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For more than 3,000 years
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Ireland has maintained
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a connection to ancient magic
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and a mystical realm.
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We have two parallel worlds,
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the human world
and the otherworld.
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The rolling landscape
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is believed
to possess hidden power.
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It is said that
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the mounds acted as these
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doorways into other realities.
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And within these earthen mounds
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are said to be powerful beings
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known as the Shining Ones.
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They are somehow able
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to manipulate
their surroundings,
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and have the knowledge
of the universe.
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Are these Irish legends
more than fanciful mythology?
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And if so, could there be
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an extraterrestrial connection?
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The ancient Irish
were saying that these beings
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came from the sky.
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There is a doorway
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in the universe.
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Beyond it is
the promise of truth.
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It demands
we question everything
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we have ever been taught.
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The evidence is all around us.
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The future
is right before our eyes.
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We are not alone.
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We have never been alone.
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Ireland.
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This lush, green island
in the North Atlantic
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has a history of human activity
dating back
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more than 33,000 years.
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Numerous cultures
have called Ireland home,
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from the early Beaker people
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to the Celts and the Gaels,
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and the island
has a rich tradition
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of folklore that has spread
throughout the world.
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But perhaps most notable
is that Ireland boasts
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some of the oldest
structures on the planet.
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Massive earthen mounds,
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many of which date back
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more than 5,000 years.
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- These mounds are constructed.
- They're not natural hills.
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These are
megalithic constructions,
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um, involving, in the larger
sites, an enormous
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amount of man hours and labor.
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These would've been,
when they were made, just very,
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very impressive sites.
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These mounds were
an ancient earthwork
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that had a tunnel
going through it
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with stones on either side
and stones on top
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and then covered with earth.
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Ireland has a tremendous
amount of these mounds,
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and these are
some of mankind's oldest
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large structures in the world.
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And they anchor
all of the land together.
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Usually, if you visit one on top
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of a hill, you go up,
you find one,
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and you can do a line
of sight to the next one.
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There was almost a network,
almost across
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the entire island
of these sites.
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The oldest known writing
in Ireland
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dates to the 6th century A.D.,
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more than 3,000 years
after the ancient mounds
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are believed to have been built.
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With no written record
about the mounds' construction,
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archaeologists and historians
can only speculate
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as to who made them
and for what purpose.
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These things were built to go
inside, where, presumably,
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very, very important rituals
took place.
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We don't know,
but much later on,
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these sites would've been
used for gatherings,
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for rituals, and sort of
keeping the society together.
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These were enormously
long-lived sites
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of cultural importance.
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It was enormously
long-lived societies
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that used these as focal points.
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30 miles north of Dublin
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in County Meath is Ireland's
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largest and oldest mound,
called Newgrange.
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The ancient structure
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consists of over
200,000 tons of stone
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and has a passageway leading
to a central chamber
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in which human bone fragments
have been found.
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But archaeologists
say Newgrange also has
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an undeniable connection
to the cosmos.
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Spiral petroglyphs, thought
to symbolize the universe,
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are found all around it,
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and the passageway and chamber
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form a cruciform shape
that researchers believe
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is based on
the constellation Cygnus.
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At the time Newgrange was built,
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it was presumed to be
the largest structure that
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mankind had
ever built in the world.
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Now, one of the most interesting
things about Newgrange
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is it's a celestial alignment.
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This is still
very, very popular.
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If you go at
the winter solstice,
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you have the sun dagger that
it cuts tremendous distance
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all the way in to brighten up
the inner chamber.
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Newgrange is unique
among Ireland's mounds
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in its sophistication,
and was clearly designed
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for ritualistic activity.
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But according
to ancient Irish texts,
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the mounds serve a more profound
and mysterious purpose,
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as the dwelling places
of otherworldly beings
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traditionally called the sidhe.
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The word "sidhe,"
it can mean "the mounds"
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and also
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can mean "the otherworld people,
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the people of the mounds."
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In Irish tradition,
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it's bad luck to use
the word "sidhe"
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to directly refer to these
otherworld people.
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So, there are many
different names.
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We have the English word
fairy folk, also elves.
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Stories of fairies, elves,
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and even leprechauns are rooted
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in the ancient folklore of what
the Irish called the sidhe.
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But for many Irish people,
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the sidhe are not merely
mythological figures.
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Fairies and leprechauns
and all that sort of stuff,
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like, too many people kind of
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laugh and joke about it
at times,
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but it's knowledge that'd been
passed down for
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thousands and thousands
of years.
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We have the terrestrial world
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and the subterrestrial world,
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the human world, and the
superhuman or otherworld.
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These worlds exist in parallel.
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Occasionally, however,
there is communication
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between the two worlds.
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The mounds are often referred to
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as "fairy forts,"
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as are stone circles
and tree clusters
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that are considered
the property of the sidhe.
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This strong cultural belief
that these features
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are the domain
of otherworldly beings
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has kept them intact
for thousands of years.
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And the Irish say that,
when they are disturbed,
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bad luck always follows.
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Se�n Quinn was
the wealthiest man in Ireland.
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He lost everything
because he moved a fairy fort.
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He damaged a fairy fort, and he
moved it to another place.
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DeLorean car manufacturers,
they came to Belfast, and were
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making the DeLorean car
up in Northern Ireland,
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and they built the factory
on the site of a fairy fort.
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And it all came crashing down,
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and the local people would say,
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"Well, you know,
what do you expect?"
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Ask any Irish person,
"Would you damage a fairy fort?
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What would happen if
you damaged a fairy tree?"
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If you gave me ten million bucks
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and a Cadillac and a helicopter
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and a beautiful house on
Sunset Boulevard and said
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all I had to do was
chop down a fairy tree,
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I'd be handing that money
straight back to you.
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I wouldn't do it. No one
I know would do it either.
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So, do we believe in
the fairies in Ireland? We do.
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While modern-day
representations of fairies
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often depict benevolent,
spritely creatures,
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traditional Irish notions
of fairies are much different.
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They are considered powerful
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and sometimes dangerous beings.
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You don't want to mess
with the aos s�.
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They're not cute,
cuddly little fairies like
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we-we typically think of today.
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But these are very
extraordinarily powerful people.
