The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan: The MacLeods History of Magic (Scottish Folklore)
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The fairy flag of Dunvegan was an heirloom, it has always belonged to the chiefs of the Clan MacLeod. The Flag has long been held on the Isle of Skye, at the seat of the clan MacLeod, the castle of Dunvegan. It is said to be made of a fine silk thread and is yellow in colour, the flag is covered in small red dots known as elf dots, it was thought there may have been a red pigment in the flag at one point during history. But more importantly it was known for its magical properties, which vary from tale to tale, some say it has the power to multiply a force and win any battle, others say it acts as a cure all or can dispel dark magic. It was thought that the flag was originally made by the Sith or fairy’s and somehow made it into the hands of the clan MacLeod. What is known for sure is that the flag has a long history, so long in fact, that no one really knows where the mystical flag came from, but there are a few theories on its origin.
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As a MacLeod descendant, I appreciate the folklore behind the Fairy Flag. I was given a printed copy of the flag many years ago by my aunt, who told me the story of its origin. I have carried it with me ever since, including during my military service in Iraq.
Hope it protected you and gave you victory to crush your enemy, drive them before you and... well you know! A Mac Crimmon piper and german army veteran... (Coagadh na sidh!)
As a Macleod descendant whose direct granddaddy many generations ago was the 14th chief of Dunvegan. HOLD FAST
I’m a McLeod, my mom was so proud to have married my father and been able to acquire the name and now i understand why ⚔️
. as an American who's family history was lost long ago, it's great to get a glimpse into the history and folklore of the MacLeods
Not lost brother, I'm a mcleod.. it was amazing what I was able to find doing geneology searches on some of the ancestry sites,,, like my side of the family were loyalists during the revolutionary war, and fought in a highland regiment. his land was siezed and his family moved to the frontier...which is now present day Alabama ... But you would also find that quite a few have already traced the lineage all the way back as far as the 1300s... you just need to discover which branch you are from. shealbhú go tapa lucks
Not lost, I’ll be amazed if that’s true, 23 and me can tell you I bet
@@williammcleod192Are you still in Alabama?? I find that interesting, because I used to hear certain people from Alabama that sounded identical to a certain Scottish dialect. I grew up in that area. Once, when I heard an interview with Sheena Easton speaking, I told my husband that I couldn't believe she was from Alabama. I later discovered that she was from Lanarkshire. I have always analysed accents from early childhood. Later, I earned a degree in Linguistics at the University, so that I could better understand them. That was just one of the reasons.
MacLeod!? There can be only one, Highlander! ⚔️⚡🗡️🤯
We’ll never know where the flag really came from, but it’s a hell of a story!
Thank you for this, proud Macleod here ❤️
Thank you for this Magical information of my Clan The Macleod of the Macleod, very awe inspiring. ✨🗡️⚔️🗡️✨😊
Hold Fast! ⚔️
Have heard of the fairy flag before, but never knew the stories in such detail. I was only aware that there was such a thing as a fairy flag, and since of it's basic properties. It's really interesting that it still exists.
Never heard this story! Thanks for sharing
I find scotitis myths and history facinating! The art is beautiful and your presentation is wonderful❤❤❤
Thank you for this history of the Fairy Flag.
Fascinating!!!!!! This reminds me very much of the opera written by William Sharp who wrote secretly under the name Fiona Macleod in the late 1800's. The opera "The Immortal Hour" was about the Faery princess who marries a King for a year and a day and then returns to the Sidhe. Some think a Faery women inspired William Sharp's writing....
It is very interesting, considering the pen name, perhaps it was their version of this tale, or at least it may have been inspired by old tales and stories from the MacLeod’s, thanks for watching
My family is part of the clan MacLeod of Harris. Ever since I was young my grandfather always spoke of our heritage and he made me fall in love with our family’s history. This was an amazing video of the history of the fairy flag. Have you made a video about Sir Rory Mor’s horn? That’s another one of my favorite MacLeod clan stories.
Hi, glad you enjoyed the video, no not made a video about Mor's Horn yet, but I will some day. thanks for watching
Fascinating! I only knew a bare outline of the flag's history. For anyone lucky enough to visit Dunvegan Castle, I highly recommend the short boat trip around the bay. There are many small islets, home to some very contented seals.
It is a really beautiful place
I had the privilege of signing the book as I'm a Mcleod. Was a great experience
The marriage between the fairy and human might be the inspiration to JRR Tolkien as Fairy actually basically mean elf. Not the modern understanding and the human and elf must be the inspiration of Beren and Luthien.
And since I believe in traditional folklore I whole heartedly believe someone out there is part Elf in Scotland.
The term elf is commonly used in old texts when talking about the fae. They old concept of the sith or fae are more like Tolkiens elves that the small winged creatures that are thought of today as fairies
Thoroughly enjoyable story about the fairy flag of Dunvegan castle, i prefer the one on Harald Hanrada.i visited the castle a few years ago and saw the flag in its framed picture its certainly a ragged remnant of curiosity and it makes one wonder if it really was a magical relic from fairyland or not. Personally speaking id like to think it was.
