Orkney & Hebrides: Stone Age, Vikings, Picts and Gaels

[@Survivethejive]

If you want to learn how to practice the religion of the Norsemen of Orkney and the Hebrides then take this online course: startingheathenry.thinkific.com

[@Survivethejive]

@@HarpOfDaghdasalty

[@Josephmalenab]

@@Survivethejive I'm of the Bell beaker folk by DNA I would love a new reports of the cultures of the Bell beaker folk like in northern Scotland why we have mummy's in the islands and the mummy that is three people to me that is bizarre can you give any information on that burial practice cheers bury me with a battle axe and Bell beaker pottery and a kurgan I'll be happy peace

[@TheSheepPimp]

Great video. Growing up in Orkney was brilliant, we were taught about our history and had school trips to all these historical sites.

[@Survivethejive]

probably a great place to grow up although perhaps kirkwall isn't the most happening town

[@TheSheepPimp]

​@@Survivethejiveyeah, that's why i left when I was 18 and never went back.

[@joshuaperkins9916]

Once again I felt like I was brought there. And I can’t say it enough, the quality of these documentaries, technically, style and heart, are off the hook. Thank you:)

[@Survivethejive]

Very kind

[@liquidoxygen819]

Thanks Tom, really enjoyed this series! What a treat. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@Anaris10]

In 1820 my MacLeod ancestors from Geary on Skye arrived here in the US, I'm in California, helluva journey! Glad to say our Pagan heritage has been recovered.

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

Macdonald of Skye and Macneil of Barra in the hebrides here!!!!

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Lived in MacLeods Landing, NB, Canada. Your genes got everywhere. Congrads ! Our locals started from the Isle of Man and were justly 'fairly paid & supported' to go there because sheep had become more profitable. Was a good deal for all involved. They prospered.

[@thestruggler777]

Awesome stuff Tom. I'm a Canadian with all my ancestry coming from England, Scotland ,and a small amouth of Irish. My Grandfather was a Mcleod who was very proud to be a Scottish Canadian. I've always been fascinated with the British Isles, I look forward to one day visiting the land of my ancestors. This series has been a treat to watch, thanks!

[@Mothman156]

@@Cindybin46 The moral arrogance of Evangelical Christians is always a mask covering a deeply contradictory, hidden life style. At least in my experience.

[@raclark2730]

A Toast to our host. Skol. 🍻

[@NotLeftarded1]

Hey buddy while you're blaming French Canadians for Justin Trudeau remember that your crown and it's royal family are proud founding members of the wef, in their eyes he's a good loyalist. But you loyalists always refuse to hear us Patriots.

[@SpeculativeSpeculator]

My Canadian father's ancestry is bascially identical to your's.

[@hechetonchieres]

Have you looked into seeing if you can get citizenship by descent?

[@TorneTZ-e4x]

Loved the journey, not only for the places you visited, but also the knowledge about the myths and our ancestors. Not only that, i really like your personality, very funny and eloquent, kept me very interested until the end of the three parts. This is the kind of content i want to see, keep up the good work Tom.

[@Survivethejive]

Thanks for watching

[@avermontlife]

I found myself wishing for you to slow your camera down as you panned the rooms and precious items of Skara Brae, but that would make for a long film. Thank you for showcasing this magical place.

[@kaysuhdeeyuh]

So excited about this video! I’ve been doing some genealogy and it turns out I’m around 90% northern Scottish. I immediately remembered one of your interviews where you brought up the Pictish! I’ve begun learning embroidery and have been doing traditional Scottish designs.

[@thisoldnurse1521]

I am Canadian with ancestry from the British Isles, Ireland, Northwestern France Denmark and of course grew up in Atlantic Canada. We should consider ourselves very fortunate to live in a place where to see a pod of dolphins and whales is not uncommon. To watch eagles as well as to see the annual return of the puffins. To be able to have hummingbirds return to your yard every year looking for your perennial trumpet flowers and the occasional hummingbird feeder. There is a seafood restaurant in Alma NB by the Bay of Fundy, where you can actually watch the hummingbirds from the windows of the dining room. These things are so amazing and often it takes tourists expressions of amazement before we think how lucky we are to have these things at our doorstep.

[@danihiperaustral]

majestic work, as always.

[@somni2246]

I've been patiently awaiting this video ever since part 2-- and I've not been disappointed! There really is something uniquely magical about the history of these misty, British isles.

