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A druid was a member of the high-ranking priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators, lorekeepers, medical professionals and political advisors. Druids left no written accounts. While they were reported to have been literate, they are believed to have been prevented by doctrine from recording their knowledge in written form. Their beliefs and practices are attested in some detail by their contemporaries from other cultures, such as the Romans and the Greeks.
Imaginative illustration of 'An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit', from The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands by S.R. Meyrick
Imaginative illustration of 'An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit', from The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands by S.R. Meyrick and C.H. Smith (1815), the gold gorget collar copying Irish Bronze Age examples.
An 18th century illustration of a wicker man, the form of execution that Caesar wrote the druids used for human sacrifice. From the "Duncan Caesar", T
An 18th century illustration of a wicker man, the form of execution that Caesar wrote the druids used for human sacrifice. From the "Duncan Caesar", Tonson, Draper, and Dodsley edition of the Commentaries of Caesar translated by William Duncan published in 1753.
The Druidess, oil on canvas, by French painter Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1890)
The Druidess, oil on canvas, by French painter Alexandre Cabanel (1823–1890)
Druids Inciting the Britons to oppose the landing of the Romans – from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I – anonymous author and artists
Druids Inciting the Britons to oppose the landing of the Romans – from Cassell's History of England, Vol. I – anonymous author and artists
Celts
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The Celts or Celtic peoples were a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia, identified by their use of Celtic languages and other cultural similarities. Major Celtic groups included the Gauls; the Celtiberians and Gallaeci of Iberia; the Britons, Picts, and Gaels of Britain and Ireland; the Boii; and the Galatians. The relation between ethnicity, language and culture in the Celtic world is unclear and debated; for example over the ways in which the Iron Age people of Britain and Ireland should be called Celts. In current scholarship, 'Celt' primarily refers to 'speakers of Celtic languages' rather than to a single ethnic group.
The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue
The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue
The La Tène–style ceremonial Agris Helmet, 350 BC, Angoulême city Museum in France
The La Tène–style ceremonial Agris Helmet, 350 BC, Angoulême city Museum in France
Reconstruction of the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, Stuttgart, Germany
Reconstruction of the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, Stuttgart, Germany
Reconstruction of a late La Tène period settlement in Altburg near Bundenbach, Germany (first century BC)
Reconstruction of a late La Tène period settlement in Altburg near Bundenbach, Germany (first century BC)