King Arthur's Celts and the Anglo-Saxon Invasion of Britain
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- This is a VR to Alice Roberts' recent BBC documentary.
I address the question of King Arthur, whom I argue is more important as a literary and legendary figure than as a historical one, then I address the question of Britain and the Anglo-Saxon invasions of the 5th century and argue that they cannot have been peaceful and that recent studies have not properly distinguished the DNA of Anglo-Saxons from that of Brythonic Celts. Finally I return to the figure of Arthur as a returning hero, and stress the importance of this perennial archetype as a esoteric representation of a spiritual awakening of the people.
To clarify, what I do not say clearly in the film: Barbarossa, Charlemagne , King Arthur, King Harold Godwinsson and other European kings whose return from the grave has been prophesied are regional variants of an ancient legendary motif of the perfect king who represents the perfect harmony of earthly power legitimised by transcendent and spiritual principles. This will not be achieved by a king climbing out of his grave, but by a spiritual re-awakening of the European peoples.
CORRECTION: At one point I state that "nobody ever called themselves by that name" (Anglo-Saxon) This is incorrect. I had thought that Anglorum was used more than Anglo-Saxon but I have subsequently learned that there are several ecclesiastical texts in which the English were termed Anglo-Saxon during the Anglo-Saxon period.
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CORRECTION: At one point I state that "nobody ever called themselves by that name" (Anglo-Saxon) This is incorrect. I had thought that Anglorum was used more than Anglo-Saxon but I have subsequently learned that there are several ecclesiastical texts in which the English were termed Anglo-Saxon during the Anglo-Saxon period.
Your channel is great, keep doing what your doing 👍. However, I can't believe it took me this long to discover you!
Here is a theory for you.
Could the historical Arthur, if he existed been a German or of Germanic descent? There is a name, Arnthor (arn = bird (or eagle) + Thor) which looks very similar but I've only seen it mentioned much later in the Domesday Book.
During that period there was a king of Gwent, in some sources called Tewdrig, whose name is potentially the Gothic, Theodoric. His father Teithfallt could be Thuidebalth, another Gothic name. Tewdrig is also recorded as having a grandson called Athrwys. Could Tewdrig or an ancestor have been a former Roman army officer who led the resistance to the barbarian invasions?
Your thoughts.
@@williamcooke5627 No - It is a contemporary ethnonym - see above
@Nobody Nothing when the Anglo Saxon arrived Briton had only been separated from mainland Europe for two thousand years so the DNA wouldn't have been all that different
@Antifederalist there was climate change at the time apparently
They were referred to more commonly as just Saxons, which they still are.
Sais - Saxon/ English person
Saesneg - Saxon/English language
Sacsoniaid - The Saxons
Sassonach (spelling?) in Scotland.
Arthur: "Have you found the secret that I have lost?"
Percival: "Yes, you and the land are one."
Love that line!!!! So true!!
Excalibur…
"Scot and Celt and Saxon are one where the glory of England Goes." Beautiful!
Leave us Scots out of the glory of England please. You can have the Alt Clut mob. They like to bootlick.
@@blairrobert3438 😢
@@blairrobert3438 half of Scots reckon they're English and the other Irish,where the hell are they all?the Appalachian mountains?
@@blairrobert3438 Scots are the reason Cumbria isn't Celtic or apart of Wales anymore and by the Scots same action is how the Vikings invaded Dublin. And what about king James 1st who United and merged the union flag...Scottish
I sort of hope I'm not the only one who always reflexively sings along with the intro.
I love you Luke ❤️
@Viktor it's "sunne" by Wolcensmen
Viktor wolcensmen folk side project of black metal band, winterfylleth guitarist.
If you get a chance to see Wolcensmen live, I highly recommend it.
@Viktor I have written what it is from in dozens of videos yet still people ask!
Germano-Celtic notification squad.
As any realist who has studied a great amount of history and psychology knows, Identity is important. It always has been, and it always will be. You have done more than you will ever know for Americans, who were ripped away from their ethnic roots.. Especially the ones of primarily English ancestry.
Say you were a Romanised Celt(the label Celt is problematic too) and the Romans are leaving. Did the Angles, Saxons and Jutes come to Britain in one big mass. I don't think so. Usually the conquerors don't want to destroy everything because they want a functioning society to rule. When the Normans defeated the Saxons they replaced the ruling class but ordinary people's lives continued as before.
