Absolutely fantastic explanation, thanks for this. I was aware of Peter Ellis' explanation of the Lugh-linkage and was happy to hear you discuss it (for the record, I've read it in any other source). PS, as a "COVID-busy project," I wrote an RPG adventure set in Irish myth and folklore and I included an encounter with a tavern keeper who is horribly prejudiced against lepruchauns for this reason. :) Thanks again for this great video and I'm looking forward to checking out your other ones!
Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment! And any chance you could drop a link to your RPG adventure?? I'd love to check it out, sounds right up my alley
Hello! Have you ever thought of doing an episode on the leprechaun's wardrobe? Everyone talks about how the leprechaun originally wore red, not green. But nobody talks about his hat - in the folklore collections he's described as wearing a "cocked hat". But modern depictions have him wearing something that looks like a top hat / pilgrim's hat.
@@irishmyths it was a tiny man with a white beard as far as I could see it was kinda hard to see kinda see through but he was wearing brown clothing. I call him a gnome because that’s what he kinda looked like idk. I heard this chatter in my heard but I couldn’t understand what they were saying but then he told me to hush and disappeared.
They are definitely a bit naughtier than their leprechaun cousins! P.S. I wrote about clurichauns over on the IrishMyths blog: irishmyths.com/2024/03/01/clurichaun/
I always imagined the Leprechaun as misinterpreted, misidentified alien beings for varying reasons. The fact that people thought that they were gods, they were mystical with magic powers and diminutive in size...seems to be a reasonable misinterpretation for someone not knowing what they were looking at.
Most of the descriptions of leprechauns I've read say they look like little old (human) men who are dressed in human clothes and shoes. Not sure that tracks with a misidentified alien hypothesis.
@irishmyths as was mentioned, if you go back far enough, language and interpretation of what is written can change. Wolf, boys, gods, etc. We can't be sure of most of the descriptions, we can only try to interpret what is the most basic parts of what we have now the best we can. He had several interpretations in language and myth, I was just providing an alternative view.
Absolutely fantastic explanation, thanks for this. I was aware of Peter Ellis' explanation of the Lugh-linkage and was happy to hear you discuss it (for the record, I've read it in any other source). PS, as a "COVID-busy project," I wrote an RPG adventure set in Irish myth and folklore and I included an encounter with a tavern keeper who is horribly prejudiced against lepruchauns for this reason. :) Thanks again for this great video and I'm looking forward to checking out your other ones!
Thank you so much for this thoughtful comment! And any chance you could drop a link to your RPG adventure?? I'd love to check it out, sounds right up my alley
Hello! Have you ever thought of doing an episode on the leprechaun's wardrobe? Everyone talks about how the leprechaun originally wore red, not green. But nobody talks about his hat - in the folklore collections he's described as wearing a "cocked hat". But modern depictions have him wearing something that looks like a top hat / pilgrim's hat.
I saw a small folk years ago in my living room, yes I was sober.
Serious question: what did they look like?? I'm thinking of putting together an "eyewitness testimony"-type video exploring small folk/the other crowd
@@irishmyths it was a tiny man with a white beard as far as I could see it was kinda hard to see kinda see through but he was wearing brown clothing. I call him a gnome because that’s what he kinda looked like idk. I heard this chatter in my heard but I couldn’t understand what they were saying but then he told me to hush and disappeared.
Where is rodruban, anyone know?
Man your background music is so f*ing annoying, I cannot pay attention at all, love it lmao
It's pronounced Warr-ick, not War-wick
Roger that, my mistake!
Great video though :)
I prefer Clurichauns.
They are definitely a bit naughtier than their leprechaun cousins! P.S. I wrote about clurichauns over on the IrishMyths blog: irishmyths.com/2024/03/01/clurichaun/
I always imagined the Leprechaun as
misinterpreted, misidentified alien beings for varying reasons. The fact that people thought that they were gods, they were mystical with magic powers and diminutive in size...seems to be a reasonable misinterpretation for someone not knowing what they were looking at.
Most of the descriptions of leprechauns I've read say they look like little old (human) men who are dressed in human clothes and shoes. Not sure that tracks with a misidentified alien hypothesis.
@irishmyths as was mentioned, if you go back far enough, language and interpretation of what is written can change. Wolf, boys, gods, etc. We can't be sure of most of the descriptions, we can only try to interpret what is the most basic parts of what we have now the best we can. He had several interpretations in language and myth, I was just providing an alternative view.
Gold gold gold how can u argue with gold 🥶🥶🥶
7:27 elves could be based on a race of people too
7:21 those are dwarves of norse mythology
Finding this video is like finding 🍀or🪙. 😂
Why is le bon dieu similar to little people, or 'prehistoric'? It's a normal old-fashioned French Catholic term for God
They’re real
I’ve seen one ☝️
What did it look like??
12:03 all of the above
Banshee...comes from beansidhe ...meaning fairy women...agsin the roman catholic church oppressed the pagan memory ..!
0:44 what do you mean merely descriptions? Leprechauns are fairies
What he said!
Dude, you're not being truthful on origin story
The origin of fairies is multiple choice: they could be spirits, pagan gods, fallen angels, or primitive people
Elves, goblins, gnomes, and dwarves are used to define leprechauns not really describe them if that makes sense