Imagine if somebody used Irish mythology in comics like DC or Marvel does with Greek/Norse/Egyptian. Balor would be one of the coolest villians honestly
@@anonb4632 you know many, many Americans are of Irish descent, right? Kind of strange to gatekeep an entire culture. Just because you weren’t physically born there doesn’t mean it isn’t their culture
@@mr.midnight23 And? Most of those Americans aren't actually Irish. They're completely disconnected from that culture in the vast majority of cases and no amount of green beer and posturing can change that.
When the Eye Opens, First The grass burns, Then The Water Boils, The Sky burns. Balor Is The King Of all Demons, The Eye Would Open Whenever a Fight. just Like He destroyed all those ships. Finn MacCool Had too Sacrifice himself, Stabbing His Face With His Own Spear.
This story sounds very familiar, it reminds me of the that Greek mythological story of one king who also was meant to die at the hands of his grandson, thus locking his daughter away but she got impregnated by Zeus thus giving him a grandson that later kills him
It’s beautiful how all around the world we have giants cyclops jötunn’s fomorians titans. Mythology is some of the most beautiful art I’ve read and enjoy. Love to all corners of the world and peace☮️
Found this video whilst researching Celtic gods for a UK based DnD campaign I'm running, and this was very useful! Saved me hours of scrawling through wikipedia articles lol
Lugh vs Balor sounds suspiciously similar to Odysseus vs the cyclops Polyphemus in the Odyssey. Incidentally, Roman lore identifies Polyphemus and and the nymph Galatea as the ancestors of the Celts, as in for example the Metamophoses of Ovid. I wonder if there's any kind of connection. Did the Greeks and Romans draw on Celtic myths when constructing their own, or was it the other way around?
Balor has featured in several videogames of course. Prominently in Castlevania Aria of Sorrow/Dawn of Sorrow/Portrait of Ruin. In Aria, he has one eye closed for the first part of the battle. Do enough damage though and he'll unleash deadly beams from the closed eye. Lugh was featured, somewhat, as part of the PS2 reboot of The Bard's Tale. That being saId, would you mind digging into the Dutch/Belgian legendary/mythical tale of De Bokkenrijders (The Buckriders in English) sometime? Bandits riding flying goats is sufficiently out there to be interesting, I think.
Hello, can you please make episodes about Philippine Mythology! People are looking for more episodes about Philippine Myth, and I know you could do it! Please and Thanks!
There's a character named Zeraki Kenpachi from an anime called Bleach who uses an eye patch to seal his power away. When it's removed his power explodes. I see where they could have gotten the idea from. Great Video!
If I'm being annoyingly repetitive with my request I apologize but I would like to throw in the Japanese Kitsune or the Korean Gomiho 9 tailed fox women. Awesome work as usual, and if you've already seen these requests please let me know. Have a good day
You only briefly alluded to Cu Chulainn. But I think you could have elaborated on it. After all, Cu Chulainn's infamous riastrad is clearly something he inherited from his Fomorian ancestors.
I like many others know of Balor from the WWE wrestler Finn Balor. Finn said that Balor was a demon. He also hinted that basically his name "Finn Balor" means Demon King with is the other personae he becomes during matches.
Not etymologically speaking. It means no such thing. Finn is from the old irish Fionn meaning fair haired. Rig would be the word that denotes royalty. Seen in names like Ryan. (little king or prince) Ruari (Rory anglicized) meaning red king. Morrigan = Mor (great) Rig (royalty) Ban/bean (woman) or perhaps as An (a diminutive suffix) equaling a name that essentially means the great goddess or the great queen or even the great little queen. Tough to translate tbh. Finn Balor would mean Fair haired fomorian named balor. or blonde balor.