A friend of mine, who is from the Nama people of Southern Africa (originally Stone Age pastoralists) says “you need to acknowledge where you come from to know where you are going”. Wise man.
That is very true.
Americans were ...ripped from our roots? Huh?
That poem gave me the chills
Imagine StJ reading Beowulf in that voice...
Angus Rhodes it would make the epic live up to that title (even more than it already does)
“Scot and Celt” haha 😂 🤦♂️
And the Saxon and Celtics couldn’t of been too peaceful, there is a battle site near me, Badon hill in Bath, where the Saxons and Britons fought eachother and the Britons stopped the Saxon advance. Incidentally the man leading the Britons was Romano British, and called Artorius. Local legend has it that this is the Latin version of Arthur and that Arthur was here defending the Britons. It’s a recognised battle site so how can the bbc it was a peaceful transition?
Paul Clarke Might want to go to Alan Wilson n' Baram Blackett for clarification on that. They identify two seporate King Arthur's that ruled Britain some two hundred years apart. One that saw off Julius Caesar. And the later king Artorivs Rex took on the Saxons..
battle-of-catraeth/ to
The BBC never claimed it was entirely a peaceful transition. They just repeated the current theories about the Anglo-Saxon settlement that academics no longer believe it was a full-scale genocide or ethnic cleansing as had been previously believed due to sources such as Bede. The current thinking is that there was a lot more communal living than previously thought. Of course, there were still warlords fighting each other on either side for territorial control. But it is misleading to frame it as some kind of genocide by an invading Anglo-Saxon force.
@Zombie Jesus Can you provide me with some evidence for that claim that the Jews ordered atrocities against the Irish??
Yea there was nothing peaceful about the AngloSaxon invasion. The Romanized Britons fought a desperate war to hold on to their lands and estates but were eventually forced right out of England into the western fringes and into Wales. Sure there might have been a few who remained under Saxon rule but they would have been quickly assimilated.
The eternal Anglo-Saxon
He was Romano-Welsh he hated Angles and Saxons
no He killed thousands of them
Honestly surprised the BBC did't portray Arthur as African.
hilarious
White men are just unnecessary and pointless, don't you know.
Lobert E. Ree We’re unironically the protagonists of human history ;~)
Give it time
Surely you want diversity? An Afro-Caribbean single parent, transgender person with a disability and Irish accent.
In Poland we have similar myth about the soldiers/warriors who "sleep" in the Tatry mountains since medieval and are waiting for the call to defend the country in "a proper time"
Karolius we also have a sleeping king. Kralj Matjaž
Nice! Sounds Cool!
Same in SLovenia we have king Matjaž.
Or like Holger Danske who sleeps until Denmark needs him. According to medieval French litterature he was a Dane serving as one of Charlemagne's knights. Some old Danish folk-tales describe him as being over 3 meters tall and being able to bend iron with his grip.
Everyone has such myths from what I've read, and I used to wonder why they didn't ''return'' when Hitler was running amok.
If Arthur was real or not, it matters not. He still stands and reverberates with the heroic qualities that have shaped and inspired our people for centuries. And no amount of archaeology or genetic science will ever change that.
Glad you did this, lads on britpol were going mental over it.
Disregard outer/pol/
Acquire cash in hand
druids tbh
tbh lid if i had a penny every time someone on britpol used tbh i would have gone full varg by now tbh
The British People's together in Union constitute an actual multiculture. Separate discreet and geographical disparate cultural (and to a certain extent) genetic population co-operating together. An often forgotten consequence of the creation of the buzzword of multiculturalism is that we lack a widely recognised word for the unity, co-operation and common respect for Tradition that the United people's of Britain or the peoples of Switzerland exhibit. Many would use the word multiculturalism for it and thusly equivocate it with the modern meaning.
This kind of language poisoning isn't just bad, it is double-plus ungood.
Captain L-Ron end Britain liberation of the natives
The creators of multiculturalism, the Persians, did exactly this. Cultures flourishing and existing in their respective regions, and cooperation in government and taxation.
"So Arthur, if you are waiting for him to return, you have to look to yourself." Beautiful.
Sir Galahad always looks suave AF.
