15 Fascinating Facts About The Picts - Scotland’s Lost History
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- Опубликовано: 9 июн 2024
- 🎥 Who were the Picts of Scotland, where did they come from, what did they look like, and what happened to them? 🏴
Dive into the enigmatic history of the Picts, an ancient people who have captivated historians for centuries. In this video, we unravel the secrets of their origins, language, and unique culture…
00:24 - 📜 Origins and Name: Discover the roots of the Picts, known in Latin as "painted people," a nod to their intriguing body art and tattoos.
01:53 - 🔍 Language Mystery: Join us in exploring the enigmatic Pictish language, a linguistic puzzle linked to Welsh, Cornish, and Breton.
03:19 - 🗿 Symbol Stones: Marvel at the Picts' famous symbol stones, standing tall with symbols that spark debates about their true meanings.
04:45 - 🌿 Matrilineal Society: Uncover evidence of a matrilineal society, where inheritance followed the mother's line.
06:10 - 💎 Skilled Metalworkers: Admire their exquisite metalwork, from intricate jewelry to the iconic silver Pictish beast designs.
07:29 - 🏰 Fortifications: Witness the Picts' architectural prowess through their impressive hill forts and brochs.
08:44 - ✝️ Christianity: Learn about their conversion to Christianity in the 6th century and its impact on their culture.
09:57 - ⚔️ Battles Against Romans and Vikings: Relive the Picts' battles, resisting Roman invasions and Viking raids.
11:09 - 🌾 Agriculturalists and Hunters: Explore their life as agriculturalists, hunters, and fishermen, harnessing Scotland's rich natural resources.
12:21 - 👑 Pictish Kings: Delve into the mysterious world of Pictish kings and their enigmatic rule.
13:30 - 🖌️ Tattoos and Appearance: Visualize the Picts through Roman eyes, adorned with distinctive tattoos and unique attire.
14:40 - 🔄 Decline and Absorption: Trace their eventual merging with the Gaels, under the rule of King Kenneth MacAlpin.
15:43 - 🎨 Distinctive Art: Appreciate the intricate Pictish art, a legacy influencing Celtic and Scottish designs.
16:54 - 👸 Female Leaders: Acknowledge the powerful Pictish queens, a testament to women's significant roles in their society.
17:55 - 🧬 Legacy in Scottish Culture: Finally, discover the Picts' enduring legacy in Scottish culture and history.
Join us on this historical journey, unearthing the secrets of Scotland's past. 🗺️✨
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I thought the word aber came from Viking language, I’m sure I’ve see the use of aber in Wales and some parts of England
I've been interested and tried to find out as much about the picts as possible, thanks for this video. Is it true they held meetings with the Christians standing at either side of a burn/stream or narrow river for the safety of each side like depicted at 8.53?
I dont know if you forgotten that the Irish Clan called Scotti clan came to alba and settled and integrated with the Picts thats why the Romans called it Scotti-land meaning the land of the Irish and the Romans never conquered Scotland and thats why we are a celtic nation not British the Romans named England and Wales Britain/Britannia the English who call themselves British also mean its English it was the forced union it wasn't a handshake union of partners it was forced as many Scots was given land and titles by the English to fight other Scots to stop or religion or wearing of Tartan and the genocide of the Highland and the killing of the rebellious Jacobites Scots or language was stolen from us it was banned the Scots Gaelic and many other Scottish cultures but the English was good at that given money and land and titles to these traitors Scots cause the English couldn't beat us or anyone they used wealth which they stolen and today as suppose to better together campaign we vote we get what the English want they vote tory we vote Snp and they call us daft cause they fear the Scottish people its time for a free Scotland and finish off England iron grip on our power the only country in the world to become poor for finding oil and gas we pump fresh water to England we pump electricity to England we put billions into the bank of England which a scot founded and get buttons back and typical Westminster think they subsidise Scotland which is garbage if Scotland leaves we be far richer than Norway and up there with Saudi Arabia countries we Scotland gave the modern world its know all a small nation with a big heart
@@The_Prophet... there was never an irish clan called scotti. the scotti was a name given to the gauls of the frankish regions of europe. they were always at war with the romans there so they fled to england. when the romans invaded england they then fled to and settled in scotland. that's why it's written and pronounced "gallic" in scotland..
@@loadapish That is the language we speak in Scotland what did you expect Rab C Nisbet ffs....
The Picts didn't vanish , we are still here amongst you .
Agreed. Incredible people.