DarkHpokinsn Gaming When they where in Týr's temple, Mimir notices that a knife has the symbol of his homeland, and encouraged Atreus to take it. And in one of the boat stories, he mentions how he abandoned his homeland and traveled through many lands until arriving in Norway. The symbol of the knife was a symbol that represents Celtic mythology.
lugh was given a horse and a ship. Argo-Navis and Centaurus. centaurus has a spear in hand. Gacrux is the Red Giant in the Crux constellation. cross. the third eye could signify pineal glande and balor being destroyed may signify a fall from enlightenment and into the material. there are lots of monsters in this part of the sky. problem with this theory is we cant see this part of the sky in Ireland. the solution is the following: the phoenicians are linked to Ireland in antiquity. the murex snail was used by the phoenicians to dye clothes purple. it was also used in the book of Kells. they worshipped Baal we worshipped Bel. both were sun deities. both also revered the snake. bel-ór - golden star. the other stars in the constellation are white. dont get me started on O'Riain the irish name meaning 'little kings'. (Orion) another theory of mine is that lugh (de Luain = monday Lunasa august) is Leo. it might also just simply be a solar eclipse in antiquity! someone on this island knew their stars long long ago. long long ago in a galaxy far away luke killed his father, lost an arm, replaced arm with metal and had a sword of light 🇮🇪🎶🐍
Balor and the Formorians came to me in my dreams few nights ago the fiery eye and firey face😡 drawn untoward me . The signs of a war on the horizon . The war of all wars . 🙂 etc
I mean it could be possible at a stretch but it's extremely likely. The Greeks only barely started interacting with Ancient Ireland in the 3rd century BC with only a few people exploring it until the 1st century BC and then nothing more. The stories of the Cyclops originate well, well before that with a lot of sources predating the 7th century BC. On the other hand ancient Ireland and Irish mythology comes shortly after this at around the 5th century BC. So this proves that both Balor and the Cyclops originated long before either country knew of the other's existence. Now where you could be right comes with the fact that the Celts that arrived in Ireland could have heard stories from Celts that had invaded territory controlled by Ancient Greece whom then heard stories of the Cyclops and later on after arriving in Ireland used it to come up with Balor. However this is still unlikely as the Celts that arrived in Ireland most likely were of the same descent as the Iberian Celts while the ones that Invaded Ancient Greece came directly from mid-Gaulia and the Hallstat region (around where Austria is today).
has anyone seen hellboy and the golden army the elf king in that is named Balor and his son is prince nowada i just thought that was cool. Pretty sure he also only had one eye
Seeing as the Irish and Celts spread and rules most of Europe going into the Middle east. This story sounds familiar. Balor's death by his grandson. A different video shows small boy with a sling, then beheads him. Sounds like David and Goliath. Is this another source of Hebrew and Christian Methology? .
They are separate spiritual systems, and one does not dominate the other. Should not dominate the other. Christianity, it seems, was not meant for the Irish. For look how the modern Pope has turned his back on us out of guilt over the Catholic Scandal, and recall the history of war we've savaged our island with over the Troubles.
Could be likely since the foundations may have came from the same original ideas as both modern Europeans and modern Indians come from the same original ethnic group and culture being Indo-Europeans.
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Imagine if somebody used Irish mythology in comics like DC or Marvel does with Greek/Norse/Egyptian. Balor would be one of the coolest villians honestly
I think DC has used Balor before....
Fuck the Americans stealing our culture they have done enough damage already. Disney especially.
Read the Dresden files! Plenty of Irish myth in those
@@anonb4632 you know many, many Americans are of Irish descent, right? Kind of strange to gatekeep an entire culture. Just because you weren’t physically born there doesn’t mean it isn’t their culture
@@mr.midnight23 And? Most of those Americans aren't actually Irish. They're completely disconnected from that culture in the vast majority of cases and no amount of green beer and posturing can change that.
When the Eye Opens, First The grass burns, Then The Water Boils, The Sky burns. Balor Is The King Of all Demons, The Eye Would Open Whenever a Fight. just Like He destroyed all those ships. Finn MacCool Had too Sacrifice himself, Stabbing His Face With His Own Spear.
From wwe u found
This is not the real story. Fionn Mac Cumhaill was not around in Bálors time
this was the promo from Finn Balor you really copy pasted it
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@@Gaurav-dh8zv Ya, he has the story so wrong
I was always told Balor has nine veils covering his eye and each one removed caused more destruction
I didn't know Irish mythology was so rich.
Can't spell Irish without rich.
In a sense.
@@edgarpan lol true, kind of
It's Gaelic mythology. Scotland has it too.
@@anonb4632 ok now I got to know about Scottish mythology
@@dreademperor2094 There is a lot of overlap with Ireland. Sad thing is that apart from Nessie, it's not so well written about.
The comic 2000ad have a very Interesting story 'Slaine' that features Balor and the Formorians.
It has much basis in Irish legend and is excellent.