[@auntiewin1134]

You explain the chronology of the cultures on Orkney in a way I can grasp. Recently learned I have Orkney/Scottish heritage so thrilled. Been there twice

[@romanempire8370]

Britain has such a rich History. From all the way back in the stone age, through antiquity and the Christian middle ages right to the Victorian Era. A very rich Heritage all in all.

[@labouraredangerous]

And now all being destroyed by the left

[@Epidian]

Scotland has never been in Britain. The Act of Union is very clear about that.

[@BanIslam-j6p]

​@@Epidian😂😂😂 Scotland is located in Britain.

[@romanempire8370]

@@Epidian Scotland is a part of Britain.

[@RyanG0899]

​@Epidian Someone failed their history and geography classes I see😂

[@walkingthewyrd]

What a stunning landscape Scotland has to offer - almost otherworldly. Skara Brae, Fingal's Cave, Iona - all magical. Thanks for this series, Tom. Excellent as always.

[@Survivethejive]

Scotland is indeed stunning

[@Musrusticus-]

Excellent, mind you, you mentioned Kier Starmer, he’ll probably now give these islands to Mauritius too! 😬

[@kelborhal2576]

They'll let a bunch of Muslims demolish the village and build a mosque to increase diversity.

[@rainbowalbrecht2532]

I was thinking something like that, though my words about him would be unprintable here.

[@bigdog1391]

The mention in the video was cringe. Thanks for really plumbing the depths

[@Epidian]

Only if it stops the UK from being an international laughing stock as it did with Chagos Islands. You need to remember the process started under Cleverly

[@saint6020]

Why would you want to control an island not in your continent? Would you like others to control the islands close to your shores?

[@Controlled-Opposition.]

I get the sense that Toms work is foundational to a booming future Paganism of our descendants. This KZbin channel will have enduring ripple effects throughout time, I am sure, as far as how the tree of modern Paganism evolves and grows. Well done, Tom. You are a true hero to our people and to Euro Folk around the world. Thanks for being a leader with your work, picking up the old flame of our ancestors and carrying it so well. Happy Winter Nights! Hail our Gods!!!

[@aaronkelley8909]

The British Isles always deliver such interesting discoveries.

[@harrybalsagne616]

Why didn’t I get a notification for this?

[@Afterlife2570]

I'm wondering the same. It said 9 hours after upload, but it's not under videos... did we glitch his channel or is yt playing games?

[@HalfmoonForge]

I got one

[@zivgann1808]

I did

[@DiscoDrew]

I rarely get them. But the bell is dinged!

[@barbarianblood2316]

You know why

[@mateuszpolkowski5185]

I have finally found time to watch all three episodes. I am amazed how great they were. Keep doing this for the glory of Gods and native Europeans.

[@magellanicspaceclouds]

I love seeing maps like the one at 17:39. They really give you a better idea of what was going on at a specific time slice of history on a larger scale.

[@evolassunglasses4673]

Quality channel.

[@schuylerleithulfr788]

Thank you mother, for half my Hebridean ancestry. Her grandparents were from Barra. Deep roots from those islands. Great video. Thank for for all that you do.

[@Gew219]

Great documentary!

[@Survivethejive]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheGmeister812]

Fantastic! Also… that scarf is magnificent!!

[@jWRe-t1g]

we absolutely love this channel. keep spreading the truth 🔥✊️

[@graywulf4189]

I was actually in Orkney a few months ago after waiting some years to go. Surprised at how busy it was, but it was quite the experience to see Skara Brae and some of the other Neolithic sites.

[@andywoods4610]

another great vid. you showed more footage and stated more info than just about any other 'professional' doco on orkney than ive seen in a long time. and all in less than half an hour! kudos to you. look forward to the next ones

[@josephmartin334]

This is magical, educational, and inspirational! The visuals are amazing and the background music is sublime. Keep up the great work, sir!

[@davidgreen6490]

I love hearing about Scotland before the arrival of the Irish and the importation of the Gaelic language. How fantastic it would be if Pictish had survived, I always wonder if it would resemble Welsh or Cornish.

[@skadiwarrior2053]

There might be remnants of the language and culture in the areas and people they eventually mixed with. My test results show have some Pictish dna from Shetland and Orkney on my paternal line so they didn't completely die out.

