WEBVTT 1 00:00:14.599 --> 00:00:19.800 Hey everyone, Welcome to Blurry Photos. I'm your host, David Flora. 2 00:00:20.079 --> 00:00:26.480 Welcome. This is I guess, the official kickoff to season twelve super Late, 3 00:00:27.120 --> 00:00:32.520 and we usually start as this tradition with a slurry photos a drinking episode 4 00:00:32.920 --> 00:00:37.960 where I have some guinness and Jamison, we talk about fun topic of Irish 5 00:00:38.159 --> 00:00:42.200 lore, and that's what we're doing, except well, I didn't make it 6 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:47.280 through the slurry photos portion. I will have what I did at the end 7 00:00:47.280 --> 00:00:50.359 of this episode, after everything's said and done, so if you'd like to 8 00:00:50.399 --> 00:00:55.399 hear the slurry photos that almost was stick around to the very very end after 9 00:00:55.439 --> 00:01:00.880 the music and everything. That's because I was in a very toasty spot with 10 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:04.439 it. And then about halfway through the episode I got hit with about of 11 00:01:04.519 --> 00:01:11.519 hiccups that no joke lasted about half an hour, and by then I was 12 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.040 so worn out I basically just passed out. It spiraled from there, let's 13 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:23.079 just say, super annoying, unfortunate. It's taken me forever to write this 14 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.519 episode and get it recorded and then you know all that, and then since 15 00:01:26.560 --> 00:01:30.760 then, I've been sick. There's a wildfire near us, so the air 16 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:34.599 quality has been crap. My voice has been crap. This episode might be 17 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:41.480 cursed. I don't know, but anyways, I'll get back to the scripted 18 00:01:41.599 --> 00:01:46.840 hand. We're doing some Irish mythological artifacts in this one. It's not going 19 00:01:46.879 --> 00:01:51.400 to go as deep as the Devil episode did. It's just a fun list 20 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:56.319 and we're going to go through some mythology from our Irish, Celtic and Scottish 21 00:01:56.359 --> 00:01:59.719 friends. Maybe some Welsh thrown in there too, we'll see, but we'll 22 00:01:59.719 --> 00:02:05.200 mainly be talking about artifacts, weapons, instruments and items that figure into stories 23 00:02:05.200 --> 00:02:08.240 and legends of the Emerald Dial and beyond. We'll get you started shortly. 24 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:12.639 Let me update you with what's going on in the Blurry Photos world. I've 25 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.240 slowed down my production of episodes. As you can tell, I'm not dead, 26 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:21.000 but I have paused my Patreon because I'm not putting out as much content 27 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:23.639 now. 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They're really just little bite size things. It's all narrative, 37 00:03:09.159 --> 00:03:14.479 storytelling, narration. Again, that's five minute Frights. It might do 38 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:19.159 better in the search if you type in the number five and then minute frights. 39 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.479 Secondly, one reason I've been so busy lately is I've started a new 40 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:28.960 theater company here in beautiful and weird Crested Butte, Colorado. It's called Firebird 41 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:34.599 Theater Company, and I will be producing and directing Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at the 42 00:03:34.639 --> 00:03:38.919 beginning of September. I'm very excited for this, and if you'll be around 43 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:42.039 the area at that time, please drop me a line and find out more 44 00:03:42.080 --> 00:03:46.199 info. You can also go to FIREBIRDSCB dot com to check out what we're 45 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:51.159 doing and follow us on the socials. We've got links at the bottom of 46 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:54.960 the page for that that'll help the theater get going. So that's fun. 47 00:03:55.280 --> 00:03:59.680 And one more thing, Sorry this is taking so long. There's a lot 48 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:02.280 of new I haven't talked to you guys in a while. So the film 49 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:06.599 shadows in the desert, high strangeness in the Brego Triangle. The film is 50 00:04:06.639 --> 00:04:15.319 premiering on August seventeenth in Idlewild, California. We are awaiting the word of 51 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:20.160 when this is going to stream, and by that we're thinking Amazon to be 52 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:26.600 those kinds of channels. I don't know if Hulus on there, but not 53 00:04:26.720 --> 00:04:32.279 Netflix about everything else really, and we've been told the fall maybe October, 54 00:04:33.040 --> 00:04:39.680 maybe sooner, but the streaming is just a couple months away. You guys 55 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:44.199 will finally get to see what has taken up the last four years of work 56 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:48.199 in life, and we're very excited about that. The film will also be 57 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:55.160 in Crested Butte at the Movie Theater here on September sixteenth. If you're around, 58 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:59.000 please come see it then. And it is going to be in Joplin, 59 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.800 Missouri, at the Joplin Theater, running for a week starting September eighth. 