We are definitely here McNaughton descendant and I've heared they came from the picts
100 💯 percent agree with you ❤
My paternal Victorian born grandfather.
@jamesscant6625
Yes, we are absolutely still here 😉
Keep your culture and traditions alive. So much is being lost these days.
We have one in the home town of Alloa, in, Scotland. As a child it fascinated, me! My father told me what it was. My father’s knowledge on Scottish history was amazing. I was well taught.
Our customs, traditions and language are still here in Scotland.
The Picts were the direct descendants of the people who built the first stone circles, and those people were probably there since the end of the last ice age 12,800 years ago.
100%, a few of the first male lineages there (branches of I2) were also the central figures of the great Neolithic tombs across the isles, mostly I2-M284, which survives today PRIMARILY in Scotland. It's also my own paternal line. 😁
What out for those Fergusons, Gillespies, Hunters, Hendersons, McLeans, McEvoys Thompsons etc. 😆😅
Where did the picts come from?
I'm looking into my family heritage and just did a 23 and me and thinking I had vikings and stuff thought it wud be soo cool to look into but I'm a bit lost.
So instead I got 99.6% British 0.2% north africa and 0.2% siberian....
@@jamyDodger During the last ice age which began around 14,000 years ago the human race bottleknecked (there couldn't have been more than 50,000 humans left after the ice caps retreated 12,800 years ago. As the ice sheets retreated towards the Earths poles different tribes followed the retreating ice sheets, one tribe headed north until they came to what is known today as Scotland (as they were advancing north parts of their tribe would have settled in various lands along their journey before they reached Scotland. The ones that reached Scotland and settled their were hunter gatherers and are known today as neolithic Scots. Their direct descendands 10,000 years later were the Picts. Also my theory is that the Vikings are direct descendants of those Neolithic Scots and i think this because they couldn't be descended from anyone else. Those early neolithic Scots would have continued to follow the retreating ice sheets until they reached the Nordic countries and settled there too.
@@garymcatear822 I see...so if I'm 99.6% British and Irish...with Scots and Wales...do I come from these people or wud I be 100% ... the siberian and North African I'm told don't mean much but I've no idea....
@@jamyDodger If you're found to be 96% from the British isles then there is a 100% chance you're from the neolithic people of Britian. Although if you are 4% north African that can mean either of 2 possibilities...4% N African probably means your bloodline originated in N Africa because the further back in time you go the more the DNA has been diluted since the neolithic times. Or there was some interracial marriage at some point in your bloodlines history with your DNA being diluted. Are you from the UK? Knowing were your family come from in the past and were they are from now and for how long gives clues of your bloodlines.
They were strongedt in Aberdeenshire the Cruthnie was their name before folk thought that was gailic they were the CE the bases were at Dunnottar, Dunucairn, Fitdee, Tap o noth they fought the romans at Mons graupius known locally as Bennachie, the Double disc and z rod is a Tribal vfamily crest, they spoke p-celtic and a mix of Brythonic, Arthur ans Merlin were Pictish, the beastie is the water horse spirit,animals and trees and water were sometimes sacred.
They are still here and never left since Bridei or Nechtan there were 7 kingdoms of Cruthnie.
Very interesting - thank you for sharing!
Was a Pictish kings seat not in Dundee? King Bridei I think his name was. Fought off Vikings at Carnoustie apparently.
@Grant-gk5mw there were many Pictish Kings within the group even within each sub group like the CE and Cait. These seats of power were moved vi's marriage war and time sometimes Fortriu was the power othertimes others. There was no overarching King till Kenneth, Bridei is a famous Pictish name even carved in stone. The account of Bridei the 3rd is my favourite.
Where is/was Fitdee ? New one on me l
And a partridge in a pear tree! Could you repeat that please? We didn’t quite catch that.😄 (jk)
I really like this video! What a beautiful culture!! Thankyou for the video
Thanks so much! 🙏 Really glad you enjoyed it!
If anyone who is of Scottish origin or descent asks me what happened to the Picts, I tell them to look in the mirror. The Picts became the Scots!
The reason they are so "mysterious" is that all we know about them was written by their eight ours, such as the Scots and Northern English. None of the histories and tales they wrote have survived!
My surname is a Picts word which is common in Aberdeen.
They didn't write
Very cool! What's the name, if you don't mind sharing?
Reminds me of being in the Riviera of Mexico as a native told me the Mayans were gone, never realizing he was Mayan.
