The Kelpies - Scotland's shape-shifting water spirits

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  • Опубликовано: 27 окт 2024

Комментарии • 176

  • @joycefuller9177
    @joycefuller9177 Год назад +9

    They are beautiful at night.

  • @alanaw27
    @alanaw27 Год назад +5

    I live near the Kelpies and the park and canals round them have become a regular meeting place for families and locals as well as tourists. They really are awe inspiring and well worth a visit. The Falkirk Wheel, a rotating boat lift is also well worth a visit.

  • @roxanneross8265
    @roxanneross8265 Год назад +18

    Hauntingly Beautiful
    Thank you so much, I am an Artist in California and now I am inspired by your story to do a painting based on the Legend of these Mythical Creatures.
    I Love Your Channel♡♡♡

  • @raeanngalentine9900
    @raeanngalentine9900 Год назад +15

    What a storyteller you are! I have enjoyed your voice and your words for a while and I never grow tired of listening to you. I am waiting for the Parker Bros channel to appear so I can hear all three of you being brothers togethers. Thank you

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад +1

      Haha. Thank you! I'm not sure RUclips is ready for that!

  • @pamelaconkin1361
    @pamelaconkin1361 Год назад +19

    Love to hear the stories. As a horse lover of Scottish ancestry I’ve always loved the kelpies stories even if they are morbid. I wonder how many children the stories saved from drowning

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад +4

      Its an interesting question. Must be a lot! 🙂

    • @Ganpignanus
      @Ganpignanus 5 месяцев назад +1

      same but i am only newly aware of the story of them.

  • @lindawall6504
    @lindawall6504 Год назад +6

    Love all things horse. Waterhorses, Kelpies, Unicorns, pegasus, and non mythical horses. Your story was skillfully told and enlightening. ❤

  • @skyedancer3106
    @skyedancer3106 Год назад +5

    Oh, but they are amazing looking. ❤

  • @kathleendolan2062
    @kathleendolan2062 Год назад +10

    I have two pet kelpies. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

    • @Ganpignanus
      @Ganpignanus 5 месяцев назад

      i have one. plus all his friends who live with him. big ones and little ones.

  • @shirleylaboy603
    @shirleylaboy603 Год назад +7

    Wow, they are beautiful. Thanks for sharing. 🙂❤️

  • @ramonadixon1291
    @ramonadixon1291 Год назад +8

    That was an intriguing story. The sculptures are beautiful and they do have a bit of an eerie sense about them at night. Again, it was a beautiful story and you did a fantastic job telling it!

  • @kayhansen1674
    @kayhansen1674 Год назад +3

    Those are amazing and at night incredible.

  • @haggielady
    @haggielady Год назад +3

    So beautiful. Day or night.
    Thank you.

  • @amypeterman9387
    @amypeterman9387 Год назад +2

    ❤absolutely amazing video Thank you so much Robert Loved this ! The evening video shots were amazing also thanks for including that😃spectacular work!!!!😘

  • @triciagreer9130
    @triciagreer9130 Год назад +8

    love listening to you tell the stories Thank you so much for the work you do

  • @jodifinnegan4453
    @jodifinnegan4453 Год назад +5

    I loved the Kelpies at night. Amazing! I loved the story even more!! Great video!!!

  • @bronte7972
    @bronte7972 Год назад +3

    Funnily enough, i have an Australian Kelpie. It’s a dog breed here in Aus that are extremely smart and energetic. Used commonly on farms ^_^

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад +1

      I had no idea about the dogs but kept getting pictures of them when I was researching this.

  • @boreeltje42
    @boreeltje42 Год назад +2

    What a beautyfull and mysterieus story! They are stunning at night!

  • @spinningjinn
    @spinningjinn Год назад +5

    Thanks for this! They were built after my last visit, so I've only seen pictures. And the photos didn't do justice to the grand scale of them. They are even more spectacular at night! I love your channel!

  • @peckelhaze6934
    @peckelhaze6934 3 месяца назад

    I have lived in the UK for 73 years and this is the first time I have heard about them. I have even been to Scotland several times. They are magnificent.