60 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:08.720 We are also working on trying to get it into more little indie theaters 61 00:05:09.160 --> 00:05:12.519 anywhere. If you guys have any connections or know of any that we should 62 00:05:12.560 --> 00:05:15.759 reach out to or anything like that, please drop me a line. Let 63 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:20.120 me know. Probably the best place to do that would be either Facebook, 64 00:05:20.120 --> 00:05:27.240 Messenger, email, and I'll try and check the contact form in the next 65 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:31.199 week or two. So exciting stuff all around, super busy stuff. Everything 66 00:05:31.319 --> 00:05:36.040 is just tied me up. But here we are. Let's get into this 67 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:44.519 episode, and again apologies for voice quality and not being super slurry. Now. 68 00:05:44.600 --> 00:05:48.560 Mythologies around the world are rife with heroes, monsters, and fantastical lands, 69 00:05:48.600 --> 00:05:53.720 but none of that would shine quite as brightly without the accoutrement that help 70 00:05:54.000 --> 00:05:59.680 heroes slay the monsters, travel the lands, and perform supernatural acts. Zeus 71 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:05.279 had thunderbolts forged by the giants with one eye. The cyclopeas plural as imagined 72 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:12.399 by the poet Hesiod. Thor had his hammer mulenier. King Arthur had excalibur. 73 00:06:13.000 --> 00:06:15.360 The mythology of the British Isles has many objects of power and wonder, 74 00:06:15.399 --> 00:06:20.480 including the aforementioned excalibur. We'll discuss three types of mythical objects. Objects of 75 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:26.480 war, objects of benevolence, and objects of nobility, And for the interest 76 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:30.199 of time, I'll only do five from each of those categories, because I 77 00:06:30.240 --> 00:06:33.639 have found many, especially weapons, and we'd be here all night if I 78 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:36.439 did them all, plus it would take forever to write out, and I'm 79 00:06:36.480 --> 00:06:42.519 already so far behind. We'll focus mainly on Ireland and throwing some Scottish, 80 00:06:42.519 --> 00:06:46.600 maybe some Welsh stuff in there if there's time. We'll discuss several weapons and 81 00:06:46.720 --> 00:06:48.720 artifacts, what they did, who wielded them, and just have a fun 82 00:06:48.759 --> 00:07:03.439 time reveling in mythology. So let's get to it. Translated as the Sword 83 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:10.480 of Light, the Clive Soulish was a mystical weapon said to possess the power 84 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:15.439 to defeat evil and bring victory to its wielder. In Irish and Gaelic folk 85 00:07:15.480 --> 00:07:20.040 tales, it's both associated with deities and featured in tales of heroic quests, 86 00:07:20.120 --> 00:07:25.680 it being the prize sought after The thirteenth Son of the King of Erin and 87 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:30.360 Widow's Son are both tales that feature a hero who needs to find the sword 88 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:33.639 as part of a marriage agreement. There have also been arguments made of it 89 00:07:33.759 --> 00:07:40.040 being a type of grail object in tails something quested for and or an object 90 00:07:40.040 --> 00:07:45.120 of great significance and symbolism. But the most entertaining descriptions of the Clive Soulish 91 00:07:45.600 --> 00:07:48.600 involve its inclusion as one of the four treasures of the Tuaya da Dana, 92 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:55.600 early deities of Irish mythology brought with them in their conquest of Ireland. The 93 00:07:55.680 --> 00:07:59.439 four treasures are magical items, which I'll be discussing as we go along here. 94 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:03.279 The first up is this one, the sword of Light from the city 95 00:08:03.279 --> 00:08:09.240 of Phineas associated with the first king of the Twyddanon, Nuada. It was 96 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:11.920 said no one ever escaped from it once it was drawn from its sheath, 97 00:08:13.240 --> 00:08:18.120 and no one could resist. It was also described as Nuada's connell or Nuda's 98 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:24.519 torch. Now, there are so many swords in Irish mythology we could do 99 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.319 a whole episode on just them, but for now I'll leave you with just 100 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:33.919 one more. Orna was the fearsome, magical sword of the Fomorian king Tehra. 101 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:39.360 The Fomorians were the evil race of beings defeated by the Twyddanon, and 102 00:08:39.559 --> 00:08:43.960 Tehra was thought as the Femorians generally were to be associated with the sea. 103 00:08:45.240 --> 00:08:50.759 His sword Orna translated as little green, probably due to its color, and 104 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:54.720 while formidable as a weapon wielded by a formidable warrior, nonetheless came into the 105 00:08:54.759 --> 00:09:01.360 possession of the god Ogma after Tethra was defeated at the Second Battle of moy 106 00:09:01.440 --> 00:09:07.720 Torah. Upon being unsheathed, Orna began to speak and told of all the 107 00:09:07.799 --> 00:09:13.320 deeds it had accomplished in its lifetime. I'm just guessing that a ton of 108 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:20.000 D and D magical items and ideas came from mythologies just like this one. 109 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:26.480 You have sentient swords, swords that can talk, albeit telepathically, flaming swords, 110 00:09:26.919 --> 00:09:31.200 all kinds. It's just fun. One of the most famous implements used 111 00:09:31.200 --> 00:09:37.279 by the warrior deity Lou was the gay Assail aka the Lightning Spear. It 112 00:09:37.440 --> 00:09:41.720 was an amazing weapon wielded by Lou in his many battles, and it was 113 00:09:41.759 --> 00:09:45.679 considered one of the Four Treasures, like the Sword of Light, and was 114 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:50.559 said to be forged in the city of Gorrius. According to folklorist Whitley Stokes, 115 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.200 out of Gorrius was brought the spear that Lou had. No battle was 116 00:09:56.279 --> 00:10:01.080 ever won against it or him who held it. In his hand. It 117 00:10:01.120 --> 00:10:03.840 was said to have a shaft of you would and never missed its mark. 118 00:10:05.559 --> 00:10:07.799 With a word of command, it could also return to its owner's hand, 119 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.080 and according to folklore's Charles Squire, the spear had such a thirst for blood 120 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:16.399 its tip had to be kept in a draft of poppy leaves to keep it 121 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:20.960 sleepy. Once unleashed in battle, fire flashed from it, and it never 122 