[@Survivethejive]

Probably more like Welsh than Cornish

[@xtramail4909]

It likely would have been similar to Old Welsh

[@RossKempOnYourMum01]

I think the insular celtic languages are a result of the bell beaker invasion and thus came to Britain AFTER these sites were built in the neolithic - that includes pictish. I'm sure Tom has talked about this

[@davidgreen6490]

@@RossKempOnYourMum01 Yes it was a theory proposed a few years ago. Its an interesting theory, but unfortunately doesnt match with anything we know about Pictish, from the place names in that period to the attempts at reconstruction. The same was proposed for Cumbric, but no, both of them can be nothing other than Brythonic, and thus post Celtic arrival. If we can even use the phrase "Celtic". There is simply not enough evidence for it to be pre insular, as even proto-Celtic would have been so different to Brythonic, that we would still see evidence of it in the place names, such as we find on the continent.

[@avaloff-truppe3558]

Thanks a lot for these series! Btw glad you've changed your approach since the Greek series, and started shooting your surroundings more, as well as using voiceover instead of recording every replica on camera. Makes it a lot more comfortable to watch Greetings from an I1 descendant from Russia! My direct ancestors have never ever visited Britain, but as FTDNA shows, some their Norse relatives certainly did

[@travp1288]

what a video... I had no idea about all of these treasures throughout the islands

[@Terrortory]

Such fascinating stuff always Tom, keep it real.

[@Joanne-pe3yb]

Thanks for taking me back again 😊

[@Survivethejive]

My pleasure 😊

[@johno1544]

What a shame what happened to the Odin stone 😥

[@_the_wessex_nomad_]

Brilliant video, mate. I've really enjoyed this series. I've woefully haven't explored that part of Britain, so this series has certainly pushed it up the list!

[@northwestpassage6234]

When I was Orkney in June of last year I was able to walk through the temple excavation at the stones of Stenness it’s was amazing. Too bad it’s covered up now.

[@antonyreyn]

I've been told I have Ork Knees but I Tret it by watching Survive the Jive in the afternoons. Cheers from the Mercians

[@Antiagingalchemy]

I am SO happy for this video! First, because it shows the rich culture hinted at by finds in the Orkney’s, dispelling the misconception that our Stone Age ancestors were not very advanced, or interesting. Second, selfishly, my DNA traces to a cave burial in the Orkney islands and I also DNA trace to many viking settlements in Greenland AND Iceland, and this kind of ties the history together for me. Thank you for such a well-made video! 👏🏼

[@craig2129]

Brilliiant video. I love history and content creators like you because television, and all mainstream media, has been captured by those who seek to subvert our history.

[@candylandi5351]

7:25 "Hey Tholfur, let's troll the archeologists of the future!" "OK Ingigerth, it sound funny enough."

[@Hereward47]

Orkney is the most atmospheric place I have ever visited.

[@DanDavisHistory]

Great film, thank you. Skara brae looks so cosy. Not a bad life considering it was at the edge of the world. I wish we could see the wooden houses of the Orkney elites, too.

[@Survivethejive]

Cheers Dan. Don’t you think house 1 was an elite house?

[@OlimpioTheGreat]

Thank you so much for these videos Tom, it's truly a joy to see

[@WirralWill]

Outstanding Tom 👍

[@user-ko3tv7jl2r]

Excellent series. Your recent appearance on Lotus Eaters was fantastic by the way, I learned an astonishing amount in a short amount of time. Would love to hear more of the same.

[@Survivethejive]

Great to hear!

[@EmeraldVideosNL]

Very interesting video, I visited the Orkney's way back in 2015. Sadly Skara Brae is as far as we got on that trip. We did visit the Ring of Brogar (thanks, I had forgotten its name), the "church" Italian pows built, and Kirkwall itself. I need to find tbe first two parts if this series now.

[@LeeCollins-g8b]

I'm glad I know this now.

[@MatthewVanston]

11:10 It looks like one of those tiny little cute forest creatures from the Princess Mononoke anime.

[@Josephmalenab]

Thanks cheers I do salute you I love all of the science and genetics culture etc

[@gokukevind]

Great video Tom. I enjoyed watching this series.

[@Scottmiller1974ohio]

Another great video..personal intres in this one, my family are danish scothirish my family name was campbell a large and powerful clan who married into the ivar dynasty..

[@DollfieFace]

Cracking series. Just so happen to have a bottle of Highland Park here

[@VanceWarren83]

Love these videos so much, Tom. You are my go to guy for history.

[@MrPlainsflyer]

I really enjoyed this Tom!

[@cathalodiubhain5739]

Outstanding as always

[@RiverBoar-dr6oq]

Highland Park Whiskey Distillery? Might have to take a tour! Fantastic video! Great places to go there!