Picts assimilated into Welch culture as well as Scottish. at least there has been talk of this among the Welch.
I love how they fought off Romans...my mom when I was a kid would read to me out of ancient history books. She was so adamant to remind me that our family, her family came from Scotland. The architecture and art is very interesting to me.
My people! The best people in the world. Alba gu brath!🏴❤️✊.
Second to Geordies.
@@nixonsmateruby1 scots second to geordies? Nah geordies are Scottish after birth we threw over the border that's evolved into modern day new Castle
We're actual shite mate
Yes my ancestors were Picts
That's not pictish, that's colonial Irish spoken by Dai Riata colonists. The picts are different people altogether.
Thank you my friend. This is my ancestral heritage and I have a broad oral knowledge of my people. Doing my genetics I helped fill a massive hole in history tae the point they upgraded my position for free due to me having rare genetics. SOAR ALBA! SIOL NAN GAIDHAEL! 🏴
Thank you for watching! 🙂
Do tell!
@@UntoldHistoryYT Some things are incorrect but this happens as most of my ancestors kept these traditions and heritage a secret I have people with PhDs and University degrees from America scream at me because they had no idea about or what I was talking about yet I am a Native to these still makes me chuckle.
I would happily tell but my channel hasn’t grown and no one is showing interest so I’ll keep it a secret for the time being; also I am expecting a child so I am busy to sit down and craft something of beauty to venerate my bloodline…
😂🏴🫡
The Picts did not speak Gaelic. At least not as a first language.
I am the product of our ancestors diaspora. I was deeply moved when I returned to the Highlands in 2022.❤❤❤
Julius Ceasar never led his Roman legions against the Picts because he never made it that far north into what is now present day Scotland.
Or Ireland
Or Wales, or 95%+ of England...
@@Codex7777 Wrong, wrong, wrong! The Romans conquered most of what is now England and Wales by A.D. 87. They also made numerous incursions into what is now Scotland but retreated. Don't believe me? Read all about it at Wikipedia's 'Roman Conquest of Britain'.
Wrong! Picts wuz blakk!
No, homey, duh Picts wuz blue !!!!!
i remember working in civil engineering years ago and we dug up a pictish stone with a carving of a man on it central scotland, interesting stuff!
The movie Centurion, I found very informative concerning the Picts.
The movie was set in the Roman period when they passed Hadrian wall and engaged the Picts. Roman records reported that an entire legion was lost to the Picts during this time. 🎉
Thanks for sharing. Will have to check it out! 🍿
Great movie 👍
its because they were large fierce warriors who understood the unforgiving land. They never referred to themselves as 'Picts' it was a Roman term meaning painted ones/tatooed. Romans were terrified of them and were beaten with guerrilla style warfare.
The 13th legion.
I've read about the legion being lost to the picts but had no idea of the movie. Thanks
The kilt and the name make the garment a specific item and style of clothing..people were wrapped in cloth long before it became known as a kilt.
In AD84 there was a ferocious battle between what the Romans called the Caledonians at Mons Graupius. This was probably somewhere north of Dundee.
The Roman legions stood back and left most of the fighting to their Germanic auxiliaries.
According to the Romans, they won. But of course we only have their account of it.
Whether the Caledonians were the Picts is uncertain.
I would say the Picts are a good example of early Bell Beaker tribes and Neolithic Farmers merging and developing together. Lots of early type IE art some what similar to Germanic tribes and Scythians, with a blend of Neolithic and Bell Beaker architecture.
I wonder if the matrilineal structure explains why the gravestones in Aberdeen's St. Nicholas graveyard show women by their maiden name, often identified as "wife of," showing they were a convention of retaining a woman's family name, not a lack of marriage.
Super interesting - thank you for sharing. It very well could be the case!
In Scotland at least, I'm aware that baby girls are given their mother's maiden name as their middle name, thus identifying ** and preserving** the matrilineage.
This is also something that was done in France - women were/are recorded by their maiden name (but go by their married name) and I think it had more to do with mortality than matriachy (in France). Many people had official standard first names - there were many, many people with the same first name so a man could have had three wives called Marie and nobody would know they were different women unless they kept their maiden name (I'm guessing this might be the reason, having gone through loads and loads of registrations from the past (starting in early 1600's)). In today's Belgium, a married woman keeps her maiden name, but the children take on the father's name.