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:28.240 tired of slaying. I just love that there's a spear that you had to 123 00:10:28.320 --> 00:10:33.200 basically knock out with heroin and it just spends all day chase in the dragon 124 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:37.559 in the form of just killing dudes. Swords and spears were but some of 125 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:43.600 the trappings of magical war items. How about protective stuff? Oken was a 126 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:48.360 magical shield of Connor mcnessa, a king in the Ulster cycle of Irish mythology, 127 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:56.039 translated as Moner and sometimes ear of Beauty. Oken had four gold borders 128 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:03.600 and was said to moan aloud when its wielder was in danger. Ohmer clank 129 00:11:03.679 --> 00:11:09.960 honor. When the previous king of Ulster, Fergus, had been tricked out 130 00:11:09.960 --> 00:11:13.120 of his kingship by Connor, Fergus met him in battle. According to the 131 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:18.559 tale quote therewith, Fergus gave three stout blows on the oaken of Connor, 132 00:11:20.000 --> 00:11:24.000 so that Connor's shield cried aloud on him, and the three chief waves of 133 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:28.919 Erin gave answer. Whenever Connor's shield cried out, the shields of all the 134 00:11:28.000 --> 00:11:33.519 Ulsterman cried out. However great the strength and power with which Fergus smote Connor 135 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:39.360 on the shield, So great also was the might and valor wherewith Connor held 136 00:11:39.399 --> 00:11:41.799 the shield, so that the ear of the shield did not even touch the 137 00:11:41.840 --> 00:11:48.600 ear of Connor. Quote. The last item of war weaponry is basically the 138 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:54.639 horn of gondor, a circular horn of magical effect. It was found by 139 00:11:54.840 --> 00:12:00.399 Finn mccool's son Ocean, after a trip to the fabled land of tyrnan Ogue. 140 00:12:01.679 --> 00:12:05.279 Under a great stone in a field did Ocean find the horn, which 141 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:09.000 circled round like a seashell. And it was the rule that when any of 142 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.639 the Finians of Erin blew the Boriboo, the other mythical warriors of Ireland would 143 00:12:13.639 --> 00:12:16.879 assemble at once from whatever part of the country they might be in at the 144 00:12:16.960 --> 00:12:30.360 time. No word on whether or not four of those warriors were hobbits moving 145 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:35.519 along to objects of benevolence, these are things that weren't meant specifically for war, 146 00:12:35.600 --> 00:12:39.360 but instead for the good of many and sometimes individuals. Here and there, 147 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:48.960 we'll start with another horn. The Horn of Bran comes from Welsh tradition, 148 00:12:50.200 --> 00:12:52.679 and like the Spear of Loo and sort of Light are part of the 149 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:56.360 four Treasures of the Tui da Dana, this horn is part of a bigger 150 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.759 collection. The Thirteen of the Island of Britain are a set of items from 151 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:07.799 late medieval Welsh folklore and included utensils, weapons, clothes, and various other 152 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:13.919 kuchiman, all with some kind of magical power. We could probably do an 153 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:16.919 episode on them some day as well, but for now we'll focus on one 154 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:22.320 in particular, the Horn of Bran. Galad Brand the stingy Brand from Cumbria, 155 00:13:22.639 --> 00:13:26.799 who is a separate character from that of Brand the Blessed, the Giant 156 00:13:26.799 --> 00:13:33.000 Welsh King of Britain. Brand Glad was the owner of a horn that was 157 00:13:33.080 --> 00:13:37.840 pretty much a cornucopia, for it was described that quote the drink and food 158 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:43.879 that one asked one received in it when one desired end quote. Some sources 159 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:48.200 say it was only drink that was furnished, but any drink one desired. 160 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:54.600 One legend has ties to the Welsh Bardic hero Merthin, a figure later parlayed 161 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.919 into the Arthurian Merlin. Merthin tried to gather the thirteen treasures together for say 162 00:14:00.200 --> 00:14:03.840 keeping, and was told that he could have twelve of them if he could 163 00:14:03.840 --> 00:14:09.759 obtain the horn from Brand Gilead. Such was Brand's infamy for stinginess. Somehow 164 00:14:11.039 --> 00:14:15.879 Merdan accomplished the task and took all the treasures to the quote unquote glass house, 165 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:20.440 where they remained to this day. Some writers of the tales about the 166 00:14:20.440 --> 00:14:24.559 horn traced its origin to Hercules in Roman myth, saying it was removed from 167 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:31.000 a centaur slain by the hero before Hercules himself was slain by the centaur's wife. 168 00:14:33.440 --> 00:14:37.000 Following up this well shared effect with a similar Irish one, and our 169 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:41.080 third treasure of the twy d Danon, we have the Koreansic the cauldron of 170 00:14:41.120 --> 00:14:46.320 the Dagda. This one's pretty straightforward. The Dagda was the chief god of 171 00:14:46.360 --> 00:14:50.120 the twy d Danon, representing fertility, wisdom, and life and death. 172 00:14:52.320 --> 00:14:56.240 His cauldron, brought from the city of Murius, never ran empty, and 173 00:14:56.399 --> 00:15:01.279 none that attended gatherings and were served from it, ever went away unsatisfied. 174 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:05.120 The Dagda had other goodies in his bag of tricks, one of which was 175 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:11.200 a harp called Ugya. This harp was said to control seasons and emotions of 176 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:16.840 people who heard it from the book Gods and Fighting Men by folklorist Lady Gregory. 