Recently, the theory has been walking on social networks, according to which the patron saint of Ireland is responsible for the genocide of the ancient residents of the island - representatives of the Pygmane race. The latter, in turn, allegedly became the prototype of the heroes of Irish folklore - Lepreecons. We checked how believ is this story.

The theory of began its walking on social networks in the 2010s-both in the form of extensive posts and in the form of memes. This is what one of the viral publications On this topic:

“Pygmean tribe of Tva ... mythical lepreecons. Africans who migrated to Ireland more than 10,000 years ago possessed advanced knowledge in the field of metallurgy and medicine, which the Caucasians considered "magical". Among the ancient immigrants were Tva - a tribe of black pygmies, who migrated from Africa to the north and made an island state with its home. Studies convincingly prove that Tva was the first inhabitants of Northern Ireland, long before the Druids and the beginning of the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. The history of some of the TVA is traced until the time of more than 10,000 years BC. e. Representatives of other cultures migrated to Ireland in later times, mainly from the Middle East and from Eastern Europe. The genetic analysis carried out by Dan Bradley from the Trinity College in Dublin allows you to detect the roots of the ancient Irish genomes in Spain and Sardinia. Their other ancestors, as the study showed, lived on the territory of modern Russia and Ukraine. So, no matter how the Irish are proud of their origin, they seem to be the genetic mixture of the peoples of Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The only people of the original Irish origin are representatives of the people of Tvu, who still inhabits the jungle in various parts of Africa. Pygmies were the first settlers in Ireland.

Where are they now? The old legend about how St. Patrick expelled snakes from Ireland is, it seems, a distorted description of the genocide that Patrick made the Tva tribe. They say that they wore Urei - a special hat with the image of snakes, also popular among Egyptian pharaohs. Thus, the Catholic Church, obviously, honors St. Patrick for his participation in the massacres of the people of the people throughout Northern Ireland. <...> And behind the myth of the straps are also stunted black people who were killed in the name of religion. Many Irish legends, transmitted by the Druids to the present day, reflect the existence of Tva. In the traditions of straps, green cloaks and pots with gold coins, it is said that they had special knowledge in medicine, metallurgy, weaving and the manufacture of shoes, which the Caucasians considered "magical". As a result of the mass genocide under the leadership of Patrick, acting on behalf of the Catholic Church, all their good was taken from Tvy. Since the indigenous people of Ireland were dark -skinned Africans, there was a misconception that they were pagans, but it was wrong. Perhaps they were more developed culturally than European raiders who ultimately captured their lands and expelled them. The next time, when the day of St. Patrick comes, we seem to again celebrate the extermination of the whole human race by order of the Vatican. ”

One of the popularizers of the theory was a psychologist, speaker and fighter for the rights of African Americans B.F. Nkram, who recorded the corresponding video.

Consider the main facts and provisions that appear in this theory. In terms of all parameters, it corresponds to a doctrine called Affirocentrism. This is an approach that emphasizes the exceptional role and achievement of Africans in the evolution of Western civilization. Echoes are visible here and eugmerism, whose apologists believe that religious myths were the result of worshiping real people.

Tva (or Batva) - this is a completely real Pygmay peopleliving in Central Africa. Not standing on the verge of disappearance, but not numerous (about 300,000 people) tribe seriously suffered During the genocide in Rwanda. Semi -historical theories, in which the Tvy tribe is mentioned in one way or another, did not appear today. A big article on this topic was Published In 2007, on the website of one of the communities of the American city of Kansas-City. From remarkable things there we can distinguish the statement that the Tvy was known in Europe as “elves”, as well as an attempt to bind the serpentine Drewloki On the head of the representatives of the tribe with the legend of the snakes expelled by the holy Patrick. The mention of such compatible images as the ancient Egyptian Demiurge Ptah and the Hindu energy of Kundalini also deserves special attention. All this speaks of attempts by the authors of the theory to tie at least some facts to each other, even though they belong to different eras and peoples.

As often happens, the blog authors tried to reinforce historical statements by reasoning on the topic of etymology. According to their version, the word “leprekon” can be divided into lexemes (le-Pr-rah ka-hn), corresponding to the African roots Le (lion, king), PR (house, temple), re/rah (sun, lion), ka (soul in Egyptian mythology). Not only is the strange phrase “The Spirit of the Leo in the House of the Tsar” here is already being built to the ancient Egyptian, and not Pygmean culture, so it also contradicts the scientific etymology, according to which the word leipreachán comes from ancient Irish roots with the meanings of "small" and "body".

This is about aphrocentrism. Now about the Evgmerist's origins of theory. Eugemerists, whose pseudo -historical works were especially popular more than 100 years ago, sought to explain the famous tales and myths through historical facts. One of these authors was a retired lawyer James Anderson, who in 1911 published work "Riddles of prehistoric times". He put forward the theory that some Pigmes were the first settlers of individual parts of the Old World, including Ireland:

“The first residents of Southern Europe, North Africa, Arabia, France and the British Islands were a race of stunted people, whose average growth did not exceed 4 feet 5 inches (135 cm. - approx. Ed.). They were a thin physique with a dark face. <...> It was the African people, and there are evidence that its representatives sometimes practiced cannibalism. ”

There are several elements that immediately discredit this text of Anderson. Firstly, in his description of the habitat of these pygmies, he mentioned Lemuria - A fictional ancient continent, the existence of which was soon refuted completely. Secondly, formatians call the first inhabitants of Ireland-a tribe unknown to science, which, apparently, is an erroneous name of mythical giants Formorians. And finally, he also enters the etymological wilds, contrary to all scientists, raising the toponym Belfast to the name of the god Baal.

Another Anatoly Fomenko of his time was a Scottish folklorist David Makrichi, whose works (also largely built on “folk etymology”) could become the basis for the theory brought into our headline. One way or another, but modern scientists reject all these assumptions.

The earliest archaeological evidence of people's living on the island of Ireland dated The beginning of the XI century BC e. In order to populate Ireland at that time, who lived far from the sea in Central Africa, Tva had to have, firstly, the skill of building quite advanced ships, and secondly, to be skilled and experienced sailors in order to get on such ships in sufficient numbers to the island located many thousand kilometers from their home. This assumption looks fantastic, and science simply does not know adequate evidence in its favor.

As for St. Patrick and Snakes, all excavations say that these animals have never been on the island. It is believed that this legend is a metaphor for Christianization (and the decline of paganism) of Ireland, a significant role in which is assigned to the British priest. If he, of course, has ever existed.