  • @raymcginn2952
    @raymcginn2952 Год назад +2

    One of my favorite memories of my visit to Scotland

  • @nathanwight1527
    @nathanwight1527 Год назад +4

    Wow! What a beautiful set of sculptures! Simply amazing

  • @annebell7274
    @annebell7274 5 месяцев назад +1

    Been there several times. I love horses, I love the Kelpies. Beautiful 👍👍💛💛💛👍👍

  • @annettecusher-jq5wt
    @annettecusher-jq5wt Год назад +4

    The sculptures are amazing. Great storytelling. As always i enjoyed it.

  • @jamesparkersculpture
    @jamesparkersculpture Год назад +4

    Great video. Well done!

  • @momnoah5
    @momnoah5 Год назад +2

    Beautiful sculptures; horrifying stories. I love it!

  • @lindaarmstrongjackman9788
    @lindaarmstrongjackman9788 Год назад +1

    Amazing! The Kelpies look so beautiful, almost haunting when lit up. 👍👍😊

  • @grahamhill2267
    @grahamhill2267 Год назад +1

    I’ve never been affected by sculptures before, but those are beautiful! Another great story!

  • @jldisme
    @jldisme Год назад +2

    Wow! Would love to see them in person someday.

  • @pirththee
    @pirththee Год назад +6

    What's kind of ridiculous is the first time I heard about Kelpies was from watching Japanese anime.

  • @suellenspencer-eb2nv
    @suellenspencer-eb2nv Год назад

    How beautiful they are at night. Thank you for this video. Blessings to you.

  • @lovelyskull3483
    @lovelyskull3483 3 месяца назад

    Beautiful tale and sculptures.

  • @Catherine-2008
    @Catherine-2008 Год назад +1

    First time viewer from Canada. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!

  • @patriciamccormack7626Teashee
    @patriciamccormack7626Teashee Год назад +1

    Magnificent sculptures ❤ Thank you so much for sharing 👍❤

  • @sassy6292
    @sassy6292 Год назад

    Those sculptures give me goosebumps. They are absolutely beyond beautiful. Thank you for showing them to us.

  • @kimberlypatton205
    @kimberlypatton205 Год назад

    They are magnificent! Please more !

  • @irene-jb7jc
    @irene-jb7jc 22 дня назад +1

    I saw these on that IRON BRU Christmas snowman advert 😆❤

  • @jeffreyshier9021
    @jeffreyshier9021 Год назад +2

    Very cool.

  • @Ganpignanus
    @Ganpignanus 5 месяцев назад

    they are phenomenal. they look like my horse. a huge amount of talent and work to design and make these beauties. i will add them to my list of things to see when i get to visit scotland.

  • @nedawilmhoff3599
    @nedawilmhoff3599 Год назад

    Pretty wonderful. So glad they did the full size version.

  • @herenow6953
    @herenow6953 2 месяца назад

    I'm going to see them on Friday and came here for some background research - wow! I can't wait to get there and see these beauties for real -

  • @lisaevans5840
    @lisaevans5840 Год назад

    One of my favorite sculptures.

  • @carleemckaskill6026
    @carleemckaskill6026 Год назад +1

    Wow they’re really beautiful 😍

  • @cindysplace
    @cindysplace Год назад +1

    Very beautiful and quite a feat!

  • @kathleenmuller306
    @kathleenmuller306 Год назад +1

    Amazing! And the folk story is so cool, especially your explanation of it!!!❤ K.

  • @gg110888
    @gg110888 Год назад

    Wow! I think those are the most beautiful sculptures I’ve ever seen! Thanks 😊 ❤

  • @bethotoole6569
    @bethotoole6569 Год назад +4

    ... and don't skip church.
    Yup,, I figured that'd be in the 'lesson'
    😂😂😂
    Magnificent sculptures

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад

      There’s always a lesson 😂😂😂

    • @bethotoole6569
      @bethotoole6569 Год назад

      @@scotlandunplugged
      Especially when it relates to not missing church😂😂

  • @monicaramer8893
    @monicaramer8893 Год назад +1

    I love love love your videos, they’re so informative, curious. I can’t wait to go to Scotland. Brazilian, I am. Living in California for a very long time.

  • @phylliscook-se7mx
    @phylliscook-se7mx 9 месяцев назад

    Beautiful kelpies, story well told ❤

  • @elisaalber
    @elisaalber Год назад +1

    Wow, the sculptors are wonderful!

  • @cindyrissal3628
    @cindyrissal3628 Год назад +4

    I didn't realize they were horse-like creatures. I always thought they were only human-like. They are magnificent after dark!

