The legendary 'miracle' rings of Ourense - BBC REEL

An ancient legend in Galicia, Spain, tells of nine medieval bishops who made vows of poverty in the monastery of Santo Estevo. After their death, their nine rings were believed to have miraculous healing powers.
For centuries there was a pilgrimage to the monastery to heal all kinds of diseases. However, over time the rings were lost without trace and they became little more than a myth.
Centuries later, authour María Oruña researched these legendary rings, and used them as inspiration for her novel The Forest of the Four Winds. In an extraordinary turn of events, in almost exactly the location María had described in her story, an astonishing discovery was made that could turn legend into reality.
Video by Nacho Larumbe
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[@ShadowWizard123]

Can we get a full length documentary on this subject? Absolutely fascinating, I would love to hear more.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

Google? Or you want someone to chew for you five minutes of info into full lenght one hour film and feed it to you? Idiocracy.

[@Shamanized]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 We've filled thousands of hours and pages up with the most mundane topics because even the simplest things are rich with intricacies. Just because you find this topic not worth hearing more than 5 minutes doesn't mean others wouldn't find great value from a full documentary if the filmmakers did good work and didn't just provide mindless filler for 2 hours.

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

@@Shamanized oh, but that's exactly how they do network docs nowadays. 5 min of real info, 55 min of filler, reiteration and regurgitation. Personaly, I watch Horizons docs from 80s and early 90s on archive now, because they are exact opposite of that Discovery, History channel and sadly modern BBC сrар. If Lucy Worsley would do doc about the 80s - it would be her trying to solve Rubik's cube for 55 minutes. I'm not saying it's not entertaining but I wouldn't call it a documentary.

[@Shamanized]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 Ah I see, yeah a lot of current longer form doc productions do need to step up on their quality

[@williamhill5933]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 yes i remember those horizon programs i was young maybe 9 or 10 mid 80,s onwards but we as kids used enjoy watching the programs but yes docs like these are not long enough

[@LordBrittish]

Three rings for the elven kings under the sky. Seven for the dwarves lords in their halls of stone. Nine for mortal men, doomed to die. One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them. One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

[@enkryptron]

my sentiments exactly

[@balaam_7087]

If you defeat the bell gargoyles on the monastery rooftop, a cleric will sell you Havel’s Ring +3

[@bertjilk3456]

It seems that 7 minutes isn’t doing this story justice.

[@abhijitdas9697]

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[@blackswallow2526]

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[@rmglabog]

Yes it s nicer to know more about the stories and legends behind the rings.

[@rbvp45]

But they were all of them decieved, for another ring was made....

[@CalamariSauce]

Came for this ty

[@rbvp45]

@@CalamariSauce 🙏

[@cnovikamaharani]

The Lord of The Rings? 😂 I noticed, I'm a fan of LOTRs and JRR Tolkien's novel. In fact, JRR Tolkien made his novels based on myths/legends/tales and old languages in Europe, even inspired by bible.

[@SilenTHerO78614]

One ring to rule them all

[@patreekotime4578]

Those statues at 0:50 !!!

[@missymoonwillow6545]

I love this. Would love to know more about this monastery and the bishops themselves. Thank you so very much.

[@AerialEscape]

For $50 I'll send you all the info you need

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

How about google it yourself?

[@williamcooper2415]

This is amazing and the first thing that came to mind was JRR Tolkien and the use of rings. Tolkien was a master of ancient languages and history and he no doubt knew of this legend and adapted it to his stories, especially the part where the kings had rings. In the movie, the kings raise their rings at the same time as they make their oaths.

[@janined5784]

Yes! That was my first thought too - JRR Tolkien's 9 rings of power. There had to be a reason why he chose precisely 9. Very interesting video.

[@ebybeehoney]

Me too! The Nine!