I am glad to see your subscription numbers are doing well considering you have only been doing this for 10 months. I hope the people that can appreciate such refined productions will find your material, you deserve to do well. Thank you.
Thanks for watching
And now I've got the reels my son learned playing fiddle when he was a kid (23 this year) going through my head! Specifically, Morag of Dunvegan, Chase Me Charlie, and The Stool of Repentance.
And no; we've no known Gaelic or Irish background! He just fell in love with the music! 💖
@maggpiprime954.....all 3 of these tunes are scottish, fiddle reel music being indigenous to scotland. chase me charlie is just an irish variant of the scottish tune cock o the north.
I found you channel just recently and will listen and watch every video - such a treasure! What a beautiful story/stories! Thank you for your efforts and wonderful narration. Your voice sounds exactly how a wise and experienced storyteller's voice should sound like 🥰
thank you very much
Glad to hear from you!
I had a dram about this flag a few weeks back. So Im walking up stone stairs to see this "Fairy Flag" and someone is explaining to me that it can only be used three times to rejuvenate the land...and that it's already been used twice. So we walk into this moldering room and I see this Fairy Flag and immediately start weeping...like weeping so hard I can see my tears splashing on the ground as I roll up into a ball. Next people are helping me up and rushing me out of the room and down the stairs where I start to get hold of myself and three clean shaven men with long black hair and violet eyes hand me an old rapier. I take the weapon, tears still all over my face, and these three black haired men bow to me and rush out the main gate of this castle. I start to follow them but look back over my shoulder at the high room with the Fairy Flag....and the window flashes like lightning. I turn and take off full run after the other three men who have now made it to the forest. I run as fast as I can but I can barely catch up with them.....and then I wake up gasping for air.
Thats a pretty intense dream
Did they have pointy ears? 🧝🧝♀️🧝♂️🧚🧚♀️🧚♂️
@@dubuyajay9964 Yes...
let that be a lesson to you not to buy LSD from the darkweb
@@coopsawright7225 Duly noted! lol
I love learning these stories and beliefs
I always been fascinated by the story of the McLeods. When my mom remarried, she married a Mc Leod. His dad was, if i remember correctly he was the president of the Clan McLeod soceity. He traveled all over the world. He told me many stories about the history of the McLeods. I wish i knew something about the history of the Parretts which is my last name.
Love your channel. Someday I hope to visit Scotland. I hope I have some Scottish blood mixed in with my English blood . My heart says Vista Scotland no time England 😁
Wonderful episode wonderful stories thank you so much
wonderful video! like many other people in your comments
Fascinating, some of my dad's family were decended from the Macleods of Dunvegan
Enjoyed the storytelling .
I am so happy I found this channel! I shared with of my friends
Hi, Liath: As a descendant of Clan MacLeod, it is nice to know that the truth about the history of the Clan is being retold is being told accurately. I tend to believe the version of my great grandfather Harald Hafdansson nine or ten generations removed bringing the fairy flag with him into battle. I tend to believe that the stories about this flag's magical properties were meant to inspire my kinsmen to stay strong in the face of adversity.
That version is propably the most realistic, but I can't help leaning into the more fanciful nature of the flag myself, although far less probable I love a good fairy tale 😄. thanks for watching
@@LiathWolf I also love a good fairy tale as well, I'm doing research on my MacLeod ancestors and was hoping that you might have some more historical stories about them. I hope you decide to make more videos about them, in the near future. I'm wondering what does Liath mean in Norse? Thanks again
@@thehighlassdressmakersshop I am not sure what it means in Norse, in Gaelic it translates to grey
@@LiathWolf Thank you, I learned a new world in Gaelic. I wasn't sure whether it was norse or Gaelic, but I thought that I would give it a guess.-Have a great week..
The history that Scotland still has is amazing you think most clans have stories/history like this, we were all told about the flag and Dunvegan from a young age
Another great story of Clan history. I like the new opening as well.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much for your video!!! I love listening to them !!!
I am of McLeod descent (mother's side). I grew up with my mother telling us about the fairy flag.
Been hearing about this this since I was a kid. Thanks for great video.
I'm always so excited when I see you've uploaded a new video. I always learn so much!
I have been to SKY!
if I had known this story then, I would have gone there to see the flag !
Mike.
My great granny was a Macleod from Rassay and had family in Skye. She was sent to the mainland for work not speaking a word of English.
Yet another insightful and mesmerizing tale, well executed and well documented. You never disappoint. Great new intro graphics, too. Many thanks and lang may yer lum reek!
Such neat pictures! Love the history and spooky but you have a story behind it. I'm from America.
i found myself here after tracing my family tree back 18 generations to Neil Og Macleod Gairloch II
10:23 “on the 25th of September” that just happens to be todays date as well as my birthday! How ironic! ♥️
Beautiful legend 💙🤍
I could listen to your videos all dang day
thanks for watching
I got DNA kits for myself and my children for Christmas. I have since learned that I'm mostly Scottish! What's interesting is that I've always been fascinated with Scotland and Ireland even as a child; though I wasn't raised with this information. One of my favorite movies growing up was Darby O'Gill And The Little People. To be honest...I still watch it a lot and I'm half a century years old! 😂 It really makes me wonder about how much of our tastes are actually in our DNA, yuh know?