From what I understood from my russian lessons many years ago, in Russia a woman has her own first name followed by her mother's name with the suffix -ovna added. Men have their own first name followed by their father's name with the suffix -ovitch added. So, for instance a girl called Anastasia whose mother was Polina, would be called Anastasia Polinovna and a boy named Ilya whose father was Andrey would be called Ilya Andreyovitch. Is there not something similar in Scandinavian countries? my point here is that women keeping their maiden name or 'inheriting' their mother's name doesn't necessarily mean matriachy, but might have more to do with high mortality of mothers in the past - if there is a family of six or seven surviving children, from three or four different mothers, then they would want to know who their mother is particularly when it comes to getting married. They could marry a cousin through a step-mother, but preferably not through their own mother, for instance.
@@lindasue8719 Not just baby girks---boys too. I thinnk yhis tradition is dying out.
@maryjackson Even in the 18th century, married Scottish females going to the American colonies with their husbands and children were listed by their maiden names on the ships' passenger lists. Grave monuments/headstones on the Isle of Arran from the late 18th century and early 19th century, for example, show the wife's maiden name and identify her as the wife. So, identifying by maiden name in Scotland, at least to the 18th century, seems to have been the tradition. What a pity the parish records that were not destroyed during the Clearance don't indicate the maiden names for married women.
No matter there dress code or any other facts that might not be correct they fought and died for us so we owe our picts the same respect and honour as anybody else whos died for the cause of the land we call home. Onwards the brave 🏴
The Pict history seems to be equivalent to the Germanic tribes in that the history has been somewhat lost into the realms of myth and oddly there seems to be an overlap of history with the old indigenous tribes of Europe and their beliefs and the next migration of Europeans such as the biblical tribes of Israel.
From a biblical perspective the first group supposedly from the decendants of Japheth which is considered the first Europeans and the later migration group supposedly from the decendants of Jacob, from where so many place names, symbols, coats of arms and traditions originate from which is supported by linguistics and DNA but it almost seems as if history was written over. The British royal family still follow the tradition of coronation with a stone believed to have been the stone used as a pillow by Jacob. The tribe of Dan seems to have played a big role in European and UK history especially with the Welsh who not only call themselves the Cumry but their ancient language they still speak which was apparently even used to decider ancient scrolls as their alphabet is almost identical to the language of cerrain discovered scrolls, explaining their red flag and dragon which were symbols of the tribe of Dan.
I also learnt that these original tribes that founded Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Western parts of England may have been wiped out by a meteor in 600 AD.
However the history of the Picts and or Scottish and the reason why kings came from the mothers side etc is explained in other vids which connects the country's mythology and 1 such channel was by Robert Sepehr who sparked my curiosity into such topics.
The more one looks into this the deeper it seems to get.
1 thing that seems clear to me is that our current history books are not telling the truth about many things abd it's a mission to piece it all together.
It seems the end of the world has already occurred and we merely repeating history and being controlled through religions and certain societies and that we've had many resets and the last one was not that long ago.
Excellent piece,very
informative!
Thank you, Christopher! Glad you liked it. 😀
The beastie is a dolphin, they must have seen them as we do in the Moray Firth and marvelled at them as we still do. Im not the only Highlander that believes this.🏴
Wouldn't rule it out… thanks for sharing this! 🐬 How often do you see them out of interest?
@@UntoldHistoryYT I see them just about every time I take my boat out, they like to swimming alongside and on the bow wave, impressively large creatures close up, bloody tasty to eat too. The last bit was a joke, they're not tasty at all.😃🏴
They became strong from eating the haggis, which were plentiful then. The Haggis Wildlife Foundation has documented the different varieties of these creatures, from small to large. Some good photographs. Pity they are now either extinct or extremely rare now.
My Victorian born grandparents used to make haggis fur hats and scarves when I was young. I wish I had kept mine even though fur isn't popular now. It was necessary in the cold. Saved many lives.
@@angr3819 Yes in summer (which is my favourite day of the year) they flock to the sea to cool down and get rid of fleas. Having two legs shorter than the others for running round hills they made easy prey swimming in circles for the porpoise, dolphin and Orca to devour. All our winter clothes were made from their fur as well as dire wolf.🏴
The original homeland of the Picts was in Jutland, where the woad plants they needed for their tattoos or Pict-ures grew in abundance. This is according to Herodotus btw. They migrated to France where they founded 12 small kingdoms. When Troy fell and the survivors from Ilia migrated to the islands they named Britian after their leader Brutus, something occurred to demolish the Pictish kingdoms in France, and a group of survivors sailed to Britain to appeal for sanctuary. The Brits had just conquered Ireland and they gave the Picts the northern part of Britain on three conditions - they merge with the Danaan women of Ireland, they forever exist in a Matriarchy ruled by the Danaan, and they eradicate the remaining giants who lived to the north. That's how Scotland came to be created and the Picts came to live there when this was never their original homeland. Relatedly, the Saxons and Anglos also came from the area around Jutland, with the Anglos claiming they had been led to the British islands by their god Ingve, so the migration of all of these "Germanic" tribes to the west may have been organized by someone very powerful.
