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25 Creatures in English Folklore and Myth 🏴
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- čas přidán 14. 08. 2024
- What creatures and ghouls can be found in England's folklore and mythology? Black Dogs, Ghosts, Goblins, Faeries, Sprites and Big Cats lurk in our forests, marshes and hills and lakes. This list of 25 creatures will give you a good overview of what the English people believed and in many cases still believe regarding our folklore.
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Recorded January 2023, with clips from Yorkshire, Northumberland and Suffolk filmed in 2022 and 2021.
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Music used:
DRAGONS by Vivek Abhishek
Dark Ambient Background Music - Haunted by CO.AG Music
The End is Always Near by Myuu
Phantasm by Kevin Macleod
Road to Hell by Kevin Macleod
Tenebrous Brothers Carnival by Kevin Macleod
Relent by Kevin Macleod
Celtic Impulse by Kevin Macleod
Other songs composed by Albert Schofield for the Jolly Reiver project.
List of Creatures:
1) Will-O-The-Wisp
2) The Barghest
3) Redcaps
4) Hairy Hands
5) Black Annis
6) The White Lady
7) Apple Tree Man
8) Boggarts
9) Knockers
10) The Gytrash
11) Spring Heeled Jack
12) The Brown Man of the Muirs
13) Mermaids
14) Grindylow
15) Bluecaps
16) Herne the Hunter
17) Vampires
18) The Lambton Worm
19) Hobs
20) Dwarves
21) Knuckers
22) Giants
23) Green Children of Woolpit
24) Black Shuck
25) Beast of Bodmin Moor
The Jolly Reiver is my project aiming to preserve and promote the forgotten folklore and history of rural Britain. Primarily focusing on folklore and legends, you’ll not find me trying to deconstruct these old stories or trying to rationalise them with science and psychology. Instead I will present them as they were always told by our forebears, and leave the conclusions up to you. Videos are filmed on location to show you exactly where these stories took place.
The types of creatures, entities and spirits discussed here are universal within all traditional cultures. They exist in liminal states, which are inaccessible to the mind that has been clouded by modern “education” and stifled by materialism. Jolly Reiver reminds us that they do exist, and to encounter them we must connect with the wisdom of our ancestors.
If your gut feeling tells you its ok it is but because they come from good and bad always trus the gut.
Nah you don't sorry.
I'll trust to my education and to the lack of concrete evidence for the existence of spooks and magical beasties, thank you. You can explore your "liminal states" as much as you like, but don't be surprised if you end up in a padded cell when your delusions take over.
TOTALLY AGREE..
The fact that you can comment on youtube, have electricity, easy access to medicine...it's all because of education and science..the REAL science, not some made up pseudoscience some random idiots can say on the internet.
"Wisdom of ancestors", "liminal space".......what next? The earth is flat? Vaccine kills? Elephant can use its ears to fly? Earth is hollow? How does it feel being this stupid?
It literally takes years of EDUCATION to become a doctor or scientist and they are the ones that bring real change to this world.
So much rich history contained within our folk tales. Your work keeping this alive, which you do in a tremendous way, is of the utmost importance, today more than ever.
Cheers man. Appreciate you sharing!
It's a load of silly stories, waste of time in my opinion. Sitting watching this instead of doing something productive.
If this is what you think, why do you people continue to click on these videos?
@@punkrock1989 my friend, I am sorry, a retardation such as afflicts you, must be quite the burden in life.
@@punkrock1989 This is called culture. I am an English person myself. I do not believe in this stuff, but it gives me more of a connection to my culture and it’s past. For example, I know that Will o’ Wisps are likely just swamp gas exploding, however it is fascinating to hear the explanation for this rare occurrence that my ancestors believed. These aren’t silly stories. They are the most ancient explanations of things we now know more about. Your mindset is quite frankly disrespectful to the people who came up with these stories which would go on to change the English culture entirely. Stop living such a boring life and appreciate these looks into the mindset of ancient people.
