
	Where results make sense

Topic: List of Famous Celts

Related Topics

List of Celtic tribes

Celt

List of peoples of Gaul

Celtic

List of Irish people

Brea

Chamorro

Cymru

Blakeney

Brenda Fricker

Shelta language

Hallstatt

Sueves

Gaul

1240s BC

In the News (Wed 25 Nov 09)

Northern Trust

Marvin Harrison

Peter Chernin

Gary Locke

Match Play

Penelope Cruz

Mickey Rourke

AR Rahman

Danny Boyle

Hugh Jackman

	Celt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term "Celt" or "Celtic" can be used in several senses: it can denote a group of peoples who speak or descend from speakers of Celtic languages; or the people of prehistoric and early historic Europe who share common cultural traits which are thought to have originated in the Hallstatt and La Tène cultures.
		Celts were pushed westwards by successive waves of Germanic invaders, perhaps themselves at times pressured by Huns and Scythians or simply population pressures in their homeland of Scandinavia and Northern Germany.
		In some regards the Atlantic Celts were conservative, for example they still used chariots in combat long after they had been reduced to ceremonial roles by the Greeks and Romans, though when faced with the Romans in Britain, their chariot tactics defeated the invasion attempted by Julius Caesar.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Celts (6180 words)

	Druids
		Among the famous, predictions were Cathbad foretelling the tragedy that would upon Ulster because of Deirdre, or Fedelm foretelling the defeat of Medb's army was the result of a single hero, Cu Chulainn.
		Though, the Celts may believed in the souls passing from one body to another, but claiming that the druids were followers of Pythagoras, this is probably an overstatement or exaggeration of their belief and knowledge.
		Caicer was listed as one of the chieftains who had sailed with the Milesians, though his part in the tale was minor compared that of the bard, Amairgin.
	www.timelessmyths.com /celtic/druids.html (8833 words)

	Ireland
		The River Shannon, which runs from north to south, is the longest river, and there are a large number of lakes, Lough Neagh[?] is probably the most famous.
		The Irish language, Gaelic, arrived with the Celts in the last centuries BC.
		List of the Roman Catholic dioceses of Ireland
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ir/Ireland.html (728 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Hades - Hygwydd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Boadicia released one at the start of each campaign; her prophetic hare was kept and fed. The lunar significance of the animal is prominent in the mythology of northern Europe.
		For the Celts it was an attribute of all moon deities and hunter gods, who were often depicted holding a hare.
		Celts often made fetishes not only of real heads, but also of heads carved from stone or wood for the same purposes.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/h.html (8788 words)

	Celts 2 - Crystalinks
		It is from ancient writers such as Caesar that we learn that the Celts were to have counted by nights and not days and in reckoning birthdays and new moon and new year their unit of reckoning is the night followed by the day.
		The Celts measured the Solar year on a wheel, circle or spiral, all of which symbolize creation and the constant movement of the universe growth and development.
		Lug is described in the Celtic myths as a latecomer to the list of deities, and is usually described as having the appearance of a young man. His weapons were the throwing-spear and sling, and in Ireland a festival called the Lughnasa (Modern Irish lúnasa) was held in his honor.
	www.crystalinks.com /celts2.html (4489 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Celts : Aarlardin - Awen
		But in addition to that, it might be helpful to the reader to have a list of the most often used names in Celtic tradition together with their alternate spellings.
		If these ancient references to the Celts could be read aloud, without mentioning the name of the race to whom they referred, to any person acquainted with it through modern history alone, he would without hesitation, name the Celtic peoples as the subject of the description which he had heard.
		Elsewhere Arviragus was thought to have given Joseph of Arimathea the famous twelve hides of land in the Glastonbury locality.
	www.celticgrounds.com /chapters/encyclopedia/a.html (12447 words)