  • @annvanwesten2488
    @annvanwesten2488 Год назад +1

    Ok, that does it!! I simply MUST visit Scotland! Your videos are amazing!

  • @toscadonna
    @toscadonna Год назад +3

    In Slavic lore, we have water spirits called the “rusalki” who are the unfortunate spirits of unwanted, single pregnant women who were drowned by their lovers, unwanted illegitimate babies, and other similarly unlucky people. They’re lonely and want company in the watery depths. There’s even an opera about one of them called, “Rusalka.”

  • @salchipapa5843
    @salchipapa5843 Год назад +1

    First time seeing these statues. What a cool video.

  • @TheCelticPony
    @TheCelticPony Год назад +2

    Omg! Hi from Ontario Canada. I love your videos thanks for sharing please don’t stop. Sorry but I have to give props to your little bro for letting me know you exist, LOL! 😉 If you ever decide to make a list of places to stay so ppl can best tour the area one day that would be amazing!!! You clearly put great thought, time and hard work into your videos. Great job! I can’t say enough how much I appreciate your work.

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад +1

      Thank you. I'll definitely do a recommendation of things to do in Scotland video soon!

  • @barbridingsTheResinator
    @barbridingsTheResinator Год назад +1

    Nice camera work! Those are massive Kelpies! Great story

  • @denniskennedyjr.9128
    @denniskennedyjr.9128 4 месяца назад

    That is really amazing, thank you for sharing this! Your commentary was excellent I thought! God bless !

  • @nataliegraham9552
    @nataliegraham9552 Год назад

    I love all the great stories and locations you bring to us via your videos. These sculptures are wonderful and I'm glad the larger versions eventually became reality. I also noticed the houseboats on the canal behind you - it would be amazing to have a view of the kelpies while hanging out on the deck, especially in the evening.

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад

      Yeah, there are a few of them. I didn't notice any lit up when I went back but I was probably too busy looking at the kelpies themselves.

  • @jadejoannejackson6232
    @jadejoannejackson6232 Год назад +1

    Beautiful! Love watching your video's

  • @jennifermorgan6913
    @jennifermorgan6913 Год назад +1

    These are awesome! thanks!

  • @midgetuley4262
    @midgetuley4262 Год назад +1

    How beautiful and fascinating 😍 thank you for sharing this!!

  • @Official_NOLIMIT
    @Official_NOLIMIT 7 месяцев назад

    “Why are they here…and what do they want?” Had me crying💀💀💀

  • @alicegamble6145
    @alicegamble6145 Год назад

    Great video. Amazing story. The scenery is so beautiful & those sculptures are amazing. Thanks for sharing.

  • @tinahale9252
    @tinahale9252 7 месяцев назад

    Amazing... Looks like each panel was cut out with a CNC layer. Using different programs. Stunning

  • @themorrigan5966
    @themorrigan5966 Год назад +1

    Found you from your brother but stayed for the lore stories and accent. Great content!

  • @herstoryswitness
    @herstoryswitness 9 месяцев назад

    Magnificent!

  • @KnitWitch
    @KnitWitch Год назад

    Absolutely stunning

  • @RICDirector
    @RICDirector Год назад

    Just stunning.

  • @twalatka
    @twalatka Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @shelliewerner5624
    @shelliewerner5624 6 месяцев назад

    AMAZING !!!

  • @stephenoran2019
    @stephenoran2019 Год назад

    Very cool! Art for art's sake! Those things are amazing (especially after dark)! Thanks for this. Keep up the great work.

  • @shannonmccabe6183
    @shannonmccabe6183 Год назад

    This is fascinating! I live in the southwest of the US and we have a similar folk story about staying away from waterways, called La Llrona. Llrona was a beautiful woman who was said to have drowned her own children in a fit of rage. Now she's said to roam waterways wailing for her children, but her wails are said to draw children to her, whereupon she drowns them, just like she did her own children.
    Interesting the folk stories we humans make, and how they all end up so similar, across the planet. Vengeful water spirits trying to kill children seems to be a pretty universal thing.
    Thank you for the story of the kelpies! The sculpture is absolutely entrancing, especially at night!

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад +1

      Wow. That’s quite a story. It is strange, how universal these things are. I suppose they tap into our worst fears 😅

  • @ashlieghteixeira9034
    @ashlieghteixeira9034 Год назад

    Wow, they are just gorgeous at night!!

