In the last centuries BC, the Celtic peoples were ruled by a priestly class: the Druids. The Druids are first mentioned in the writings of Julius Caesar, who around 50 BC wrote that Druidism ...

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Matriarchal...maybe Speaking of passing along oral information and histories, it was the druids, a type of Celtic religious leader, who were responsible for this oral transmission. These could be ...

The era saw a revival of interest in all things Celtic. The London visionary William Blake, for instance, was particularly interested in the druids. Welsh exiles in the English capital formed ...

The evidence suggests that by the first century AD, the language spoken in Wales - and throughout southern Britain - was Brythonic, a Celtic language closely related to the Gaulish of Gaul.

In addition to causing trouble and damaging crops, Celts thought that the presence of the otherworldly spirits made it easier for the Druids, or Celtic priests, to make predictions about the future.

a French Celtic tribe, standing before a druidImage: akg-images/picture alliance Speaking of passing along oral information and histories, it was the druids, a type of Celtic religious leader ...

The evidence suggests that by the first century AD, the language spoken in Wales - and throughout southern Britain - was Brythonic, a Celtic language closely related to the Gaulish of Gaul.