177 00:15:18.559 --> 00:15:22.320 After the second Battle of Moytura, Lou and the Dagda and Ogma followed 178 00:15:22.399 --> 00:15:26.440 after the from war, for they had brought away the Dagdas harp with them, 179 00:15:26.480 --> 00:15:31.080 that was called the Uuya. And they came to a feasting house, 180 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:35.159 and in it they found Brez and his father elephant, and there was the 181 00:15:35.240 --> 00:15:39.759 harp hanging on the wall. And it was in that harp the Dagda had 182 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:43.840 bound the music so that it would not sound until he would call to it. 183 00:15:43.720 --> 00:15:48.919 And sometimes it was called dr de Blah the Oak of two glosses, 184 00:15:48.960 --> 00:15:54.559 and sometimes kor kathar Kun the four angled music. And when he saw it 185 00:15:54.639 --> 00:15:58.559 hanging on the wall, this is what he said, come summer, come 186 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:03.279 winter from the mouth of harps and bags and pipes. Then the harps sprang 187 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.080 from the wall and came to the Dakta and had killed nine men on its 188 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.600 way. And then he played for them the three things harpers understand, the 189 00:16:11.679 --> 00:16:15.159 sleepy tune, and the laughing tune, and the crying tube. And when 190 00:16:15.159 --> 00:16:19.799 he played the crying tune, their tearful women cried. And then he played 191 00:16:19.840 --> 00:16:25.080 the laughing tube till their women and children laughed. And then he played the 192 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:30.320 sleepy tune, and all the hosts fell asleep, and through that sleep the 193 00:16:30.320 --> 00:16:37.279 three went away through the famor that would have been glad to harm them. 194 00:16:37.399 --> 00:16:41.080 Next on the list is the fete fiata, a magical mist veil or cloak 195 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:48.279 used to shield the wielder from human eyes. It's a literal cloak of invisibility 196 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.960 and was said to have been used by the Toy de Dana and also the 197 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:56.440 warrior king of the Other world, Mananon McLear, to conceal the she from 198 00:16:56.480 --> 00:17:00.120 humans. McLear, and the toy, it seems, could use this cloak 199 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:07.079 individually or to hide whole islands Menanon cloaks the Isle of Man in particular. 200 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:12.160 Now it's debated whether or not his name was taken from the island's name or 201 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:18.920 vice versa fun fact, but the cloak he used protected the island by keeping 202 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:23.279 it from being seen and thus safe from outside influence, invaders and such. 203 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:30.519 The cloak also had the amazing power to erase memory. Menanon had his wife 204 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.599 stolen by the Irish warrior Kukolan, but was able to get her back by 205 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:38.680 placing the cloak between his wife and Kuklan, which erased their memory of each 206 00:17:38.720 --> 00:17:47.240 other. Pretty powerful little artifact. Now here's a little different offering for the 207 00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:52.200 artifact. List a fish that held the knowledge of the world. The salmon 208 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:56.759 of knowledge comes to us from the Finian cycle of Irish mythology, that is, 209 00:17:56.839 --> 00:18:03.440 the stories of the mythical hero Fion McCool. The story goes that a 210 00:18:03.519 --> 00:18:07.720 normal run of the mill salmon once ate nine hazel nuts that had fallen from 211 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:12.880 nine hazel trees surrounding the Well of Wisdom, the mythical source of the River 212 00:18:12.960 --> 00:18:18.839 Shannon. This granted the salmon all the world's knowledge, which meant anyone who 213 00:18:18.880 --> 00:18:25.799 were to eat the salmon would then themselves gain that knowledge. The legendary poet 214 00:18:25.839 --> 00:18:30.400 and teacher of Fiann finn Echis sought this salmon for himself and spent seven years 215 00:18:30.480 --> 00:18:36.920 fishing for it, and one day he caught it tired from fishing so much 216 00:18:36.960 --> 00:18:40.079 that day, he gave it to Fionn to cook up for him, with 217 00:18:40.119 --> 00:18:45.839 the explicit instruction to not taste of it. First. Fion cooked the fish, 218 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:48.160 but while it was cooking, a small bubble rose just under its skin, 219 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:53.720 which Fian poked with his finger. The bubble burst, scalding him, 220 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:59.000 and he quickly stuck his thumb in his mouth to ease the pain. Suddenly 221 00:18:59.119 --> 00:19:03.240 the knowledge of the world was opened to him. When the fish was done, 222 00:19:03.359 --> 00:19:06.640 he gave it to Finn to eat, but Finn noticed the shine in 223 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:11.599 Fionn's eyes, and after Fion explained what had happened, Finn knew the boy 224 00:19:11.720 --> 00:19:15.799 had received the wisdom of the fish and gave him the rest to eat. 225 00:19:15.640 --> 00:19:21.119 From then on, Fion needed only to bite his thumb to gain insight about 226 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:25.799 a particular topic. The Salmon of Knowledge has also been linked to a couple 227 00:19:25.799 --> 00:19:30.680 of fellas by the name of Finton mcbocra the Wyse and Tuan McCarroll in a 228 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:36.480 more christianized telling of the story, with lots of shape shifting and a hawk. 229 00:19:42.119 --> 00:19:49.720 Our last section for this episode deals with objects of nobility. There have 230 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:55.640 been many items and artifacts of lore and reality connected to Irish kings and queens. 231 00:19:56.200 --> 00:20:00.200 Here are five. The Leah Fall or Stone of Fall is a still 232 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:06.359 standing monolith located on the Hill of Tera in County Meath. The Hill of 233 00:20:06.440 --> 00:20:10.759 Terra is the traditional place of inauguration and seat of the High Kings of Ireland. 