Kris Hughes

28 күн бұрын

The Divine Prisoner

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@Davlavi8 сағат бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@mishapurser4439Күн бұрын

I'm interested in learning about the practices and philosophy of Paganism of Pre-Roman and Roman central Britain (northern Britannia) and the goddess Brigantia. I'd really appreciate some pointers on where to start. Brigantia is the main deity of focus and the names of other deities aren't too difficult to find. But the practical and philosophical side is much less clear. How is a shrine set up? How do I worship? What is the relationship of humans and gods? What is the philosophical worldview of the religion?

@KrisHughes23 сағат бұрын

We don't really have clear answers to those questions, I'm afraid. It's not too difficult to research how Roman religion was practiced, but there is no reason to assume that Celtic people under Roman occupation wanted to follow suit. As I say in this video, we are really in an era of reviving Celtic religion in the here and now. I don't personally see an advantage in trying to reconstruct the past, although not everyone agrees with me!

@DavlaviКүн бұрын

Nice story telling.

@demikaos3072 күн бұрын

Yes.. i hate to be this guy for sure. But many places where the Tuatha used to feel real or present have been invaded by "neo pagans " or flat out socially desperate acolytes of hedon or wonton.. i do apologize for those these words offend. I hate to sound judgemental or condescending but she is correct beyond any doubt in that area.. people seek societal acceptance or some approval from that instead of the favor of the Tuatha De Danaan, while the favor is so much more rewarding.

@Davlavi3 күн бұрын

Wonderful recommendations thank you.

@susirolf-tooley7924 күн бұрын

This was just lovely and very moving.

@Davlavi4 күн бұрын

Great recommended reading thanks.💗

@Davlavi5 күн бұрын

Great recomendation.

@deadunicycles80295 күн бұрын

My name is Rhiannon! It’s so cool to learn about the history of my name thank you so much!

@Davlavi6 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@candicebrantley17006 күн бұрын

I ❤️ your videos! They are incredibly informative. I am currently reading "The Forgotten Kingdom, " which is the second installment of The Lost Queen trilogy by author Signe Pike. In the books, it explores the origin of Merlin of Arthurian lore, or "Myrddin Wylt." Here, he is named Lailoken, and his twin sister is Languoreth, wife of the high king of Strathclyde, Rhydderch Hael. The second book explores the tragedy of Arderydd and the death of Rhydderch and Languoreth's eldest son, although Lailoken was not to blame. Again, thank you so much for your videos! I am fascinated by the Early Medieval world, specifically, the world of the Old North and the Age of Heroes. Would you ever consider creating a video exploring Rhydderch Hael and / or his wife, Languoreth (Gwyndydd)? You always hear about the men of this time, but never the women. This was a transitional period where The Old Way of paganism was at its twilight, and Christianity was emerging as the dominant religion.

@KrisHughes6 күн бұрын

I'm glad to hear that you're enjoying the videos. Almost nothing is known about the causes or combatants in the battle of Arfderydd. When you read historical novels about this period, they must necessarily be almost entirely based on the author's imagination, because historical facts are extremely sparse. Like all things which are vaguely connected to Arthurian literature, there are lots of people peddling theories. Please take these with a grain of salt. However, history, such at is is for the period, suggests that Rhydderch died in his bed in old age.

@candicebrantley17006 күн бұрын

@@KrisHughes Would you ever consider exploring the women of this time? I know it would mostly be conjecture and heresy, but I would love to know if powerful women such as queens like Languoreth/Gwyndydd had any agency of their own. Also, I would love to know about druidic rituals such as the Bull's Sleep, and explore the concept battle rage and the Morrigan.

@theresawrightman30976 күн бұрын

My Husband is a Descendent of Daniel Robbins in Scotland his was Daniel Robertson of the Clan Robertson we did a DNA recently. We we're saw a video about how one of his Ancestors used a crystal ball?? For what reason we don't know ?

