm!

This is cool I received a book about the Broonie , when I was a kid called the "Broonie, Silkies and Faeries"... and in High School, my punk band needed a name, and I suggested the Broonie and we used it...but spelt Brünie. Nostalgic. Cheers

@meisteremm

11 ай бұрын

Thät bänd nämë ïs äbüsë öf än ümläüt.

I'm half way thru and told my daughter about this brownie creature and we were talking about a spirit we had in a house. I'd see it and it was a brownie and she said at night she'd hear dishes in the kitchen like someone cleaning. She got chills. Also when I was in Scotland my best friend, who lives there, and I must have picked one up on one of our walks. We're both Scots and I'm part pict. Once I left, 2 weeks after, he called me saying I must had brought something back in his home. He said every night he could hear pots and pans and water running like someone was cleaning. He'd go look nothing. He'd go back to bed it'd start again. He called a bit annoyed as it was interfering with his sleep after 2 weeks. He finally moved but it never stopped the whole time he was in that place.

@chickadee317

11 ай бұрын

How do you know you're part Pictish?

I had a community of wee folk thank me for the gardens I provided

Awesome. Great illustrations, too. I have seen a brownie, and he tried to spill my soup (only a little of it was lost.) It happened while I was meditating in front of the fire, so there.

I could use a brownie (or a whole family of them). So if you know of one who needs a place to live, send him my way!

I got in a stupid Facebook argument with someone once who had literally never heard about Brownies before the post but had already decided they were racist. It drove me nuts that she took the history and issues of her country and projected them on another culture and couldn’t understand that she was in turn being racist.

@user-lk6oj4bu1k

Ай бұрын

I knew that would happen 🙇‍♀️

Growing up in as a Christian, we were always instructed to reject any interactions with these entities, but I cannot deny now that do indeed exist. Here Texas, we refer to them as Duendes.

@Kayenne54

11 ай бұрын

They're nature spirits (essentially) and God created nature...so.....I rather think the "rejection" of these beings by the Christian church was more so that people didn't worship them, instead of God. Yet to me, all creation is of God, so I see no issue with their existence and purpose.

Fascinating, as always. I'm familiar with the Swedish tomte from folktales, but the brownie is almost identical. I've noticed that my local garden centre is full of tomtes every Christmas, along with trees and decorations - which never used to happen. Most people call them gnomes. My theory is that Ikea, being Swedish, introduced them fairly recently - and they have spread outwards from there, wearing their pointy hats. I might be wrong.

@LiathWolf

2 жыл бұрын

yeah thats possible, Gnomes seem to be a fairly recent phenomenon, or atleast what we commonly think of as gnomes. the garden statues/ornaments definitely look more similair to the nisse or tomte. There are roman tales that mention gnomes, but in these stories the gnomes appear and act like tolkien-esque dwarves.

@AnnaBridgland

2 жыл бұрын

The Nisse (Norwegian, called Tomte in Swedish and Tonttu in Finnish) has been around for a long time, back to the Vikings at least and likely before then. They are usually classified as a type of husvættir (house spirit) from Norse mythology and were commonly called fjøsnisse (barn-nisse) in Norwegian as it was believed that they lived in barns and helped on farms. They have become associated with Christmas in modern times, "Santa" in Norwegian is "Julenisse" (Christmas-nisse) after the Christianisation of the Nordic region. They're definitely not created by Ikea although they do profit a lot from them!

@jackpayne4658

2 жыл бұрын

@@AnnaBridgland No, I only meant that Ikea first imported them to Britain, where they were previously unknown.

@brandyjean7015

11 ай бұрын

I purchased a delightfully illustrated Book of Gnomes in 1977. Originally published in Dutch in 1976. Ikea came to the eastern seaboard of the US in 1985. I knew of gnomes, brownies, selkies, etc, from my personal interest in folktales, myths & legends. I do admire & have owned Ikea crafted pieces. But they weren't my source of Gnomes.

@SIC647

11 ай бұрын

​@@AnnaBridglandDenmark all the same words as Norwegian for them

Gratefully Appreciated! !😎👍👍

So cute love the stories of the little brownie spirits

What a fascinating video - excellent research and great visuals. I was excited to see this video as I love reading about faerie folklore and wrote a novel based on brownie folk tales entitled ‘King of the House Elves’.

@hollymerry4271

10 ай бұрын

Would it be okay to recommend your video about Brownies to my followers on Facebook and in my author blog? I used Katherine Brigg’s book as a source but your lovely video makes the information so much more interesting and accessible!

I'm a bit bummed that I can't at least thank a brownie for his free help.