[@Survivethejive]

Yep it’s in Kirkwall

[@marco_cee_]

10:41 there's a joke there that has sadly gone over my head...

[@Survivethejive]

he frequently mentions that he is "the son of a toolmaker"

[@marco_cee_]

@@Survivethejive Ah, Thanks. Here was me thinking the word 'tool' was being used in a different capacity. Probably says more about me than anything else!

[@tamerofhorses2200]

@@marco_cee_ Could be taken that way as well

[@dmitriydkoshelk9179]

Excellent video, as always 🏆🎯🌿 Actually in Kazakhstan, where I live, we have ancient cultures of Indo-European people, Andronov and Saka-Skithians, who had similar traditions. They all came from Yamnaya and they must have something in common.

[@carmichaelree]

Well done!

[@Megametalwolf-g9w]

Fantastic work

[@BettyConklin]

I've been waiting for this! I love your work! If I'd known about Scara Brae, etc, we'd probably have gone to Orkney instead of Skye on our honeymoon, since we only had a week. Shoot, I might've considered archaeology if I'd known about it. My college only had local archaeology in the American Southwest mainly - I thought it was so boring. In Scara Brae, I just realized I'd assumed the buildings had thatched roofs, but I see it's timber and skin? Where would the timber have come from? Also, on an unconnected topic, I think I heard you mention your Y haplogroup I1a(?) being associated with Saxon (I think) migration /Saxon royalty. My father's/brother's haplogroup is I2a - CS-4922. Can you comment on how that is distributed in the Britain Isles?

[@Survivethejive]

Timber is a guess. Maybe from scotland or maybe they used whale ribs!

[@Jarl_egbert]

This was fantastic, Tom

[@erichimes3062]

Clan McMillan checking in ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@frogscotch19]

Great work, thank you!

[@marktotham6193]

Very much enjoyed this journey and inciteful knowledge...cheer p.s eagle trumps puffin

[@lairdkilbarchan]

The Inner Hebrides, Muck, Eigg and Rum are known locally as "The Cocktail Isles". Slainte mhath 🥂😂

[@Survivethejive]

Why is that?

[@oraz.]

That's actually amazing

[@MichaelLeBlanc-p4f]

Sitting in just after watching a pod about the disaster of the Doggerland tsunami event some centuries earlier. Will look for links as I carry on watching.

[@antonyreyn]

Great video Tom, the Viking sword hilt from Eigg was amazing - hadn't seen it before. Also did you Know the Byzantine Historian Steven Runciman used to live on the island, a book about him is Outlandish Knight. Cheers from Mercia

[@celtofcanaanesurix2245]

imagine being some norwegian fella seeking refuge in a neolithic tomb with you buddies and you go "hey want to play a prank on the next people here?" that's absolutely hilarious, I can imagine how mad some norseman was at seeing he missed the "treasure"

[@michaeljlydon6991]

Brilliant video Enjoyable to watch and very educational. Will you be doing a piece on Ireland and her ancient history

[@Survivethejive]

I already did!

[@Sandbarfight]

Amazing work brother ⚡⚡

[@Survivethejive]

Thanks 🔥

[@jakeaitchison4388]

I went to Skye and all of the outer hebs this year, we were in a camper van. I love tents but it gets very windy out there

[@Survivethejive]

Lucky you! May have to rent one myself

[@Hallgrim16]

Hi Tom! will you ever write a book on our folk beliefs? I think we all would be highly interested. Greetings from Augvaldsnes:)

[@declanstewart5690]

Newfoundland in Canada might be worth visiting to you. It has a Viking history and of course a British and Irish heritage that goes deep. Many parts of this country have been destroyed but Newfoundland is still nice.

[@thestruggler777]

@@declanstewart5690 I second this. Newfoundland and the east coast of Canada is a beautiful place. I lived in New Brunswick and My fathers family is from the north of Newfoundland. They lived very close to L'Anse aux Meadows. I’m sure Tom would enjoy exploring the province.

[@billbarton9046]

Brilliant and an informative video.👍

[@tobyplumlee7602]

Thank you ! Another great video. I'm the American with the English surname but with a Scottish Montgomery mother.

[@Survivethejive]

I have Montgomery ancestry too

[@skiveman]

I have to say that you look better with the beard and with the newer wardrobe - even if you look very English farmer in that wax jacket (this is coming from an actual Scotsman, even if my accent is rather....peculiar for some reason). Great film apart from that. Always a pleasure to watch these films and I hope enough folks watch them to make them economical for the amount of effort, filming and editing it takes to make them.

