Tourists who come to Scotland often ask how to get to this mysterious and beautiful place. When in the village morning turns to night, we have a whole century. Therefore, the village hidden from prying eyes can be seen only once in a hundred years.
Witchcraft enchantments will operate in Brigadoon until any of its inhabitants wants to leave this place. And then the village will disappear forever among the mountain mists.
A long time ago, the village entered into an agreement with God, and since then a magic spell has been operating in it, according to which this place remains in an unchanging state that is invisible to the outside world - except for one special day, which happens once in a hundred years, when people from outside can not only to see Brigadoon, but also to get there.
On this chosen day, festive fun reigns in the village.
It is believed that Brigadoon disappeared in 1754. As Bob Curran writes in his book Lost Lands, Forgotten Kingdoms: Sunken Continents, Lost Cities, history is erroneous, and "the spell cast on Brigadoon was actually a means of protecting against the infiltration of the Redcoats during the Jacobist Rebellion." He believes that the village still exists, but it is stuck for a certain length of time.
Anyone who has researched the myth of Brigadoon has reason to believe that it originates not from Scotland, but from Germany.
There is an old German legend about a cursed village called Germelshosen. It says: its bells sound so loud that this ringing is heard in the Bavarian mountains from everywhere. The story was recorded by the Brothers Grimm and subsequently published in a collection of fairy tales.
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Karan writes that those people who dared to follow the sound of the bells left for the village - and since then no one has seen them. They tried to return to the mortal world, but all their attempts were in vain.
In Germelschosen, dark and evil forces allegedly live, wishing to harm humanity. The ominous village still exists, hiding in the mountains of Bavaria, invisible to the human eye and ready to lure the unwary traveler into its curse. That's why this place needs to be bypassed.
Thus, Germelschosen is associated with evil forces, and the village of Brigadoon displays joy and Scottish romance. Today, many people associate this name with a musical written by A. Lerner and F. Low in 1947. The piece of music is known all over the world. Its plot revolves around the chaos that begins when two American travelers accidentally enter the village just before the day the residents are about to celebrate their wedding.
Despite the fact that the village of Brigadoun is just a myth, there is a medieval bridge called Brig o'Dun. It is located south of Alloway, a former Scottish village in the suburb of Era. This is the birthplace of Robert Burns. The poet included his description in the poem "Tam O'Shanter", and since then the bridge has gained fame.
Some believe that the musical was named after the Celtic goddess Brigids, while others believe that it is a combination of the Celtic words "briga" meaning city, and "dun", that is, "fortification", all together - "fortified city."
The musical Brigadoon was created at a time when, due to the events of the recent World War, everything German was unpopular on the British and American stage. And so Lerner rewrote history by choosing Scotland as the scene of action; thus, he could use the motives of the traditional music of the Scottish Highlands.
Whatever the truth, the village of Brigadoon is still a wonderful fairy tale.
Source: messagetoeagle.com
Translation by Elena Muravyova for neveroyatno.info