@Reed50168 күн бұрын

Do you know of any deities that are connected to horned owls? A horned owl flew into my garage the night I asked a deity to work with me (I was trying to reach out to the Celtic pantheon). It stayed there for a long time, which has never happened to me or anyone I know.

@KrisHughes8 күн бұрын

They're such wonderful birds, but I can't see how a Celtic deity would be directly connected to a bird that isn't native to Europe in any kind of historical way. That said, deities can use anything they like to reach out to you. I do think it could just be a coincidence, but I can't know for sure. Rather than look for some kind of "universal" correspondence, ask yourself what deity you were thinking of during the time you spent with the owl. If you didn't feel a presence, maybe it was just an owl. Why should a deity try to confuse you or leave you perplexed? I think a better approach is to just reach out to deities you feel interested in, in the first place.

@Reed50168 күн бұрын

@@KrisHughes I really appreciate this comment. I’ve worked with the Greek goddess, Athena, in the past. She is usually associated with owls (not horned owls, but still). I don’t think it was a sign from her. In regards to Celtic deities, I’m relatively interested in The Morrígan and Cailleach. But I also doubt it was either of them. It probably was a coincidence, and a case of mundane over magickal. I’ll probably take your advice from the video, and leave an offering to Cailleach and The Morrígan, and see what happens. I’m going to do more research on the deities so I can respectfully engage with them first.

@Davlavi8 күн бұрын

Love thanks.

@sonjatonnesen861910 күн бұрын

I’ve read both of these now and they are both in my all time top 10. Please do another recommendation video🤓

@KrisHughes10 күн бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed them! I don't read much fiction (okay, I hardly read any) so I my list would be pretty short, and very dated. I do have some more videos relating to books here: kzread.info/head/PLvCdDm0wPhA1NLzAbaSM5-I8FnvMZds5z

@Davlavi12 күн бұрын

Thanks for the recomendations.

@nickymarchant539712 күн бұрын

Fantastic video thank you so much 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

@Davlavi13 күн бұрын

Nice discussion.

@KrisHughes13 күн бұрын

The promised links: Celtosceptic - journal.fi/scf/article/view/60981/38889 Traditionalist - www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v21/n21/patrick-sims-williams/how-are-you-finding-it-here Nativism & non-nativism - www.academia.edu/23717200 0:00 Intro 0:19 Defining mythology 1:31 Defining Celtic 3:23 Celtosceptics and traditionalists 6:01 Language and oral tradition 7:32 The scribes 9:26 A revival of interest 10:50 Translations 14:07 A balance of possibilities

@aidansumner836414 күн бұрын

I'm from Lancashire and there's strong evidence that Rheged stretched down here too. Lancaster itself gets its name from Brythonic root referring to the river Lune (which was associated with the meadow God, Ialonus Contrebis). Around that area, or westmorland is a possible capital of Rheged, and likely where the shortly lived south Rheged is said to be located. I believe there was also a semi operational Roman fort nearby, around the Penines, also given as a possible capital location. I believe after the English conquered Rheged, that all that was left of their territory was the Isle of Man. They would marry into the dynasty which ruled Gwynedd, inheriting it through a daughter. However by the time their king inherited Gwynedd the isle of Mann was ruled over by Vikings. His descendant however, Rhodri the Great, was the founder of the Abberfraww dynasty which would go on to rule all of the Welsh kingdoms. Their last ruler was conquered by the English, but named the Prince of Wales, setting the foundation for the principality of Wales. There is a heavy connection to the Britons in the North West, in Cumbria most of all. However the area around Lancashire wasn't inhabited by many during the dark ages, which is probably why the Norse-Gaels left a little known large impact on the area. There is also evidence of roman infrastructure lasting much longer in the north west then it did in most other places in Britain, a testament to the prestige of the Rheged.