Interestingly, we have a quite similar myth in Denmark. Although not a king, the viking-like character of Holger Danske is rumored to be slumbering somewhere, only to be awakened when the land is in dire need. In the 20th century some people wanted to bring some more life to this myth, so they literally created a big bronze statue of Holger, which they placed in the dungeons beneath Kronborg, giving a sense that our mythical hero could *literally* awaken.
But to tie this to your point; his name (Danske /// The Dane) is an embodiment of the people, and in a metaphorical sense it's a myth about the people awakening to protect the land, just as you pointed out about the myth about King Arthur.
In the town of Solvang, CA, USA, there is a bigger than life statue of Holger in a shop as part of a display. Solvang is a Danish town, a tourist town of sorts.
Paul Anderson, a Dane, wrote Three Hearts and Three Lions. It’s a faerie tale about Holger Danske. I really love it.
Well.... I think it's time to awaken Holger Danske. Start looking for him please
We are the same genetic family.
All of Human history: "No people have ever given up their culture, religion, language, and land without a fight"
Modern UK: "Hold my beer"
@Fabian Brown Triggered much?
did get a chuckle out of of me tbh. based foreign banter
@Fabian Brown ew
The Slavs are our friends, barring governments.
@@LooniJoose The slavs are friends but an anglo can be forgiven for losing his temper when uppity foreigners speak about matters they don't understand. Personally I think either damning them or defending them indicates a lack of humour sense
"According to modern scholars, the figures found in myths and legends are merely abstract sublimations of historical figures, which have eventually replaced the latter and become myths and fantastic tales. On the contrary, the opposite is true: there are realities of a superior, archetypal order, which are shadowed in various ways by symbols and myths […] Here myth constitutes the primary element and should be regarded as the starting point, while the historical figure or datum is only one of the various contingent and conditioned expressions of the superior order of things."
- J. Evola - The Mystery of the Grail
very little
As far as ethymology is concerned the root Ar-* in most Aryan ( aka Indo-european ) languages refers to noble, higher virtue, aristocracy, which the word"ARETE" in Greek denotes, therefore one could argue that Arthur may refer to the "highest nobleman ", but it is my personal theory .
@@peregrinusmundi5372 The root of Aryan is Heryos which doesn't mean "noble" but simply "one of our race" the same meaning as "Teuton"
Great Evola Quote, Love his work
Very much appreciate the video Thomas,as someone who's AngloIrish I couldn't begin to stress how,particularly in the present time natives of the British isles tearing at each others throats is suicide.W.I.S.E must hang together or we will assuredly hang separately.
Even in Czech Republic there is myth about saint Wenceslas and his knights. They sleeps below mountain Blanik and in time of need they will awaken and help czech people.
That was beautifully done, and really enjoyable and informative. I haven't got around to watching the BBC one yet but I'm sure it'll trigger me somehow.
meur ras!
@@Survivethejive You sound more like a Aryan supremacist racist rather than a pagan
"Myth does not mean something untrue, but a concentration of truth." - Doris Lessing
4:10
I'm American, yet that epic bit made me feel proud of my cousins across the Atlantic. Stay strong Britain, Scotland, & Ireland. Those islands were forged by the will of strong men, and the men and women those Islands birthed are capable of withstanding Hell itself.
Genetics of Anglo-Saxons and Britons is kind of a moot point. They were genetic siblings, both descendant from an ancient strain of northern Indo-Europeans from whom all northern Celtic and Germanic peoples descend. You couldn't go back in Anglo-Saxon Wessex and point to people with certainty and proclaim Celtic or Germanic ancestry, they already were essentially the same thing even before the Roman period.
King Arthur invented the BBC
The Modern Hermeticist And he'll be back for your lisence fee....with gestapo to search your hovell.
Big British Cock
We need King Arthur now.
@@mike-oxmol AYyyy lmao
I'm black but still like the channel because I like history about all humans
So a more accurate description would be the Germano-Celts.
yes we are both
Somehow that feels right.
Not really. Celtic people are Celtic and Germanic people are Germanic. Stop trying to blur the lines.
@@celtictuathism4585 No clear lines between the two, lid. Both largely descended from Beaker Folk DNA so the difference is largely cultural and linguistic. For example, if you live on the West of mainland Britain, you are an admixture of Germanic and Celtic whether you call yourself English, Welsh, Cornish or Scottish. There are only varying degrees of admixture rather than clear lines of delineation.