Enki?
That's a very convoluted history. I find it difficult to conclude the picts came from Troy. The culture shows no signs of Eastern Mediterranean origin
DNA analysis doesn't support it either.Mu guess is aboriginal and Celtic roots.
The Romans believed they were descended from refugees from Troy by the way
Everybody can't be descended from Troys refugees. Survivors of the siege would probably been either massacred or sold into slavery as was the prevailing custom on those days
@@thomasfinch3632 You should really read the post before responding to it. I never said the Picts were from Troy. I said Herodotus claimed they were probably from Jutland where the Woad (Jute) plants they used for their tattoos once grew in abundance. They migrated to other places including what is now France where the people that became the Brits encountered them. Also, you were way off on your comments on the Trojans. Troy was three cities that shared an outer wall for mutual protection. Whereas Troy and Dardania were destroyed by the Greeks, Ilia was not, and these people became the Walia or Welsh. A handful of royals escaped Troy and migrated to Latia where they founded New Albion aka New Troy, which merged with the Latins, Etruscans, Sabines, Greeks in the south and others to become the Romans, who never claimed to be solely descended from the Trojans. But Julius Caesar said the Welsh were pure Trojans.
Very interesting. You have opened up a new world for me to explore! Thank you.
You are most welcome! Super glad you enjoyed it. 👍
This is so fascinating! I’ve been teaching myself to speak and read Irish over the past couple years, and I recently added Scottish Gaelic so I’m learning both, and I feel like I’m really getting in touch with my ancestry.
I know that my maternal grandmother came from Belfast, Ireland, and my paternal grandmother was a McCormick (which kind of McCormick/McCormack/MacCormick I do not know!), so maybe she was Scotch-Irish but I’m not sure. I love the Pictish art, stones, and jewelry displayed here, and the matrilineal society is so unusual and intriguing for the time period and area. Terrific video!
The picts are the original people like the aboriginals of australia.
Nah heaps of human species before. Even before aboriginals in Aussie. Humans go back a long way
Of course we all go back to apes ..numpty ..but as the KNOWN INDIGENOUS people..the picts have no predecessors ..ipso facto ..aboriginals.
@@lifeliver9000there’s absolutely 100% no evidence of any human group of people occupying Australia prior to the Aboriginal people. Only theories, with no basis of fact, and anything found around the world older than the homosapian human skeleton of an Aboriginal Australian male buried around 40,000 years ago, is always a “pre- human ancestor” non homosapian (pretty much a monkey that aint human at all)
@@user-qu6op5zl2f you know the world being round was a conspiracy theory aye? Labelling and attacking, I know is rife in closed minded historians. But doesn’t make it right
@@lifeliver9000Level Earth Observer 😊
Nicely done , Thanks . Subscribed
Thanks for the sub! ❤️
Great video; beautifully edited!
Thank you - much appreciated! 🙏
Very interesting and informative vid !! Thanks, I appreciate it 👍
Pictures in this video that show the Picts wearing kilts is historically wrong. Kilts were not invented until the medieval time and the images presented on carved Pictish stones do not show anybody wearing kilts.
Incorrect. Kilts and similar garments are very ancient.
@@bretthess6376 You are mistaken. Do a search for Pictish clothes and Fashon. You will see that the men worn trousers, not kilts. Even wikiepedia says that kilts were invented around the 16th century.
You are correct, molecatcher. . . Even the kilts worn in Braveheart are Too early.
@@davecordes6121
The Picts were more advanced than what Roman his-tory records. It's not that hard to weave a tartan. 😮
I read in the 19 century this era
Fascinating 😊
Glad you enjoyed the video! 😁
Wonderful, informative video - thanks!
Thank you - super glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Just a thought on why the family lines were traced through the women ... if monogomy wasn't a big thing, as it later became, the only way to know for sure your lineage was through the mother. And perhaps monogamy became so important (for the woman that is) when male dominated cultures came in, in order for men to secure their lineage and dominance. Just a thought.