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Wielders of supernatural powers.
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The sidhe, or fairy folk,
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are often referred to as
the Shining Ones,
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but do accounts
of their luminous
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appearance suggest
that they are divine beings?
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According to the
ancient Irish stories,
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while the fairies have
supernatural abilities,
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they are not immortal gods.
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The inhabitant of
the sidhe is not necessarily
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immortal in the narrative.
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Sometimes they're-they're
killed or-or meet with death,
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but they never grow old.
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And so, if they are
killed or die,
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they do so while young.
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They're other, uh,
but somewhat humanoid.
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Sometimes they're small
and green, they abduct people,
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they have, uh, either advanced
technology or ancient magic.
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And in many ways
this fairy tradition, uh,
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reminds me very much
of the UFO tradition
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that we have
in the United States.
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When it comes to these dwellings
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of the fairy folk,
there's lots of talk about
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otherworldly beings
emerging from the mounds.
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And also people getting taken
into the mounds
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and, like, disappearing.
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You hear stories
of lights in the sky
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or even lights in the forest
and the woods that you see.
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So, could it be possible
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that the fairy folk
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is a description of
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extraterrestrials
back in the day?
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There is absolutely an argument
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that can make that case.
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In our stories
relating to the sidhe,
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the fairies,
call them what you will,
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all of our stories say that
they came from the sky world.
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Is it possible that
modern beliefs of fairies
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and elves are based on
real otherworldly beings
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that the Irish people
encountered centuries ago
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and that may still
inhabit the island today?
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And if so,
why are they thought to
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dwell within the ancient mounds?
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According to legend,
the sidhe did not always
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live within the Earth,
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and their story begins
with a group of shining beings
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who arrived in flying craft.
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In Ireland, tales of
the sidhe, or fairy folk,
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have been passed down orally
for more than 3,000 years,
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and in the 11th century,
many of these stories were
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documented in a text called
The Book of Invasions.
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According to this medieval
account of Irish history
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and lore,
thousands of years ago,
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a godlike race of beings called
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the Tuatha D� Danann landed
on a mountaintop in Ireland.
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Often referred to
as the Shining Ones,
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they are
the ancestors of the sidhe.
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All of our stories relate back
to the Tuatha D� Danann.
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For 3000 years, at least,
if not more before that, all of
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the stories from mythology are
all related to Tuatha D� Danann.
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They were the Shining Ones.
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There is a description
in the mythological material
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in the early Irish literature
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of the Tuatha D� Danann
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arriving in, uh, cloud ships,
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arriving in dark clouds
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and landing on a mountain.
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There was a long poem
about the arrival of
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the Tuatha D� Danann.
One of the lines says,
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"The truth was not known
beneath the sky of stars,
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whether they were
of heaven or of earth."
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The Tuatha D� Danann
are not human.
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They're demigods.
And not immortal,
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not infallible, um,
not like the gods of
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monotheistic tradition of any
of the Abrahamic religions.
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The Tuatha D� Danann
were said to be luminous
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beings of large stature
who wielded magical powers.
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The Tuatha D� Danann
had an arsenal of very
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technological sounding weaponry.
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Lugh of the Long Arm,
for example, possessed a spear
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that, when he threw it,
he could give a voice command,
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and it would automatically
hit whatever target.
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Then he'd give
another voice command,
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and the spear would
mysteriously return to him.
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We have circles of light
that they used to
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travel around Ireland upon.
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We have another chieftain
named Nuada
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who lost an arm in a battle
against the giants,
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and they were able
to replace his arm.
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The Tuatha D� Danann
were said to have
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a magical cauldron.
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They had a cloak
of invisibility.
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They had spears
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that shot flames out.
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The ancient astronaut theory
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tries to look at ancient stories
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in which magic happens
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from a modern perspective
and determine
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if that so-called magic
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really was some type
of technology.
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Then one has to wonder, where
did that technology come from?
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Well, uh, there's only
one answer to this,
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and that is extraterrestrials.
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For ancient astronaut theorists,
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another intriguing aspect
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of these stories
is how similar they are
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to accounts of sky gods found
in other ancient cultures.
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The stories of...
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let's call them aliens...
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descending from clouds
on tops of mountains
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are straight across the cultural
history of, uh, human beings.
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Let's start with one
of the earliest ones.
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The descent on Mount Hermon
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in the Golan Heights.
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That's where
the Nephilim came down.
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Another,
in the descent of the Anunnaki,
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they came from clouds.
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We have other stories
in Tibet and other places
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where these gods
are coming down,
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and they land
on top of a mountain.
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The gods of Olympus in Greece
is another example.
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The stories of the
Tuatha D� Danann
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in these whirlwinds or clouds
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is something that we find
in connection
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with deities
in other parts of the world.
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For instance,
across the Middle East,
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there is the concept of djinn.
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These are supernatural beings,
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very often associated
with fire and light,
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that can appear in whirlwinds
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and manifest into physical form.
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The fact that we have
countless stories
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that are not just similar,
but identical,
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leads me to think that
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perhaps all these ancient
cultures were visited
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by the same extraterrestrials.
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According to ancient
astronaut theorists,
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the tradition that is most
similar to the Tuatha D� Danann
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is that of the Anunnaki,
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the sky gods described
by the Sumerians,
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humankind's earliest
known civilization.
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What you've got with
the Sumerians is
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the beginnings
of-of civilization,
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people living together, but also
the beginnings of writing.
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You know, it's some
of the earliest written
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texts that we have
are texts by these people.
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These clay tablets are
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5,000 years old
and more, and they
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tell of the arrival of the gods,
the Anunnaki,
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the pantheon of gods.
The chief was Anu.
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This is the sky god
who came along
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and created everything.
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The term Anunnaki means
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"those who from
the heavens came,"
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and it refers to beings
descending from the sky,
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imparting knowledge.
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In the Irish stories,
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the Tuatha D� Danann
were also responsible
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for imparting knowledge
to the ancient people.
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Tuatha D� Danann
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were the masters
of all of the crafts,
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masters of all of the arts,
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and they introduced
the knowledge
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in the ways of agriculture.
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Tuatha D� Danann would always
interact with the people.
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It's the same as the Anunnaki.