The English by and large tend to be much more genetically "celtic" (for lack of a better term) than Germanic. Even in the south and East where the Germanic blood gets higher the people are still mostly native British. The Germanic input into England was far more cultural than it was genetic.
Sleeping hero's are necessary archetypes that have evolved with our collective unconscious, that show up at right the moment when needed. I feel it's Europeans that create a mess for themselves or even let events happen so that the spirit within their blood awakens, as if one bides his time because he knows the storm will eventually come, Amor Fati. Certain things do invoke the energy that is dormant with in. Knowing what we know now is how is best to apply this energy.
Any ways I really enjoy your videos and always look forward to the next. Keep up the brilliant work bud!
Subtitles say "demonic" instead of "germanic"... so pro-keltic
60% old English 25% Irish 15% old Norse you should see the fights in my head.
I endured that horrible piece of social engineering and trashing of our heritage by the BBC.
This is one of the most beautiful and inspiring segments of knowledge and self belief. I myself, as I’m sure, many of my kin have cried out for such a thing to really put into perspective our past and our potential. Thank you @Survive the Jive
Anglo-saxons were always my most favorite indo-european people.
Fabian Brown why are you so triggered dumbass. anything bugging you? I saw the whole video about arthur and his association with celtic brittonic people and also his supposed wars with anglo_saxons. That was fun but i also make a comment about liking anglo_saxons more than celts. is it not allowed?
They're so underappreciated by media, who tend to romanticize norse peoples more.
The franks in my opinion were more interesting
@@shrek19yearsago78
Same
Arthur s least favourite people
We must rehabilitate our racial-archetypal heroes.
Sjors van Hens The Indo-Europeans of the east, which I am a part of, have kept our folk tales and legends alive and well, especially as a way to retain our identity during the Abrahamization of our religions.
@@SuperThischannel
You can always be a good christian, yet never forget about your ethnical ancestry.
I had the pleasure of visiting Tintagel in a foggy wet afternoon around Eastertime in 1978 or so driving down from Glastonbury by way of Mousehole and Clovelly; it was a most satisfactory immersion in the mysteries of our ancient history; the natural land bridge had by then fallen down and was replaced with the wooden walk way; the tide was out and Merlin's Cave beneath was just beginning to take in waves of cold sea water; on the shingle was a white holed stone lying half embedded in the pebbles and I hoped to come back one day with a chain and landrover to set it up but so far have not returned, except in memory; when I teach Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to my art college students I can elaborate on my experience... I am a great fan of your talks, Thomas, and just found your MA thesis that I will read with great interest. I am interested in the functions of both horse and wild boar, from Homer to Scandinavians.
Yet another excellent video, as always. For some reason your narration on these topics always give me goose bumps as I imagine our ancestors and their lives.
The story of Excalibur is always amazing to me, the sword releases itself not to whom is the strongest, but to whom is rightful.
It's Caledfwlch
we have really nice opera in poland about king arthur called "the adventure of the king arthur" by grażyna bacewicz (possibly based on old celtic legend?) it's enough interesting because we dont have that much compositions reviving ancient myths. i personally loved it as it have really good voice acting especially for giant!
synopsis:
While King Arthur is banqueting with his knights, a frightened Maiden bursts in and informs about the Giant, a great lover of virgins, ravaging the surrounding countryside. Arthur sets off to defeat him, but being defeated himself, he has to agree to the Giant's conditions: within three days he is to solve a riddle: ''What do all women desire?'', otherwise he will be killed. In the castle, King Arthur has asembled worldly-wise matrons, innocent maidens, charming ladies, slaves and milk-maids to ask their advice. He receives different answers: love, jewellery, children's happiness, a husband, health. A young knight, supported by others, claims that women long for change; Morgana says that such a question is not for women to answer as they keep changing their minds. All the answers are then presented to the Giant by King Arthur. but all turn out to be wrong. The Giant gives the King one more chance: the deadline for solving the riddle will be extended. An old Witch promises to help Arthur in exchange for a young husband. The right answer is: every woman wants to get her own way. Gavein agrees to marry the horrible Witch, who during the wedding night is transformed into a beautiful girl (being under a spell she lives as an old woman for twelve hours and as a young beauty for another twelve).
many of those themes are in other Arthurian romances - such as the woman whose love turns men into women
9:49
I have always Loved the figure of King Arthur; this video is absolutely wonderful !You have highlighted the values that embody the man who loves his country.Thanks for this video.