[@mnomadvfx]

"In the movie, the kings raise their rings at the same time as they make their oaths." aaaaannndd that's where you lost me. Christopher Tolkien said it pretty well - his father would barely have recognised the films in many places because they took pains to play up drama and action over many other elements in the novels. Did that make for more entertaining films? Sure it did - I've read enough of Tolkien to know that adapting his faithfully would probably make it hard to gain success in the film medium. BUT...... that also means it's highly branching from the source material.

[@jennpark8559]

@@janined5784 mirror opposite of the 9 circles of hell in dante's inferno.

[@janined5784]

@@jennpark8559 What an amazing mind Tolkien had!

[@sexydirrtymoney]

I love this kinda stories! Keep it up BBC Reel!!

[@stephanieyee9784]

This is so interesting and I'm going to check out Maria's novel. I have been to Ourense as I have relatives living in a village in Galicia and catch the bus from the city. If I ever get back there, Pandemic has put a stop to my next planned trip to Spain, I want to visit the Monastery.

[@abhijitdas9697]

Hopefully, your wish will come true! AMEN.🌙🔔💣

[@BilbyBoy86]

I am from this Beautiful city called Ourense or “Auriense” city of gold”in the Roman age ,this city is situated in the community of Galicia where we also have Santiago de Compostela and other beautiful and mysterious places may I say we are descendants of celts Galician Celtics

[@willjennings7191]

I want that book, "The Forest of the Four Winds" by María Oruña.

[@deltanovember1672]

I think I have a spare copy.

[@willjennings7191]

@@deltanovember1672 My intent is to see which parts are cribbed.

[@ABC1701A]

@@deltanovember1672 Is it translated into English? Genuine query, have looked on Amazon but can only find novels under her name all in Spanish, which I neither speak nor read or in German which I sort of speak but not well enough to read a book in. Even the title would help because while I assume the books under the name Maria Oruna are the same writer there are several different titles and cover images. Many thanks.

[@rmsf1072]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful part of Spanish Culture!

[@mmbell]

I'm from Spain and I never heard anything about that....,love it

[@michaelmayhem350]

One ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, And in the darkness bind them.

[@saikrishnathiwakarrk]

I like how in the end she told about the paradox of science and miracle Genius . Beautiful and divine

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

There is no paradox. One is science and one is BS.

[@alunsinus_prime]

@@yanikkunitsin1466 can you not?

[@lancelacerte4970]

Another way to categorize the BS of miracles is the incredible power of the placebo effect.

[@princecharon]

There's also the simple fact that she's wrong. If the rings did have some curative properties, that could be proven by science. I see no reason to think they would, but if they worked consistently better than a placebo, there would be something to study. Science doesn't ignore reality. Faith too often does.

[@ourensegalicia]

Good report. Interesting story.. Thanks from Ourense, Galicia, Spain, just close to that monastery :-)

[@FranciscoSmirsley]

Close to the monastery? you took the other 5 rings!

[@privateaccount1366]

Highly Suspect!

[@stephanieyee9784]

I love Ourense and Galicia. Hopefully I will return one day.

[@PRDreams]

Legend has it that part of my family left a long time ago from "A Mezquita", Ourense, Galicia, Spain. No idea if that is even a town, but I found this video and was like Ourense exists? ... Maybe A Mezquita does too? Or maybe is just a random mosque there? Who knows...

[@lilydi7302]

@@PRDreams a mezquita is a mosque. That's all that is. Maybe there used to be one (or even still is)?

[@GlennMarshallnz]

I wonder if Tolkien got his inspiration for the 9 rings in LOTR from this.

[@JurlysEcke]

I was just wondering exactly the same... and since it is pretty obvious that Tolkien based the characters and settings of LOTR from many legends and mithologies of diverse origins, it is plausible that he knew about this legend :-)

[@Alusnovalotus]

I just wrote the same thing!!! lol

[@kc3718]

no he did not, he got his inspiration from a much more interesting ring that was lost by a Roman and stolen by a thief nearly 2000 years ago. Evidence, in the form of a written curse was found when excavating a Roman temple at Lidney in the UK, and the ring was found a hundred miles away. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_of_Silvianus

[@JurlysEcke]

@@kc3718 That's so interesting!! Thanks for sharing!!

