The Fuath: Hate Incarnate (Scottish Folklore)

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Many years ago in the land of Sutherland there lived a young man who owned a wild dog. The animal would growl and bark at anyone who was not his master, because of this the man would often walk his dog near the loch that sits on the south side of Ben Stack. Here he could let the dog run free without worry, as no one from the village ever came out that way. It was on one of these excursions, the young man came upon a beautiful woman washing her cloths by the loch side. She had bright flame red hair and wore a graceful long green dress. She looked at the man with her bewitching eyes and beckoned him to come forth.
In a near dream like state, the man approached the temptress. In the blink of an eye the once beguiling figure was no more and in its place stood a hideous, scale covered beast, with long sharp claws. Before the man could scream, the beast grabbed hold of him and began to pull his body into the cold loch. Struggle as he might the man had not the power nor the strength to free himself, It was then the sharp teeth of his beloved companion sank into the scally arm of the beast. With an inhuman howl, the dark creature released the man and began grappling with the wild animal. The dog ripped and tore flesh from the hideous creature, which fought back with equal ferocity. As the water in the loch turned red, both creatures collapsed and their bodies sunk into the murky black depths. The young man ran from the scene lamenting the loss of his companion, but grateful to have survived. On his return to the village the man told of his encounter with the nightmarish beast, it was only then the creature was given a name, an elderly man with a quiet voice spoke up “you have met the Fuath”
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[@lauraholmes2402]

Descendant of Clan Munro here. This video explains much 😂

[@pentegarn1]

Now this is how I prefer my Evil.....monstrous and otherworldly. Unlike on the news where it comes in human form wearing a suit and tie.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Or sitting at ridiculously long tables in the Kremlin...maybe there were a few long spoons for sipping..

[@eamonnclabby7067]

The Bard of north of Hadrian, s wall has delivered another chilling tale....well done sir..best wishes from the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea, geography and rhyme...E

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Might be going down a pantheist cul de sac here..sometimes watching the ( very high tidal surge...) at the narrowest part of the mersey at Secombe when sometimes it is both metaphorically and physically a living thing...similarly in Cumbria when the rivers are pushed backwards by the galloping tides of Morecambe bay...maybe that is why there a few smaller Nessies in Coniston water..nature...

[@LiathWolf]

@@eamonnclabby7067 yeah thats possible, rivers and lochs can be incredibly dangerous, even if you know what you are doing.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@LiathWolf one time...never ever since...swam the river nevis....despite being mid summer, and me being a stupid 8 year old... Mrs C ( a retired A+E nurse) will concour too many wee boys being drowned in fresh water.. again just a healthy regard for nature.?..

[@Jellyforge]

Been listening to these videos all day and what I learned is if you want to survive in medieval Scotland bring your dog.

[@LiathWolf]

That really does tend to work 🤣

[@starshine1843]

Woke up made my weetabix and coffee and now watching this. Nothing more relaxing than starting my morning with a Scottish fairytale before I go to work. Thank you so very much for these beautiful and fascinating videos and stories. May all who see this have a lovely day and God bless all.

[@billi_fl]

We were the Picts; the Gauls, the Gaels and the Scots as one. I find many of our entities to be so incredibly reminiscent of the modern understanding of bacterial infection, these beasts and faerie being much smaller and invisible to the naked eye. Their dangers and warnings exist around us and we should respect their dwellings. Wisdom and blessings of Oden upon you all 🔨

[@crying_hippy]

Think of what they are as they are told to you as there is no room for speculation and what most call folklore, is reality for some God Bless and Much Love

[@nigelsheppard625]

Boudica evoked a Goddess called Andrasta. In early and medieval Welsh Andrach meant Hatred. She quite literally evoked Hatred.

[@tinahale9252]

Good reason to hate. Not cool to hang onto it

[@resourcedragon]

Under the circumstances (her daughters, who couldn't even have been old enough to be adolescent, were raped by the invading Romans) I don't blame Boudicca.

[@Andrea.S.Alvey12]

If I had daughters who suffered gang rapes I was forced to see, I'd not be capable of letting go of the hatred bred by those vile monsters.

[@slappy8941]

​@@Andrea.S.Alvey12"I will forgive their ashes."

[@userunknownx]

It is amazing how there are so many similar creatures and stories throughout the world in ancient cultures. It is saddening that those who began worshiping nature now destroy it. The forests still speak if you open your heart and listen. Thank you so much for this window into the past!