  • @camerongibson6342
    @camerongibson6342 Год назад

    Another great video Robert,never been to the Kelpies thanks for all the information

  • @wendywhite4537
    @wendywhite4537 Год назад

    Cool. They are beautiful.

  • @kathleendolan2062
    @kathleendolan2062 Год назад +18

    Their names are Angus and Kelethene

  • @Amarah.Animates
    @Amarah.Animates 2 месяца назад

    As someone who is scottish, we really do have some beautiful creatures and myths.

  • @LeonTroutskiunplugged
    @LeonTroutskiunplugged Год назад

    Loving your channel!

  • @bjoeljones
    @bjoeljones Год назад

    Braw video, Lad. Slàinte Mhath🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @patpierce4854
    @patpierce4854 Год назад +2

    Stunning! Even if their originals do like to eat humans!

  • @Iris_Germany
    @Iris_Germany Год назад

    😮 fascinating stories, thank you and many greetings from Germany 😊

  • @MaloPlayz
    @MaloPlayz Год назад

    10 minute walk from my house! 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @nadinedeeren9861
    @nadinedeeren9861 Год назад +1

    Very naughty fey.
    I'll take the handsome older man😂😂😂 make him look like Sir Sean (lord don't let my hubby see this).
    Thank you for the tale.

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад

      Haha. Sir Sean did grow up next to the canal in Fountainbridge.

  • @debraanneclark2188
    @debraanneclark2188 Год назад

    Such stunnng pieces of art las imei was up in Kincardine i went through to the falkirk wheel and the two smaller kelpies models were there but the full size beasts are just stunning from the out side and the inside. At night is when they really come to life all lit up and colour changing

  • @alrawi5308
    @alrawi5308 Год назад

    Beautiful

  • @stephaniehallman9749
    @stephaniehallman9749 Год назад

    No guts, no glory! 😂😂 Another great video. Thanks!!

  • @Emma-Jayne
    @Emma-Jayne Год назад

    Beautiful ❤

  • @abusaqrtubs2460
    @abusaqrtubs2460 Месяц назад

    amazing

  • @robynsnest22
    @robynsnest22 10 месяцев назад

    I thought the Kelpies were in tribute to the horses that pulled barges along the rivers during the steel building days? Weren't they modelled after two well known horses? So beautiful by night, definitely will make the effort to see them this summer after dark.

  • @joanne85201
    @joanne85201 Год назад

    Thank you!

  • @junesmith852
    @junesmith852 Год назад +1

    Wow they are amazing eh 😍...if you don't mind me saying, you have quite a "posh" Scottish accent 😂😂...I don't think we have much of an accent in Perth, although im a half breed..Scottish/ Irish 😅😅

  • @bloodreport146
    @bloodreport146 Год назад +2

    these are not the murderess horses Andy Scott had in mind when he created these particular Kelpies.

  • @Hailstonepie
    @Hailstonepie Год назад

    I so want to go on the Falkirk wheel. Can you do that one please .

  • @whiskeycook3323
    @whiskeycook3323 Год назад +1

    I asked my clan McKenzie guide why the horses were constructed. His reply” because we’re Scots”. I guess that said it all.

  • @saraholsen9128
    @saraholsen9128 Год назад

    Is this like the Silkies from the movie ‘The Secret of Roan Inish’? Beautiful sculptures and a wonderful story!

    • @scotlandunplugged
      @scotlandunplugged  Год назад

      Selkies are seal people. I had to look up the difference!

  • @Annie6460
    @Annie6460 7 месяцев назад

    Oh for sure they must be seen in the dark! ❤️🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @lindasworld5238
    @lindasworld5238 Год назад

    Great presentation! You're getting good at this! 😂

  • @angicatron8512
    @angicatron8512 Год назад

    Beautiful! in a scary kind of way

  • @LakeTahoeGem
    @LakeTahoeGem 3 месяца назад

    Much better lore than water babies!

  • @jeffreyshier9021
    @jeffreyshier9021 Год назад +2

    Sorry, I had to watch the Hoof GP first. A rare dew claw trimming.😂😂😂

  • @MorbinNecrim86
    @MorbinNecrim86 Год назад

    Thats pretty cool, if not a wee bit dark.