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Ancient astronaut theorists
suggest
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the iconography
of the Sumerians and Irish
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provides additional evidence
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that they encountered
the same otherworldly beings.
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Both depicted the gods
as being of giant stature
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compared to humans,
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both portrayed them in scenes
with hybrid or flying animals,
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and both have images of the gods
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with horns or antlers
emerging from their heads.
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But perhaps
most intriguing of all
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is that there appears to be
a linguistic connection
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between the Anunnaki
and the Tuatha D� Danann.
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According to some accounts,
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the Tuatha D� Danann's
original name
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was the Tuatha Danu.
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"The Tribe of Anu," or Danu.
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Linguists are
very intrigued by this
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because this encodes
the name of Anu,
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the high god of the Anunnaki,
for whom they are formed,
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and it suggests that perhaps
the Tuatha D� Danann
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are the descendants
of the Anunnaki.
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Could the striking similarities
that exist between the stories
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of the Tuatha D� Danann
and the Anunnaki
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reveal that Ireland was visited
by the same otherworldly beings
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that are described by humanity's
first known civilization
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roughly 3,000 miles away?
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But if so,
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how are they connected
to Ireland's mound dwellers,
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known as the sidhe,
or fairy folk?
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Perhaps further clues
can be found by examining
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mysterious ancient priests
called the druids.
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Kent, England
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1988.
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During an excavation
of an Iron Age burial site,
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archaeologists uncover
the skeleton of a man
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who lived around
the third century BC
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and who was wearing
a unique headdress.
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Based on the design
of this bronze crown,
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many researchers believe
these are the first remains
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ever discovered of a druid.
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According to Irish legend,
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the druids were a class
of ancient Celtic priests
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who were in close contact
with the Shining Ones,
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the Tuatha D� Danann.
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The word for "druid" in Irish
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is dra�ocht,
which literally means "magic."
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So there is, uh,
an interconnection
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between the Tuatha D� Danann
and their magic
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and the practice of druidry.
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The Tuatha D� Danann
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were said to have been
the founders of druidism.
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And the druids were said
to have all kinds
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of special powers themselves.
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And so, it would seem
that the Tuatha D� Danann
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had shown some of their
extraterrestrial technology
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to the druids who then
were able to use it themselves.
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The druidic religion originated
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with the Tuatha D� Danann,
but they were never allowed
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to write down
any of the druidic knowledge.
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It was taboo,
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because it was so-called
sacred knowledge.
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The druids spent
decades in training
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to perform
their priestly functions.
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These are members
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of the inner circle,
as we're told.
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The inner circle refers,
ultimately,
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to the innermost knowledge
of the Tuatha D� Danann,
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the Shining Ones.
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They know their secrets and
they can wield their technology.
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Portrayals of druids
as mysterious,
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shaman-like figures
with mystical powers
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has led some scholars
to question
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if they truly existed or were
purely mythological figures.
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But according to the earliest
accounts of them,
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the druids were an integral
part of Celtic society
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throughout the British Isles.
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There are certain things
we know about the druids,
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but of course there's a lot
we don't know,
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and this vacuum incited
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00:20:13,272 --> 00:20:16,022
a lot of romantic speculation
in the 19th century.
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And so, we're still carrying
that baggage a little bit.
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The swirling robes and so on.
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00:20:21,438 --> 00:20:24,313
But in Celtic society,
in Gaelic society,
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the druids exercised authority
and played
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an important role, uh,
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in the life of the tribe
and the society.
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The druids were the holders
of knowledge.
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They held and perpetuated
the knowledge
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which was important
to the survival of the tribe.
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They held and perpetuated
judiciary knowledge
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00:20:46,605 --> 00:20:49,647
and things sacred and spiritual.
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00:20:49,772 --> 00:20:52,813
The druid was
a very special figure,
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a priest, perhaps,
a historian, perhaps,
430
00:20:55,563 --> 00:20:58,647
uh, a magician, uh, perhaps,
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00:20:58,730 --> 00:21:00,522
uh, and many, many things.
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00:21:00,647 --> 00:21:03,397
These were the learned people
of Celtic society.
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They-they formed
a special class.
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According to Caesar,
the druids in Gall
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had to study 20 years
to become a druid.
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00:21:09,980 --> 00:21:12,313
And they had many, many roles
to play,
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00:21:12,397 --> 00:21:17,813
including acting as, uh, jurist
and judges, advisers to kings.
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00:21:17,897 --> 00:21:21,730
And so, druidism, and the magic
that they were able to employ,
439
00:21:21,897 --> 00:21:25,772
um, is really a-a foundational
part of early Celtic society.
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And druids
are not necessarily men.
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Uh, we also have a lot
of accounts of female druidry.
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And it does seem
to be associated heavily
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with the Tuatha D� Danann.
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They didn't just
teach things like astronomy
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and, you know,
harmony in nature,
446
00:21:41,605 --> 00:21:43,605
they were working with geomancy,
447
00:21:43,730 --> 00:21:46,105
the placement of ancient sites
across the landscape
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00:21:46,230 --> 00:21:47,522
called geodesy.
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00:21:47,647 --> 00:21:49,355
And also
working with Earth energies
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and even plant medicines.
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00:21:51,063 --> 00:21:53,772
So they had a high understanding
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00:21:53,897 --> 00:21:56,022
of these different
arts and sciences.
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00:21:58,188 --> 00:22:01,855
The druids were known
to travel far and wide,
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00:22:01,938 --> 00:22:04,147
seeking out the knowledge
of other cultures.
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00:22:04,230 --> 00:22:07,188
But they were also said
to interact directly
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00:22:07,272 --> 00:22:09,730
with the Tuatha D� Danann,
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00:22:09,897 --> 00:22:13,147
who shared the secrets of their
so-called magical abilities.
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00:22:13,230 --> 00:22:16,480
Pliny the Elder, who was
one of the most famous
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00:22:16,605 --> 00:22:18,730
of the Roman writers
and historians,
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00:22:18,855 --> 00:22:22,522
he claimed that at a full moon,
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00:22:22,647 --> 00:22:26,355
druids would meet at a mound,
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00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,522
and they would trace a design
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00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:30,813
that looked something
like a dragon
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on top of the mound,
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and this would summon
some sort of lightning
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or some phenomenon
that happened in the sky.