[@LiathWolf]

This is a large issue in Scotland, every day the ancient forests grow smaller and the landscape has become littered with power stations. I understand why these things are a requirment of our modern society, but the destruction of nature in Scotland is still sad to see.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@LiathWolf totally agree...being a native of Derry ( oak grove) our deciduous woodland is a cause close to our heart here at Clabby Towers...the doughty Wirralians are defending our local Scots pines growing on the 3 ridges on the wirral too

[@deaganachomarunacathasaigh4344]

Here in Ireland we have the Fuath too (pronounced Foo-ahh). Almost identical creature, in Ireland they tend to inhabit most bodies of water particularly fresh-water. They kind of look like amphibious humanoids. Sort of like the Slavic Vodnoy or Vodník. They drown and consume people and can come out of the water when it rains. As far as I know we have no Brollachan though

[@ReapWhatYaSow]

This accent was made for narrating.

[@hapitoons1515]

Ah yes, more scottish folklore >:D Thank you for your hard work and research on every topic you've worked on

[@otherpatrickgill]

...some say that love is the opposite of hatred and that hatred can be defeated with love. Yet others say that the opposite of love is indifference and the opposite of hatred is acceptance. I personally feel that the Fuath are the Scotts coming to terms with and accepting that someone who appears bewitchingly beautiful can simetimes turn into a hideous inhuman monster who to destroy you without warning or reason

[@AnnaBridgland]

I've never heard of the Fuath before, this is such a cool creature! Thank you for sharing as always🧚

[@LiathWolf]

Thanks for watching, I really liked this one, the Fuath is super scary haha.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@LiathWolf in my 44 years in the creaking but still functioning NHS ,I came across some scary creatures too....cheers/slainte....E

[@LiathWolf]

@@eamonnclabby7067 lol I bet

[@eamonnclabby7067]

Just subscribed to your channel Anna,best wishes from the wirral peninsula bounded by the mersey and the Dee and the Irish sea....geography and rhyme....E

[@noreenclark2568]

Another great tale and worth the hearing , i must admit though to never hearing of those beasties before

[@noname-bk7bc]

Man I love Fridays. Thank you for another great story.

[@Serenity07-10]

Love these stories thank you❤

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Love these. Might binge on these perhaps

[@DonP_is_lostagain]

It's almost an aquatic vampirish spirit. Well done on this.

[@davidparker4649]

thanks. it's always very good to know folklore

[@juneroberts5305]

I am thrilled that you covered the Fuath. It is such an obscure entity, and therefore not much info on it. No-one I have ever mentioned it to knew of it. That being said, I was always told it is 'created' by one's own hate or vile behaviour. The 'saving' is usually by your own change in attitude, but attributed to a loyal animal or person. The versions I know is in stark contrast to the normal and regular tales, I know. Maybe it depends on where one is from?

[@LiathWolf]

Sounds really interesting, I have never heard of the Fuath being created or destroyed through action or emotion. Have you got a source I can look at, I would love to learn more, Thanks

[@juneroberts5305]

@@LiathWolf Unfortunately, I have nowhere to direct you for more information. That is just how it was told by the paternal side of the family. The reason for the delay in answering is that I asked my sisters about it, but they also had no extra info. No one else left on the paternal side beside we three, sadly. Edited to fix punctuation - not that it helped. 😅

[@MagdaleneDivine]

The Brollachaun is terrifying.

[@Davlavi]

Beautifully read - as always - thank you again

[@Svartalf14]

Interestingly, in Irish, fuath can either mean hatred, or some kind of phantom

[@Svartalf14]

say, the sequence at 16:50, isn't that tweed waulking accompanied by song?

[@HoodbillyPreacherman]

I think that they arent only in Scotland... at least not anymore.

[@rikallan5094]

Just found your channel and binge watching.

[@tmr4342]

I don't know any tales of the Fuath but I noticed how similar the description of the Brollachan is with sightings of Shadow People today.

[@LiathWolf]

Thats what it reminded me of aswell, it also felt similar to demons or devils. Shadow people are definatly in the top 10 creepiest entities haha

[@observationsfromthebunker9639]

The Fuath and the Brollachan in its possessive form reminds me of the urban legend of black-eyed children here in the USA. Children with solid black eyes and creepy behavior & attitude.

[@lpronovost84]

I can't get enough of your lovely voice. Your channel is amazing

[@RoberttheFox0001]

Been waiting for this. Thank You sir

[@jush8601]

Thank you 💖💖💖

[@connorricketts1323]

thanks for sharing this great story and telling me about this creature

[@ZerilathImmortal]

I Smell A RIghteous Black Metal Song!

