Mysteries of the Picts | The Last Pagans of Scotland

Back in the day when my friends use to ask me if I had to choose one super power what would that be? Many of them would say “invisibility, flying, super strength “, but I would find myself saying I choose time traveling. To go back in time and bear witness to all type of people and culture! Great video. Through you I get to see fascinating places.

The Picts WERE Celtic. Their language, culture and genetics all point to them being Brythonic Celts, historical sources also tell us, they were Brythonic Celts (Welsh sources specific; they claim the Picts were like themselves, just without Roman influence to any great extent, e.g. Britons, not Romano-Britons.) When wanting to reconstruct Pictish beliefs, which is very possible, we can just look at motifs of theirs and how they relate to Welsh and Gaelic mythologies which are very similar yet very different in some ways. For the Picts, we can presume them to have been more similar to the Welsh mythologies. There are some good lectures on youtube about the pictish mythologies and gods depicted on early stones.

Going to be in Edinburgh in 2 weeks. Looking forward to be back in Scotland again. Together with my brother we will honour our dad and celebrate his birthday. He passed away 3 years ago.

"remember kids... Scotland's windy" that was funnny though to break up the more serious vibe

The Cresent and vrod is an example of ancient time keeping technology.

The animal symbols could likely be clan totems. Here in Canada, there is a flourishing indigenous population in my city and the Ojibway people identify with various animals as clan totems. There is an inherent similar belief system with many indigenous groups worldwide. It feels very natural.

I have never clicked so fast in my life. I am 80% Scottish and can trace my ancestry back to the picts. Thank you for sharing!

the Picts were not the last Pagans of Scotland , these were in fact the islanders of Herta - St Kilda who maintained a mixed Druidic Catholic religion into the 1700s when a methodist minister arrived to steal this from them. They had many Pagan altars and holy stones as well as a stone circle complete with a resident Druid on a outer isle . While the stone circle was broken up most of the other Pagan sites remain , the milking stone and several holy springs can still be seen today .

My fathers parents were from Scotland, and they always told me that the Picts , were Scotland’s version of the fairies 🧚🏻 ! They brought my father back to Scotland from USA as young boy, & kept him inside, because they thought that the Picts , would steal him away.!! His grandfather served in the Black Watch , for 50 years … They always kept up the legend of the Picts ,in our family. I think they were kind of a kin to leprechauns , the Wee folk… It seems very logical that the symbols, the animal symbols that you show , were of different sects of people, and that it seems a natural progression into the clans . The etching on your hand looks like a symbol for the rising Sun 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦄

You seem cool. My last name is MacDonald and I live in Maine. I hope your channel blows up in a good way. I can just picture you being sick of a fake society and selling everything you have and looking for roots. New ERA time. No more watching TV commercials. Roots time. Soul searching. You are the answer and all the roots lead to you. Life adventure. Find some glimpse of strength and truth and authenticity. What is this life. They can't sell me spirit mon! I live and search for reality.

A culture of art. The loopy yarn I use in my woven garments is said to be created by the picts. The only mills that spin it on the planet exist inScotland.

Hi there. Excellent video. I would ask one thing, however. It's important and culturally significant that the word "Gaelic", as pronounced with a long A, is only said that way in Ireland. In Scotland, the word is pronounced with a short A, as in the name Alec (originally being spelled "Gàidhlig"). I've been accused of nit-picking on this subject, but as a proud Scottish woman, it does indeed matter. Many people confuse or even group the Irish and the Scottish together as having the same culture. While they are similar, they are also quite distinct and unique. I appreciate your shared knowledge on the Picts and look forward seeing more.

The most amazing thing I find about your films is that you come from so far away ! I do believe that the soul of ‘old souls’ calls to us regardless of the human time passed

I did a DNA test and was shicked and proud to find I am of Pictish descent. The information pointed to nothern most points of Scotland. I just wiah we knew more about my ancestors. So far, what ive learned im proud to know Ive deacended from the Picts.

I recently visited Wemyss caves where the earliest Pict drawings were found. The guide disputed the theory that a mirror and comb would be related to a woman of prominence. That is very 21st century thinking. You only have to look at the Vikings to know that the men took great care of their hair and appearance and so a comb and mirror are not a necessarily a feminine symbol.

I have a lot of respect for you Jacob! Sold loads of your valuables so you could travel to learn more about our belief. I hope your enjoying your travel and learning more! We appreciate the videos keep at it and thank you!

My theory is the Picts were the remnants of civilisation after the last global catastrophe and gave to the world over time how to use geometry amongst other things.. on another note they tuning forks carved into their stones yet tuning forks weren’t “invented “ until the 1700’s ?! 🤙🏻

Living beside the Moray Firth all my life so far I believe the Pictish beastie to be a stylised Dolphin. If you can imagine your ancestors seeing these sea mammals from the shoreline they must have seemed very strange and mysterious to them.

Scotland is truly truly a beautiful magical place, proud to say I can trace back my blood line to Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿. Thanks for the video and awesome new tattoo ❤

FYI: Oghams. Are actually pronounced as oh-ums.