Author Topic: ankou (Read 4291 times)

alastor moon · « **on:** November 03, 2005, 06:00:51 PM »

he supposed to be the celts version of the grim reaper. anyone wanna give me their oppinion?

« **Reply #1 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:10:44 PM »

He's more French-celtic than Gaelic/British Celtic. He's supposed to ride around the countryside during the night on a cart pulled by four black horses, with two skeleton helpers who throw the souls of the recently dead into the cart. As time wore on, he was "downgraded" in myth a little, and is now thought of as a ghost that guards cemeteries.

~ Viper ~

alastor moon · « **Reply #2 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:26:22 PM »

I swear to god, all that is holy to anyone and on my life i have seen the ankou.

« **Reply #3 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:28:59 PM »

What happened??

alastor moon · « **Reply #4 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:46:42 PM »

my great grandma died. I was in the room with her.

Phantom X · « **Reply #5 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:50:05 PM »

*blink blink*
Weirdness. Did it see you or talk to you?

alastor moon · « **Reply #6 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:53:11 PM »

no, apearantly he doesn't care much for the living. just the dead. I couldn't see his face because it was shadowed. bythe way my family is scottish, irshs mix on my moms side(my reat grand ma was her grandma.)

Phantom X · « **Reply #7 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:56:40 PM »

So Ill eventually see it in death or do you have to believe in him and be Irish?

alastor moon · « **Reply #8 on:** November 03, 2005, 06:58:25 PM »

Quote from: Phantom X

So Ill eventually see it in death or do you have to believe in him and be Irish?

I don't know. i guess if he's "available" at your death you'll see him i guess. i don't know for sure.

Phantom X · « **Reply #9 on:** November 03, 2005, 07:00:01 PM »

Is there anywhere special he takes you or do you go to a diffrent kind of hell/heaven? (both containing mass amounts of alchol and irish songs.)

« **Reply #10 on:** November 03, 2005, 07:03:26 PM »

alastor moon · « **Reply #11 on:** November 03, 2005, 07:05:37 PM »

i guess he takes you to hte land of the dead. i don't know much about him. just some stories my grandpa told me. mainly about ancestors trying to cheat the ankou of their souls. very funny stories actually.

Phantom X · « **Reply #12 on:** November 03, 2005, 07:09:45 PM »

Thats a very interesting and chilling story DV, yeet it seems so right. I may have to read more into this person.