Amazing work Tom. The landscape of historical science is getting so muddled by all these politically motivated mainstream media sources....voices like yours are needed to keep things grounded.
I enjoy the high quality standard this channel has.
Even more so considering the youtube algorithms seems to favour quantity over quality.
Watching this video made me grow a suit of armour through my skin.
As a Proud Welshman, I salute you. We need the truth, however hard it is for some to digest.
Man, I'm really digging all the comments for this video. There's a restoration happening with my sense of how lost our culture seemed to be and the reckoning spurred from seeing so many of my fellow native men and women taking earnest stock in their roots and not being ASHAMED simply because the string-pullers up on high have deemed it fit to enact a gradual, systematic, and seemingly total ethnic sacrifice.
If he actually does come back to fight the English, rather than defend Britain, at least we can summon Francis Drake to try and fight him off.
>implying oswald mosley wasn't the reincarnation of arthur.
@@silliestsususagest3276
Heil Godwinson!
We will die if we do not work together.
Your description of King Arthur reminded me of the Carl Jung piece on Wotan.
I loved reading that essay.
No more brother wars , we must unify , celebrate our differences, and stand shoulder to shoulder against the new invasion. The invasion of the uninvited,very hostile , towards the host who never gave them permission to enter
100%
the only invasion is by English imperialists.
This is a great channel for the modern Euro American. Hell, here in the US...ask anyone about our history and you will hear crickets...We have been disconnected from our past. Thanks a bunch for these videos. I really enjoy them. Please keep up your great work. ✌⚡😀.
Yeah Republicans are aggressively trying to ban teaching American history
When Arthur returns will you ask him to save Ireland too please?
@Johannes Liechtenauer I promise you nobody I ever voted for made it to office, same goes for referenda
Cuchulainn may well return.
Outstanding video as always, wahrer Freund!
Probably some of your best work to date!
It's a privilege to have my countries' history and genetic history explained and shown in such a beautiful way.
This video turned a bulgarian into an englishman.
Alex Yanakiev thats the EU’s job
:D
@@Survivethejive
D :
Always a good day when you upload a new video. Me and a couple of mates were talking about Arthur just the other day. Interesting DNA results... I was led to believe that we were majority Anglo Saxon. Great video, Tom. Hope you're enjoying living here in Devon. Shame you're up north, otherwise I'd invite you for a pint and conversation.
I love Tintagel too. Beautiful piece of coastline
It's so sad how much of our heritage we have forgotten I live I Newfoundland Canada and we are essentially still a mix of the UK and continental Europe for myself I'm 88% UK and Ireland and the rest a mix of Germanic and frence
Very good. Surprised you didnt bring up the two Welsh kings called Arthur. Given that the Welsh were the occupants of both Wales and England prior to the late 5th century. All too easy to place him in the 'sleeping king under the hill' myth with Barbarossa and Charlemagne. Didnt help when Glastonbury Abbey claimed to have discovered his grave in the 12th century (in order to draw pilgrims). No arguing with the fact that 'Morte d'Arthur was medieval Eng Lit's interpretation from the French. Only that the French got it from Geoffrey of Monmouth a century before, who claimed it was from an 'ancient' Celtic manuscript, and the Welsh monk Nennius 300 years before that is the first to mention Arthur - though as a Saxon-battling warrior chieftan rather than king. There was an Arthwyr of Gwent from 615-630 AD who fits the bill. However all the round table/chalice-chasing stuff which defines our idea of Arthur was added 600 years later.
He calls his channel Survive the Jive, jive meaning bullshit, but that is all he spouts is JIVE
I like to believe that King Arthur will return to save Britain from the current ethnic cleansing
The legendary King Arthur was ARTHWYS AP MEURIG AP TEWDRIG AP TEITHFALT from Glamorgan, South Wales and there was one more King Arthur who lived 120 years earlier and he was of the same lineage ! This Arthur´s father was MAGNUS MAXIMUS (Macsen Wledig!) Both, he and his son Andragatius (King Arthur I ) fought the Romans in Britain and defeated them. Arthur II fought the Saxons in Britain.
Peoples from Great Britain have more in common than not. We should remain in one political union, for our own good, and for the good of Europe.
Wales is imprisoned in this union and England are the jailers
no
Well done, again. Informative and inspirational.