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00:22:41,438 --> 00:22:42,938
I don't think he saw it himself.
468
00:22:43,063 --> 00:22:45,605
He was taking what he knew
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00:22:45,730 --> 00:22:47,813
from Roman soldiers
that witnessed it.
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00:22:47,897 --> 00:22:50,022
But apparently,
it frightened a lot of them.
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00:22:50,147 --> 00:22:52,813
They saw lights in the sky
once the druids
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00:22:52,897 --> 00:22:56,313
did this dragon ritual,
as it became known.
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00:22:56,438 --> 00:22:59,563
So it would seem
that the druids knew
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00:22:59,688 --> 00:23:04,522
of the power
of certain special places.
475
00:23:04,647 --> 00:23:06,605
And perhaps, this is something
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00:23:06,730 --> 00:23:09,188
that would summon
the Tuatha D� Danann.
477
00:23:09,313 --> 00:23:14,147
These shining people
who came from the sky.
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00:23:14,272 --> 00:23:17,022
One of the many magical powers
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00:23:17,188 --> 00:23:20,188
the druids were said to possess
was the ability
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00:23:20,313 --> 00:23:22,897
to levitate massive stones,
which they used
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00:23:23,022 --> 00:23:25,647
to construct some
of the megalithic structures
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00:23:25,730 --> 00:23:28,188
found throughout
the British Isles.
483
00:23:28,313 --> 00:23:30,855
The most famous of the druids,
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00:23:30,980 --> 00:23:32,855
of course, was Merlin.
485
00:23:33,897 --> 00:23:35,980
Merlin was said to have...
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...created Stonehenge by taking
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an existing stone circle
from Ireland
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and bringing it to Salisbury
Plain in Southern England.
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00:23:49,522 --> 00:23:52,230
And there, using magic powers,
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00:23:52,355 --> 00:23:56,022
he was able to raise
the stones into position
491
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in the manner
that we see them today.
492
00:24:02,022 --> 00:24:03,855
What is interesting
is that the stones
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that built Stonehenge
did come from a long way away.
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About 135 miles
away in South Wales.
495
00:24:12,063 --> 00:24:14,522
Somehow, they were moved
to central England,
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00:24:14,688 --> 00:24:18,063
and the ancients
believed it was Merlin
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00:24:18,230 --> 00:24:20,522
who was responsible for that.
498
00:24:20,647 --> 00:24:22,980
There are stories that say
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00:24:23,063 --> 00:24:26,397
that some of those big,
gigantic blocks at Stonehenge
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00:24:26,522 --> 00:24:29,688
were levitated into place
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00:24:29,813 --> 00:24:32,813
through magical incantations.
502
00:24:32,938 --> 00:24:35,938
Well, what magical incantations?
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Because I don't think
that levitation
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00:24:39,563 --> 00:24:43,730
can happen just by words.
505
00:24:43,897 --> 00:24:47,397
There has to be some type
of technology behind it.
506
00:24:47,522 --> 00:24:50,188
The idea is that, basically,
507
00:24:50,272 --> 00:24:54,730
this was extraterrestrial
knowledge imparted
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00:24:54,855 --> 00:24:56,730
by the Tuatha D� Danann.
509
00:24:56,855 --> 00:25:00,855
When the Romans were here,
they say that the druids
510
00:25:01,022 --> 00:25:03,563
had this power
to build stone circles
511
00:25:03,688 --> 00:25:07,022
of which there were thousands
throughout the British Isles.
512
00:25:07,105 --> 00:25:10,522
Stonehenge, Avebury, Newgrange.
513
00:25:10,605 --> 00:25:14,022
These places, we find
legends attached to the druids
514
00:25:14,147 --> 00:25:17,230
that they were able to float
the stones through the air.
515
00:25:18,230 --> 00:25:19,730
Is it possible
516
00:25:19,855 --> 00:25:21,855
that a secret society
of Celtic priests
517
00:25:21,980 --> 00:25:24,647
who lived more
than 2,000 years ago
518
00:25:24,730 --> 00:25:28,522
had access
to otherworldly technology?
519
00:25:29,688 --> 00:25:30,914
According
to the ancient accounts,
520
00:25:30,938 --> 00:25:33,022
while the druids
were the disciples
521
00:25:33,147 --> 00:25:34,730
of the Tuatha D� Danann,
522
00:25:34,897 --> 00:25:36,480
it would ultimately be a druid
523
00:25:36,563 --> 00:25:39,855
who brought their reign
in Ireland to an end
524
00:25:40,022 --> 00:25:43,855
and drove them underground.
525
00:25:50,105 --> 00:25:54,022
County Kerry, 1700 B.C.
526
00:25:54,147 --> 00:25:58,730
A fleet of ships arrives on
the southern shores of Ireland,
527
00:25:58,855 --> 00:26:02,063
carrying invaders
from the south.
528
00:26:02,188 --> 00:26:04,772
According to early
Irish accounts,
529
00:26:04,897 --> 00:26:07,188
they are aided by a druid
named Amergin
530
00:26:07,272 --> 00:26:11,938
in their conquest of Ireland.
531
00:26:12,063 --> 00:26:14,688
Amergin was seeking revenge
for his great uncle,
532
00:26:14,813 --> 00:26:18,897
who had been killed by the three
kings of the Tuatha D� Danann.
533
00:26:19,022 --> 00:26:20,897
These were the sons of M�l,
534
00:26:21,063 --> 00:26:24,980
better known as the Milesians.
535
00:26:25,105 --> 00:26:28,688
The Milesians came out
of the Mediterranean,
536
00:26:28,855 --> 00:26:31,647
probably from Greece or Crete
537
00:26:31,730 --> 00:26:34,772
or Anatolia, modern day Turkey.
538
00:26:34,897 --> 00:26:37,022
And they arrived in Ireland,
539
00:26:37,105 --> 00:26:40,313
and huge battles took place
540
00:26:40,438 --> 00:26:44,605
between the Tuatha D� Danann
and the Milesians.
