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Celtic History

The history of the indigenous peoples of the British Isles contains a rich culture of tribes, peoples, and customs. These people have fought and beaten the Romans, Anglo-Saxons, and Normans. Their influence can still be seen throughout Ireland and Scotland today.

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How did Celts travel?

Mostly on foot and on horse back. Horse drawn chariots were known for use in raids and war times, while larger transport carriages were usually pulled by oxen, as the horse was considered too much an asset to be doing raw work like this.

What did the Celts believed happened on the last day of october?

They believed that, on that day, the barrier between the fairy world and the human world was thin enough to be moved between, so fairies could enter the human world and wreak their havoc.

What is Celtic and Gaelic?

There are two Celtic groups: Gaelic and Brythonic.

Gaelic languages would be Irish, Scottish Gaelic and Manx.

Brythonic languages would be Welsh, Breton, and Cornish.

Is there a GRAEME in Celtic mythology?

There's actually no such language as "Celtic". Celtic refers to a group of dozens of languages, six of which are spoken today:

  1. Breton
  2. Cornish
  3. Irish Gaelic
  4. Manx
  5. Scottish Gaelic
  6. Welsh

What is the symbol for 'Kieran' in Celtic?

There's actually no such language as "Celtic". Celtic refers to a group of dozens of languages, six of which are spoken today:

  1. Breton
  2. Cornish
  3. Irish Gaelic
  4. Manx
  5. Scottish Gaelic
  6. Welsh

How long ago did the Celts live?

1412 years ago submited by a 8 years old whos smart

What are the names of the Celtic thunder guys?

They are: George Donaldson, Damain McGinty, Kieth Harkin, Paul Byrom and Niel Byrne

What is the Celtic word for little one?

There's actually no such language as "Celtic". Celtic refers to a group of dozens of languages, six of which are spoken today:

  1. Breton
  2. Cornish
  3. Irish Gaelic
  4. Manx
  5. Scottish Gaelic
  6. Welsh

Who was the greatest warrior of Celtics times?

there's no doubt about that ,the best Celtics warrior of all time was Boudicca.

What are some Celtic words for 'chaos'?

Irish Gaelic: éagruth or anord Scottish Gaelic: ? Manx: ? Welsh: tryblith or anhrefn Breton: ? Cornish: ?

What does Celts eat and drink?

they ate vegetables,berries and grains to make bread

How did the Celts dress?

Normally they were naked, but whan they used clothes they used dark colours

What country are you from if you are Celtic?

Celtic is not associated with any single country. There are people of Celtic origin in many countries, particularly in western Europe, but also further afield.

How did the Celts die out?

Celts have not died out. Descendants of the Celts can be found living in Cornwall, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Brittany.

Who lived in England before the Celts?

Was it the huns? Of course not, the Huns never went to England. Around 9000 BC, there were sharp half-Neanderthal crossbreeds, silent but knowledgeable; clicking and popping Capoids from Morocco; raspy Paleoindians from Scandinavia, who spoke with no vowels; and canny Old Europeans from the Caucasus, who were a mixture of everything. Then a bossy light-brown people from Ethiopia who reproduced at an alarming rate arrived and began to chase them all around. And this is all before the Indo- Europeans, our ancestors, arrived. We were still mucking around in Ethiopia, laughing like hell that the first wave had left.

Why did the Celtic people make Celtic crosses?

The pre-Christian version was a circle with an equal-armed cross internal to the circle, called the "sun cross", representing the sun. When the Celts became Christian, the cross was Christianized. The life-giving sun was compared with Christ.

Whats Celtic for i love you?

There's actually no such language as "Celtic". Celtic refers to a group of dozens of languages, six of which are spoken today:

  1. Breton
  2. Cornish
  3. Irish Gaelic
  4. Manx
  5. Scottish Gaelic
  6. Welsh

What are the Celtic words for 'my'?

Irish: mo

Scottish Gaelic: mo

Welsh: fy

In Celtic languages "my" usually changes the first letter of the next word;

in Irish "my son" would be "mo mhac"; mac being the unmodified root word.

This would not apply if the first letter is a vowel.

What are the Celtic words for angel?

Irish: aingeal

Scots Gaelic: aingeal

Welsh: angel

What is the Celtic fringe?

The Celtic Fringe is an area of Europe where Celtic customs or Celtic language exists. It is called a fringe because these areas tend to be a fringe of other areas clinging to the western most parts of Great Britain (Wales, north western Scotland), the Isle of Man and the western parts of Ireland and north western France.

What is the Celtic for 'aunt'?

In Irish it's: deirfiúr athar / deirfiúr máthar / ain't / aintín

Who came after the Celts?

In Britain the rich Romans came and took over the Celt's.