[@Survivethejive]

I don’t understand. The shot of me from 14 years prior shows me with a beard and a barbour. The same as now

[@skiveman]

@@Survivethejive Ah, really? Huh, I could have sworn you didn't have a beard. My apologies. In my defense I have just been discharged from hospital a few hours ago and I may still be under the effects of some quite strong morphine. Regardless I hope this series gets the views it deserves so it encourages you to make more. They're good. Even if I apparently can't see them clearly. *edit* Just rereading this and it might not seem like such a great recommendation in the circumstances but it should be and it is meant as one. It shouldn't be the drugs talking I hope.

[@hArtyTruffle]

Thanks Tom 👍🏼

[@victorkorol220]

I've been in Portree seven times and never seen anyone swimming there 😂 Good fish and chippy there btw.

[@Survivethejive]

It isn’t the cleanest place in Skye

[@godsblackpanther]

FABULOUS 😊😊😊 THANK YOU

[@Thekoryosmenstribepodcast]

Macdonald of Skye and Macneil of Barra in the hebrides here!!!!

[@raneknudsen4785]

Highland Park really is a delicious beverage! BTW, Tom, you've probably heard this one before, but has anyone ever told you that you look like a younger version of Varg Vikernes? xD

[@CuFhoirthe88]

26:21 - Maybe kind of arbitrary but the River Forth is generally held to stop (i.e. stop being a river and become an estuary) at Kincardine. Grangemouth, Queensferry, Edinburgh and the rest sit on the Firth of Forth, Linne _Foirthe_ (Leenyuh Fo:ruh-hay). Great video in any case.

[@robinwinter8660]

Loving this!

[@LordEriolTolkien]

I have a copy of that very chess set. It has been in the family since at least the 1960's

[@NotLeftarded1]

I love every part of European history ,yes even the anglophone stuff.

[@WirmerFlagge]

nice intro, dude!

[@AustrianPainter14]

I was kind of amazed at the hostility shown towards the ‘sasanachs’ by the picts when I was there last year. It seemed gratuitous.

[@Survivethejive]

Didn’t get any of that myself

[@barneyboyle6933]

Beautiful beautiful country

[@Leo-om2xh]

Please look up Andreas Bull Hansen and do a video together. A chat round a log fire would be something else. Your interests collide and compliment each other so well.

[@playlistaccount]

Hello Tom. I got my ancestry results recently, I couldn’t get the majority of my dads side cause he never knew his grandparents as they died while he was young but don’t think it affects the dna results anyway. I’m 71% English, 17% Scottish, 6% Irish, 3% Welsh and 3% Danish. the map shows relatively close together, I’m pretty certain this is suggestive my furthest ancestors came from Denmark maybe? Is this normal? Or are there any resources I might like to check out Thanks mate

[@chadgun4135]

No need for sunscreen

[@Survivethejive]

and this is middle of summer!

[@samuelruakere7728]

Hello there Mr. Jive sir could you make a video explaining Neolithic and Medieval Britain/Europeans relationship with animals such as Moose, Bison, Aurochs and etc, I believe it would be facinating. have a good day sir, take care

[@Survivethejive]

In Europe the moose is called an elk and the bison is called a wisent FYI

[@heathenbushcraft6682]

Loved the Monty Python reference!

[@xtramail4909]

2:40 what is this background music?

[@Survivethejive]

Wodenwyrd

[@jorgewilliams6041]

Good to see you exploring the Scottish islands, Im a lone Heathen on the Isle of Bute, lots of ancient archaeology. Keep up the great videos man.

[@Survivethejive]

Beautiful place to be! Hope there is a barrow near to you for blots

[@jorgewilliams6041]

@@Survivethejive cairns and standing stones a plenty!

[@Survivethejive]

@@jorgewilliams6041 good but you should use a Norse or Bronze age burial mound too. You have Scalpsie Barrow

[@jorgewilliams6041]

@Survivethejive I've not been out there in quite a while, I'll make a point of it now you have put it in my head.

[@rayerscarpensael2300]

Did the inhabitants clear the whole island of forest? How did they move those stones without plenty of poles?

[@carolebarker2195]

That chess set looks like the characters in a children's cartoon from the 1960s called "Noggin the Nog." Maybe the author, Oliver Postgate, based his drawings on them.

[@Survivethejive]

Indeed he did. My kids watch it and so did i

[@carolebarker2195]

@@Survivethejive My kids watched it too. Awesome series!