[@LiathWolf]

100% 🤟

[@karfomachet7265]

Sad for the Brollachan but happy for Scottish children there are now zero Scottish woodlands in existence - there might be 1 on a glen island but that would be it .

[@LiathWolf]

Ha very true, thanks for watching

[@abrunson9022]

awesome sir, love it

[@manarayofhope2374]

It,s weird when KZbin does it,s job and recommenda,s something I do in fact want welcome aboard lad

[@jamiegregg9211]

awesome video loved it

[@WeJockMcPooPlop]

If you ever see this, can is ask how you recorded the audio? Sounds great.

[@LiathWolf]

Hi, I use a Shure SM7B, Cloud lifter and Reaper audio software, with a de-esser and noise gate. Hope that helps, thanks for watching

[@WeJockMcPooPlop]

@@LiathWolf thats great thankyou very much

[@jmyd83]

👍

[@rolandandfriends7734]

I remember when I was young being told a story of a king who lost a ring In a Loch (I live in ross-shire and it was supposed to be about here but I can not remember which one as it has been years since I have heard the story) and it was eaten by a large pike and allegedly the pike is still out their and if you catch the fish and get the gold ring your king of scotland . I would love to see a video on this if you can find anything about it, it was a interesting legend but I cannot remmeber it well this video made me remember it and I'm gonna ask a few people to get the story again but if I do get it I'll reply to this comment

[@LiathWolf]

Check out "The Fish and the Ring" it seems to be a pretty common tale found in many countries, There is one scotland specific version I can find "King Rederech of Strathclyde", but it differs significantly from the common tale. If you know of, or find another I would love to hear about it. Thanks for watching

[@davewatson309]

There is a recurrent tale about a possibly unfaithful wife of a king who loses her wedding ring, it is recovered by a Saint, in Scotland Mungo, in Wales other Saints and the Queen is spared.

[@LiathWolf]

@@davewatson309 yeah thats the one I found, in relation to scotland in specific. Its a pretty interesting tale, especially if you consider the volume of similar stories from around the world

[@davewatson309]

Liath Wolf! The Saint who found Rhydderch of the Clyde's queen's ring was called Kentigern, Cynderyn, an early British Saint. There was a time when the Picto pagan party won the ascendancy and he fled south to Llanelwy to his kin of North Wales, Rhydderch rallied his forces and there ensued one of the most pointless battles, according to the Bardic Triads, massive slaughter, the Christians won and Merlin horrified at the deaths he had caused fled deep into the forest of Caledon. Wild man of the woods! The Saint could now return and sought out Merlin, Lailoken and healed him of his ptsd. There's loads of ancient Welsh stuff about the Hen Ogledd, Old North. Most of it untranslated, no money. Scotland is massive in the Welsh memory.

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@davewatson309 the ancient Brythonic folk memory is a powerful phenomenon, Saint Columba,s tale is similar ,here on the Wirral ,Merlin has made a few appearances in Tom Sleman, s tales of the occult ..fascinating that placenames like ,Aber , Clywd ,Clyde still survive...E

[@mosafett6841]

Greetings from Canada. Haven't heard of any tales or stories like this from my neck of the woods, but will look into any First Nations Legends.

[@jessym6161]

I always love your stories. 💕

[@youtubecreators384]

Hate incarnate? So he's a Twitter user?

[@SaiyanPanda96]

Ah yes, the lore of my maternal side Perfect

[@starshine1843]

I was wondering if it would make any difference if a mortal were to make an offering to the Fuath before taking fish. I considered this and quickly realised No, No not at all. I do not believe The Fuath would be pacified at all by an offering if anything it could anger it more. I came to the conclusion The Fuath is best left well alone, it wants to be left alone. The only mortal that could associate or kill The Fuath would have to be a very special type and possibly have Gods protection throughout.

[@LiathWolf]

I agree, the fuath is best left alone and given plenty of space. thanks for watching

[@invictus1864]

You've quickly become my favorite channel I'm subscribed to. Just in time, too. I've recently begun looking into my Scottish ancestry from Clan MacDonald. It's certainly appropriate to have on in the background while I'm doing my research!

[@LiathWolf]

Thank a lot, I hope you continue to enjoy the videos. Clan MacDonald has a very well documented history and it is expansive, Good luck with your research

[@invictus1864]

@@LiathWolf Thank you! Trying to nail down which branch of the Clan I'm from has certainly been a challenge. Keep up the amazing work with your videos! I look forward to the next one!