Makes sense and certainly possible. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
😁@@UntoldHistoryYT
Some Pacific island cultures still use this ideal of ancestry recording.
And the Aztecs Maya did it too
Being a Jew comes thru the mother.
Apparently my ancient 34th great grandfather united the Celts and and the Picts- according to genealogists and Scottish history. I appreciate your video and all the informative history. Excellent! Learned a lot.
Fact no. 1 comes before you mention your first fact: the kilt these tattooed people are shown in within the first minute where invented about 1.000 years after the picts vanished.
Reminds me of the back country husbandry culture in America today in the Appalachian mountains. Some families even had a genetic mutation that their skin was all blue
That's from either A. Incest
B. Exposure to colloidal silver
C. A combination of both.
I had met someone who had blue skin. His skin was purple when he was overheated, then was smurf blue he looked like Papa Smurf with white hair and beard.
Wiki: “The Fugates, commonly known as the "Blue Fugates" or the "Blue People of Kentucky", are an ancestral family living in the hills of Kentucky starting in the 19th century, where they are known for having a genetic trait that led to the blood disorder methemoglobinemia, causing the skin to appear blue.”
They became strong from eating the haggis, which were plentiful then. The Haggis Wildlife Foundation has documented the different varieties of these creatures, from small to large. Some good photographs. Pity they are now either extinct or extremely rare now.
My Victorian born grandparents used to make haggis fur hats and scarves when I was young. I wish I had kept mine even though fur isn't popular now. It was necessary in the cold. Saved many lives.
went to see one of tallest stones in moray last year, could feel the spirit of our history all around it
The "beast" ... it's the mythology surrounding the Loch Ness Monster. Prehistoric water creatures survived for a long time in the Scottish Lochs.
EQUALS: Scottish women are just as brave and intelligent as Scottish men. Therefore if proven to be so inclined, they were also listened to and respected as leaders of their clans.
I read/heard somewhere that the blue paint/dye they used to cover their bodies may have had antiseptic properties meaning any wounds inflicted in battle would have less chance of infection. Not sure if this is true or not, but if it is it shows great understanding of the nature around them
did anyone ever think of connecting the Picts with the indigenous population of america who also painted their bodies
That mystery animal might just be a goat
I'm thinking that too, it makes complete sense too, Goats would likely have faired better than sheep in the rougher climates in northern scotland, they would have probably come to represent steadfastness, bravery, and headstrong perseverance or the like...
Such a good video!
Thank you very much, Rachel! So glad you enjoyed it. 🙏❤️
A fascinating and well produced video. Thanks very much.
I live in Burghead , Morayshire once the northern capital of the Pictish kingdom in Scotland.
Locals here today are called Brochers coming from the Broch of the Picts.
I lived in pitcaple as a child, between insch and Inverurie. Seems strange to not see pitmachie on the list
There probably is more places starting with Pit in Perthshire there is a place called Pitkeathly which is my surname.
Take a shot every time the narrator says "...matrilineal succession..." 😂
Very interesting !
Glad you enjoyed the video! 😀
My take away is that the Picts were Celts, or another subset of Celtic civilisation. I had thought they were something else before.
I have read Pict and Brit might just be regional dialects for the same thing. Pronounced Pict in the north and Brit in the south but 🤷♂️.
We know where the Picts came from and where they went to from DNA evidence.
They aren't as mysterious as they used to be.
Well I doubt they wore tartan like that..
Hahaha
A great dePiction!
Thanks for watching!
To me it’s more than obvious the links between the Picts and people such as the Scythians, Māori and the people of Gobekli Tepe.
How? They are all very different from each other!
How? Massive leaps in logic. Or rather lack of logic.
That's a bit of a stretch. Bloody hell...
I did see two different standing stones which reminded me of Gobekli Tepe.
The Picts and the Māori linked?
Thank you, had no idea who the PICTs were.
Thank you for watching! 🙏 So glad that you learned something new! 😃
As a Scot it looks like i Pict a good video.
Nice video 😊 besides the movie " Centurion" you can appreciate an interesting characterization of Picts on the movie " King Arthur" although they speak Gaelic 😅
Greetings from Galicia!
Glad you enjoyed the video! 😊 Thank you for the movie recommendations! 🍿
They became strong from eating the haggis, which were plentiful then. The Haggis Wildlife Foundation has documented the different varieties of these creatures, from small to large. Some good photographs. Pity they are now either extinct or extremely rare now.