234 00:20:11.680 --> 00:20:15.960 It's a place where ancient ceremonial rites and burials were performed, with many 235 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:19.359 monuments, mounds and tombs, and the Lea Fall is there at the top. 236 00:20:21.880 --> 00:20:25.839 Also known as the Stone of Destiny and the Speaking Stone, the Lea 237 00:20:25.920 --> 00:20:29.799 Fall is said to have been brought to Ireland from the city of Thallius by 238 00:20:29.799 --> 00:20:34.799 the Toua da Danon as the last of the four Treasures. There are conflicting 239 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:40.680 accounts that say it's the same thing as the Stone of Schoon, a big 240 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:45.519 block of red sandstone that Kings of Scotland and England sat upon while being crowned. 241 00:20:45.359 --> 00:20:49.160 Those accounts, rich in tales of stealing the stone back and forth between 242 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:55.880 Ireland and Scotland, aren't quite as fantastical as the Tuia stories. But seeing 243 00:20:55.880 --> 00:21:02.720 as how the Stone of Schoon is in England just used by King Charles, 244 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:07.240 and the Leaphal is on the Hill of Tera. It's probably a good chance 245 00:21:07.359 --> 00:21:12.160 that they're two separate stones. Well, Leaphal has said to roar and joy 246 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:15.920 when the rightful King of Ireland put his feet upon it, and also granted 247 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:21.440 him a long reign. Some accounts say it shrieks a number of times that 248 00:21:21.680 --> 00:21:26.440 correspond to the number of descendants who would be king as well. Associated with 249 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:32.599 the sovereignty of Irish kings was the Cup of Sovereignty. It was believed that 250 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:37.119 the rightful king or queen could drink from the cup and receive divine blessings and 251 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:41.119 legitimacy. It appears in a tale about the hero Khan of the Hundred Battles. 252 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.960 Lost in a mist, a rider appeared and guided Khan to a beautiful 253 00:21:47.000 --> 00:21:49.519 castle. There he met the lord of the castle, who had a beautiful 254 00:21:49.559 --> 00:21:55.440 maiden beside him on a crystal throne. She filled a golden cup with mead 255 00:21:55.839 --> 00:22:00.599 and asked the lord to whom shall this cup be given to which the replied 256 00:22:00.720 --> 00:22:06.160 Khan of the Hundred Battles, thereby conferring kingship to him. The lord of 257 00:22:06.160 --> 00:22:12.160 the castle was actually the god lou and the maiden the Goddess of Sovereignty. 258 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:18.119 The next item did not confer sovereignty or grant long reign. Instead, it 259 00:22:18.279 --> 00:22:25.519 foretold the end of a king's time in this world. Ibel's harp was a 260 00:22:25.559 --> 00:22:30.200 shimmering gold instrument played by the fairy guardian and sometimes goddess of love and loss. 261 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:36.960 Ibel. Her playing was lovely and haunting, but ultimately a harbinger of 262 00:22:37.000 --> 00:22:42.119 death. Whoever heard it would die shortly after she played it for Brian Boru 263 00:22:42.279 --> 00:22:45.599 on the eve of his death and the Battle of Clontarf. She played it 264 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:52.440 before the hero Kuklan fell in battle. Ibel's harp is banshee like in its 265 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:59.759 foretelling of doom. We get a little more esoteric with the silver branch or 266 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:06.519 silver bow featured in the tale im rum Brand Voyage of Bran. It's a 267 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:11.519 tree branch of white apple blossoms that is given to the King Bran mcfabele by 268 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:15.640 a mysterious old woman. She sang of her magical homeland and then parted ways, 269 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:21.960 with the tree branch magically flying back to her hand. Brand set off 270 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:26.119 to find this land called the Land of Women, where it's always spring and 271 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:30.119 without disease or despair, and let's be honest, probably the land where shit 272 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:36.279 gets done. The tale is a classic voyage tale, wherein the hero sets 273 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:40.920 off discovers a way into the fairy realm, time passes in the human realm, 274 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:47.119 magic sailing off, etc. The branch parallels other myths of being an 275 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:51.160 object given to a king or hero in order for them to be admitted into 276 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:56.720 the other world. A similar story involves the legendary king Cormac McCart, who 277 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:02.000 was given a silver branch by Mannanon mcclear. This branch had three golden apples, 278 00:24:02.279 --> 00:24:06.599 which in some accounts created music to soothe pains and illness, and in 279 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:12.920 others caused people to forget their woes. Finally, we end on a weapon 280 00:24:12.960 --> 00:24:21.279 again, but one of king lay significance kalidvolg This was the legendary sword of 281 00:24:21.319 --> 00:24:26.440 the King of Fergus Mcroch in the Ulster cycle. There are a couple of 282 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:30.839 magical properties associated with it, like a connection to lightning, having an arc 283 00:24:30.880 --> 00:24:33.440 as big as a rainbow, and it's use by Fergus to cut off the 284 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:41.039 three bald top hills of County Meath near the Hill of Terra. Arguably the 285 00:24:41.119 --> 00:24:45.240 most interesting aspect of this item, however, is its connection to a much 286 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:51.480 more famous sword that is associated with the rightful sovereignty of Britain, Excalibur. 