Like the new logo/outro.
I found this video by accident. Gotta say, i very much enjoyed it. You just got a new sub
Pine Tree Gang checking in.
What IMHO , makes Tintagel worth visiting is not the medieval castle ruins on the top of the hill but the sea caves underneath it , only accessible at low tide but really spectacular , and unlike the castle, admission is free!
Did not and will not watch their hit piece. Instead, I watch Thom's excellent documentary. Thank you, Sir.
Let us all Survive the 'Jive' together.
survivethejive.blogspot.com/2018/09/where-did-celts-come-from.html
we all modern humans should remember that it is the English-speaking people gave birth to modern human civilization.Issac Newton gave the orbit of satellite,Watt gave steam engine and also inspired internal combustion engine,Farady and Maxwell gave the theory for electricity,Turing gave the theoretical model of computer,John Bardeen gave transistor for all electronical device,Crick gave the double helix structure of DNA.
In my opinion, Athur embodies the resistance force of the British people. It was this strength that allowed them to stand up against Philip II, Napoleon and Adolf Hitler. This same force makes them rise today against the burden of the European Union and the migratory invasion. In this sense, Arthur has come back every time his people need him and he will continue to do so.
Nice video :) I'm from Bath where Arthur is said to have fought nearby at the Battle of Badon Hill in around 500 B.C.
think you mean AD m8
Survive the Jive I'll take your word for it! :) I just quickly looked it up on here: bathhistorytours.co.uk/king-arthur-battle-of-mount-badon-bath/ Did one of the tours a while back when I first hear about it
oh shit they are 1000 years off with that date. Hope the tour wasn't all so inaccurate
This is probably my favorite era of history, During the last height of Rome and the first Height of the new Germanic Chieftains, Hengist Horsa Merovech Fergus Mor the first king of Strathclyde Avitus who's called the last Roman and Atilla the Hun, This period of history despite being very mysterious and based on a lot of oral retelling's is very interesting.
Here I am touring England and Survive the Jive releases a new video. What luck, I say! The areas you showcased in this video looked amazing as well; I'd love to visit them myself. The plan for me is to return to England again soon and I'll be spending several months here. During that time I will have many opportunities to explore and to learn more of the land.
Great video brother. Would you ever be willing to look at the Anglo-Celtic history/origins of Australia? Given outside of Ireland and the UK we have the biggest population of Celts that’d be awesome.
Love your channel
Ooga booga where abo video?
Going on the genetic evidence, can we therefore assume that the Celts of Ancient Britain practiced a form of paganism that was very similar to that of the Anglo-Saxons?
the Celts were Christian by the 5th century
Chris they did practice paganism during pre-Roman times, but it would be closer to modern welsh tradition then Anglo-saxon.
If you want to more about Celtic paganism I’d suggest checking out the raging celts channel
Survive the Jive I mean from beforehand.
Celt of Canaan Esurix Yeah, actually I've looked into the subject a lot. I'm just confused about how there can be such genetic similarity yet such cultural / religious distinction simultaneously.
Chris Germanic and Celtic religions were different but derived from a common source - Proto-Indo-European religion
Barbarossa is my ancestor, I am a descendant of the house of Stauffer. One of my favorite uploads to date, King Arthur will forever have my loyalty!
Barbarossa the Albanian priate of the Ottoman Empire?
Best CZcams channel in the movement.
Fuck yes, this is one if the best channels on youtube
someone once told me King Arthur was entirely MUCH older than what we can perceive, something like 20,000 years old, and has been a story kept alive through word of mouth until one day a man came along with the will to be King Arthur once again.
Yeah ok, sure
That is certainly true in the sense that much older myths and legends are transferred onto contemporary heroes over and over in history. In that sense there is only one hero - the archetype
Survive the Jive Jesus is a good example of that transference.
Reformed Anti-semite Jesus as described in Mark's gospel is a compilation of Mithras, Asclepius, the god of healing and medicine. The birth narratives of Matthew and Luke are usually seen by secular historians as legends designed to fulfill Jewish expectations about the Messiah. Here's some reading: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_in_comparative_mythology#cite_note-FOOTNOTESalier200466%E2%80%9369-21
jesus reminds me most of buddha than anything else, i think in hinduism they even view him as one of gods avatars, that what he literally was, incarnation.