I first learned of balor from Finn Balor from wrestling.
Dylan Deters same
Dylan Deters same
Same
Same
Dylan Deters me too
Thank you for doing Celtic mythology!
This story sounds very familiar, it reminds me of the that Greek mythological story of one king who also was meant to die at the hands of his grandson, thus locking his daughter away but she got impregnated by Zeus thus giving him a grandson that later kills him
Pretty sure that was Oedipus
It was Perseus.
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Oh yeah that's right
It’s beautiful how all around the world we have giants cyclops jötunn’s fomorians titans. Mythology is some of the most beautiful art I’ve read and enjoy. Love to all corners of the world and peace☮️
Would be interesting to see the god of war clash with the Irish mythology
United History yea cu culain would put up a great fight
@@SuperSASaiyan yeah, after the norse pantheon is gone, he just moves to the next
I think it would be cool to have a god of war game, where roman and celtic gods clash and kratos and atreus being at the centre of it all
@@SuperSASaiyan SPOILERS:
Atreus is looking for more Giants.
Look and Hopefully finding Balor.
I have heard of Bal but I hadn't realised that he also appears in Scottish & Irish mythology as well. Good vid 😊😊
Bal is not balor
Loch na Súil, the lake that was said to have formed when Balor's eye burned through the earth, disappears every few decades or so.
“Balor’s Eye” sounds like a God of War puzzle item.
Finn Balor
The Dark Knight was wondering how deep into the comments id have to go to see this.
Now in the future it's easy to fund
#BringBackDemonFinnBalor
Best video about a Cyclops ever. Balor is so awesome and very powerful. He's definitely the best.
Found this video whilst researching Celtic gods for a UK based DnD campaign I'm running, and this was very useful! Saved me hours of scrawling through wikipedia articles lol
MD Massey writes about Balor as a powerful artifact used by his main character. Great background for the Massey Series. Thanks
Very nice video as always, keep spreading that mythical music far an wide.
Lugh vs Balor sounds suspiciously similar to Odysseus vs the cyclops Polyphemus in the Odyssey. Incidentally, Roman lore identifies Polyphemus and and the nymph Galatea as the ancestors of the Celts, as in for example the Metamophoses of Ovid. I wonder if there's any kind of connection. Did the Greeks and Romans draw on Celtic myths when constructing their own, or was it the other way around?
The third legendary of Sword and Shield’s based on him. I’m calling it.
I know this sounds weird but i really like your voice
Sounds like radiation...
The Hunter x Hunter 2011 Dickriding Association its aliens i tell ya, aliens man
Awesome video man keep it up
Balor has featured in several videogames of course. Prominently in Castlevania Aria of Sorrow/Dawn of Sorrow/Portrait of Ruin. In Aria, he has one eye closed for the first part of the battle. Do enough damage though and he'll unleash deadly beams from the closed eye. Lugh was featured, somewhat, as part of the PS2 reboot of The Bard's Tale.
That being saId, would you mind digging into the Dutch/Belgian legendary/mythical tale of De Bokkenrijders (The Buckriders in English) sometime? Bandits riding flying goats is sufficiently out there to be interesting, I think.
He was actually a boss in the ac Valhalla dlc wrath of the druids
Who else is here from Monster Legends?
Love that Adrian von zeigler in the background
You should do a video about the lady of the lake which appears in various cultures
I don't know if you've already made one, but I'd really like a video that talks about the book of invasions
2:56 death by sling blade
Seith rollins
0.0 Can you do some of the mythical creatures from Philippines?
Love your videos, so interesting!
This dude is one Huge Dude
Hello, can you please make episodes about Philippine Mythology! People are looking for more episodes about Philippine Myth, and I know you could do it! Please and Thanks!
Balor's evil eye opens on 2020
Pl do more Greek mythology
This story would make for a awesome movie!
I see a few comments about WWE performer Finn Balor. I learned about Balor from the giggling boss in Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow.
Since you mentioned him think you can do a video on Lugh
I first saw the balor as a boss fight in the video game kingdoms of amalur.
I first heard about him from the wargame Famous By Our Swords
I fought this guy twice in the Castlevania series
There's a character named Zeraki Kenpachi from an anime called Bleach who uses an eye patch to seal his power away. When it's removed his power explodes. I see where they could have gotten the idea from. Great Video!
