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A druid was a member of the learned class of the ancient Celtic peoples of Gaul and Britain, described by Greek and Roman writers as a priest, teacher, judge and custodian of religious and legal tradi
Julius Caesar, whose Commentarii de Bello Gallico is the earliest detailed account of the druids.
Julius Caesar, whose Commentarii de Bello Gallico is the earliest detailed account of the druids.
Roman troops attacking the druids on Anglesey, as described by Tacitus. A 19th-century imagining of the scene.
Roman troops attacking the druids on Anglesey, as described by Tacitus. A 19th-century imagining of the scene.
'An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit', an imaginative illustration from S. R. Meyrick and C. H. Smith, The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the
'An Arch Druid in His Judicial Habit', an imaginative illustration from S. R. Meyrick and C. H. Smith, The Costume of the Original Inhabitants of the British Islands (1815). The gold collar copies a Bronze Age Irish gorget.
The oak and mistletoe ritual depicted by Henri-Paul Motte (1900)
The oak and mistletoe ritual depicted by Henri-Paul Motte (1900)
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
Druid
…druid (Gaulish: druides, from Proto-Celtic *druwides, 'oak-knower' or '[priest with] strong insight') was a member of the learned class of the ancient Celtic peoples of Gaul and Britain, described by Greek and Roman writers as a priest, teacher, judge and custodian of religious and legal tradition. Because…
The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue at the Capitoline Museums of Rome, Italy.
The Dying Gaul, an ancient Roman statue at the Capitoline Museums of Rome, Italy.
La Tène–style ceremonial Agris Helmet, 350 BC, Angoulême city Museum in France.
La Tène–style ceremonial Agris Helmet, 350 BC, Angoulême city Museum in France.
Reconstruction of the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, Stuttgart, Germany, c. 530 BC.
Reconstruction of the Hochdorf Chieftain's Grave, Stuttgart, Germany, c. 530 BC.
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)