	Amazon.com: The Celts: Books: Otto Hermann Frey,Venceslas Kruta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Collected here are the fruits of archeological digs of the 20th century, which through comparison dating of carved objects, cemeteries, bogs and ironwork have demonstated conclusively that the Celtic civilization was indeed a major influence in the development of the continent.
		The Celts is composed of more than 100 well-written short articles by various scholars covering all aspects of Celtic civilization including recent studies on specific aspects of Celtic art, history, archaeology, and culture.
		It begins with the ancient, prehistoric origins of the Celts in Central and Eastern Europe, continues by covering their expansions throughout history as far as the Iberian peninsula and the British Isles, and ends with articles on the modern Celts and the vestiges of the ancient civilization with us today.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0847821935?v=glance (1249 words)

	Celtic History
		Caesar wrote of many encounters with the Celts, mostly with a biased tongue, but since much of what we know of the Celts, other than archeological, is what the Romans and the Christians scribed.
		Allusions have been made to the fact their nakedness in battle was a form of supernatural protection and that many of the young warriors were trained in the magickal arts.
		According to archeological and written history, there is strong evidence from the Celtic burial grounds that the belief in reincarnation was a tenet of their religion, which led to a lack of fear of death.
	members.aol.com /CelticBlud/history.htm (1121 words)

	The Pictish Kings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The fact is that most of what is known about the kings of this ancient race comes from lists and chronicles generally written by other peoples, some of whom were enemies of the Picts.
		Of note, Argyll, which was the beachead of the invading Scots, is not listed as a Pictish province.
		After Nechton, the Pictish List King becomes muddled by in-fighting and rapid successions (the ugly problem of matrilinearity and the large numbers of aspiring and eligible would-be kings).
	members.tripod.com /~Halfmoon/pict2.html (2249 words)

	Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
		In Scotland, the Gaelic language came from Irish invasion and settlement and is therefore restricted to the northern and western fringes.
		Support for this idea comes from the study by Cristian Capelli, David Goldstein and others at University College, London which shows that genes typical of Ireland are common in Great Britain and these genes are similar to the genes of the Basque people, who speak a non-Indo-European language.
		Although they were for a long time the dominant people in central and western Europe, the Celts in France, Britain, Turkey, and Spain were eventually conquered by the Romans.
	www.irelandinformationguide.com /Celt (1909 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Relics
		As for the Far East, the famous story of the distribution of the relics of Buddha, an incident which is believed to have taken place immediately after his death, seems to have found remarkable confirmation in certain modern archaeological discoveries.
		Omitting one or two words not adequately explained, the inscription runs: "A holy memorial [memoria sancta] of the wood of the Cross, of the land of Promise where Christ was born, the Apostles Peter and Paul, the names of the martyrs Datian, Donatian, Cyprian, Nemesianus, Citinus, and Victoria.
		Not a few of the most famous of the early medieval inscriptions are connected with the same matter.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12734a.htm (3689 words)

	magoo.com: Irish Kings by Hugh McGough
		Many of these kings are listed in the Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, a database containing the genealogy of the British Royal family, those linked to it via blood or marriage relationships, and the linage of the rulers of many other parts of the world, including Ireland.
		A list of the later kings, with different spellings of the names and significantly different year of reign, beginning with the Ui Neil Conn of the Hundred Battles #109, will be found in the Ireland page of Obsidian's Lair.
		According to the Encyclopedia of the Celts, Midhir Midar (mi'yâr) was the King of Sidhe of Femen, and the fairy lover of Etain, the queen.
	www.magoo.com /hugh/irishkings.html (12039 words)

	History of THE CELTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Celts of Britain benefit, through trade, from the proximity of Roman Gaul.
		The threat to the Roman empire from Germanic tribes, in the 5th century, leaves the Romanized Celts dangerously exposed to barbarian aggression.
		In Britain, after the withdrawal of the Roman legions, the Celtic chieftains are confronted with invasions along the east and south coast from Saxons and Angles.
	www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=982&HistoryID=aa84 (1488 words)

	Celtic Deities
		This list attempts to select the more well-known Gods and Goddesses and list their attributes for use in ritual and worship.
		He is often referred to as the 'horned one' or 'lord of the animals.' Cernunnos was the wild God of the hunt, and is also associated with the ecological balance of the land and the harvest of wild game.
		Lugh was the brother of the Dagda, and the father of the famous Celtic hero Cu Chulainn.
	www.wiccanlife.com /craft/celtic.htm (7099 words)