@FraterIgniUmbra-ci7gv14 күн бұрын

I had a strange experience. I didn't believe the gods and goddesses to be real in any sense, due to the fact that I'm in a western magick school that looks at these things as not just allegorical stories for initiates throughout time, but also egragores that people feed with their thoughts, emotions, love and devotion. I had been doing some work out of a book centered around Hekateean magick.... Nothing major, just banishings, protection spells, ceiling spells, things like that, and then I had noticed recurring themes happening. People with black dogs that would bark at me ferociously, and other weird occurrences like owls kept coming by my apartment when I have never even heard one in all the years I have lived here. Then I did a ritual actually giving an offering to hekate, I gave some food and a black candle. After the ritual I was on the phone with my girlfriend and during any ritual with a candle I always do the same thing. I have a ritual room with an alter in the center of the room, and I place candles on a metal dish. There isn't much else in the room, (it's empty accept for what I bring in there for rituals) and has a wood floor. About ten minutes later I had a feeling to check and make sure that the candle hadn't fallen over, because I try to stay safe with these things and when I entered the room, there was the metal dish, but no candle ANYWHERE. She says: "did it fall on the floor? I told her no! There is nowhere for it to go to. The floor is bare and empty. It just vanished.

@FraterIgniUmbra-ci7gv14 күн бұрын

On this subject, just because I'm in a school that teaches magick, doesn't mean I work with gods a lot. So I'm no expert on Gods and Goddesses, other than the study of esoteric allegory. Our school is more like energetic westernized yoga for enlightenment and how to shape our lives with positivity and love. Yeeeeaaaa sorry to disappoint anyone that wants super exciting things in a school where western high magick is practiced. You would do just as well to join a Hindu bakti yoga sect 😂

@dylanjones781614 күн бұрын

Mab means son or dons of arhihanod blodewedd

@dylanjones781614 күн бұрын

It offends me as cymraeg sorry but it's not paganism

@dylanjones781614 күн бұрын

Mae mabon rom yn paganism not expected from Sais

@Davlavi14 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@edwardlecore14115 күн бұрын

This material does raise a lot of questions. How would Lleu have a son? Did he marry again after Blodeuwedd? Where would the wife have come from if the curse still applies? Annwfn? Do you think the reference to Gwydion and the "interlace of a chain" point to his battle with Pryderi? Any thought on where Môn is? Do you have any links to the 2 sources you mention at 20:51? Thanks for this content.

@KrisHughes15 күн бұрын

Yes, absolutely. I've always had a picture of Lleu standing quite alone and rather doomed to be the last of his line, at the end of the fourth branch.

@edwardlecore14115 күн бұрын

@@KrisHughes It looks like his son was the last of his house then, which slightly changes things. Gwydion probably came up with another dodge around the curse. To me this is an important issue as I am convinced a major piece of mythology we are missing is the final days of the legendary houses, destroyed by usurpers (as with Llyr) or by "mercenaries" and Saxons. Such stories would be less likely to be preserved as it is the glory days that were prolifically used as verbal totems by bards. It's like we are missing the Silmarillion and Return of the King, but have the middle stories.

@KrisHughes15 күн бұрын

I see I missed part of your question - Môn is the island of Anglesey. I think the "interlace of a chain" seems like the sort of obscure utterance we expect from Book of Taliesin poems. So it may refer to a few things. The poetic device of cynghanedd, which is often described as like links of a chain (it has to do with how consonants and vowels are arranged to produce a musical sound in the poem). The poets often speak in metaphors, so this may then relate to the weaving of magic, especially through the use of words. Remember, Gwydion is a poet as well as a magician! The two examples I mentioned are both referenced in Rachel Bromwich's Trioedd Ynys Prydein, but I'm not sure whether they're online. If you don't have a copy of the Triads, then it might be worth checking on Mary Jones Celtic Encyclopedia website (I think the Huan thing might be there) or in the WCD archive.org/details/a-welsh-classical-dictionary-people-in-history-and-legend-up-to-about-a.-d.-1000/mode/2up