541
00:26:44,730 --> 00:26:48,188
Many stories have been
written about these battles,
542
00:26:48,355 --> 00:26:50,688
but according to the most
trusted sources,
543
00:26:50,855 --> 00:26:53,188
the Tuatha D� Danann
agreed to a truce
544
00:26:53,313 --> 00:26:55,688
to save their beloved Ireland.
545
00:26:55,772 --> 00:26:58,022
They did not come
to the Earth to do warfare.
546
00:26:58,147 --> 00:27:00,272
They came to heal the Earth
and to work with the Earth
547
00:27:00,397 --> 00:27:02,373
and work with Mother Earth
and all of the good energies.
548
00:27:02,397 --> 00:27:06,522
What was agreed upon that, um,
this country will be shared,
549
00:27:06,605 --> 00:27:09,022
there was room enough
for everyone in this country.
550
00:27:10,147 --> 00:27:12,397
And it was agreed
that the Milesians
551
00:27:12,563 --> 00:27:16,563
would live on the ground,
on the earth itself,
552
00:27:16,730 --> 00:27:21,897
but that the Tuatha D� Danann
would go beneath the earth,
553
00:27:22,022 --> 00:27:25,855
inside mounds of earth
that were known as sidhe.
554
00:27:25,938 --> 00:27:30,022
These acted as these doorways
555
00:27:30,147 --> 00:27:33,147
into a realm
where, forever after,
556
00:27:33,272 --> 00:27:35,938
the Tuatha D� Danann would live.
557
00:27:36,063 --> 00:27:39,397
It's said that they all
turned sideways into the light
558
00:27:39,563 --> 00:27:41,230
and just disappeared
underground.
559
00:27:41,355 --> 00:27:44,022
The Milesians then took control
560
00:27:44,147 --> 00:27:46,522
of the surface of Ireland.
561
00:27:46,605 --> 00:27:48,730
Modern-day Irish people
are thought to be descendants
562
00:27:48,897 --> 00:27:50,897
of the Milesians.
563
00:27:51,022 --> 00:27:52,938
Legend states that after
564
00:27:53,063 --> 00:27:56,230
the Tuatha D� Danann
descended below ground,
565
00:27:56,355 --> 00:27:59,313
a mysterious evolution
took place.
566
00:27:59,397 --> 00:28:03,688
Once the Tuatha
went underground,
567
00:28:03,855 --> 00:28:05,897
they evolved over many years
568
00:28:06,063 --> 00:28:08,605
into something known
as the aos s�.
569
00:28:08,730 --> 00:28:13,938
That's better known in later
mythology as the elfen folk.
570
00:28:14,063 --> 00:28:16,147
Elves.
571
00:28:16,230 --> 00:28:17,480
After the Tuatha D� Danann
572
00:28:17,563 --> 00:28:21,980
entered into the earthen mounds,
or sidhe,
573
00:28:22,105 --> 00:28:24,813
they became beings
574
00:28:24,897 --> 00:28:27,730
that could appear
in physical form
575
00:28:27,897 --> 00:28:30,897
but could equally vanish.
576
00:28:31,063 --> 00:28:34,355
Humans were able
to interact with them,
577
00:28:34,522 --> 00:28:37,980
often when they would see
some kind of light
578
00:28:38,105 --> 00:28:41,188
that would be emanating
from these earthen mounds.
579
00:28:41,313 --> 00:28:43,688
They would go towards them.
580
00:28:43,772 --> 00:28:46,397
And when they were able
to look into these lights,
581
00:28:46,522 --> 00:28:50,522
they could see the Tuatha D�
Danann, the sidhe, the fairies.
582
00:28:50,647 --> 00:28:55,105
People would be able
to join them in this realm.
583
00:28:55,230 --> 00:28:58,188
Reports of elves and fairies
584
00:28:58,355 --> 00:29:01,355
and little people have been
around in Ireland
585
00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:03,355
as long as people
have lived there.
586
00:29:03,438 --> 00:29:07,188
People saw something.
They saw some types of beings.
587
00:29:07,313 --> 00:29:09,730
People still see
these beings even today.
588
00:29:10,980 --> 00:29:12,522
One location in Ireland
589
00:29:12,647 --> 00:29:15,313
where sightings
of fairies are often reported
590
00:29:15,397 --> 00:29:17,355
is at the Hill of Tara,
591
00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:19,980
which is home to numerous
ancient mounds
592
00:29:20,063 --> 00:29:23,063
as well as a monolith
called Lia F�il.
593
00:29:23,188 --> 00:29:25,188
Legend states that this monolith
594
00:29:25,272 --> 00:29:26,897
was a gift
from the Shining Ones.
595
00:29:27,022 --> 00:29:29,647
The Lia F�il
596
00:29:29,772 --> 00:29:31,813
means the "Stone of Destiny,"
597
00:29:31,897 --> 00:29:34,480
and it refers
to a standing stone,
598
00:29:34,563 --> 00:29:40,022
about five feet tall
in County Meath, Ireland.
599
00:29:40,105 --> 00:29:41,855
In the legends of Lia F�il,
600
00:29:41,980 --> 00:29:43,147
we have the Tuatha D� Danann
601
00:29:43,272 --> 00:29:45,522
bringing the energy
of this stone
602
00:29:45,688 --> 00:29:49,147
down with them
to this powerful place.
603
00:29:49,272 --> 00:29:52,147
This place of extraordinary
energy and current
604
00:29:52,230 --> 00:29:56,105
because it can interact
with the energy in the land.
605
00:29:56,230 --> 00:29:58,855
The power of the land itself
is the reason
606
00:29:58,980 --> 00:30:03,105
that the Danann come to this
location, the Hill of Tara.
607
00:30:03,230 --> 00:30:05,813
It was said that when
the rightful king of Ireland
608
00:30:05,938 --> 00:30:09,022
came in contact with Lia F�il,
609
00:30:09,147 --> 00:30:11,063
it would scream out to announce
610
00:30:11,230 --> 00:30:13,980
that this was the rightful
king of all Ireland.
611
00:30:14,063 --> 00:30:16,105
It would then imbue the king
612
00:30:16,230 --> 00:30:19,647
with qualities of strength
and longevity and health,
613
00:30:19,730 --> 00:30:21,855
in order that he might
reign over Ireland
614
00:30:21,980 --> 00:30:24,313
for a very long time.