My Victorian born grandparents used to make haggis fur hats and scarves when I was young. I wish I had kept mine even though fur isn't popular now. It was necessary in the cold. Saved many lives.
Picts didny wear kilts that was a much more modern piece of and clothing ogham is not pronounce of ogham it's pronounced oham.. And being Scottish myself I love the ancient monoliths, stones and circles especially in and around Kilmartin Glen
The terrain probably helped.
A hard land creates a hard people.
LOL @ describing matrilineal as the deviant one...
Everybody knows from what womb a child came, the father is anybody's guess (unless you can do DNA-testing), so the patrilineal one is "strange".
That's what I always say! Great point!
They must have been fierce and feared by enemies. Incredible for farmers having such military prowess. Thanks for your research and excellent narrative. Though a little bit repetitive, fascinating nonetheless.
The last battle between the Vikings and the Pictish Scots was at the Battle of Largs 2nd of October 1263...
in which Haakon Haakonsson King of Norway attempted to reassert Norwegian Sovereignty of the westen seaboard of Scotland...
Aye... And he goit his arse kicked🏴✊
@@williammacdiarmid6395 Aye...well and truly...so much so that he never came back😁
Skottar er morsom, hilsen noreg
greetings from Scotland 🏴👍
13:09 Many of these images have little or nothing to do with the Picts. This one, for instance, is a painting of the surrender of Vercingetorix (a Gaulish chieftain) to Julius Caesar.
Thank you for this video great information on my family ancestry, Kenneth MacAlpin is my 33 rd. great grandfather.
Wow - that's incredible! 😲 How did you learn about your ancestry?
@@UntoldHistoryYT from wikitree
@@UntoldHistoryYT I would like to give you a link to the information but when I give you a reply with it, it gets deleted.
Same. Kenneth MacAlpin is an ancestor of mine also.
@DeRhamme, not sure why that is… must be an automatic thing from YT. Very interesting though! 👍
That thumbnail is hysterical. Did the Picts use to work as baristas or own second hand record shops?
An interesting fact about the Pict is that they can be traced back in time to the Nac Mac Feegle Clan. There appears to have been some inter breeding with big jobs at one time. Speaking Ogham further cements the link to the high mountains.
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Facts ! Can be changed ! 🧐
I read the Picts were the original people of today's UK they arrived about 8000 years ago from today's Scandinavia when there was a land bridge connecting the UK to Europe called Doggerland which was flooded about 7000 years ago and lies under the North Sea.
Several species of small fury animals gathered together in a cave and grooving with a pict. ✌
So it sounds like not much is actually known about the origins of the Picts. And much of their history is also a bit fuzzy.
The last viking battle vs thr picts or cruthnie was at Cruden bay ie death of the danes bay its where the golf course is today in Aberdeenshire. The danes then attacked the English boy that got an arrow in the eye by Willie the conqueror wi the bowl cut hair 😂
Have you been to Cruden Bay? Is it worth the visit?
@UntoldHistoryYT Slains Castle is worth a visit but not much else to see I have been there many times born and bred in Aberdeenshire with my family roots traceable back to the 11th century here chances are we have been here longer but records stop then most people travelled way less the further back you go.
Great content. Amusing to me that “fact number [n]…” is sometimes followed by “may have.” A fact or supposition? 😊
We're the picts as low down scotland as fife? I'm from Fife. And I've never heard anything about picts in fife. Always up north.
Fife - look up Weymss Caves 😊
Place names beginning with Pit are Pictish , so think Pittenweem erika.
I was under the impression that the Picts were mainly in Aberdeenshire, some Morayshire and the unique style of the brochs and lack of Pictish names/stones on west coast (broch area) was attributed to northern peoples travelling down & settling in west coast areas 🤔
"Several species of small, furry animals, gathered together in a cave, grooving with a Pict."
Granted this is pure speculation, but, I hear certain things like the use of Ogham, the style of symbols & their level of education & expertise ... It just makes me wonder if the Picts were in some way, shape or form related to or may have actually been Scottish Druids?!
I don't think they were all Druids but if they were a Celtic people they probably had Druids, just under a different pronunciation. I read once Pict might just be the northern dialect of insular Celtic (the Celtic language of England aka Brittonic or Brythonic, languages) for Brit. Pronounced Pict in the north (Scotland), Brit in the south (Britain) and Bret in Brittany (France) but 🤷♂️
real people
I really think that the beast is a stylized representation of a wolf! I mean that's what it looks like to me!