[@starshine1843]

One of my very fav channels also. Absolutely wonderful stories and videos and the pictures 📸 put into the video, an absolute joy and work of art...

[@Anguawolf007]

"Fuath"? It sounds like "Vuah". Not that it matters, but I never would have guessed.

[@AdventuresAlberta]

Great video man, hope you are ok. You sound really sick

[@LiathWolf]

Thanks, I am fine, Just summer allergies I think

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@LiathWolf a compliment from across the pond..

[@LinaWickman]

Very scary creatures.

[@davidsonofjohn5500]

This story reminds me of the myth of the hym in polish mythology

[@psychiatristsarecriminals332]

Wolf and fua battle was very similar to Wolfman vs Frankenstein.

[@MammothChats]

Very well made and informative video! When I visit Scotland I will make sure not to bring my guard down when I see red haired women or my friend with a strained voice.

[@Tipi_Dan]

1:55 That's no young man--- that's... Timothy Leary.

[@leonardsmith6724]

Autocorrect is not kind folks, but hopefully you have the idea.

[@classicambo9781]

Not heard of them in Australia (with distant scottish and norse ancestry but few stories).

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Or Nordic. Somewhere after there

[@maryannburnett5255]

My theory is that why Sutherland has the fauth is because of the highland clearances 😢 angry spirit s that lost their homes and died

[@LiathWolf]

I like that idea, the embodiment of righteous vengeance

[@tearlach61]

Each-uisge?

[@LiathWolf]

Hey, I covered the Each-uisge a little in my video on the Kelpie as it kind of fits in there, but the Kelpie, water horse, each-uisge and the Fuath, all seem to overlap in one form or another, So its hard to solidly define each.

[@Iomhair]

john and ian so in gaelic iain and..... iain

[@leonardsmith6724]

It goes back to the early settling if the pics and Celtic people's. It was said that the Tir Na Nog people the ancestors of the fair folk had kicked the fomorrians a race of giant aberrations from Ireland and Scotland, but the pictish and Celtic folk came to the emerald isles in boats of some sort. Upon arrival they saw Ireland and Scotland as fair places to live. Upon meeting the Fair folk it was said that disagreements arose between the two people's. Humans and far folk got into a nasty war in which the humans eventually won when they discovered the weaknesses of the fae folk. When the fae folk were bested, the fae folk not wanting to be completely exterminated a compaq was reached.the compact states that the fae folk would leave if provided land and a place to settle. The humans decided to grant them the place under the earth as their domain. The fae folk were outraged, splitting the group into the steely and unseely courts. The steely court is seen as the kinder more benevolent fae, while the unseely court was seen as the more malicious fae folk. I hope that helps Sir.

[@LiathWolf]

Thanks for the info, I am aware of the seely and unseely court, but they largley come from irish folklore. The origin of the Daoine sith in scotland Is a little different to that tale. But I grant you if the Fuath is from anywhere its the unseely court, or the dark sith. I have been reading about the fomrrians recently, so maybe I will cover that in the future if I can wrap my head around it haha. Thanks for watching

[@eamonnclabby7067]

@@LiathWolf thank goodness for social media ...amazing that the old oral traditions and tales survived at all..

[@leonardsmith6724]

I study old bits and bobs, it is hard to elaborate on certain ideas as autocorrect can be a bit of a nasty thing. Thanks for the reply, I like your videos because they get to the point. Anyways I was wondering on how many types of vampires there were in Scottish folklore, and also if there is anything in making amends with trowes in Scottish folklore if a transgression occured.

[@LiathWolf]

@@leonardsmith6724 Thanks for watching. Depends on how you define Vampires really. There are quite a few creatures in scottish folklore that exibit traits of what we now think of as vampires. The Fuath, exibit the blood lust and shapechanging abilities. The Baobhan Sith, drinks the blood of unwitting men they enamour. The kelpie also has some vampiric tendancies, depending on the tale. I am not sure of any specific practices for Trow appeasement lol. but they like music and leaving out bread and milk was always a way to please the fae. hope that helps

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Demons

[@universalflamethrower6342]

I work in a building, it features 3 types of Knockers on the outside walls. Nobody in my company understood that we are surrounded by water demons every day.

[@fiddleback1568]

It matches up with people going missing in North American State Parks.

[@rursus8354]

Interesting. I need a hater of humankind, an avenger of nature, for my stories.

[@MagdaleneDivine]

Celtic version of the Wendigo or Skin Walkers

[@MagdaleneDivine]

OMG I just typed that lol. But yeah of course there is. Vikings raped and pillaged everywhere around tbere