You have a gift for narration and storytelling. Watching your videos feels like being in a pub in Northumberland a hundred years ago while some well-traveled fellow tells you all that he's seen.
Cheers mate, high praise indeed!
I look for English folk lore, myths and folk music but all to often it comes back with Scottish , Irish even American. Thank you for covering English tales. Myths and legends are fascinating wherever they’re from but English ones are too often considered not important. Keep the tales coming.
Cheers man! Check out my channel for more English stuff!
love Europe's folklore, especially from the British Isles and Scandinavia
Thank you for doing these videos and giving a spotlight to english cultural heritage. I sometimes feel we as a country too easily discard our folklore etc
Glad you enjoyed mate!
@The Jolly Reiver No problem, your voice is very soothing too lol
1. 0:34 Will-o-the-wisp
2. 1:50 The Barghest
3. 2:49 Redcaps
4. 3:48 Hairy Hands
5. 4:51 Black Annis
6. 5:42 The White Lady
7. 6:59 The Apple Tree Man
8. 8:01 Boggarts
9. 8:53 Knockers
10. 9:33 The Gytrash
11. 10:17 Spring Heeled Jack
12. 11:17 The Brown Man Of The Moores
13. 12:21 Mermaids
14. 13:18 Gryndylow
15. 14:19 Blue Caps
16. 15:08 Herne The Hunter
17. 16:08 Vampires
18. 17:07 The Lambton Worm
19. 17:52 Hobs
20. 18:42 Dwarves
21. 19:25 Knuckers
22. 19:57 Giants
23. 20:48 Green Children Of Woolpit
24. 21:43 Black Shuck
25. 22:23 The Beast Of Bodmin Moore
Tiddy mun
Awesome
Thank you 😁
You do realise if you click on the title it shows this, right? 😊
My mother was born in 1925, Cienfuegos, Cuba. She always told me of an occurrence when she was 4 yrs old out with her older sisters, in a field. Her sisters report she took off running and running yelling about “the children!” She ran until she rounded a tree, and then began to cry inconsolably. When questioned, she said they were a boy and a girl, a little older than her, who beckoned for her to follow. She did until they rounded the tree and disappeared! Her sisters never saw the children, and my mother never forgot them until her dying day…
Great video. I’m from the northeast .. funny enough some of my family members have seen the spirit of The Barghest if that’s what it’s called, the black dog we called it, before my grandfather passed away. Love this as it’s adds so much to the area. 👀🐾
glad you enjoyed!
Violet, please share your memories. I'd love to hear them.
I'm from the South but really want to visit Northumberland and the North East, so much history and culture.
I’d be happy to advise you on the best places fella
This was riveting, as the wind howls tonight in county Durham. Loved the narration and accompanying images.
Glad you enjoyed! Yes it is wild tonight!
I just found you. Black Annis is someone that my mother told me about. Even in Los Angeles, she scared me to death when I was little. Thank you for telling us about her here. You amaze me.
Thank you :-)
New stories to research and unpack. Thank you Sir.
My pleasure!
Great to see Gryndylows being mentioned, as it's one I've always taught my children about here in Lancashire. It was most famously depicted in the Harry Potter books/films but it doesnt seem to have much awareness around it as an English folk creature beyond that. Thank you for the brilliant video.
Yes sadly many people believe it was a creation of Rowling!
I always knew them as Jenny Greenteeth or Gulpers I think they are called over Yorkshire way.
@@swanchamp5136 Jenny Greenteeth is a common one in my area, South West Lancashire, but it's different creature to a Gryndylow around here (Jenny Greenteeth is also used to refer to pond weed, around Liverpool)
loved it thank you for keeping folklore alive and you have a great voice and loved the music
Cheers man :-)
Aye thank you for this, it's not something heard so much any more!
@@Nyctophora Got to change that!
I always like to learn about folklore of different creatures from different countries.
Superb video.....our english history is so rich with folklore, and too easily lost.
As a student of British history and fan of many a weird tale, I thank you for showing this very interesting feature.