287 00:24:52.960 --> 00:24:57.799 The name Excalibur derives from the Welsh name Kalidfulch, and some, though not 288 00:24:57.920 --> 00:25:03.000 all, scholars think that name could either be derived from or have roots in 289 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:08.319 the name kalid Vogue, caled Volks, kalid Vogue. It's pretty close, 290 00:25:10.039 --> 00:25:14.359 and we'll leave the different ways. Arthur came by the famous blade for a 291 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:25.799 re Listen to episode ninety nine where we gotta find King alf So, My 292 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:29.839 lords and ladies. There you go, a list of mythological items of Celtic 293 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:37.200 flavor in a not as tipsy lethal musical nutshell and now the object that groans 294 00:25:37.200 --> 00:25:51.359 in agony when touched puns. There's a pub that summons all the great drinkers 295 00:25:51.400 --> 00:25:56.279 and dive bar regulars nightly. I'm guessing once you open the door, it 296 00:25:56.400 --> 00:26:00.200 sends out a blast to them all, and that is the boy or a 297 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:10.240 brew. There's another one you can use for two scoops of raisins and cereal 298 00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:12.839 that will feed everyone for breakfast and bring an Irish army to your aid after 299 00:26:12.880 --> 00:26:19.119 eating it. The Horn of Raisin brand. All right, I wrote these 300 00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:26.519 whilst drunk, Sorry and thanks for making it this far. You guys are 301 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.079 great. Thank you. Please keep up to date with what's going on by 302 00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:34.079 checking out the Facebook page and make sure to subscribe to all the shows, 303 00:26:34.839 --> 00:26:40.480 Play your Photos, Quiz, Quizbang Bang, Hysteria fifty one and five Minute 304 00:26:40.480 --> 00:26:45.240 Frights. Again, thank you for listening. I really appreciate it. Now 305 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:48.000 after this, if you want to hear how the show probably should have gone 306 00:26:48.599 --> 00:26:56.559 or almost went before I got attacked by hiccups and just getting too drunk, 307 00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:03.440 stick around after the music for this episode of Blurry Photos. I've been David. 308 00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:07.400 I literally spelled my name wrong because I was drunk when I wrote this. 309 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:42.680 Flora, don't stop blurriding. Hello and welcome to the twelfth season of 310 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:51.039 Blurry Photos. We did it a butcher's doesn't, which which is just like 311 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:57.759 everybody everyone else's doesn't. Hey, I'm David, Florida. Welcome, and 312 00:27:57.960 --> 00:28:06.880 let me explain our season kickoff is always celebrated with a drinking episode and a 313 00:28:06.920 --> 00:28:11.559 fun topic of Irish mythology, as is the custom since season two back in 314 00:28:11.680 --> 00:28:18.759 twenty thirteen, ten years ago. Can believe it. Good grief. So 315 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:27.079 I've been in and I've been inbibing Jamison and Guinness today, And if you're 316 00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:32.960 not driving or dog sitting, I invite you to raise a glass with me 317 00:28:33.000 --> 00:28:40.880 and toast to another year of podcast madness slauncha. And if you're new to 318 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:45.319 listening, I only do a drinking episode once a year, so rest assured. 319 00:28:45.519 --> 00:28:52.200 This is not the norm. Listen to some other things. Don't start 320 00:28:52.200 --> 00:28:59.240 with this anyway. The episode won't be as deep a dive as Say the 321 00:28:59.400 --> 00:29:07.839 Devil was. Rather, it's gonna be more a a fun list list of 322 00:29:07.880 --> 00:29:14.039 stuff and explaining a bit of mythology. It's more going through a fun list 323 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:19.279 of explaining a bit of mythology from our Irish, Celtic and Scottish friends. 324 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:25.599 Maybe some Welsh thrown in there as well. We'll see. We'll be talking 325 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:33.559 about mainly Irish mythological artifacts and weapons, instruments, items that figure into stories 326 00:29:33.559 --> 00:29:41.839 and legends of the Emerald Isle and beyond onto the topic. Mythologies around the 327 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:48.240 world are rife with heroes, monsters and fantastical lands, but none of that 328 00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:56.640 would shine quite as brightly without the accoutrema that help heroes slay the monsters, 329 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:03.799 travel lands and performs pernatural acts. Think about it. Zeus had his thunderbolts 330 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:10.839 forged by the giants with one eye. The Cyclops or a Cyclopes as imagined 331 00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:18.279 by the poet Hesiod. Thor had his hammer Muelner. King Arthur had Excalibur. 332 00:30:18.480 --> 00:30:23.680 Oh, keep that on the backburn. The mythology of the British Isles 333 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:33.519 has many objects of power and wonder, including the aforementioned excalibur. We'll discuss 334 00:30:33.319 --> 00:30:41.839 three types of mythological mythical objects, objects of war, objects of benevolence, 335 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:48.599 and objects of nobility. And for the interest of time Jesus, I'll only 336 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:56.079 do five from each of those categories, because well, I've found many and 337 00:30:56.359 --> 00:30:59.920 especially weapons, and we'd be here all night if I did them all. 338 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.240 We're already gonna be here all night. Jeez. Yeah, this episode is 339 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:07.079 supposed to come out of March. What am I doing. We'll focus on 340 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.359 mainly Ireland, throwing some Scottish, maybe some Welsh stuff here and there. 