Lloyd Hinton interesting connection, but the eye itself isn’t what gives him his power, the eye patch just suppresses it
Or Avatar the Airbender’s sparky spark boom man
Can you do a video on Lugh please
Could you do a video on Ohgma?
Interesting video
Wasn't there something later about folk carrying the eye of Balor around in a cart, using it as a kind of magical artillery?
If I'm being annoyingly repetitive with my request I apologize but I would like to throw in the Japanese Kitsune or the Korean Gomiho 9 tailed fox women. Awesome work as usual, and if you've already seen these requests please let me know. Have a good day
The Kitsune is definitely on the to do list no need worry :)
Mythology & Fiction Explained thank you and again keep up the great work
The Old One Eye. Balor's Eye is a frigging Death Star.
try high school dxd.
Thx for advice but, it's not my cup of tea
trap are dangerous, man............
Anyone else from Ireland?
what comic is that at 2:01 because it has good art work and looks interesting?
If you haven't done it already, could you make a video about how the Apocalypse is happening in Greek Mythology? If there even is a story to that
Sadly we have nothing close to that, except that Zeus would one day come to destroy the race of men.
I'm warching this before I read The Dresden Files: Battle Grounds
can u do 1 on the fomorian
There’s a Celtic hero called Tristan, do a video on him if you find anything
Raiga vs. Balor, battle near by Okayama
The boss from Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow brought me here.
The final journey.🌱
You only briefly alluded to Cu Chulainn. But I think you could have elaborated on it. After all, Cu Chulainn's infamous riastrad is clearly something he inherited from his Fomorian ancestors.
Imagine your the most feared being in the land and then here comes your long lost grandson that just beans you in the eye, instantly defeating you. 😂
Gratitude 🙏
Do one on Finn McCool
I like many others know of Balor from the WWE wrestler Finn Balor. Finn said that Balor was a demon. He also hinted that basically his name "Finn Balor" means Demon King with is the other personae he becomes during matches.
Not etymologically speaking. It means no such thing. Finn is from the old irish Fionn meaning fair haired. Rig would be the word that denotes royalty. Seen in names like Ryan. (little king or prince) Ruari (Rory anglicized) meaning red king. Morrigan = Mor (great) Rig (royalty) Ban/bean (woman) or perhaps as An (a diminutive suffix) equaling a name that essentially means the great goddess or the great queen or even the great little queen. Tough to translate tbh. Finn Balor would mean Fair haired fomorian named balor. or blonde balor.
Finn Balor comes from Fionn Bálor meaning Fair Haired Death Bringer
@@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344 Oh wow! Thank you for this!
@@ladyoftheabyss13 No bother👍 need anything else translated just tell me
Is Finn Balor from NXT related to this?
Lol
Bálors middle when it opens chaos happens first fire spreads on grass 2 the water boils 3 metros come 4 balor eyes have a fire shoots
It is alluded that Mimir from GoW was originally a Celtic deity before traveling to the North, so I'm getting more interested in Celtic Mythology.
Abdias Zuniga There was nothing alluded to there, he’s in the Norse mythology
DarkHpokinsn Gaming When they where in Týr's temple, Mimir notices that a knife has the symbol of his homeland, and encouraged Atreus to take it.
And in one of the boat stories, he mentions how he abandoned his homeland and traveled through many lands until arriving in Norway.
The symbol of the knife was a symbol that represents Celtic mythology.
He's probably Puck, a fairy from yes celtic mythology however not from the irish but mostly scottish
Who's here after reading the newest Dresden Files books?
🙋🏽🧙🏽♂️
Please make a video on Hindu Mythology
Did he destroy tenno relays too. Rip tenno relays.
zombie blood I see you are a man of culture
Well at least he gave imperator vandal.
Imran Helmi yeah he gave you one part over and over
zombie blood well that's RNG for u. I got all the parts and BP in just 5 runs, the rest was 400 endo
Imran Helmi the funny thing is i have no right to whine about this because i already have it.
We all know that Balor Fomorians are the ships sent to Relays that have to be taken down by Tenno utilizing Archwings to sabotage the reactor core
Do a Nuckaleeve.
lugh was given a horse and a ship. Argo-Navis and Centaurus.
centaurus has a spear in hand.
