Celtic Cryptids & Haunted Myths: Kelpies, Selkies, Banshees and Vanishing Gods

An immersive journey along the Atlantic fringe traces how landscape, history, and imagination shaped the cryptids and legends of the Celtic world. From kelpies, selkies, púca and banshees to fairy forts, ogham stones, and vanishing islands, each chapter threads folklore through archaeology, ecology, and language. Hillforts, hollow roads, bogs, wells, and storm-torn coasts become silent archives of drowned warriors, wandering hosts, and fading gods reappearing as saints and shadows. A calm, atmospheric exploration of belief changing over time while the land continues to hold its older stories, just beneath memory.

00:00 – Intro
02:29 – The Veiled Geography of the Celtic Rim
12:21 – Footprints in Bog and Bracken
22:39 – Echoes of Vanished Gods
32:23 – Beasts at the Edge of the Ford
41:45 – Selkie Skins and Borrowed Names
50:29 – Kelpies in the Mirror of Water
1:01:42 – The Banshee and the Thinning Lineage
1:12:01 – Púca Paths Through the Hedgerows
1:22:44 – Hillforts, Ringforts, and Hidden Courts
1:34:52 – Saints Wearing Older Faces
1:45:46 – Ogham Lines and Whispered Landscapes
1:56:28 – Portents in Antlers, Horn, and Feather
2:07:54 – Islands That Refuse to Stay Still
2:19:04 – Night Processions and Hollow Roads
2:30:40 – The Fading of Belief, the Staying of Shadows
2:43:08 – Outro