This video recalls my art class trip to Scotland in 2006, it was absolutely majestic ❤️ Stayed in a rebuilt castle in Arbroath & traveled up the east coast & eventually ferried to the Orkney Islands, saw scara brae underground village.
I love Scotland, beautiful country, history & culture.
(I also enjoyed the haggis :)
Thank you Mr Reiver! The other videos on youtube about this subject are a bit annoying to say the least, but you've done a brilliant and atmospheric job here! It's also only right that the folklore of England should be honoured and seen as distinct from the other countries within the UK. I got shivers from wandering through the woods with that beautiful tune playing at the start! I have often found myself alone on the moors and i'm sure the brown men must inhabit all moorlands, as his presence is obvious sometimes. I've also seen willo the wisps as i lived close to marshlands as a bairn. You know what shocked me the most though,, no fairies!
I really enjoyed this!!!!
glad to hear it!
Stirling work, as always, sir!
Thanks for sharing mate
Very interesting. I learnt about the Knockers, Beast of Bodmin Moor, Giants & Cornish Piskies on family holidays to Cornwall as a child.
I love stories surrounding folklore and myths even now as an adult.
Where I live there is a story about a ‘Vampiric spirit’ that loitered around the local church. It resembled a huge Bat and shrieked through the tombstones and attacked a local woman.
I didn’t know about Herne the Hunter, have been going to Windsor since I was a kid as it’s not far from home.
I'm English and have heard of a few of these myths, but not all of the one this list it's interesting to learn about them.
I've been reading about this sort of thing for 40+ years, and you've done really well, Out of 25 mentioned cryptids, you've found 6 out of 25 that I'd never heard of! Redcaps, The Apple Tree Man, Gytrash, The Brown Man of the Muirs, Bluecaps, and Knuckers!
It amazes me being 46 that I hardly knew of ANY of these. The only one I remember from my childhood was the story of the Lambton Worm. I can still remember the vivid artwork of the knight's armor from the book our teacher read to us.
I can also now see where J.R.R. Tolkien got the idea of the Dwarves from and perhaps even Carcharoth, the demon wolf /werewolf who guarded the Gates of Angaband and bit off Beren's hand while holding one of the Silmaril and was subsequently driven mad.
TY for this, it was fascinating. Got a new sub : ]
Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed!
Outstanding content mate it's good to have someone keeping folklore alive
Keep up the good work
Great video, this could spawn 25 other videos!
May take years but I’ll get there one day!
Reiver, let me tell you - the quality of this video is fantastic. The length, thumbnail and quality of this are going to draw people in. You explore these creatures with the perfect amount of length. This video I see doing well long term and drawing in new viewers. Every once and a while I think you should do one of these "X number of creatures/hauntings/stories" etc or "top (x number)" type-videos such as this one, as I think they will do very well for you. I do look forward to more in-person storytelling style videos as well though. Can't wait for more, until then, this is a fantastic video. Also - love the cinematography at the beginning with the forest and the leaves.
Cheers man, really appreciate the feedback! Yes I tho k they’re necessary in order to pull in new people because those types of vids seem to get all the views. Glad you enjoyed!
So great to wake up to a new video! This is one of my favorite topics too!
And what incredible timing! I ordered that British Isles folklore map you featured along with some other books a couple of years ago, and it arrived just yesterday.
Glad you like the topic! Yeah it’s a grand map, really good resource!
Well that was spectacular. The intro reminds of footage from Evil Dead and The Company of Wolves. Really pleased to see you including more modern legends too. Fine work Reiver. Kudos.
Cheers man. Glad this one's finally up, it was a nightmare to make aha.
Company of Wolves was a great film which I saw many years ago, the wedding was my favourite scene.
I've read that the British government checked out the road where Hairy Hands supposedly caused the accidents, and they found a steep bump in the road - when people's wheels hit the side of the bump, it turned the wheels, and therefore turned the steering wheel. The bump was removed, the road was smoothed out, and no further incidents of the Hairy Hands was ever reported again.