341 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:17.720 If it's time, we'll discuss several artifacts and weapons and what they did, 342 00:31:17.920 --> 00:31:21.079 who wielded them. You know, we'll just have a fun time reveling in 343 00:31:21.160 --> 00:31:26.599 mythology, right, boy, I haven't been this drunk from a season kickoff 344 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:32.960 episode in a while. I thank you for sticking with this. There's gonna 345 00:31:32.960 --> 00:31:38.279 be fun information. Bear with me. You're great, thank you. Let's 346 00:31:38.279 --> 00:31:42.680 get to this. Start with the objects objects of war, all right, 347 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:49.880 we'll begin with objects of war. Clive Soulish translated as the Sword of Light. 348 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:56.039 This mystic weapon was said to possess a power to defeat evil and bring 349 00:31:56.119 --> 00:32:00.680 victory to its wielder man. That's pretty hand pretty and in Irish and gay 350 00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:07.400 like folk tales. It's both associated with deities and featured in tales of heroic 351 00:32:07.519 --> 00:32:15.720 quests, it being the prize sought after. The thirteenth Son of the King 352 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:22.400 of Erin and Widow's Son are both tales that feature a hero who needs to 353 00:32:22.440 --> 00:32:27.160 find the sword as a part of a marriage agreement. There have also been 354 00:32:28.960 --> 00:32:36.319 arguments made of it being a type of Grail object in tales, something quested 355 00:32:36.319 --> 00:32:43.200 for and or an object of great significance and symbolism. A side note, 356 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:47.920 as this is off script. I found a lot of these. There's a 357 00:32:47.920 --> 00:32:55.559 lot of things that are associated with the Holy Grail, things of that nature 358 00:32:55.640 --> 00:33:00.960 that are so exalted. That's that's a word I just thought of with my 359 00:33:01.039 --> 00:33:07.839 brain. But it's it's pretty interesting thing that things that people quested for quested 360 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:15.880 for the most entertaining descriptions of the Clive Soulish. The most entertaining involved its 361 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:25.480 inclusion as one of the four Treasures of Tuaiddanon twa early deities of Irish mythology 362 00:33:25.680 --> 00:33:30.720 brought with them in the conquest of Ireland. The four treasures are magical items 363 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:36.640 which I'll be describing as we go along here and the first stop is this 364 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:40.640 the sword of light from the city of Phineas, associated with the first king 365 00:33:40.839 --> 00:33:49.119 of the Twyaddanon, whose name was Nuada. It was said no one ever 366 00:33:49.279 --> 00:33:53.279 escaped from it the sword once it was drawn from its sheath, and no 367 00:33:53.279 --> 00:34:00.000 one could resist it. It was also described as nuit as connell or nuitous 368 00:34:00.079 --> 00:34:06.319 torch. Think of it as a sword. You draw it, it springs 369 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:12.320 to life and light. Fiery, h it'll, it'll f the up. 370 00:34:13.599 --> 00:34:21.119 Pooh, this is the Clive Soulish. Awesome. There's so much else the 371 00:34:21.559 --> 00:34:28.199 detail wise to do this word hit what is this? Fifteen fifteen things fast 372 00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.840 and loose? Here, next one is orna. There are so many swords, 373 00:34:31.239 --> 00:34:35.679 are so many swords in Irish mythology. We could do a whole episode 374 00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:38.559 on them, but for now, I'll leave you with just one more sword. 375 00:34:38.639 --> 00:34:45.880 Well, yeah, there's some more coming up for now. Orna was 376 00:34:45.960 --> 00:34:52.880 the fearsome, magical sword of the Fomorian king Tethra. The Fomorians were a 377 00:34:53.079 --> 00:35:00.880 and the It's an evil race of beings defeated by the Twya Didna, and 378 00:35:00.079 --> 00:35:07.239 Tethera was thought as the Fomorians generally were to be associated with the sea. 379 00:35:07.519 --> 00:35:15.039 His sword Orna translated as little green, probably due to its color. Was 380 00:35:15.079 --> 00:35:20.199 it copper? Did it get oxidized? What did the green copper did? 381 00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:28.079 And while formidable as a weapon wielded by a formidable warrior, it nonetheless came 382 00:35:28.119 --> 00:35:32.719 into the possession of the god Ogma after Tethera was defeated at the Second Battle 383 00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:40.360 of Moytura. Upon being unsheathed, Orna began to speak and told of all 384 00:35:40.360 --> 00:35:45.280 the deeds it had accomplished in its lifetime. So it was a talking sword 385 00:35:46.079 --> 00:35:51.760 telling about everybody it had killed. Basically, wow, how do you shut 386 00:35:51.800 --> 00:35:55.760 that up? Next? One one of the most famous implements used by the 387 00:35:55.800 --> 00:36:01.480 warrior deity Lou Lou has come up before. If you're familiar with our past 388 00:36:01.639 --> 00:36:07.800 Irish episodes. Lou of the Long Arm, a god one of the twi 389 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:14.519 a a enon the Gay Assail aka the Lightning Spear, was an amazing weapon 390 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:20.239 wielded by Lou in his many battles. It was considered again one of the 391 00:36:20.280 --> 00:36:24.679 Four Treasures, like the Sword of Light, and was forged in the city 392 00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:29.280 of Gorias. We'll be coming back. I'm going to hit all the four 393 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:35.360 treasures. Don't worry. Don't you fret? Maybe, According to folklorist Whitley 394 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:39.519 Stokes, out of Gorrius was brought the spear that Lou had. No battle 395 00:36:39.639 --> 00:36:45.000 was ever won against it or him who held it in his hand. It 396 00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:50.280 was said to have a shaft of you would and never missed its mark. 397 00:36:51.000 --> 00:36:54.280 With a word of command, it could also return to his owner's hand, 398 00:36:54.960 --> 00:37:00.199 and according to folkloris Charles Squire, the spear had such a thirst for blood 399 00:37:00.800 --> 00:37:06.599 its tip had to be kept in a draft of poppy leaves to keep it 400 00:37:06.719 --> 00:37:10.519 sleepy. Once unleashed and battle, the fire flashed from it, and it 401 00:37:10.800 --> 