My home is decorated like a comfy castle and I've always had a way with the animals and plants. I even still dress up as a fae for Halloween! 😜
It's been so exciting to learn about Scotland's traditions and great history. That it's my family's lineage is awesome!. I have always wanted to visit there and I learn something new every day as I search records. When I do, I hope to be able to visit any ancestors that I have there.
Thank you for being a part of my adventure and learning! Your knowledge is much appreciated! 🙏🏼💚
Aye, Remember those Wars well. A wee lad was I, when the Big Boy McLeod's, came to lock horns, with McDonald's. Losing horribly, then our Fairy Flag was hoisted, and over 1000 Big Boy Mascots, Reanimated, and savagely crushed McDonald's, into America! Amazing Grace. Pipers were speechless. I miss War. We also have a Goblet and Rams horn,, with Celtic magic - at selected Big Bog chains! Ever since that Glorius Day, we all wear skirts - Aye Tarta Kilts! True Story. 🏴☠️ Astral.
Interesting thank you. I dont know any of my family from Ireland or Scotland. Mom is irish, dad is Scottish. I wish I knew something about my distant family and wish to go there to learn about some ancestors.
Great content, glad I found it! Glè mhath!
My family history has been lost to time and carelessness of our name and family. All the men of my family have died or been killed. I’m the last one left. I wish I knew where we came from, what we did. Who we really are.
I love this story and I believe it ✨💙🤍✨
Awesome tale, maybe that’s why I tend to be lucky
Awesome new intro!!! Congratulations!
Thanks
@@LiathWolf Any luck with those other channels?
@@sgr1888 Yeah I watched a few of their videos. But so far the only colab I have done is with Anna czcams.com/channels/UhbKVdR-wVsc6Cl7uWcPyQ.html
Clan MacLeod checking in from San Francisco, California. How many families can say they have a magical fairy flag :P
as a child of the mist ,I salute the children of the flag
I'm loving it😂
What a wonderful weaving ^*^ - thank you again
12:03 I love a moo with bangs.
Another awesome story Liath! I enjoyed this one very much, thank you! More please!
Thank you for all the stories about the Faerie flag! I never heard the part about the lullaby sung to the baby. Is this lullaby a secret or can MacLeods hear it?
I don't think there is a definitive version (or if there is it is secret), but you can find many translations online of the MacLeods Lullaby, But I am unsure if any are the original. Thanks for watching
"Its a kind of magic..."
I have seen the flag hanging on the wall.
MacDonalds at bloody rock, unstoppable
interesting.
Aye, both a Jacob and a MacLeod wrestled an angel. 8:28
Was macdonald clan mad that Macleod clan wasn't letting grimace and hamburglar into their lands? Not even Ronald could joke his way out of trespassing? There could only be 1? And out of defiance clan Macdonald made the fast food chain of restaurants?
Sorry I couldn't resist the jokes.
Holding fast 😎
Hi. I am writing a dissertation on folklore and am focusing it on am Bratach Sith. If you have any sources or you have any research you could share i would be so greatful
If you check out the description, of the Fairy flag video, you will find a list of all the sources I used to research the video. Hope that helps
I'm also mcleod on my father's side
THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE
❤️
1490? They don't know what's gonna happen in 2 years.
A Nations Conscience A Nations Identity
Continuing the Magic...will you support the idea that the Stone of Scone needs to remain in Scotland and not be used at the forthcoming Coronation of King Charles the III ? Surely such an act of apology - a magnanimous gesture of relinquishing the Rights and Usage of the Stone would begin to heal the deep wounds that the English have caused the Sovereign Scottish People down the centuries even up to today. May Scotland rise free as the PhoeniX
I agree that the stone should remain in Scotland and by rights return to the highlands, but i fear it is an unlikely scenario
Thank you friend. The Wolf of St Edmund of Suffolk sends you all very best wishes. Can share a poem entitled Sovereign Stane with you if you wish
@@charlesmugleston6144 Sure I would love to hear it
@@LiathWolf What is your email address please ?
@@charlesmugleston6144 You can contact me at liathwolfinquires@gmail.com thanks.
Russel Nash!
As an American, but also as a McClure sept MacLeod, I’d like to formally apologize for McDonald’s, most specifically the cursed McRib.
i gave birth to a tapeworm after eating a mc rib and tenderly christened it mc worm . shortly after it died of starvation and i then had to pay funeral costs ..sad
Speak for yourself ya fanny
McCleods came from Leod-Olav the Black…Vikings who invaded Norway and Sweden.
then my clan the mcclure came to be
As a Macleod. What? Lol
Sun Zu says when your back is to the water you fight the best