	Literary Terms and Definitions T (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This list is meant to assist, not intimidate.
		TRINITY: A grouping or relationship of three divine persons thought in some way to be equivalent or identical to each other--as is the case in the Christian trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) or the Egyptian solar trinity (Horus, Ra, and Atun--the sun-gods associated with the morning, noonday, and setting sun).
		The list goes on at length, with the figurations varying greatly in terms of how plausible they seem to modern Christians and non-Christians.
	web.cn.edu /kwheeler/lit_terms_T.html (8623 words)

	e-Keltoi: Volume 6, Religion and Religious Practices of the Ancient Celts of the Iberian Peninsula, by Francisco Marco ...
		It is possible that the hybrid heads represent the ambiguous image of a transit myth: that of the dead warrior to the Otherworld, as in the case of the paterae of Santisteban del Puerto (Jaén) or Tivissa (Tarragona) (Olmos 1996).
		It is possible that, like the famous statues from Hirschlanden and the Glauberg, they were used to indicate the position of a tomb, but their location, at the entrance of the "castros" (attested to in Sta.
		Similar conceptions were at the base of a funerary practice attested to among the Irish Celts (for example, the interment of king Loegaire): the body of the warrior was buried in an upright position and it wore weapons to protect the territory from the enemy (Velasco 1999).
	www.uwm.edu /Dept/celtic/ekeltoi/volumes/vol6/6_6/marco_simon_6_6.html (15759 words)

	Celtic religion, women and menstruation at the Museum of Menstruation and Women's Health
		The Celts were an Indo-European people now represented chiefly by the Irish, Gaels, Welsh and Bretons, and the Druids were a pre-Christian order of priests [and priestesses?] among the Celts of Gaul, Britain and Ireland (definitions from The Random House College Dictionary, 1984).
		The Celts were extremely religious, extremely spiritual and could easily meditate into the other world and ask talking people, mythical characters, plants, trees and rocks for answers to issues on earth.
		We don't know whether "The Celts were extremely religious, extremely spiritual and could easily meditate into the other world." The fact that religious leaders trained, according to some sources, for 20 or more years suggests that it wasn't that easy to interact with the Otherworld.
	www.pair.com /hfinley/religcel.htm (2463 words)

	European Origins of Halloween (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Celts believed that at the time of Samhain, more so than any other time of the year, the ghosts of the dead were able to mingle with the living, because at Samhain the souls of those who had died during the year traveled into the otherworld.
		In the early centuries of the first millennium A.D., before missionaries such as St. Patrick and St. Columcille converted them to Christianity, the Celts practiced an elaborate religion through their priestly caste, the Druids, who were priests, poets, scientists and scholars all at once.
		In 601 A.D. Pope Gregory the First issued a now famous edict to his missionaries concerning the native beliefs and customs of the peoples he hoped to convert.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=6692 (730 words)

	RealMagick Article: Story of the Celts: The Celts of Ireland by John Patrick Parle
		By the Christian era, the Celts' collective memory had dimmed, and they referred to their own distant ancestors, the Irish Gaels, as the Milesians, and developed legends about them.
		In one such story, the Gaelic name for Ireland, "Eire," was said to be the name of an indigenous goddess who implored the Milesians to name the island after her.
		The most famous is the Book of Kells, an 8th century work from the Irish monastery of that name.
	realmagick.com /articles/08/1308.html (2936 words)

	Testa Produce
		The Greeks believed I was an aphrodisiac and I was a symbol of fertility for the Celts.
		Chapman made me famous in America, but that reality was more for a fermented drink than a nutritious snack.
		Add your email to our mailing list to be notified when a new Market Report and Quiz are put online.
	www.testaproduce.com /produceQuiz.asp?quizID=82 (279 words)

	Celts History Facts & Timeline
		The Celts History Timeline & Facts is full of interesting facts and information about the bygone times of the Celts Nation.
		The Celts History Timeline & Facts outlines and records all of the critical and major incidents in the history of the nation.
		The Celts were people from various tribes and were called Galli by the Romans and Galatai or Keltoi by the Greeks.
	www.facts-about.org.uk /history-and-events-timeline-celts.htm (396 words)