615
00:30:24,397 --> 00:30:29,355
To this day, ceremonies
take place on the Hill of Tara.
616
00:30:29,438 --> 00:30:32,188
The ancient Irish
associated this stone
617
00:30:32,272 --> 00:30:36,022
with the elven folk
and the fairies,
618
00:30:36,188 --> 00:30:39,480
and people continue
to see them today,
619
00:30:39,605 --> 00:30:42,105
and probably,
we will continue to see them
620
00:30:42,230 --> 00:30:44,105
in the future as well.
621
00:30:44,230 --> 00:30:48,313
If otherworldly beings
called the Tuatha D� Danann
622
00:30:48,438 --> 00:30:50,813
truly existed
in ancient Ireland,
623
00:30:50,897 --> 00:30:54,063
is it possible that
they are still present today,
624
00:30:54,230 --> 00:30:57,147
now known as the sidhe,
or fairy folk,
625
00:30:57,230 --> 00:30:59,272
who inhabit the thousands
of earthen mounds
626
00:30:59,397 --> 00:31:01,522
found throughout the country?
627
00:31:01,647 --> 00:31:04,730
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
628
00:31:04,897 --> 00:31:07,605
and suggest that they may occupy
629
00:31:07,730 --> 00:31:10,438
a parallel dimension.
630
00:31:16,063 --> 00:31:17,730
Today, organizations exist
631
00:31:17,855 --> 00:31:19,355
throughout the world
632
00:31:19,522 --> 00:31:21,730
that investigate
potential encounters
633
00:31:21,855 --> 00:31:24,480
with extraterrestrials
visiting Earth.
634
00:31:27,313 --> 00:31:29,272
But long before
these groups existed,
635
00:31:29,397 --> 00:31:31,397
the people of the British Isles
636
00:31:31,522 --> 00:31:35,730
were examining another
type of otherworldly phenomenon.
637
00:31:37,063 --> 00:31:39,855
In the 1920s, something very
strange happened in Ireland.
638
00:31:39,980 --> 00:31:43,522
There were suddenly
mass sightings of fairies.
639
00:31:43,605 --> 00:31:47,355
So much so that a captain,
Quintin Craufurd,
640
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,188
formed what he called
641
00:31:49,313 --> 00:31:52,438
the Society for
the Investigation of Fairies,
642
00:31:52,563 --> 00:31:55,688
which was a very scientific
and serious approach
643
00:31:55,855 --> 00:31:59,272
at collecting data
about these fairy sightings.
644
00:31:59,397 --> 00:32:03,188
Like a modern UFO group today,
645
00:32:03,313 --> 00:32:05,855
their mission was
646
00:32:06,022 --> 00:32:08,438
to study elves,
figure elves out,
647
00:32:08,563 --> 00:32:12,355
what they were doing there,
try to communicate with elves.
648
00:32:12,438 --> 00:32:15,688
And they absolutely believed
that fairies and elves
649
00:32:15,772 --> 00:32:19,063
were real and existed
throughout the British Isles.
650
00:32:19,230 --> 00:32:23,355
People from all walks of life
contacted the organization
651
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:27,438
reporting encounters with beings
they believed were fairies.
652
00:32:27,563 --> 00:32:31,438
Witnesses described fairies
leading them to buried relics,
653
00:32:31,563 --> 00:32:34,522
walking through solid walls,
654
00:32:34,605 --> 00:32:38,897
and even transforming
into orbs of light.
655
00:32:39,022 --> 00:32:41,647
This society did
important research
656
00:32:41,730 --> 00:32:44,563
up until World War II, when
their records were destroyed.
657
00:32:44,688 --> 00:32:48,938
And then in 1949,
they began doing research again.
658
00:32:49,063 --> 00:32:52,855
Hundreds of members joined
the society in the 1950s,
659
00:32:52,980 --> 00:32:55,397
including Walt Disney.
660
00:32:55,563 --> 00:32:58,147
Now, what's amazing about this
is that in order to become
661
00:32:58,230 --> 00:33:01,355
a member of the society,
you had to declare
662
00:33:01,438 --> 00:33:04,355
an absolute belief
in the existence of fairies.
663
00:33:04,438 --> 00:33:06,772
And who other than Walt Disney
in the modern world
664
00:33:06,897 --> 00:33:09,605
is more closely connected
to fairies?
665
00:33:09,730 --> 00:33:12,813
The idea that you would
actually have
666
00:33:12,938 --> 00:33:16,938
a very serious society
that was looking into fairies,
667
00:33:17,063 --> 00:33:21,022
shows that in the British Isles
and in Ireland,
668
00:33:21,147 --> 00:33:24,647
the whole concept of elven folk
669
00:33:24,730 --> 00:33:26,647
and fairies and leprechauns
670
00:33:26,730 --> 00:33:29,897
is very real
and continues to this day.
671
00:33:30,022 --> 00:33:32,647
In 1969,
672
00:33:32,772 --> 00:33:34,938
French astronomer Jacques Vall�e
673
00:33:35,063 --> 00:33:37,355
published a groundbreaking book
on unexplained phenomena
674
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,438
called Passport to Magonia:
675
00:33:40,563 --> 00:33:44,022
From Folklore to Flying Saucers.
676
00:33:44,105 --> 00:33:47,772
In it, he proposed that
historical accounts of fairies
677
00:33:47,897 --> 00:33:50,855
and other strange beings
could be the same phenomenon
678
00:33:50,980 --> 00:33:55,147
that today is interpreted
as extraterrestrial.
679
00:33:55,272 --> 00:34:00,397
Jacques did what I think is one
of the most important books
680
00:34:00,563 --> 00:34:05,022
about the UFO phenomena,
trying to understand,
681
00:34:05,147 --> 00:34:07,647
of all the things
in the sky and on the ground
682
00:34:07,772 --> 00:34:12,355
through history that have either
been painted, photographed,
683
00:34:12,438 --> 00:34:16,772
caught on radar,
what are they and why are they?
684
00:34:16,897 --> 00:34:20,855
Every culture speaks
of the "others,"
685
00:34:21,022 --> 00:34:24,855
whether it be the wee people,
the leprechauns,
686
00:34:24,980 --> 00:34:29,022
or the fairies
or the angels or the demons.
