Celtic Sacred Trees (in Ireland and Beyond)
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- Опубликовано: 30 июн 2024
- Trees of life or trees of death? Learn the role of sacred trees in druidic rituals and Irish mythology, and uncover the potential influence these trees had on the creation of Ogham (a.k.a. the Celtic tree alphabet).
Note: you can read a text version of this essay over on IrishMyths.com, complete with links to resources and references: “Celtic Sacred Trees: The Role of Trees in Druidic Rituals and Irish Mythology”: irishmyths.com/2024/06/21/cel...
00:00 Intro
03:01 The Sacred Groves of the Oak-Knowers (re: Druids)
07:58 Irish Places Named for Sacred Trees and Groves
09:14 Sacred Trees in Irish History
12:39 The Five Sacred Trees of Ireland
17:04 The Ogham/Sacred Tree Connection
18:24 Sacred Trees in Irish Mythology
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Cad a dhéanfaimid feasta gan adhmad?
Tá deire na gcoillte ar lár.
Níl trácht ar Chill Cais
Ná a teaghlach,
S ní cloinfear a cluing go brách.
What shall we do without forests?
The last of the woods are laid low.
The great house of Cill Cais is forgotten
And its sweet bell shall sound nevermore.
They've had similar conflicts between developers and Fay folk in Scandinavia. I can't recall which country it was, but a few years back a clergyman led an action to prevent the removal of a boulder that was a home for the elves, and he won.
I didn't know that the Irish had tribal trees. That's a useful bit of Celic lore.
In our language oak is “dub/doob”, and in precristian era oaks and oak forests also were sacred, and considered as king of wood.
It was also a tree of main thundergod (classic father-warrior figure). Some oaks certainly were more sacred than others and probably were dedicated for rituals - in the Dnipro and Desna rivers near Kyiv ancient oaks were find, with many jaws of wild boars beaten and then ingrown into the wood.
I’ve never been in your beautiful country, RUclips give me this video randomly. My closest relation to Ireland is an old book of Irish fairy tales from my childhood. But I’m glad that this place from the beginning of the video is saved. And the video is good, thank you, go raibh míle maith agat.
I used to climb the pines to the top. We’d sway in the wind as I hugged them.
Thanks for posting this. My mum is Irish, and she loves and misses her childhood there. I hope one day to take her there again.
Go!!! I went and it was magical.
Thank you for this video.I am an older female and have Ireland in one of my lineages.I am more of an old soul and have much reverence for sacred trees.I write poetry and love being out in nature.I will always love sacred trees and my ancestors and roots.Trrelore,Folklore,Tree Whispers.Priceless.
You would certainly feel it if you ever grace our soil..its incredible the connection people carry for our very special island. Its the ancients calling you!
Great video a fantastic source that would take much more time and effort to access on your own thank you for making these myth more accessible to everyone.
I passed the Bush daily as I worked nearby, and remember the issue at the bridge and motorway.
Excellent video.👍 Diolch yn fawr iawn.🏴
That’s information plus 🐝🧚♀️🧚🧚🏿♂️
19:36 The character Mad Sweeney was used in the Netflix series American Gods. The Sweeney in the series followed some of the myths told here about being cursed by a saint for one.
Bro that was an incredible video. You’re hitting way above your sub count. Keep it up man.
Awesome!
I enjoyed this a lot. Definitely going to check out those monster vids.
And I clicked the buttons!
Thany for the awesome videos
Very well done video
Wild apple and a type of pine tree, is in Ireland,a new one in me😮
“Ent that a familiar tale…” 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
The eulogy of Sweeney reminds me of Gwydion and Lleu once he's turned into a bird perched on an oak in Welsh Mythology actually...
Not the same words but the story is slightly similar in a way 20:01
I think i may be a Celt as people often say things like "what an absolute Celt" and "look at that Celt with the Hearing Aid"
I am so happy and hyper ❣️🤩🥰
Sorry about the quality of my English translation of the famous Irish poem. I'm no versifier.
Great video, really enjoying your videos, thanks very much! I wondered if you could recommend the best place to read the Dinnshenchas (in English) and any good books on the subject?
One of the best resources I've found for English translations of the old Irish texts is the Corpus of Electronic Texts (CELT): celt.ucc.ie/
The poetry from the Dinnshenchas (known as the Metrical Dinnshenchas) is available here: celt.ucc.ie/published/T106500D.html And I’m sure you’ll be able to find the prose texts from the Dinnshenchas on CELT as well, it’s an awesome resource!
Haven’t discovered a good book on the subject but I’ll let you know if I come across one. Thanks for watching and for your comment!
I've read tid bits here and there about in ancient times some tree's were sacred. Like Yggdrasil. I've also found out the judges sitting on the bench originally meant rocks placed in a meeting place that a judge would sit on to pass judgment I'm guessing this is Celtic
Celtic Languages developed in situ within the British Isles and Armorica during the Early Stages of the Bronze Age. Celtic languages were not imported into the British Isles from Europe in a “Celtic” form. Likely, a Tocharian-like Language was imported into the British Isles circa 2500 bce, it was mixed with the dominant Semitic lingua franca of the coastlines, and the result was two clear branches of the Celtic Language Family (P and Q Celtic) that developed over a 1000 year period (circa 2350-1300 bce).
Unbelievable.
I left a comment about the Irish trees just the other day. The night of the planting moon in fact. The next day was summer solstice, and I heard a chainsaw buzzing. It was the new neighbour cutting down a beautiful young Ash in it's prime... Devastated.
You'll think it crazy, the magpie that sat looking at me from that tree was always noted for sorrow, for the birds.
I have to vent because I can't say anything about it lol
Even if he is English.
Sadly here in Ulster especially because he's English.
Yea, I know.... No respect at all.
Im gonna knock on the Resolute Desk.
🔮🦅🔮
Animism
I hate to be the bringer of bad news, but the British left Ireland the most treeless country in Europe. The real harbinger of doom.
If that's not bad enough, as the first colony they used those trees to build the pirate ships to molest the seas and go on to invade and or conquer some 180 out of 200 sovereign nations. Also to build London, including the original st Paul's before they burned that down too
Are you seeing a pattern here? lol this is probably going to be deemed political or inappropriate no doubt.
*Excellent video though.
Slainte
what do you mean brother you're spitting facts
@@Diabhlai680 facts aren't much in fashion these days. If they ever where.
@@longshotkdbOf course facts are acceptable - if they suit the politicos.
The very hardy Sessile or Irish Oak, common to Scotland, Wales & the west of England. It has a stem to the leaf and none to the acorn. 👍🌌🌙
@@forbesmeek6304 lots of strange things about trees when you think about it. There's an old pagan saying: you are an upturned tree with your roots in heaven ' relationship between the tree of life and the Vegas nerve, and of course, the fact that trees don't come from the ground. They come from the sky. Their by-product is our air. It feels a lot more solid than some random genocidal storm God from the desert. Frankly.
I suppose when the Romans realised they could never take Ulster by force, they sent the church instead. That done it for sure. ∆