Who Were The Mysterious Picts?

I was told in Scotland that the reason so few Pict houses have been found by archeologist is possibly because the modern farms are mostly on the same places where Pict settlements once existed. It would suggest an uncommon continuity of population. In other words, the inhabitants of northern Scotland are basically Picts who changed their language, possibly twice.

The PICTS did not vanish, we just blended and merged with the heathen and kept our records hidden away. Besides, you present your information in an intelligent and entertaining fashion. Thank you

I live in Scotland, in Angus. There are lots of old Pictish sites around here and carved stones, now in museums for safe keeping. About 10 minutes from where I live there is a place where an an ancient Pictish place of worship once stood, now a Christian Church. It was chosen as a place of worship or sacred site as 3 burns ( brooks) all converge at this place. Lots of Craved stones from it in St Vigeans. Thank you very much gorgeous Kayleigh, this was very informative.

As much as I love to look at you Kayleigh, it also would have been nice if you showed some pictures of maps and artifacts to support your excellent storytelling… ❤️👍

"Several Species of Small Furry Animals Gathered Together in a Cave and Grooving with a Pict" is a track written and performed by Roger Waters from the 1969 Pink Floyd double album, Ummagumma. It holds the distinction of having the longest title of any of the band's tracks.

It was a combination of Kenneth MacAlpin who completed the unification and assimilation of Scots and Picts around the year 843 CE and the influence of the Irish church in Scotland which eventually caused the Pict language to disappear and the Gaelic dialect to be favored and promoted.

From the British Isles to the Americas, it is obvious that ancient people had trade networks which were much more extensive than they were given credit for even a few decades ago. As for what happened to them, I think the most likely scenario is some combination of dwindling numbers due to warfare with the various invaders and absorption into the newly-dominant Celtic culture. It's a pattern we've seen all over the world.

My first intro to the Picts was not any archeological article but from pulp fiction short stories. Robert E. Howard (you know that guy who created Conan the Barbarian. No, not the movie version) capitalized on the mystery of the Picts to create a dark & ancient people whom he 'dotted' through out his fantasy 'mythos' (Kings of the Night, The Dark Man & others). His image of them has been hard to shake from my mind

The common thread when the Roaman took over is that the tribes they overwhelmed or were in conflict with are described as savages, that Roman propaganda persists in our history to this day and is saddening a foundation of the colonial mindset of later generations of European peoples. Archaeology reveals the complex trade routes and skills of European pre-Roman cultures, as do Greek texts provide written evidence that included the Britons who clearly exploited the island's mineral wealth including tin, copper, silver and gold.

Fascinating, I remember when I was little, my grandma would tell me about the Picts, about them being a mysterious tribe in the far north of Scotland, and that they disappeared.

I remember when the Picts were considered a language-isolate, completely separate from all other tongues. It has only been in the last generation or so that thevidea that they were another form of Brythonic Celt. Ithink the right adjective os Brythonic.... Kayleigh, this is a great departure from your usual fare. Thanks!

I don't know enough about Pictish culture. I love the topic of paleoanthropology and archeology but I wouldn't mind if you did more videos on linguistics, geography and semi-ancient cultures. Looking forward to this vid!

I'm really looking forward to this video!

There may have been a few reasons why the Picts dyed themselves before battle only to just to look fierce and otherworldly to the enemy combatants, one reason is to easily differentiate your warriors from the enemy forces when engaged in heavily mixed battle and like some others had mentioned they could have believed the woad dye had healing properties in it's self plus they could mixed other herbal material with the woad dye and there could been religious overtones to this prebattle warrior procedure to help focus the warriors for the impeding battle.

Henry of Huntingdon was one of the first (surviving) historians to note this disappearance in the mid-12th century Historia Anglorum.

Etymology fun fact time! The word "depict" actually comes to us via reference to the ancient picts. The prefix "de-" negates the root "Pict" which in this context means "vanish." So to de-pict is obviously to do the opposite of vanish, and generally means to create an image of something (in the sense that something "appears"). Source: I made it up

I read somewhere that the Pictish language was still spoken as late as the 1700's in parts of the north east. interestingly it was not replaced by Gaelic (the language of the Scots), but with Doric, a language with roots in old English and the low countries (Holland and Belgium). Which suggests a wide ranging trade and possibly cultural network to the south and east, by way of the north sea.

No bone to Pict with this fine exposé.

Being of scottish highland decent a member of the MACBAIN clan i am interested in this .An achient story goes as scottish warriors were sleeping in their camp the picts tried to sneek up on them in the night but one of them trod on a thistle with his bear foot and cried out with pain so alerting the scots from their sleep who proceded to sloughter them all which is why the thistle today is scotlands national symbol.

You had my interest, now you've got my attention