I've binged every video on brownies on KZread and this is by FAR the best. Absolutely wonderful! Thank you for making this.

@LiathWolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Glad you enjoyed it.

@kelly2714

Жыл бұрын

Just starting my binge lol

@markkelly4955

Жыл бұрын

seems they replaced em wae chocolate.

Always thought of them as wee remnant Neanderthals, myself.

i live across the pond :) and spent my childhood just north of NYC. we had Mr. Nobody. he was the one who had broken something or done some other silly mischief, which us kids had really done. but in my family he was just a funny guy my mom would use when something went wrong in good humor. Her mother was German and her family came here in the 1860’s through New Orleans (as did her Greek father in the 1890’s.). :) 🇬🇷🇩🇪🌷🌱

I've known about brownies since I was a kid, and over the last few years I've been learning about Finnish folklore. I never really noticed how similar the stories about brownies and tontut are. It's so interesting! (There's also a well-known Christmas song in Finland called "Tonttu", which is obviously about the little elf. Raskasta Joulua has recorded a version in Finnish as well as one in English; the English version was written by Marko Hietala, and both of them are sung by JP Leppäluoto.)

@Tipi_Dan

2 жыл бұрын

These "knowings" are age old, extending back the the early Paleolithic. All peoples of the Earth have evolved their own unique styles of interpreting their perceptions of the little people who exist just below the surface.

@lindamaemullins5151

Жыл бұрын

@@Tipi_Dan ❤

I have a really old book i bought at auction that is about brownies. I wasn't sure qhere it came from. Thank you. Its been like 11 years. Had no idea

Now I understand how the idea of little girls becoming brownies started. I was a brownie when I was a little girl. But as an adult I see how people in the older times got to explain the paranormal activities of poltergeists. These spirits often shape shift into the image of children. This speaks of the half Christian and half pagan superstitions of the people coming out of the dark ages. Thank you for this very interesting video.

@lameesahmad9166

11 ай бұрын

I am sure many people today wish that they could get rid of poltergeists by giving them a gift of clothes. 🤔

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE KIND OF STORIES ❣️❣️❣️ I TRULY ENJOYED THEM SO VERY MUCH THAT YOU JUST EARNED YOURSELF A NEW SUBSCRIBER ❣️❣️❣️ I ALSO FOUND THE VOICE & ACCENT OF THE STORY TELLER ❣️❣️❣️

This was wonderful, thank you. Clearly Brownies are House Elves in Harry Potter even down to not giving them clothes. Bella L

Rather than calling them creatures, beings is a better description. That's what they are if their anything ✌️☘️

Wellington here 🧐 " I 'm familiar with the legend of the brownies. " I recall from my days of youth, the story of the " Shoe maker and the Brownies. " Heard it when I was quite young and it's stayed with me till this day. "

Absolutely fascinating.i never knew the connection. I made an elves and the shoemaker puppet show when I was younger ❤

Wonderful stories, I love Brownies. I sometimes wonder if the Grimm brothers spent time in fairy land to have gained as much knowledge of faerie folk. Thank you Anna i will subscribe to her channel.

I saw a hob as a girl in Plymouth Mass… I was in Hobb’s Hole at the time

Rolf and Jimmy really liked Brownies ...................😸

I wonder if children were taught these stories so they would work hard for no rewards. What a scam that is. -- I wrote that before I heard the part about the servants. That makes more sense. These stories are a lot of fun and the pictures you chose are perfect. I love learning more about my heritage - Scots-Irish on both sides. Hughbo reminds me of Sigmund and the Sea Monsters. "An American children's television series that ran from September 8, 1973 to October 18, 1975, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft and aired on Saturday mornings." I loved that show.

Beautiful narrator! Fascinating content! It's so important to keep your house spirits happy! Do attend to it Friend! A bit of bread and oat milk left out at night goes a long way!!

@francisfischer7620

5 ай бұрын

Never cows milk. Being the milk of pain it only gives offense.

Love ❤ to listen to these legends

I thought this was about making brownies as I’m looking for a good recipe..😉👍

@LiathWolf

11 ай бұрын

🤣

Reminds me of the story of a little mouse that tidies up a man’s shed!

In Brazil we have Saci, Boto Rosa, Curipira, Caipora, Mula-sem-cabeça, Uyara, etc.. A lor of Magical Beings as well 🎉✨️🧜‍♀️🧚🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️

I was a brownie guide when i was young.there i a story in the hand book of how we got are name.

Thank you so much for this.

I just discovered your channel after watching a Stephanie Harlowe video on the Flannan Aisle lighthouse mystery. I wanted to learn more about Scottish folklore. I love that you have dedicated a channel to it and will be sharing this channel with friends and family!

@LiathWolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks much appreciated

DOBBY!!💜💜💥👍 This was awesome to listen to, THANK YOU!

Amazing stories and I love the animation as well, couldn´t help but subscribe, thank you!!

Well put together knowledge and video, thank you for this education.

Came here from Anna's channel, quite like it here

Just imagine doing all that laundry, cooking and sewing for you husband to come home from battle and thank the Brownie.

@williamslater-vf5ym

10 ай бұрын

You would get hit with a wooden spoon

Brownies sound like traditional stories of the meetings between agricultural people and hunter/gatheres in the Neolithic.

One of the reasons they might not want thanks is cause they are good natured spirits. To truly do or be good one must do it without reward or thanks but because it is the right thing to do, those that do good cause they want thanks, a pat on the back or reward for their actions are not doing good for the sake of good but for reward or inflation of their ego they are self serving like someone trying to buy their way into heaven with good deeds. Charity to is suppose to be totally anonymous for this reason as it is to be given freely without reward not a tax write off, not to demonstrate to your community your good deeds not even a thank you, to truly do good it must be done without coercion, doing good is its own reward.

@rachaeltrujillo9960

11 ай бұрын

Never thought of if that way! What a good point!

My girlfriend is a Brownie leader. Whenever I try to get her to do my housework she just leaves and I don't hear from her for ages. I'm beginning to think she's not living up to her brethren's standards.

Ok now I want some Brownie friends… does anyone else pine for the "little folk"? 😢

thank you for this story

As a Norwegian I'm glad to see you added relatable characters and creatures to that of the brownie! Because our own Fjøs / Tomte - nisse struck me within minutes of the vid :D

Lovely video🖤💫🤍

Thank you

Phooka's also sound like Dobby! Years ago, I had a Black Cat I called "Phookie." She was, for many years, my "familiar spirit."

Loved this video thank you..

Its fascinating how these "gods" gradually diminished in power. I wonder if they still exist today...

Claude Licateaux in his book Tradition of Household Spirits says from his research that Brownies are ancestral spirits who have died before their time or even murdered and come to the family in need and leaves when either slighted or their need was up. Wearing clothes of brown and having a wound that caused their death, such as a knife sticking from ones back. They could change their size as needed. Spirits have a taboo of being given food, coothes or drink of the living as they can't eat it or use it and the living should remember so, and when offered it is a sign that their need was no longer required. In spirit traditions they understand this still and abide. If they ever find a brownie, sprit, sprigen, spree, pwka, kobalt or other type of household spirit, just be glad they are there without ever saying so and leave them to their work.

Another wonderful upload - thank you! Enjoyed listening to your guest, and have subscribed to her channel.

I was walking in the redwoods in Northern California. I saw little people hiding behind trees. They would peek out and say Brownie. I saw several of them. I did not really believe in Leprechauns and such, but after seeing the Brownies, believe now.

Very nice, thank you.

I live in Aberdeenshire. I've seen these creatures.

@mariapierce2707

11 ай бұрын

😮

A great collaboration! ☺️💖

thinking about cats being magical, imagine not knowing what allergies are and going to someones house and being sick every single time O_O

I have brownie friends here in our home..sometimes they are mad to my kids coz they ate their candies 😅 here in our country we call them dwende..

The first time I heard of brownies was from Jake Long American dragon

I've read that, metaphysically speaking, these creatures may be considered elemental forces of nature, We also have tales of: Sylphs, aka Sky Spirits; and Ondines, aka Nature Spirits.

American football team the Cleveland Browns has a Brownie for their mascot.

So nice to here Scots folklore & fairytales read with a true Scots dialect. Lovely. H.R.

Very new subject. Thanks for the pictorial references

Sounds like brownies are working off Karma

Thank you so much for this very curious and interesting video about brownies!

Thank you for the story!

I love your channel. Thank you so uch

I saw one in my mother’s former home

Really enjoying your channel

History of wool, spining, dying, and the eventual production of the tartan (or even the paid)? I am intriged by the idea of 'spining' wool to make thread. A future video or did I miss a past one?

I loved this video!

More please♥️‼️

Pretty good stuff dude.

So Brownies are basically House Elves from Harry Potter

@LiathWolf

2 жыл бұрын

yeah the brownie and the hob were the inspiration for J.K Rowling's house elves, also in some areas in northern england thier are house spirits known as Dobbie's, who are a mix between the hob and brownie

Howdy from Texas ! I love your content . alsi i subbed Anna's channel.

@LiathWolf

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks alot

OK, I'm hooked. I just subscribed to both channels.