I had come to understand that the people of North Spain's roots are pictish ,triangle shaped skulls ( top view ) black hair ,possibly black eyes (don't remember exactly). The technique of the stone carvings ,are probably older than Stonehenge ,it would be interesting to make comparisons to other ancient cultures . Eg Gobekli Tepe in Turkey .A lot of migration going on in ancient times ,no real borders ,visas or passports.
I heard the picts dyed themselves green to fight the Romans because it freaked the enemy out. also, one Pict would jump on the sprear or sword of a Roman soldier so his buddy could kill yhe Roman. No wonder Hadrian built a wall.
Ogham is pronounced as Ohm.
Thank you, Peggy. Always appreciate constructive feedback!
This question came up on my “Life in the UK” quiz re: Hadrian’s Wall, and I got the question wrong, so I’m here to learn in case I get this question on the actual test. 😅
How many time do you need to repeat yourself to string about 7 lots of details into 15. What a prat
Picts people were common specially in South East Asia tatoo is partner their culture from Indonesia, Papua new Guinea and Philippines. Pintados are one of them
I'm related to the Pics.
But a lot of spots are.
The REAL Wildlings
Facts or theories... A fact can be proven, a theory can't. Your title should be 15 fascinating theories about Picts.
Seeing that the Picts only formed c200ad, everything you say about them being a factor in earlier Roman invasions/Hadrians all is bogus.
The Picts were a confederation of tribes north of the Clyde Forth line. They may have been pre Celtic? Or from the first migrations of Celtic peoples the Gaels?. Remember the Confederacy fought against Dalraita aka Scots and More Southern Brythonic British tribes.
The Picts must’ve come from the Nordic nations, they were known for the most intricate and skilled silver jewellery and metal forging.
Negative. Completely different lineages. Their art has some roots in common.
The US had a much simpler process to determine if you were able to be a paratrooper. We waited for people to volunteer, then pushed them to their breaking point, and beyond. Those who couldn't hack it, quit. Those who didn't quit, were deemed to be fit for paratrooper service.
I didn't realize the Picts had such fantastic hair dressers!
Alba gu brath!
...also the language of our nation isn't pronounced ''Gaylick''...but Galic...like garlic without the r...I hope this helps...as it riles me up the wrong way to hear it pronounced otherwise...
However...if you are talking about Ireland...''Gaylik'' will do...😁
Garlic is not native to Britain but a colonial language like english.aberdeen is a native British placename which is why it looks so Welsh.
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@@neilthornton3544millASIANsons one thing the Brothonics never did was surrender to Rome an ended there fedual systems Wales Scotland England really don't no what happen to Eire
I’ve been studying Irish and Scottish Gaelic on my own over several months/years, and dialects and different pronunciations are a fun thing to observe. In some ways Gaelic is so similar to Irish, and in other ways completely different, but MOST times it’s pronounced differently! 😂
People on the internet will almost come to blows over the pronunciation of a woman’s name! 😊
My clan is Pictish and I'm curious as to how that's worked out..🤔
Genetic lineages, mtDNA / yDNA, haplogroups.
Ogham alphabet looks like old Latvian knot record systems - Debeika, Brinķis, Krauksts scripts - made in local cuneiform inscription system variant.
You know where else they are in the ME, the Turkish area..the one place we are unable to get at and only see parts of the stones.
There are THREE classes of Pictish stones, not two. The first are undressed stones bearing Pictish symbols. The second are dressed stones bearing Pictish symbols. The third are dressed stones bearing Christian symbols or a mix of Christian symbols. Admittedly this classifiaction is not universally accepted by scholars but it is a good starting point.
Thank you for sharing!
Believe me, I'm no expert. However, I spent January and February freezing to death near Inverness, and immersed myself in the local Pictish remains and artefacts to take my mind off the frostbite. I also bought some books from the very lovely Inverness Museum, which is where I got this information about the classification.@@UntoldHistoryYT
Good to know and thanks again. What a time of year to go! 🥶 I've heard the wind can be rather brutal also…
Romans: "Hey, you know what? Let's just put a wall there, and then never *ever* bother the neighbors."
The symbols are around the world
The greeks wrote about them
Not picts culture
Woad was too acidic to use as a tattoo dye so no that's wrong. It was sourced elsewhere from something else.