Really enjoyed that. The DNA mixture section rings true to me - combo of wester Europe, English(Anglo?) 56% Welsh 6% Scottish 16% and Scandinavian 22% 👍🏻
After reading the entire comment section, I would advise a whole lotta folks to throw out old materials concerning DNA research, older theories on migrations, cultures, etc..There are some lectures that should be removed from public perusal because it is simply passé and the persistence is causing confusion. I give kudos to StJ for trying to correct these misunderstandings.
I remember hearing a-bit about a claimed historical origin of Arthur while reading my Warhammer Ancient Battles PDFs (Warhammer Fantasy system but historical), the “Age of Arthur” book says he’s probably based on a Romano-British leader (it’s about the fall of Romano-Britain), It’s fascinating stuff, and I never thought of the full importance of Arthur’s myth, only how far it spread and effects fantasy to this day (insert joke about my Caster Medea PFP here lol).
Excellent video! Makes me wish I had more Anglo blood. Even though I'm just some mixed European thing from America, heroes like King Arthur are still figures I much aspire towards. He shall return, Hail King Arthur!
I myself am part Native American, not enough for it to show in my features, I'm blonde haired - blue/green eyed, but still.
We'll adopt you.
You're an honourary Anglo-Saxon now 🏴🇺🇸
remember he was the greatest anti English hero
to drive the English out
This makes me even more proud to bear the name of the Once and Future King
That poem put my whole body in goosebumps
The English trying to steal Brythonic identity
I'm waiting for the Royal Family to eventually have the balls to name one of their sons Arthur.
Britannia will rise again! The Anglo-Celtic people will remember who we are.
My parents are English, I am ginger with clear Celtic appearance, my sister is blonde and looks far more Germanic, we look identical just with different colouring to hair, and I burn more 😂
Ubermensch
You can be Irish and have blonde hair, you can be Frisian, Dutch, or Danish and have red hair. A Swede can have Black hair and a Scot can have brown hair and brown eyes. The bloodlines amongst many Celtic and Germanic descended peoples are very close. They descend from the same stock. They would both have these traits independently of each other.
Finished the video in a pub? Nice touch.
Actually it's the cafe at tintagel! Was too rainy outside
Love your channel because you talk about actual European history and it inspired me much more.
Always loved the stories of King Arthur. Very informative! Happy to provide a bit of music @4:30!
South east wales is the one place everyone avoids when looking for the real arthur, yet this is where his mzjor courts were. His entire genealogy is known so very odd to maintain the perpetual mystery, even his 'knights' can be traced. Alan Wilson has done more research than anyone on Arthur.
Oh yes, this video comes just in time as I have to write an essay for my seminar on Parzival (German studies), where I want to connect the different legends of the involved countries/regions. Thanks a lot for your work!
"No people in history has ever given up its land, religion, and language without a fight"
Heh, well...
Never cease to amaze! Thanks Survive the Jive, this answered a lot!
It is not the same, but similar. Here (Sibculo, Overijssel, Netherlands) the foundations of a medieval monastery lie on a sand hill. Its founder was a priest named Johan Clemme. This monastery contributed to the foundation and growth of several villages around. The monastery has emptied due to the Reformation. But the story goes that, when danger or storm threatens, Johan Clemme is back on the hill, watching over his people.
Tremendous work Sir, inciteful , intelligent and rightfully defending the Legend of King Arthur and his historical place in British Celtic culture
Excellent video. Cheers from the USA.
Fantastic Video, Jive. Don't ever stop putting out content!
Im happy to finally see what im made of. Where I come from and why. Its so important. Thank you for your work.
Sebastião I of Portugal follows the same principle of the "returning King" after he lost and disappeared at the battle of Alcacer-Quibir.
I think Arthur was situated in the Romano British kingdom of Strathclyde. It just makes more sense, with it being close to the two Roman walls and it held out against the Anglo Saxons, when roman England fell to the Saxons.
So Camalot was on Dunbarton rock.
Your analysis of British DNA is fascinating, any chance you could make a video on this subject?
Glad you used the track ! Anyway I know that the legend of the sword in the stone comes from the yearly saxon ritual of hitting the irminsul wooden pole with a sword and then withdraw the sword from it single handed. This decided who was going to be in charge that year, and previously the one who was going to perform the ritual stated his "goals" to be achieved within his period of power. The last part with the Tascam is awesome