[@kc3718]

@@JurlysEcke interesting things should be shared. I happen to live near the Lonely Mountain too ( or at least the hill that inspired the one in LoTR) !

[@kc3718]

they look like very humble rings for a medieval bishop.

[@user-si7ig6ul7l]

Does say in the beginning they took vows of poverty

[@wallykimball8829]

I think Bishop's looked different back then. now they all look like Liberace.🧚‍♂️

[@pihermoso11]

precious stones were hard to come by those days... jade was valuable in the east cause chinese believe it repelled evil spirits.. travel was long and hard too, took months to cross over an ocean.. a single jade ring getting from china to spain would take months of travel

[@ALROD]

"For withing these rings was bound the strenght and the will to govern each race. But they were all of them deceived, for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, in the fires of Mount Doom, the dark lord Sauron forged in secret a master ring, to control all others." I couldn't contain myself.

[@rogeriopenna9014]

NINE rings? “Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, NINE FOR MORTAL MEN, DOOMED TO DIE One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.”

[@MiKi-sx3tt]

It is interesting to know some legend are partially true, and have some real historical value in it

[@miloradvlaovic]

Most are, if not all. I think You might be confusing legends and myths

[@Waffles84]

Amazing discovery and thank you for sharing this. I love historical writings and investigations such as this

[@thekarmafarmer608]

Amazing story. Thanks for posting

[@budjitresvalles6397]

Wonderful story of legend and histor! I love watching stories like these? Is this a full length docu? Id like to buy the book written by Maria.

[@mecho68]

Very well made, very interesting, thanks BBC. I like the church and the site.

[@WallyTony]

This is one of the coolest things I've ever heard of

[@c4t4phr4ct1]

Sang Chi And The Legend of the Nine Rings

[@CrimsonAlchemist]

"One ring to rule them all, one ring to find them, One ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them"

[@wallflower1852]

I was just thinking about this.

[@franciscaphilip8584]

Bang on. You said it. Wisdom

[@joltjolt5060]

The 9 rings of Tolkien are in Celtic Spain.

[@deltanovember1672]

You have evidence of this extraordinary claim?

[@julielabelle2783]

Great video, thank you for sharing. 💍

[@MrFossil367ab45gfyth]

I never heard of these relics. I'll keep an open mind to the miraculous healings. I never deny the divine as an explanation.

[@skippymoral4768]

BOOK: The Forest of the Four Winds El Bosque de los Cuatro Vientos Maria Oruña /author

[@mothratemporalradio517]

Cool. Nice research. Cheers for the story, Beeb.

[@johnathanmagliari8461]

Excellent! Now we need to find the 7 dwarf rings and three elven rings. Any ideas? Anyone?

[@yanikkunitsin1466]

They're behind the Declaration of independence and The One is held by the Pope. JFK, who was Catholic, learned about it and look what happened.

[@Angel-nr8td]

I have a night time flowering cactus that grants wishes, its flipping unbelievable.

[@abhijitdas9697]

🌻🌻🌻🌻🌻💎💎💎💎

[@alittlesincerity_111]

Girl where?

[@Angel-nr8td]

@@alittlesincerity_111 will do video share the link and show you

[@perhapsyes2493]

Oh my. The BBC,, "the corporation", I know you're only acting as you think you should. Yet ... you are right now on a right track. One of many tracks.

[@iakahdrake2801]

"9 rings for mortal Men, doomed to die" yeah Tolkien I see what you did there

[@davmac6148]

Only the people with faith, will be able to see the invisible, believe the incredible and receive the impossible. - Benjamin Franklin

[@kevinroche3334]

I am not sure this was meant in a positive way.

