Videos about Welsh and Brythonic history

October 31, 2023 1:24 PM

Cambrian Chronicles is a YouTube page with videos focusing on the history of Wales and Celtic Britain, such as one on the missing kingdom of Rheinwg, another on a kingdom that sank into the ocean, one about the unique Welsh letter Ỽ and perhaps my favorite, the king who existed only on Wikipedia, and there are 14 more videos.
posted by Kattullus (10 comments total)

I've been kinda fascinated with the legend of Hybrasil, the vanished island off the coast of Ireland, so this is up my alley.
posted by Liquidwolf at 2:43 PM on October 31, 2023 [1 favorite]

We get an answer to the burning question “how do you lose an entire kingdom?”
posted by GenjiandProust at 6:51 PM on October 31, 2023 [1 favorite]

I saw "Cambrian" and was expecting something about Anomalocaris or something, but instead this is about lame humans.

(Neat! Thanks for the link.)
posted by brundlefly at 9:50 PM on October 31, 2023 [2 favorites]

GenjiandProust: We get an answer to the burning question “how do you lose an entire kingdom?”

Actually, that question gets answered twice over, for two different lost kingdoms.
posted by Kattullus at 10:18 PM on October 31, 2023 [1 favorite]

. . . for two different lost kingdoms.
Call Lady Bracknell.
ðat medieval orthography vid was interesting. My once-upon-a-time Welsh family ignored the advice to an incoming bishop about the pronunciation of Ll: 'Your Lordship must please to put your episcopal tongue to the roof of your apostolic mouth, and then hiss like a goose!' when they named my father Llewellyn.
posted by BobTheScientist at 12:43 AM on November 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

Actually, that question gets answered twice over, for two different lost kingdoms.

My takeaway is that the Welsh were very careless with their kingdoms….
posted by GenjiandProust at 3:49 AM on November 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

To be fair, it’s hard to concentrate when you’ve got neighbors who’re as noisy as theirs.
posted by Kattullus at 5:55 AM on November 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

Jack Vance's Lyonesse Trilogy comes to mind.
posted by y2karl at 11:51 AM on November 1, 2023 [1 favorite]

I saw "Cambrian" and was expecting something about Anomalocaris or something, but instead this is about lame humans.

Trilobites came to my mind.
posted by y2karl at 2:15 PM on November 2, 2023 [1 favorite]

If, like me, you’re fascinated by Wikipedia and the production of historical knowledge, his latest video, How One Man Rewrote 1000 Years of History is really fascinating.
posted by Kattullus at 3:00 AM on November 27, 2023 [1 favorite]