687
00:34:29,105 --> 00:34:31,397
Our brothers in Islam
know them very well,
688
00:34:31,563 --> 00:34:33,397
and they're called the djinn.
689
00:34:33,522 --> 00:34:37,272
And the one thing
that is taught about the djinn
690
00:34:37,397 --> 00:34:41,188
is essentially,
they are energetic beings,
691
00:34:41,313 --> 00:34:46,730
and their place of residence is
in the domains of inner earth.
692
00:34:46,855 --> 00:34:49,313
And this leads us
to ask the question,
693
00:34:49,438 --> 00:34:51,647
if the domains of inner earth
694
00:34:51,730 --> 00:34:55,188
are actually physical
within this dimension
695
00:34:55,313 --> 00:34:58,730
or possibly
in a parallel dimension.
696
00:34:58,855 --> 00:35:01,188
According to Vall�e,
697
00:35:01,272 --> 00:35:05,022
the strange beings that humans
have reported encountering
698
00:35:05,147 --> 00:35:10,188
for thousands of years may,
in fact, be interdimensional.
699
00:35:10,313 --> 00:35:13,188
Vall�e believes that
700
00:35:13,272 --> 00:35:16,022
from the time of the Big Bang,
701
00:35:16,147 --> 00:35:18,022
if it created one universe,
702
00:35:18,147 --> 00:35:21,188
why couldn't it create
a multitude of universes?
703
00:35:21,313 --> 00:35:23,897
Might there be connections
704
00:35:24,063 --> 00:35:26,813
between the different
universes where elements
705
00:35:26,938 --> 00:35:31,563
from the other universe
cross into our universe,
706
00:35:31,688 --> 00:35:36,230
and where elements of
our universe cross into theirs?
707
00:35:36,397 --> 00:35:40,397
That would explain how people
coming upon the sidhe
708
00:35:40,522 --> 00:35:43,938
might not just see an
underground civilization,
709
00:35:44,063 --> 00:35:47,355
but they might see an
interdimensional civilization.
710
00:35:47,522 --> 00:35:51,063
Could it be that sightings
of fairies
711
00:35:51,188 --> 00:35:55,022
and similar figures described
in other ancient traditions
712
00:35:55,105 --> 00:35:58,813
are encounters with beings
that occupy parallel dimensions?
713
00:35:58,897 --> 00:36:01,730
And if so,
are these the same beings
714
00:36:01,855 --> 00:36:05,480
described today
as extraterrestrials?
715
00:36:06,730 --> 00:36:08,355
There are possible parallels
716
00:36:08,522 --> 00:36:11,522
between the sidhe
or fairies that seem
717
00:36:11,605 --> 00:36:14,813
to be similar to UFO,
uh, accounts.
718
00:36:14,938 --> 00:36:17,480
For example,
seeing strange lights.
719
00:36:17,563 --> 00:36:21,355
Like what's known as,
in Irish and British tradition,
720
00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:22,688
the will-o'-the-wisp.
721
00:36:22,813 --> 00:36:25,688
Um, these fairy lights
that move,
722
00:36:25,772 --> 00:36:28,688
uh, and lead people astray.
723
00:36:28,813 --> 00:36:31,272
When you get
to the 20th century,
724
00:36:31,397 --> 00:36:34,897
and where people were trying
to figure out human abductions,
725
00:36:35,022 --> 00:36:37,563
you start hearing
from people saying,
726
00:36:37,688 --> 00:36:40,147
"Well, they shape-shifted
in front of me."
727
00:36:40,272 --> 00:36:43,313
"There were beams of light
that took us up and down."
728
00:36:43,438 --> 00:36:47,355
"They can disappear, they
can go through windows, walls."
729
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:52,147
And those are the same verbs
and nouns that were being used
730
00:36:52,272 --> 00:36:56,063
in the centuries before
in Ireland and other places
731
00:36:56,188 --> 00:37:00,897
about fairies and so-called
pretend creatures.
732
00:37:01,022 --> 00:37:04,855
There are stories
and personal experiences
733
00:37:04,938 --> 00:37:08,855
similar to UFO accounts
that have been recorded,
734
00:37:08,980 --> 00:37:13,022
of missing time
where somebody i-is taken
735
00:37:13,147 --> 00:37:15,813
into the otherworld
by the fairies,
736
00:37:15,897 --> 00:37:19,438
and, uh, thinks they've
been there for a few hours,
737
00:37:19,563 --> 00:37:22,563
but it's been a few days
when they return.
738
00:37:22,688 --> 00:37:25,522
Oftentimes, you hear stories
739
00:37:25,688 --> 00:37:30,105
of missing time, of people
disappearing for weeks,
740
00:37:30,230 --> 00:37:32,647
or losing their memory
741
00:37:32,772 --> 00:37:36,522
for significant events,
and frankly,
742
00:37:36,647 --> 00:37:39,772
that is similar to what you hear
743
00:37:39,897 --> 00:37:43,272
from modern-day
UFO abduction stories.
744
00:37:43,397 --> 00:37:48,438
Could it be that the folklore
of cultures all around the globe
745
00:37:48,563 --> 00:37:50,897
is based on
an otherworldly presence
746
00:37:51,022 --> 00:37:52,438
that people
have been encountering
747
00:37:52,563 --> 00:37:54,897
since humankind's
earliest history?
748
00:37:55,063 --> 00:37:57,938
Ancient astronaut theorists
say yes,
749
00:37:58,063 --> 00:38:01,730
and according to the Irish,
at least once a year,
750
00:38:01,855 --> 00:38:06,147
the veil is lifted
between our realm and theirs.
751
00:38:13,563 --> 00:38:16,397
The Hill of Uisneach, Ireland.
752
00:38:16,522 --> 00:38:19,230
Located 60 miles west of Dublin.
753
00:38:19,355 --> 00:38:24,230
This site has been sacred
to the Irish for centuries.
754
00:38:24,355 --> 00:38:27,022
Each year in early May,
755
00:38:27,105 --> 00:38:29,605
locals gather
at this sacred site
756
00:38:29,730 --> 00:38:32,272
to celebrate
the ancient festival of Beltane.