Mainly because people speed through the peak district things like bumps will do that at 60mph
There’s a brewery in Suffolk called black shuck which I was completely unaware of until my brother booked me a tour for my birthday, it’s pretty cool to see a little known local folk lore celebrated that way. Gotta say the drinks were pretty good too
Discovered your channel today and subscribed without hesitation. Fascinating topic and excellent narration.
Hope you enjoy the future content, thanks for subbing!
Very informative video
On Myths and legends of England 😊
Evening sorted. Watching this as soon as I get home from a hard day's work.
Hope you enjoy!
I love your folk lore stories, thank you 🧜♀️
Fantastic list, was pleasantly surprised to hear Black Mere's mermaid get a mention!
I went camping on Dartmoor a few years ago with a group of friends and actually came off the road on that exact stretch you mentioned late at night without any obvious reason, beaching my car on the grass, not being a local however or knowing of that tale I never even considered the possibility that I was not the only one to have such a strange experience.
I’ll have to go someday too!
Superb. Thanks for all your hard work and dedication.
:-)
There are things that we don't know about wonderful video and I would love to see another video about this thank you
Another great video, really enjoyed this one.
Cheers David
You can see a lot of inspiration drawn from these tales in modern writing, like hobs for example being extremely similar to jk rowlings house elves, fascinating stuff
I really enjoyed this 🏴
Thank you.
Glad you liked it 😁
Good stuff.
I think I have actually encountered a large dog myself, some years back. Whilst walking at night I saw what I thought were 2 deer running. The lead vaulted a fence and landed before me, but the second slunk into the shadows and began to growl and snarl at me. I held my ground and made myself look big, and eventually it left.
As for the Beast of Bodmin Moor, Big Cat stories are common in the UK, and have been becoming increasingly so recently, especially in the penines and lake district.
Anecdotal, admittedly but I've seen two, one from 10ft driving past 40 years ago .the other 75 yards while walking my dog 10 years ago .south staffs ...
@@stephenjones6500 South Staffordshire? And, please forgive my curiosity, but what time of day? Mine was around midnight, in late July. And what happened?
@@Gothmetalhead13 1982 maybe 83 going TO the pub down the lanes by pattingham myself sitting in the back of my mates mini 2 in front seats early evening July maybe August 8pmish mate in the front seat said wtf is that ,walking towards us on the grass bank was what I originally thought was a large black lab ,until it opened its mouth as I said 10 maybe 15 feet away definitely a large black cat . Leopard or jaguar I wouldn't be able to even guess at . 2nd time about 13 years ago walking the dog well after dark November time there's a small copse of trees . I always carried 2 of those led lenser torches had the one on low setting my dog started reacting to something approx 75 yards away in front him being a Lucas (chase after anything )he wanted to get away I put both torches on full to see a large black something which headed to the fence hedge line and easily jumped over hedge about 9ft .. funny thing is my dog reacted strange up that corner of the field on another couple of occasions...
Wild big cats have actually been caught and trapped and found dead in the UK for decades it's just not commonly known
When I was 14 years old I saw a European lynx crouching down in long grass in Basingstoke Hampshire UK later on and both separately my two younger sisters saw the same creature in the same general area.It was dog size with black sticking up tufts on its ears
As a child I used to swim in rivers, and I remember one day when the reeds wrapped around my leg and the more I pulled the tighter it got. I had to swim down and unwrap my leg. A bit scary but I'm still here
This was excellent!! You’re a natural storyteller and fills my soul hearing these tales
Thanks for your kind comment!
Just found your channel today, keep up the really entertaining content.
Glad you’re enjoying!
Very good!!!!! And excellent performance delivery nice and subtle
Cheers Scott
Thank you for sharing. 😊☺️
Today I found your channel and I am very happy about it! Instantly subscribed! Ghosts and cryptids are my favourotes :D
This is interesting, thanks for sharing. I haven't heard of Bluecap before, and also The Hob is very interesting. I like the 'Hairy Hands' idea. Yes, your walking somewhere and suddenly, you feel a tug, walking through something, or being touched by something and yet there is nothing there...and it might not just be just vehicle related either.