[@wallykimball8829]

Ben, you sly devil.

[@fuckgoogle9581]

magic and nonsense

[@jwsanders1214]

We are the image of The invisible God .

[@jwsanders1214]

Our Constitution is only fit for moral people < John Adams

[@Parchenegro]

El número nueve también es relevante en el mundo templario, pues nueve son los escalones de la Catedral de Chartres, nueve es la suma de 1314, el año que murió el último gran maestre templario, nueve fueron los fundadores del Temple, etc

[@stephanieyee9784]

Chartres Cathedral is amazing.

[@oneshotme]

Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@sebastian122]

Fantastic. What a joy to watch.

[@ncf1]

fantastic story!

[@pinoyace1]

Magical story 🤩

[@reneehomco3207]

How cool, thank you❤

[@samjames2552]

So.....does the quest for the other five continue?

[@jayrhodes3766]

What is the book called? This is such an amazing story

[@ej3016]

The forest of the four winds - it’s in the description 🤗

[@vieiradosreismariadelurdes9105]

The film...."The Lord of the rings" ?

[@jessemacias2]

Imagine where the other rings are or who has them?

[@hanavesela5884]

I guess Tolkien probably knew about these. 😁

[@pradeepakrish]

WOW amazing stuff! 😍❤️

[@markmcarthy596]

One was a dark opal

[@CiaRose5858]

Looks like one was turquoise, too.

[@gloriasantiagoorge4399]

Precioso vídeo,me podrías decir cómo se titula el libro, muchísimas gracias, SALUDOS DESDE GALICIA ESPAÑA 🇪🇦♥️

[@MrRodicio]

O libro chámase O souto dos catro ventos, de María Oruña, está na editorial Aira.

[@gloriasantiagoorge4399]

Moitas grazas,Unha aperta moi forte dende unha pequena aldea galega🇪🇦💕💕💕

[@agent_k9508]

@@MrRodicio Thank you so much from America!

[@leosqsilva]

Muito obrigado! Sabe dizer por que não falam galego?

[@KingGosh]

I can’t wait for them to find the one ring to rule them all

[@FaithFullPodcast]

Great story!

[@iconpadin4874]

This story shud be on NETFLIX!! So interesting .. love it !

[@kevinroche3334]

shud??????

[@agent_k9508]

Netflix? The child-abuse-promoters? I doubt they'd care.

[@renevalencia7121]

Wow 😲 son 9 anillos mágicos, que curaban, esa era la creencia, y si existen

[@lunabtxt]

this is such an interesting story!

[@simpleanswers-kj6bb]

Nine rings to heal them all. Nine rings to bring them all in the .... and bind them.

[@nunyabiznes33]

LOL I just made a similar comment. It's almost impossible to watch this without thinking of that.

[@snowmiaow]

After all that, no closeups of each ring. No closeup of the note. No photo of the bag.

[@CarlosNavarro-cp9go]

One ring to rule them all

[@HalkerVeil]

And one ring, to rule them all. And in the darkness bind them.

[@dailanreinyel8201]

Ourense,Galicia,España

[@sarahashun1180]

Does anybody know the name of this beautiful music. it’s to difficult for Shazam and SoundHound🙄

[@anjummirza1452]

Excellent.

[@tashuntka]

Awesome 👍👍👍👏👏👏🏴‍☠️

[@btbite8027]

thank god, Thanos doesnt know about this ring

[@mtrshlh]

Waiting for them to find the one ring that rule them all

[@sephoramoses71]

Wonderful

[@Rakhilya]

Why do i think that the materials rings themselves had nothing to do with the healing but the bishops weren't bishops but some extraterrestrial souls who can heal? They came down to earth congregated at that monastery and worked a lot to pass on something (knowledge, written work, legends) to the future.

[@martingarrote5193]

Auria ❤️

[@Kazemahou]

"Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die" - I wonder if the bishops became Nazgûl?