Gacrux is the Red Giant in the Crux constellation. cross.
the third eye could signify pineal glande and balor being destroyed may signify a fall from enlightenment and into the material.
there are lots of monsters in this part of the sky.
problem with this theory is we cant see this part of the sky in Ireland.
the solution is the following:
the phoenicians are linked to Ireland in antiquity. the murex snail was used by the phoenicians to dye clothes purple. it was also used in the book of Kells.
they worshipped Baal we worshipped Bel. both were sun deities. both also revered the snake. bel-ór - golden star. the other stars in the constellation are white.
dont get me started on O'Riain the irish name meaning 'little kings'. (Orion)
another theory of mine is that lugh (de Luain = monday Lunasa august) is Leo.
it might also just simply be a solar eclipse in antiquity!
someone on this island knew their stars long long ago.
long long ago in a galaxy far away luke killed his father, lost an arm, replaced arm with metal and had a sword of light
🇮🇪🎶🐍
The legend of Bálor is real and his eye is truly evil
Can you do some English mythology please which is angalo Saxons or Germanic mythology please when you have some free time
Great, a Beholder that has a large body, arms, and legs, WE'RE FUCKED!!!😱
That is one deadly eye
did I mention Fom - Orian
Yesssss!!!!!
Can you do some Hindu myths? Like Ganesh or something?
Good video
Awesome vid
Balor and the Formorians came to me in my dreams few nights ago the fiery eye and firey face😡 drawn untoward me . The signs of a war on the horizon . The war of all wars . 🙂 etc
Make a video on Cú Chulainn
Already have done.
Mythology & Fiction Explained really?
You can find it in the Irish/Celtic playlist.
Mythology & Fiction Explained just watched it very good video and very well researched
It was only a few times but I was very happy when I heard my name. Cian is a minor god which is unfortunate.
Sounds like he could be part of the inspiration for Cyclops.
I mean it could be possible at a stretch but it's extremely likely. The Greeks only barely started interacting with Ancient Ireland in the 3rd century BC with only a few people exploring it until the 1st century BC and then nothing more. The stories of the Cyclops originate well, well before that with a lot of sources predating the 7th century BC. On the other hand ancient Ireland and Irish mythology comes shortly after this at around the 5th century BC. So this proves that both Balor and the Cyclops originated long before either country knew of the other's existence. Now where you could be right comes with the fact that the Celts that arrived in Ireland could have heard stories from Celts that had invaded territory controlled by Ancient Greece whom then heard stories of the Cyclops and later on after arriving in Ireland used it to come up with Balor. However this is still unlikely as the Celts that arrived in Ireland most likely were of the same descent as the Iberian Celts while the ones that Invaded Ancient Greece came directly from mid-Gaulia and the Hallstat region (around where Austria is today).
Balor guy looks like a cyclops from Greek mythology but in these two cultures never met but it's just coincidence
I suspect Greek influence, or a common human thread. Maybe he was an influence for a certain X-Man.
😂 you sound like the exploring series guy
I don't know about that considering he has an American accent and I have a British accent.
has anyone seen hellboy and the golden army the elf king in that is named Balor and his son is prince nowada i just thought that was cool. Pretty sure he also only had one eye
I learned it from Finn balor too
*PEW* *PEW* *PEW* I...AM...BALOR *PEW* *PEW* *PEW*
Finn balor from wwe bought a lot of us here
Anyone else here after reading Peace Talks?
Seeing as the Irish and Celts spread and rules most of Europe going into the Middle east. This story sounds familiar.
Balor's death by his grandson. A different video shows small boy with a sling, then beheads him. Sounds like David and Goliath. Is this another source of Hebrew and Christian Methology? .
They are separate spiritual systems, and one does not dominate the other. Should not dominate the other. Christianity, it seems, was not meant for the Irish. For look how the modern Pope has turned his back on us out of guilt over the Catholic Scandal, and recall the history of war we've savaged our island with over the Troubles.
Balór vs Surtur 😈
Ballora was named after balor bc balor opens only one eye so is ballora fact
It's Combustion Man!!!!
Old One eye Balor the cyclops god of Death ho kills by just looking at you.
This sounds too familiar to Hindu mythology of lord Shiva and demon Kans combined into one deity
Could be likely since the foundations may have came from the same original ideas as both modern Europeans and modern Indians come from the same original ethnic group and culture being Indo-Europeans.
@@vergil5931 it very well could be
Damn grineer
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