It’s very eerie 👀
First time here,,,, Great info and storytelling,,, 😊Subscribed!!
very interesting. I hadn't heard of Herne The Hunter before.
Another great video. I've heard of most, but there were a few I haven't. Look forward to the next 25! Cheers, Reiver.
Glad you enjoyed!
Randomly discovered your channel tonight and am enjoying watching your videos. Subscribed and looking forward to watching more 🙂
I still salt my doorsteps on the Solstice eves...
We very much appreciate the actual photographs of ghosts and apparitions. People snidely deny their existence but photos are proof. We are also grateful for the effort it took to film actual places such as Dartmoor. This adds depth and power to the narration of the tale.
Herne the Hunter......I now that that Robin the Hooded Man series music by Clannad wafting through my old ears. :@)
I've travelled the "hairy hands" road countless times. It leads to a remote, cosy little pub which I frequent. I wonder if people returning from the pub after a few too many may account for some of the stories, but, while I've never seen the hands, I've certainly had experiences. I, and others have seen a small black thing, like a dog, but not quite (looked a little more like a stereotypical "devil", or even a grey alien, in form), running on the road or across the moor. Another time I was in a field by the road and heard a man whistle, as if to get my attention, from a nearby bog with a few trees. I got a terrible feeling of malevolence and literally ran back to the car. It sounded like a recording, and there wasn't any way for someone to hide in the bog or behind the small trees.
I live in York and can confirm I've seen hundreds of bar guests lurching around in the snickleways at night!
I see what you did there
@@key2theuniverse713
Bar Guests are definitely supernatural beings - later in the night some of them can turn into Bar Stewards.
Good ta see the knuckler dragon being mentioned. When I first saw knuckler in the description, I thought it might just be an abbreviation of the name Knucklavee.
For those who don't know what a knucklavee is, it is decribed as skinless horse with the torso of a skinless rider fused to the middle of the back, the riders arms are so long the knuckles of each hand touch the floor while leaning up straight. It's described sometimes to only have 3 glowing eyes, one in the horses forehead and two in the riders face. They live along the coastline and will hunt unsuspecting travelers, dragging them into the sea to eat.
And some say that it is a form of the old school elf, which makes sense since for a long time elves where seen as monsters before becoming the pretty faces we see in todays media.
This was excellent. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed!
The English part of my ancestry came from Leicestershire; I wonder if there’s more specific details on the herbs and remedies for warding off Black Annis? Seems like an interesting tradition to pass on
A wonderful video. I have subscribed a couple days ago. I thought I've heard of most of these things but you have told of more. 😊tx
Fabulous video this indeed thank you
I am loving this as you tell it brilliantly and we need to remember our folklore
Thank you :-)
Fantastic video loved it learned a lot about English myths and legends Thank you 🌟
Please do an additional video!
Keep up the good work brother!I'm using your channel to keep me in touch with my english/Cornish heritage during my time in Australia
Fabulous! More please 😊
Thanks for these stories very enjoyable listening from Warwickshire 🇬🇧
Glad you enjoyed!
I love hearing of Spring Heel Jack.
It’s Ryan again, I meant to tell you I live in Saint Augustine Florida and the very first thing that you have on this list I have had encounters with twice within the last month or so. My general feeling was that of apprehension. It was a blue to white glow that intensified with its movement, and when she would stop, she would start to fade and flicker a little. I live in a pretty, wooded kind of swampy area as a matter of fact, now that you mentioned it.
Brilliant thank you 👍🏼
Will-o-the-wisp in Indonesia known as Banaspati. But here they looks not only as the light gas ball but exist as flight fire ball and go anywhere they want
There’s a pud just outside Leeds that’s apparently been there from the 1800’s. It’s called The Black Dog.
