#Celtic tribes

[petergwaelod]

Julius Caesar/Mabinogion

Julius Caesar invaded Britain twice in 55 and 54 BC. The only surviving texts from this truly ancient era are the records from Caesar himself, which were written later in Gaul and with the benefit of consideration and hindsight. In ‘De Bello Gallico’ (his account of the Gallic Wars), Caesar states that on his first invasion he was forced to flee Prittan and leave a great deal of booty and many slaves on the beach, due to a ‘threatening and impending storm’. During his second invasion Celtic tribes buried their differences and united together under Cassivellaunus, the king of the Catuvellauni tribe. Cassivellaunus made an impact on the British consciousness. He appears in British legend as Cassibelanus, one of Geoffrey of Monmouth's kings of Britain, and in the Mabinogi, Brut y Brenhinedd and the Welsh Triads as Caswallawn, son of Beli Mawr. Unfortunately things did not go well for the Britons. Five Celtic tribes surrendered to Caesar and revealed the location of Cassivellaunus's stronghold. On hearing of the defeat and the devastation of his territories, Cassivellaunus surrendered. Hostages were given and a tribute agreed. Caesar returned to Gaul where a poor harvest had caused unrest. The Roman legions did not return to Britain for another 97 years.

[mia-seth-adventures]

Celtic Tribes 50BC

[historyfiles]

The Iberian peninsula prior to the Carthaginian invasion and partial conquest was a melange of different tribal influences, with the Celtic influx being the most  recent and most pervasive as this map shows.

[svartikotturinn]

The stereotypical foreigner in East Asia is red-haired and that is a basis for an old slur

Scottish and Irish people are stereotyped as red-haired by the Germanic English (and not only by them)

Greeks and Romans associated ‘barbarians’ across Europe with red hair, notably Celts and Germans, and their red hair with being wild and/or deceptive and then any negative stereotype they could think of

Jews were associated with red hair by Germans, similarly the French associated it with Judas

Even Jews themselves also associated red hair right back with Christianity, as an extension of Edom

Nowadays even cats can’t escape the stigma

Conclusion

Forget being Nazis, woke, CIA shills, feds, (((degenerates)))—reject modernity, embrace tradition

Everyone I don’t like is ginger

[stephanyrocca15]

Halloween

Es una fiesta cuyo origen está en el mundo celta, concretamente en la fiesta pagana de Samhain.

Los orígenes se remontan a Irlanda hace más de 3.000 años, ya que coincidiendo con el solsticio de otoño, los campesinos celebraban el fin de la temporada bajo la creencia de que durante esa noche del 31 de octubre los espíritus caminaban entre los vivos.

Las leyendas explican que los espíritus podían atravesar la línea que separaba el mundo de los vivos del de los muertos justo esa noche porque era cuando esta más se estrechaba.

Según las leyendas, la gente se protegía de los espíritus malignos y los intentaba alejar mediante hogueras, o máscaras y disfraces para evitar ser reconocidos. También colocaban en sus casas huesos, calaveras o cualquier otro objeto relacionado con la muerte.

Pero no sólo los espíritus malos cruzaban la línea, también lo hacían los buenos. Por tanto, mucha gente comenzó a organizar esa noche del 31 de octubre banquetas en honor a estos espíritus buenos como forma de homenajearlos y comunicarse con ellos.

Collage made by Stephany Roccaro

[shebeafancyflapjack]

Hahahahaha that is horrifying actually hahaha fucking let him rest.

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Hellenistic sculptor: Epigonus (Greek: Ἐπίγονος), born in Pergamon, Türkiye Ludovisi Gaul (The Galatian Suicide), 2nd century AD National Roman Museum – Palazzo Altemps, Rome

This dramatic statue epitomizes the mixing of cultures in the Hellenistic Age. The statue is a Roman copy in marble of a now lost Greek bronze original made at Pergamum in Anatolia by a Greek sculptor. The artist tells the tragic story of a defeated Celt (Gaul). Rather than be captured alive, he has just killed his wife and is at the precise moment of taking his own life. In typically Hellenistic style, the artist combines anatomical accuracy with psychological agony.

[blueiscoool]

Metal Detectorist Finds Rare 2,000-Year-Old Celtic Coin

A metal detectorist says he did a “jig of joy” after turning up an “exceptionally rare” 2,000-year-old Celtic coin worth thousands of pounds.

Grandfather Mike Taylor couldn’t contain his excitement after finding the rose gold stater while searching farmland in Bishton, near Gwent, South Wales.

fter getting an “iffy” signal from his detector, he dug down four inches before uncovering the coin, struck during the reign of Antedios, an Iceni ruler, from 20-47AD.

The incredibly detailed coin, thought to be worth £4,000, depicts a triple-tailed horse alongside a cross, crescent, six-spoked wheel and pellets.

It bears the tree emblem of the Dobunni, an Iron Age tribe living in Britain prior to the Roman conquest.

The name of Antedios is inscribed in full with a Greek letter, which is unusual as abbreviations were more common.

A Timeline Auctions spokesman said: “This variant is rare because it features the complete name of the ruler, unlike most coins where part of the name is missing.

“Additionally, the ruler’s name is inscribed with the Greek letter Θ, whereas it is usually written with the letter ‘D’. It is a well-centred example with sharp details.

“Only one other example with this lettering is recorded, and our example also includes three extra pellets behind the tail. This makes it an exceptionally rare and beautiful coin in lustrous rose gold.”

Antedios remained neutral during the Roman invasion of 43AD and was made a client of Rome.

[justaz]

i desperately crave full power merlin. he was messing with time when he didn't even know one (1) spell, imagine what he could do at his peak bc i genuinely believe we never saw that. a man said to be the embodiment of magic?? said not to have magic but to be magic?? god just imagine it, wielding power like an extension of himself, taking down armies with a wave of his hand, not uttering a single word, traveling through the wind, carried by the elemental magic and reappearing halfway around the world in a single moment, traveling the same through time, reappearing in greece centuries before the romans invade, reappearing in the aztec empire before colonizers landed on their shores, reappearing in new york as cars fly past him and buildings reach up to the heavens.

[pigeonstab]

welp, that's not how I thought this design would go lol

here are the other ways I wanted it to go:

so y'know normal Victorian British thing? but then I decided I wanted him to be celtic.

SO! Nightmare is actually 2500~ish years old, he was in Britain before the Roman invasion and is a celtic pagan! (I did my best to do reasearch but if anybody can correct me on anything pls tell me, I neither want to be inaccurate or worse offensive.) I took a lot of inspo (like a lot a lot ;TvT) from the design of Viviana from Rebis:

[figures4fun]

In honor of the release of the Mean Girls…remake? Musical? that came to theaters this weekend, we present our own Mean Girls fav moments!

[temtamtom]

Does gaul have a human name?

After scratching my head for a while I've settled on the name Vindiorix!

I came up with a list based on a paper I found, and I kept gravitating towards this one in particular. I love the -rix suffix, and maybe it's because of Vercingetorix and the character Asterix, but I automatically associate it with Gaul lmfao

Also Vindiorix kinda fucks

But now I'm wondering what kind of name he could have in a modern AU 🤔

[amy---pearson]

If you're being called weird,

strange, crazy or witchy... take

it as the best compliment ever.

It means you are brave enough

to step up and show the world

who you really are!!!

[butchsnoopyy]

i dont have any fandomy hyperfixations at the moment so i just watch documentaries and like. learn. getting lamer and having fun

[rioabaixo]

If nobody got me, I know Portuguese toponymy got me!