@edwardlecore14111 күн бұрын

@@KrisHughes Thanks for the link! I liked the idea of a verbal pattern of spell casting, I will have to give it a lot of thought on how it should be portrayed,

@FraterIgniUmbra-ci7gv15 күн бұрын

I think I know the video you were speaking of. Some people do things half heartedly, or for views. I see a lot of places where the gods and goddesses in mythology get taken out of context for the sake of getting views. They usually add all this doom and gloom and social drama to the stories by "emphasizing" twisted ways to view them. I get it! Plus, if people knew the greatest truths of these types of lore, and the reasoning behind them, they would see why changing them is like commiting blasphemy against the stories purpose. What I'm speaking of is the esoteric meaning hidden behind the stories and what they were meant for (as well as what they are still used for by magick orders and schools in this day and age). When people hear a falsified version, all it does is confuse people into erroneous falsities that mislead people away from the point and purpose of the stories, including the benefits and changing the stories is why these texts and scriptures get corrupted throughout time -(ignorance).

@KrisHughes15 күн бұрын

Thanks for that lovely comment!

@Davlavi16 күн бұрын

Thank you for for these recommendations.

@daringagged17 күн бұрын

Blessed be

@waterfall678200118 күн бұрын

Thanks so much for this video! This time period is so confusing, and its difficult for us to understand a world that had flexible borders and true polytheism when we are so used to putting everything into little boxes and categories. I'm going to watch this a few times to help make it stick! ❤

@KrisHughes17 күн бұрын

Great observation about boxes and categories.

@Davlavi18 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@tchop683918 күн бұрын

I got into a bike crash the other night. According to every medic who took care of me and examined me, I’m lucky to be alive. Beyond just not dying, I could have easily damaged my skull and brain, broken my spine or some other bone, gotten glass into my eyes and been blinded (I shattered a car window with my face, while wearing glasses). But no. I am completely fine, just had to get a few stitches and will have a scar to remember this by. I believe some spirit was looking out for me, leaving me only damaged enough to teach me a lesson, but preventing any real harm. It will be a long journey for me to discover who saved me, and for what purpose.

@KrisHughes18 күн бұрын

Wow! I'm glad you're okay!

@juxtaposer.18 күн бұрын

thank you for helping me properly summon her!!!! fuck that other channel

@Davlavi19 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@Davlavi20 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@Rebornproductions1720 күн бұрын

Adored this channel all year, such a lovely inquiry into Mabon as a mythical figure and a divinity, I wanted to ask if anyone knows of any link between Mabon and horses? Cheers x

@KrisHughes20 күн бұрын

Ooh! That's a deep question. If we consider Pryderi to be a reflex of Mabon, then there could well be, through Pryderi's story, and through Pryderi's mother, Rhiannon. It's probably impossible to know how those two stories are related, but it's certainly worthy of study.

@Rebornproductions1720 күн бұрын

@KrisHughes Diolch yn fawr, thank you I agree it's certainly worth looking into, tar for the reply, big fan, so happy to see Mabon in the spotlight in your work x

@Davlavi22 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@mandolinman200622 күн бұрын

I keep feeling like some entity has been trying to get my attention. I have tried to communicate but only feel an intense pressure in the middle of my forehead.

@Davlavi23 күн бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

@kerrieannebaker859523 күн бұрын

@Davlavi24 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@lisameenan258925 күн бұрын

I’ve found this video very interesting - until this evening and watching the Repair Shop on UK tv, I’d never heard of any of these goddesses - I was particularly curious about Macha from Northern Ireland (the team were repairing a canework mask / hat / puppet used to educate children from different backgrounds within NI where education has been divided for years. The enactments have been a tool to bring the different communities together 🙏🙏 Thank you for your insights. 😊

@Davlavi26 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@KrisHughes26 күн бұрын