The sign outside the Pub has a picture of a Black Dog that looks suspiciously like the Picture used on here for the Black Dog.
You live and learn, every day’s a school day.
I always thought the Dog didn’t look Very friendly.
Excellent, thanks.
A Wealth of Wisdom, The Land Gives All!
Always look forward to ur videos fella. Keep up the good work 👍
Cheers Danny
In Czech folklore Will-o'-the-wisp are souls of children, that died without baptism.
A great resource for artistic ideas! I am planning on writing a collection of supernatural short stories and this video was very helpful for it
Glad to have been a help!
Delightful videos! I only just recently discovered your channel and it is quickly becoming my favourite. Keep it up and God bless!
Thank you :-)
Excellent video bro
Cheers man
25 Creatures in English Folklore and Myth
01. Will-o'-the-wisp
02. The Barghest
03. Redcaps
04. Hairy Hands
05. Black Annis
06. The White Lady
07. The Apple Tree Man
08. Boggarts
09. Knockers
10. The Gytrash
11. Spring-Heeled Jack
12. The Brown Man of the Muirs
13. Mermaids
14. Grindylow
15. Bluecaps
16. Herne the Hunter
17. Vampires
18. The Lambton Worm
19. Hobs
20. Dwarves
21. Knuckers
22. Giants
23. Green Children of Woolpit
24. Black Shuck
25. Beast of Bodmin Moor
For those who want the long story short!
Please make a new episode focused on the Black Annis. Thank you.
As a veteran paranormal researcher investigator ufologist I've seen some amazing things and thankfully caught a lot on camera pics and evps.
As someone with a purely academic interest in Parapsychology, I have experienced poltergeist activity, and along with a work colleague have seen a road ghost, whom I nearly ran over in my van before she/it just disappeared into thin air.
I'm so glad I found your channel! Subscribed!
Cheers Justin
Black shuck was seen by two policemen in biddick lane Washington Sunderland they made a report that a big black dog with red eyes came towards them it vanished they said they were terrified it's actually in a book their account.
That was a really neat video! Thank you❤❤
Glad you enjoyed! Uploading a Scotland one soon!
Thank you very much
I love the will-o-wisp types of phenomena. We have some unexplainable lights like this fairly near to me that I’ve went to see once called the Brown Mountain Lights. Science has come up w an explanation for the will-o-wisps (if you want one, which I do not, it’s more interesting without one) but there isn’t any for the Brown Mountain Lights bc the components that can explain other bioluminescent phenomena aren’t present in this area of Appalachia. So what are they then? 🤔 The only answers come by way of local folklore.
Some people will give any explanation, even ludicrously stupid ones, just to try and claim it was anything but what the folklore says it is.
I’d love to see Appalachia one day!
@@TheJollyReiver Oh I know. The Wikipedia for the Brown Mountain Lights says they are caused by headlights or the light on a train. I’ve seen them. Cars & trains don’t float up into the sky & back down. They’ll need a better story than that if they want anyone who’s seen them to take them seriously.
Great fun! Makes me want to come back to England with a good flashlight
Incredible!❤
Loved this. Thank you.
There's a similar black dog in East Anglia known as Blach shuck
We're only just supposing that depending on the country depends on whether these mythological beings, are seen as good or evil or a mixture of both
I come from Devon and it is a hotbed of paranormal and strange. Look up the Devil's Footprints if you want a good story.
Sorry you covered these so quickly. I hope you revisit some of them in more detail!
You forgot, or were unaware of the fact the boy who caught the lampton worm was chastised by the local priest for fishing on the sabbath (Sunday) and not wanting to get into trouble at home, he threw his catch into the well.
Each section is less than a minute long, I can’t fit in every detail of each story. I’m very familiar with the full story.
Brilliant. And it reminded me of the White Lady from my school we used to talk about.
Glad you enjoyed!
Love the videos man!
Cheers mate
Wow, for once I learned something. Thank you very much. 👍