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Celtic Mythology
This category is for questions about the religion, mythology, Gods and Goddesses, and ancient wisdom of Iron Age Celts, including the Gaels, Celberians, Picts, and Brythonic tribes.
125 Questions
The Gaels and the Brythons were two groups of Celts that?
Two groups of Celts - the Gaels and Brythons - also invaded the British Isles.
Ireland is Irish. The term "Irish" relates to Ireland and things and people that are from there. Like any country, Ireland itself consists of many origins, including the Vikings, Normans, Celts and many others. Over thousands of years these have all influenced Irishness in all sorts of ways, to bring Ireland to what it now is. What is now Ireland has a unique culture and is Irish. So the answer to your question is yes.
Is PICTS the Name of Ancient Scottish tribes?
The Picts were one of 5 major Scottish tribes including the Britons , Angles, Picts, Scots and the Saxons
Druid is an ancient Celtic priest
Druid was an old term used for male sorcerers/magicians. I think (though I may be wrong) it was an old Gaelic term. There would be specific differences, but Druid's basically performed the same feats as Wizards and Magicians, which was to practice in sorcery and/or magic.
A druid is also a class in the game World of Warcraft.
What is the name of the king of Annwn the Otherworld in Welsh mythology?
Annwn - the Land of the Dead - is a complicated place in Welsh mythology - far more complicated than the Greek Isles of the Blessed.
Arawn is the king there in most of the older texts, but Gwyn ap Nudd becomes king in the later stories.
And there is always half a sense that Annwn is not really a place at all (in fact, it is a non-place) - in which case the idea of a 'king' becomes problematic.
What is the difference between Celts and Picts?
The difference is that the Picts were a people who merged with the Scots and Gaels, but the Celts were not a people, more a collection of semi-mythical primitive tribes somewhere in the Northern Spanish area where the Basques are today.Some say they came from Morocco first then migrated.
The difference is that the Picts were a people who merged with the Scots and Gaels, but the Celts were not a people, more a collection of semi-mythical primitive tribes somewhere in the Northern Spanish area where the Basques are today.Some say they came from Morocco first then migrated.
Answer Modern thinking is that Picts were in fact from Norway - which would make them Germanic of origin - not the kind of dark skinned Berber Celt that the Basques etc are. Why the 'Scots' are often blond haired.
Who are some Celtic gods or heroes?
The Celts had many gods, goddesses, and heroes. The most important hero though was CuCullain. Additionally Queen Maeve/Madb was an important legendary ruller of the Fae. There was also Nuada Silver-Hand, who acted as the King of the Gods, the Morrigu (three part War Goddess), Aoffe (warrior-queen), Scaggath (Aoffe's Sister), Lugh was another important god to the Celts as well.
In ancient Celtic mythology, the item from Gwyddno Garanhir that is considered one of the thirteen treasures of Britain is the "mantle." This magical cloak is said to provide the wearer with protection and other extraordinary abilities. The other items mentioned—basket, horn, and chariot—are not specifically attributed to Gwyddno Garanhir in the context of the thirteen treasures.
Did the Celts care about the appearance?
Celts liked to wear bright clothes and wear jewellery. The jewellery was made from Gold,Silver and bronze
When the Celts went to war they would paint themselves with bright blue paint in swirls and patterns and would use a lime mixture to spike up there hair to try to make themselves look scary.
women would wear a long dress or skirt with a shawl or a cloak
men would wear a tunic with trousers underneath then they would wear a cloak
the cloaks where put onto there clothes by patterned metal broaches
celts shoes where made out of animal skins
What kind of Celts was the gaels and brythons?
The Gaels came from Ireland and Scotland
The brythons came from Britain and Wales and Cornwall
From the Celtic pantheon How do you pronounce Créide?
kree
It's actually a bit more like "kree-yeh", sometimes "kree-yay"...so it's possible those are pronunciations for music (only).
Who is the constructor of Ganesh Aarti Sukhakarta Dukhaharta?
Samarth Ramdas Swamy wrote this aarati in Ganapati temple at Morgaon. (One of from Ashtavinayak.)
What is the influence of Norse mythology in recent days?
Although Scandinavian culture and heritage remains influential in many aspects of the modern day, remnants of Norse folklore in particular are abundant in the present-day genre of fantasy.
J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, and The Silmarillion, is often considered to be one of the fathers of modern fantasy literature. His son Christopher has said in interviews that Tolkien was an avid fan of Norse mythology, and that one of the reasons he worked to create such elaborate universes for his novels was to emulate the world-building structure of folklore. In addition to borrowing the structure of mythology, Tolkein took many of his characters from Norse and Germanic mythologies: light elves, dark elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, dragons, and more are characters often represented in Norse mythology.
Norse mythology took place in a universe composed of nine worlds on one world tree, Yggdrasil. This concept of a world tree was seen in other mythologies (e.g. Slavic, Finnish), and the idea is popular in modern fantasy universes. For example, there is a world tree in the popular video game franchise World of Warcraft.
Another notable modern appearance of Norse mythology is the Marvel Comics adaptation of the Norse god Thor, the god of thunder. Although there are many prominent discrepancies between comic book Thor and mythological Thor, there are similarities as well: the nine worlds of Yggdrasil are present, many of the traditional gods are represented, Thor wields the hammer Mjolnir, and the link from Earth to Asgard is the rainbow bridge Bifrost. However, Iron man and Captain America weren't worshiped by the Vikings.
Where was Arawn Celtic god from?
Arawn was the king of Annwn - the underworld or land of the dead in Welsh Celtic myth.
They were true to the ancient people who knew them as a religion.
How was the earth created according to Celtic mythology?
i have been looking into this myself and I have found two beliefs of how the world and universe was formed
in one there was a giant who was burned and formed the universe, his blood made all water on earth, the seas rivers, and oceans. his bones became motions and his hair became forest, his skull becoming the sky, and his heart was the gods and goddesses
the second version is that the heaven and earth were created of Giants. their children, who liked in the darkness between them. one of the male children cut his brother into peaces, his skull became the sky and heavens, his blood drowned the hole world killing all but two humans that serviced in a boat and when the blood or water sank down it became the oceans.
that's the best I can give you
Who was Ferrex in British Celtic mythology?
In British Celtic mythology,Ferrex was a son of Gorboduc and Judon and the brother of Porrex.Porrex and Ferrex had a quarrel over the succession,and Porrex plotted to ambush Ferrex.H,however,found out about this and escaped to Gaul to raise an army.This attempt to save his life was in vain,as Porrex killed him upon his arrival back in Britain.Judon went mad on hearing of the death of Ferrex and hacked Porrex to pieces.Thus,on the death of Gorboduc,there was no-one left to continue the line of descent,a line supposed to have come down from Brutus.