757
00:38:33,688 --> 00:38:36,688
Dating back more
than 3,000 years,
758
00:38:36,855 --> 00:38:39,522
Beltane and its famous bonfire
759
00:38:39,605 --> 00:38:42,188
provide a link between
modern Christian Ireland
760
00:38:42,272 --> 00:38:45,188
and its pagan Celtic past.
761
00:38:45,313 --> 00:38:49,272
This festival is
the traditional start of summer.
762
00:38:50,688 --> 00:38:53,022
The Celtic peoples
divided the year
763
00:38:53,105 --> 00:38:56,647
into a dark half
and then a bright half,
764
00:38:56,730 --> 00:38:58,147
marked at Beltane.
765
00:38:58,272 --> 00:39:00,522
It was so important
that people understood
766
00:39:00,647 --> 00:39:03,522
precise times of year
for agricultural reasons.
767
00:39:03,647 --> 00:39:04,938
The people working the fields
768
00:39:05,063 --> 00:39:06,730
didn't have
the knowledge of astronomy.
769
00:39:06,855 --> 00:39:09,438
So the fire was a signal,
and they saw the fire.
770
00:39:09,563 --> 00:39:11,730
From the highest point
on Uisneach,
771
00:39:11,897 --> 00:39:13,813
20 counties are visible.
772
00:39:13,938 --> 00:39:16,647
So once the main fire is lit
on Uisneach in a circle,
773
00:39:16,772 --> 00:39:19,022
all of the hills around
light their fires,
774
00:39:19,188 --> 00:39:21,588
and then it spreads and spreads
throughout the whole country.
775
00:39:21,688 --> 00:39:23,813
And it happens instantly.
776
00:39:23,897 --> 00:39:26,355
The fire is a signal
to all of the country
777
00:39:26,480 --> 00:39:27,855
that now is the summertime.
778
00:39:27,980 --> 00:39:30,522
But Beltane,
779
00:39:30,647 --> 00:39:32,938
which is also celebrated
at other ancient sites
780
00:39:33,063 --> 00:39:37,355
throughout Ireland, serves
another, more profound purpose.
781
00:39:37,438 --> 00:39:41,022
Many Irish believe
that during this festival,
782
00:39:41,188 --> 00:39:44,730
it is possible for humans
to peer inside the mounds
783
00:39:44,855 --> 00:39:47,105
into an entirely
different reality.
784
00:39:47,230 --> 00:39:49,855
There's a threshold or boundary
785
00:39:49,980 --> 00:39:52,522
between worlds
that becomes thin.
786
00:39:52,605 --> 00:39:56,355
And human beings can see
into the otherworld
787
00:39:56,480 --> 00:40:00,272
or encounter otherworldly
beings, uh, more easily.
788
00:40:00,397 --> 00:40:02,855
Beltane, or May Day,
789
00:40:02,980 --> 00:40:05,480
is associated very strongly
with the sidhe,
790
00:40:05,605 --> 00:40:08,522
the fairy people,
the Shining Ones.
791
00:40:08,647 --> 00:40:11,772
Through festivals like Beltane,
792
00:40:11,897 --> 00:40:14,647
the people of Ireland
maintain a strong connection
793
00:40:14,772 --> 00:40:17,355
to the traditions of their past,
794
00:40:17,480 --> 00:40:21,355
traditions of shining beings
who came down from the sky
795
00:40:21,522 --> 00:40:26,938
and continue to live on
within the ancient mounds.
796
00:40:27,063 --> 00:40:29,063
When I was growing
up in Ireland,
797
00:40:29,230 --> 00:40:32,688
people, at least in the,
in the rural areas...
798
00:40:32,772 --> 00:40:35,063
and Ireland
was very rural at the time...
799
00:40:35,188 --> 00:40:39,938
nobody would admit
to not believing in the fairies.
800
00:40:40,063 --> 00:40:43,980
The existence of the fairy folk
was not questioned.
801
00:40:44,105 --> 00:40:48,730
This idea that Ireland
has had this love affair
802
00:40:48,855 --> 00:40:51,355
with leprechauns and fairy folk,
803
00:40:51,480 --> 00:40:53,813
I would ask the question, "Well,
804
00:40:53,897 --> 00:40:56,230
what is the underlying meaning
of this?"
805
00:40:56,355 --> 00:40:59,022
Because stories
of fairy folk go back
806
00:40:59,147 --> 00:41:02,147
at least 3,000 years in Ireland.
807
00:41:02,230 --> 00:41:05,480
In the case
of the Tuatha D� Danann,
808
00:41:05,605 --> 00:41:07,688
it's even earlier.
809
00:41:07,855 --> 00:41:11,230
It's possible
that what we have here
810
00:41:11,397 --> 00:41:16,522
is one of the earliest examples
of ancient astronaut teachers.
811
00:41:16,688 --> 00:41:18,897
I've reached a certain age
in my life now
812
00:41:19,022 --> 00:41:20,688
that it's not about believing,
813
00:41:20,772 --> 00:41:23,355
it's just that
this is the way it is now.
814
00:41:23,522 --> 00:41:26,688
So, do we believe in fairies
and leprechauns in Ireland?
815
00:41:26,772 --> 00:41:28,855
Absolutely, 100%.
816
00:41:29,855 --> 00:41:31,480
Is it possible
817
00:41:31,605 --> 00:41:34,230
that beneath the idyllic
rolling countryside of Ireland,
818
00:41:34,397 --> 00:41:37,313
there are entrances
to a hidden realm
819
00:41:37,438 --> 00:41:41,397
that has been inhabited
by otherworldly beings
820
00:41:41,563 --> 00:41:43,897
for more than 3,000 years?
821
00:41:44,063 --> 00:41:46,980
Could they be the descendants
of extraterrestrials
822
00:41:47,063 --> 00:41:51,272
who were responsible for
the creation of the human race?
823
00:41:51,397 --> 00:41:54,522
Perhaps the whimsical legends
of Ireland
824
00:41:54,688 --> 00:41:57,688
are not so whimsical after all,
825
00:41:57,813 --> 00:42:00,355
but contain profound truths
826
00:42:00,522 --> 00:42:02,355
about an alien presence on Earth
827
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,605
that is still with us today.
828
00:42:05,655 --> 00:42:10,205
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