00:37:20.360 never tired of slaying. Man. What a weapon you had. Basically you 402 00:37:20.440 --> 00:37:24.079 had to keep it addicted to heroin until you're ready to use it and then 403 00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:30.639 it just it couldn't get enough of killing. Wow. The next up swords 404 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:34.679 and spears were but some of the trappings of magical war items. Hey, 405 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:43.480 how about protective stuff. Okan was a magical shield of Connor mcnessa, a 406 00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:51.039 king in the Ulcra cycle of Irish mythology, translated as Moner and sometimes ear 407 00:37:51.280 --> 00:37:58.519 of beauty. Oken had four gold borders and was said to moan aloud when 408 00:37:58.559 --> 00:38:05.280 it's wielder was in danger. When the previous king of Ulster named Fergus had 409 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:08.719 been tricked out of his kingship by Connor, Fergus met him in battle. 410 00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:16.079 According to the tail quote, therewith Fergus gave three stout blows on the Okan 411 00:38:16.159 --> 00:38:21.840 of Connor, so that Connor shield cried aloud on him, and the three 412 00:38:22.000 --> 00:38:27.760 chief waves of Aaron gave answer. Whenever Connor shield cried out, the shields 413 00:38:27.760 --> 00:38:31.960 of all the ulsterman crowd out. However great the strength and power with which 414 00:38:32.239 --> 00:38:38.159 Fergus smote Connor on the shield. So great also was the might and valor 415 00:38:38.239 --> 00:38:43.559 wherewith Connor held the shield, so that the ear of the shield did not 416 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:51.159 even touch the ear of Connor. It was a good shield and when it 417 00:38:51.239 --> 00:38:57.039 was hit, it cried out and summoned people to the fight. That's what 418 00:38:57.199 --> 00:39:04.960 you need to know. That's okan thorn o'kenshield. Right next one we got 419 00:39:04.440 --> 00:39:10.880 the last item of weaponry. Is is basically the horn of gondor a circular 420 00:39:10.960 --> 00:39:16.519 horn of magical effect. It was it's called Boraboo, was found by Finn 421 00:39:16.599 --> 00:39:22.760 mccool's son Ocean, after a trip to the fabled land of Tiernanogue. I 422 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:29.559 don't know if we've ever covered tiernanog on blurry photos could be its own episode. 423 00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:34.559 I bet Tiernanogue under a great stone in a field did Ocean find the 424 00:39:34.639 --> 00:39:38.719 horn, which circled round like a seashell. And it was the rule that 425 00:39:38.760 --> 00:39:45.559 when any of the Finnians of Aaron blew the Boraboo, the other mythical warriors 426 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:50.159 of Ireland would assembol at once from whatever part of the country there might be 427 00:39:50.199 --> 00:39:57.159 in at the time. No word on whether or not four of those warriors 428 00:39:57.159 --> 00:40:04.039 were hobbits. Horn of horn of Gondo, Boraboo, horn that summoned warriors 429 00:40:04.239 --> 00:40:09.599 to fight. Boy oh boy cool. Moving along to objects of benevolence, 430 00:40:09.760 --> 00:40:15.840 these are things that weren't meant specifically for war. But instead for the good 431 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:22.000 of many sometimes individuals here and there. So let's start with another horn. 432 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:25.440 We just ended with one. Let's let's go all right on into another. 433 00:40:25.559 --> 00:40:31.639 Horn of Brand comes from Welsh tradition, and like the Spear of Loo and 434 00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:37.480 the sort of Light are part of the four Treasures of the Tuya Dadanan, 435 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:45.719 this horn is a part of a bigger collection. It's interesting. The Thirteen 436 00:40:45.920 --> 00:40:52.360 Treasures of the Island of Britain are a set of items from late medieval Welsh 437 00:40:52.400 --> 00:41:00.119 folklore and include utensils, weapons, clothes, various other kutuma, all with 438 00:41:00.320 --> 00:41:05.320 some kind of magical power. And you know, we could probably do a 439 00:41:05.320 --> 00:41:09.960 whole episode on them someday as well Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain, 440 00:41:10.840 --> 00:41:15.800 but for now we'll focus on this one in particular, the horn of Bran 441 00:41:15.400 --> 00:41:22.960 Galad Brand the stingy Brand from Cumbria, who has a separate character from that 442 00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:28.639 of Brand the Blessed, the giant Welsh King of Britain. Don't get them 443 00:41:29.320 --> 00:41:36.679 twisted. Brand Galad was the owner of a horn that was pretty much a 444 00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:43.320 cornucopia, for it was described that quote, the drink and food that one 445 00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:50.639 asked one received in it when one desired end quote. Some sources say it 446 00:41:50.760 --> 00:41:57.559 was only drink that was furnished, but any drink that one desired. Hey, 447 00:41:57.599 --> 00:42:02.800 you wanna Mohito, ask the horn of Brand. Man. You want 448 00:42:02.880 --> 00:42:09.079 a can of Milwaukee's best, go for it. Bro. One legend has 449 00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:16.119 ties to the Welsh Bardic hero Mrthin, a figure later Parlett parlayed into the 450 00:42:16.320 --> 00:42:22.880 Arthurian Merlin. Hello, go back to episode. I don't know what thirteen 451 00:42:22.039 --> 00:42:30.239 or something for that whatever. Merthin tried to gather the thirteen Treasures of Great 452 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:36.880 Britain together for safekeeping, and was told that he could have twelve of them 453 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:42.800 if he could obtain the horn from Brand Galad, such was his infamy for 454 00:42:42.840 --> 00:42:50.119 stinginess Brand. Somehow Merdin accomplished the task and took all the treasures to the 455 00:42:50.320 --> 00:42:55.679 quote unquote glass house, where they remained to this day. Some writers at 456 00:42:55.719 --> 00:43:02.719 the tales about the horn traced its origin get thus two Hercules in Roman myth, 457 00:43:04.000 --> 00:43:08.360 saying it was removed from a centaur slain by the hero before Hercules himself 458 00:43:08.400 --> 00:43:16.119 was slain by the centaur's wife. What a pedigree, jeez, oh, why why