	Amazon.com: The Celts - Rich Traditions & Ancient Myths (2000) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		For those of us who always thought of the Celts as being limited to their Irish or Scots roots, Delaney opens up a much broader Celtic world, and explores customs, rituals, and history still alive in the then-modern world of 1987.
		They were also famous for their magic; even down to this day the Druids continue to fascinate us.
		This is part of a BBC show series called "Nationwide" probably from the early to mid-1980's which talks about the fact that the Celts hardly ever wrote down anything about their myths, legends and laws.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004W5XL?v=glance (3038 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Ancient Celts: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Celts were the archetypal barbarians from the north and were feared by both Greeks and Romans.
		This illustrated history of the Celts provides both narrative history and an examination of the uses and abuses of the concept of Celtic culture and ethnicity.
		It shows great emphasises on where the celts travelled to and where their place of origin was.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0140254226 (1338 words)

	English
		English words that arose in the US A number of words that have arisen in the United States have become common, to varying degrees, in English as it is spoken internationally.
		600 BC (Celts), the Roman period (garrison soldiers from throughout the Empire), 350-550 (Angles, Saxons, Jutes), 800-900 (Vikings, Danes), 1066 (Normans), 1650-1750 (European refugees and Huguenots), 1880-1940 (Jews), 1950-1985 (Caribbeans, Africans, South Asians), 1985-present (East Europeans, Kurds, refugees).
		English orthography is historical, not phonological, orthography and diverges considerably from the spoken language.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.net /definition/english... (14524 words)

	Assemani, Maronite Light from the East for the Church and the World
		Soon after his ordination he was given a post in the Vatican Library, and in 1715-17 sent by Clement XI to the East for the purpose of collecting Oriental manuscripts; he accomplished his task successfully, visiting Cairo, Damascus, Aleppo, Mount Lebanon, and especially the Nitrian desert.
		Jacob of Nisibis was one of the most famous of the bishops of his time.
		This Chronicle is followed in Assemani by a list of the kings of Edessa, and a list of its bishops from A.D. 313 to 769.
	phoenicia.org /assemani.html (9714 words)

	Halloween: Through Muslim Eyes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		According to their belief, while spirits of the dead roamed around, villagers lighted bonfires to either drive them away or to guide the spirits of the dead back to their homes.
		Among the ancient Celts, Halloween was the last evening of their year and was regarded as a advantageous time for examining the portents of the future.
		The Celts also believed that the spirits of the dead revisited their earthly homes on that evening.
	www.nationalvanguard.org /story.php?id=6704 (604 words)

	The True Believers
		All kidding aside, it is difficult to dismiss out‑of‑hand the opinions of a third of the population, particularly when the opinions are shared by people for whom we have a great deal of respect.
		If such a view is applied to reincarnation, we find an impressive list of famous thinkers who believed and advocated the concept of reincarnation as a basic truth.
		These people were so certain of reincarnation as a fact of life (and death), that they often rejoiced at a person’s demise (and his return to heaven?), and mourned the birth of a child as a return of some poor soul to the trials and tribulations of earthly existence.
	www.halexandria.org /dward429.htm (3851 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Exploring the World of the Celts: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In this new introduction to the world of the Celts, Simon James looks at all aspects of their history.
		Also highlighted are the hitherto neglected subject of Celtic life under Roman rule and persistent traditions that led to the Celtic renaissance in Ireland after AD 400.
		As an aside, James' book on the Atlantic Celts is another great title, and far surpasses this earlier effort.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0500050678 (761 words)

	The battle in the Teutoburg Forest
		To make the connection between the noble savages of Antiquity and the modern nation closer, the Germanic war leader whose name had been rendered by the Romans as Arminius was referred to by his (presumed) real Germanic name: Hermann.
		Already famous in the days of Martin Luther, who invented the name Hermann, the Germanic leader became a very popular hero in nineteenth-century and early twentieth-century Germany, and a symbol of national unity that could be used on almost any occasion.
		Caesar had shown himself to be a worthy relative of Marius, and excelled himself when he bridged the Rhine and invaded the country to the east of this river, which he called Germania.
	www.livius.org /te-tg/teutoburg/teutoburg01.htm (1687 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)