Aengus' Dream: Love & Myth in Newgrange, Ireland's Ancient Tomb (Irish Mythology Explained)
The ancient Irish site of Newgrange is a neolithic tomb and a mythic womb. featuring at the heart of stories which have been told for thousands of years. These two stories of Newgrange, also called Brú na Bóinne, and its inhabitants, the Tuatha Dé Danann or old gods the Dagda, Boanne, Aengus, and Cáer, demonstrate the ancient Irish view of nature as cyclical, and offer us a glimpse at something more, in the times when we are closest to the mysterious Celtic Otherworld.
Mythos & Logos are two ancient words that can be roughly translated as “Story & Meaning.”
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This channel is a collection of thoughts of one person on the important stories that we humans have shared with each other. I believe that, in respectfully approaching storytelling traditions, we can find timeless wisdom and beauty that apply to modern life. I do my best to find and share that wisdom. I encourage you to share your thoughts and stories as well.
The stories presented here have all been freely shared by their original tellers. I encourage you to study each story directly and consult traditional sources whenever possible.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Kells Round Tower, County Meath, photographed by Stephen Keaveny, licensed under Creative Commons
00:21 Newgrange, photographed by Tjp finn, licensed under Creative Commons
00:32 Entrance to Tumulus at Newgrange, from Myths and Legends; the Celtic Race
00:55 Brú na Bóinne, photographed by Dieglop, licensed under Creative Commons
01:09 A Time of Change
01:17 An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit, from The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands by S R Meyrick and C H Smith, image upscaled via use of artificial intelligence
01:21 Caesar’s Interview with Ariovistus, from Bellum Gallicum by Julius Caesar, published by D C Heath and Company
01:31 Map of Campaigns of BC 55-54 from Bellum Gallicum by Julius Caesar, illustrated by John Henderson
01:53 Misty Sunrise Over The Great Stone Circle, Newgrange, from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
02:32 Carving on Kerbstone 52, Located at the Read of the Newgrange Mount, from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
02:33 The Wooing of Étain, translated by Jeffrey Gantz
03:21 Winter Solstice Illumination of Newgrange Chamber, from National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
03:58 Aengus by Beatrice Elvery
04:11 Twentieth-Century Photo of Newgrange Before it was Excavated, from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
04:30 Celtic Spiral at Newgrange, photographed by young shanahan, licensed under Creative Commons
04:45 Newgrange Exterior photographed by Regan Buker, licensed under Creative Commons
05:09 Newgrange Interior, photographer by Warren LeMAy, licensed under Creative Commons
05:21 Dreaming of Another World
05:31 Terracotta Figure of a Woman Playing a Pandoura, Crpyus, circa 300 BC
06:06 Whooper Swans and Ospreys by Friedrich Lissmann
06:32 Sunlight Entering the Chamber of Newgrange from the Light Box, from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
06:35 The Awakening of Adonis by John William Waterhouse
07:43 Swan Rush and Iris by Walter Crane
08:04 Two Swans by Wenceslaus Hollar after Francis Barlow
08:09 Angus Og, God of Love and Courtesy, Putting a Spell of Summer Calm on the Sea by John Duncan
08:14 The Dream of Óengus, translated by Jeffrey Gantz
08:42 Cygnus cygnus Flying by Fredrik Lähnn
08:47 Endormies by Rupert Bunny
08:55 Newgrange, photographed by Shadowgate, licensed under Creative Commons
09:02 Conclusion
09:13 Looking at Newgrange from the River Boyne, from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
09:25 Group of Whooper Swans, photographer by Andres Trepte, licensed under Creative Commons
09:42 Beam of Sunlight Entering the Chamber of Newgrange on Winter Solstice, from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland
09:53 Newgrange (Sí an Bhrú) Monument, photographed by Warren LeMay, licensed under Creative Commons
11:06 Swans by Maurits Cornelis Escher, photographed by Pedro Ribeiro Simões, licensed under Creative Commons; Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) call recorded by Richard Dunn, licensed under Creative Commons
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Stock video clips licensed through Storyblocks.
Ambiment - The Ambient by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license.
Works from Photographic Archive, National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, reproduced under Fair Use per United States Copyright Office Circular 21, Reproductions of Copyrighted Works by Educators and Librarians.