[@UpStreamLivn]

Einstein said,imagination was way more valuable, than knowledge or science.

[@gregwarwick8655]

Wasn't it instinct?

[@changeshifter4852]

I believe the Einstein quotation goes, _"The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."_

[@gregwarwick8655]

@@changeshifter4852 "the intuitive mind is a sacred gift." Is the quote I was thinking of.

[@changeshifter4852]

@@gregwarwick8655 I have loved both quotes since I first read them. Cheers

[@hmoonstar900]

The story is interesting and I am intrigued by its similarity to lord of the rings, but the rings just showing up exactly where she predicted along with a torn piece of parchment that said only exactly what she needed it to say to confirm her story and gain interest? Not mentioning at all if the parchment and rings were analysed or the results but instead discrediting science at the end and saying "it's more satisfying if i don't tell you"? The story was interesting enough, but that stuff was planted.

[@hmoonstar900]

If they suspected at all it could be real, they'd have had professionals appraise the authenticity and age of the items and they would have included that credibility in their spiel. I smell a publicity stunt, which is a shame to tarnish the otherwise interesting story with. I think it would have been more interesting to think they'd all been stolen and were scattered in unknown places of the world.

[@BilbyBoy86]

I recommend travelling to Galicia where you will have many years to discover and enjoy the Magic of my land P.S food and travelling are very very Good and Cheap.

[@karmacanquints4222]

Now I can't sleep wondering where's the 5 rings. 🧐😩

[@eliriederer5310]

Has anyone checked the Shire?

[@nunyabiznes33]

9 rings to cure them all.

[@gregwarwick8655]

What is the incredible music?

[@shantalynn]

Where are the other five? She must write a sequel so we can find them! Then the healing powers may return.

[@nzsl368]

*The Legend of the 9 Rings*

[@sjk6097]

Epically interesting - than you !

[@MsSSnow]

Do they have any Idea if the other five are still being looked for?

[@JMastura]

Its okay, we only have 4 ring slots anyway, these rings would make the ultimate faith build.

[@Beeman2892]

Legend of the Nine rings Chang Chring

[@lasenoritacometa1977]

Love history ❤️

[@bernob9770]

Very cool!

[@fortunatusnine2012]

... and the other rings ? Surely there are leads , even if it's only the era in which they disappeared...

[@PumpkinSpiceCornbread]

I knew everyone would be in the comments going on about LOTR

[@spearshaker7974]

One ring to bind them. 👁👀

[@urfavwhtboy]

So where did the rings appear? Are we’re they found again??

[@katnhat7695]

​ @k c The wiki article about the Vyne Ring may not be a correct reference, as it is about 1 ring and not 9 rings. The reference to Tolkien using the Vyne Ring as the One Ring to Rule Them All is ambiguous. This discussion is about 9 rings, which were the 9 rings given to the Kings of Men in the Hobbit and LOTR. Here is more about the rings. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings_of_Power

[@metaspherz]

Magical rings? Hmmm, where have I heard that before? In just about every supernatural tale that has ever been written!

[@garycampbell6031]

Microscope/photographer lady is gorgeous.

[@athenasblueprint]

This is super interesting however also super sus that FOUR rings showed up right after the released her novel about them 🤨

[@vinnyavalanche]

They were rings men wore who had paintings of them showing their ring. Nothing more

[@xxyy1318]

Where's that 4th stone! Seriously hard to find good help!

[@gracelove886]

Keep ppl posted on this story and whether any more rings were found. It looks like there rings are of silver rather than gold, which is interesting in itself.

[@WarrioruwuSociety]

"And they were fooled, for a tenth ring was made"

[@Uncledarrell]

She should be canonised

[@themandaloriancreed5164]

Don't put into a gauntlet and snap your fingers, we've all seen how that ends up

[@paranoidhumanoid]

Joder, no deje de restaurarla como del Ecce! 😅😅😅