Celtic History

In Irish it's: deartháir athar (paternal) / deartháir máthar (maternal) / uncail

In Welsh it's "ewythr"

In Scots Gaelic it's: bràthair athar (paternal) / bràthair màthar (maternal)

The next conquerors of Britain after the Celts were the Romans, who invaded in 43 AD under Emperor Claudius. The Romans established control over most of Britain, which they called Britannia, and incorporated it into their empire for several centuries.

Celtic farmers found entertainment -and a healthy living- in stealing whole herds of their neighbors' cattle.

They were there to protect the Celts ! and use for food

The heart knot or Celtic hearts are a relatively recent addition to Celtic symbolism. Hearts as symbols of "love" and "devotion" date from the later medieval period but have become an established part of modern Celtic symbolism in the last decade of the 20th century.

The Ancient Irish seem to have practice a number of outdoor sports : running, jumping and ball games like Hurley. Gaming pieces and dice have been found and there are references to a board game using wooden pieces. Two board games called "brandub" and "fidchell" were being played in Ireland about the 7th century A.D and possibly much earlier.

In Irish it's feall / brath

The Celts believed in immortality of the soul and they were one of the first European people to hold such a belief.It was not a theory of reincarnation but a belief based on the fact that when a person died he or she simply changed worlds.This was why the Celts put not only bodies in graves but all the apputenences necesary to sustain life,the notion being that the person would need all this in the otherworld.The Celts seemed to have believed in a constant exchange of souls taking place between this world and the otherworld.Because they believed not only that a death in this world was the means of sending a soul to the otherworld but also that a death in the otherworld was a means of sending a soul to this world,the Celts are said to have mourned birth and to have celebrated death.

In Irish it's "sciathán"

In Scottish Gaelic: sgiath or sgiathan

In Welsh: adain (aden) or asgell

Antoine Walker

Celtic art is ornamental, avoiding straight lines and only occasionally using symmetry, without the imitation of nature or ideal of beauty central to the classical tradition, but as far as we can understand it often involves complex symbolism. It includes a variety of styles and often incorporates subtly modified elements from other cultures, an example being the characteristic over-and-under interlacing-weaving-which only arrived in the 6th century when it was already in extensive use by neighboring Germanic people. There are three "traditions" of Celtic art, the first being the continental Iron age art mainly associated with La Tène culture which draws on native, classical and (perhaps via the Mediterranean) oriental sources. The second, Iron Age art in Britain and Ireland, draws on the continental tradition while adding distinctive regional styles. The third, the Celtic "renaissance" of the early Middle Ages in Ireland and parts of Britain, is also called Insular art. This third tradition formed the basis for art of the Celtic revival beginning in the late 19th century. It is extremely beautiful in writing, pictures or sculptures. Can i get the short version please?

The best known symbol of Celtic sisterhood is the Celtic Sisters Knot. The Celtic Sisters Knot is a Celtic heart. It is a symbol of sisterhood and the strong, eternal bond we share with our sisters and friends. The intricate Celtic knot heart is an unbroken line symbolic of an everlasting love. The stylized triquetra or triple spiral, woven within the Celtic knot heart symbolizes the three stages of woman. The three stages of woman are maid, mother and wise woman. Where are you and your sisters on the spiral of life? Celebrate the powerful, life long bond of friendship between women The Celtic Sisters Knotnecklace.

A Celtic cross is a symbol that combines the cross with a ring surrounding the intersection. It is the characteristic symbol of Celtic Christianity, though the symbol has older, pre-Christian origins. Such crosses formed a major part of Celtic Art. This design is also referred to as the Irish Cross, or as the Cross of Iona. The exact history of this symbol is slightly ambiguous, and you may get a different answer from everyone that you might ask, but I like the theory that the inner circle is said to represent eternity, and the endlessness of God's own love.

Besides the inner circle, the element that distinguishes the Celtic cross from other crosses is the intricate knot work that can be found carved into the stone. One of the most common knots you'll see is the Trinity knot.

Other than actually going to an ancient church in Ireland, a great way to see the beauty of these crosses is in ornamental replicas and also Celtic jewelry: http://www.irishcelticjewels.com/crosses.htm

Celtic is not the same as British. The Celts lived in the British Isles, but also through much of what is now France and Germany.

It is likely that they were named the Celtics because of Boston's large Irish-American population.

Yes the cleltics did have pets but not the kind of pets we have. They might of had crows or even bears!

There's no evidence that the Celts have any historical, ethnic or linguistic links with the Serbs.

Celtic is the term for a subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages which is subdivided into the Brythonic branch (Welsh for example) and the Goidelic branch (Irish Gaelic). The term can also refer to the Celtic form of Christianity before the late 500s. It can refer to the artistic style used by the ancients. Although the Celts were formerly considered to be a "race", recent DNA evidence indicates the British and Irish population to have little connection with the historic Celts of central Europe and instead are traced to what is now Spain and Portugal.

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Brythons (britons) and Gaels.

The term Welsh descent refers to having ancestors who were Welsh.

The Celts lived all over Europe: but in the successive waves of invasions - the Romans, and after the fall of Rome a whole series of barbarians - they were driven further and further West, until the remained clinging to the edge of Europe in what is known as the Celtic fringe: Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Brittany. The Celts lived in central Europe: northern France, part of Holland, Belgium, England, and parts of Switzerland. These lands had long been settled by the warlike Celts. Soon after 500 BC, the Celts wandered east and west in search of fertile farm land. Around 390 BC, the Celts even invaded Rome and sacked the city. It took two hundred years for the Romans to drive the Celts from Italy.