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The Celts were more widespread than people realize. I was puzzled to find Celtic jewelry for sale in Bavaria!! Now I know! If anyone is interested in Celtic history, you must read 'The Isles-A History" by Norman Davies...I've read it twice and it's in my "read again" pile of books
Also, Celtic has become pretty fadish...as he says in the book... people get dressed up in cloakes and pointed hats to perform Celtic rituals.. but look more like they are going to a clan rally.!! Get factual information and beware of silly myths..the truth is so much more facinating anyway!!
You're absolutely right about that. Like anything, you have to be a little discerning about what you read, if you want to get to the truth, whether it's on the printed page, or on the Web. I haven't seen this book you spoke of, so I wrote the name down. I'll have to hit my library, or a bookstore, (Amazon, here I come!), to see if I can find it. Because most of my family is from the British Isles, I love to read anything good, concerning the history, that I can get my hands on. Thanks for telling us about this one.
Wouldn't it be so cool to revive the ancient languages of Europe. From what i understand there where many Celtic dialects so it would be impossible to have one Celtic language (if im wrong correct me) but still there must be a Celtic mother tongue. Also wish we could revive the Anglo Saxon (old english) and even Latin as that was the tongue of the Roman Empire. I'm sure there are other dead languages that others know about and would like to see revived but those that i mentioned are my interest. I wonder if todays Greek is the same as when Alexander was conquering or when the bible was written??
I'm very envious of my Blood Cousins in Britain/Ireland and if i lived there i would constantly be visiting the old historic places of her.
There is P Celtic and Q Celtic...a subtle difference in pronunciation and spelling.. but that's about all I know!!! If you Google Celtic Tribes, you will find some very good info on the tribes and their territories.. BTW one of the tribes was the Parisi...sound like a familiar city??? It was named for them!!
I just looked at the list that Wikipedia has and i counted 166 Celtic Tribes that were primarily located in Britain/Ireland, Transalpine Gaul (France and Belgium) Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy), Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe.So i doubtthat there is a mother tongue.
Probably the same like the Native American tribes as i believe their languages are mostly related and yet distinctively different per tribe or area.
I just looked at the list that Wikipedia has and i counted 166 Celtic Tribes that were primarily located in Britain/Ireland, Transalpine Gaul (France and Belgium) Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy), Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe.So i doubtthat there is a mother tongue.
Probably the same like the Native American tribes as i believe their languages are mostly related and yet distinctively different per tribe or area.
I'm a huge fan of both Celtic music and that of Bulgaria (first heard it back on the sound track of Carl Sagan's "Cosmos"). When I mentioned that one time to a musician friend of mine I was told that there are distinct similarities between those two types of music and that they are considered to be closely related. Since he got rather technical on the similarities (had to do with the way the music is structured) much of what he explained went over my head (not too familiar with music theory, I merely know what I like), but based on the map shown on the wikipedia page above, it certainly sounds like my friend knew exactly what he was talking about.
OMG! In 7th grade we formed teams and had to do a mock election for someone in history. One of my friend's fathers had studied Boudica and we thought she was pretty cool. We had bumper stickers and shirts made "Boudica for President!" Then we had to debate supporters of other leaders
My father's friends wife was writing a book about Boudica at the time, I sent her one of the bumper stickers and she sent me a letter. I have to go home and find it now...I'll let you guys know what the name of her book is.
Who knows? Maybe, we'll soon have our own warrior queen.
Thanks for posting that link as i've always wondered who it was that Ceasar Conquered when he defeated the Gauls. Interesting in watching the History of Rome on the Military Channel last Night it featured this battle and said that once Ceasar had defeated the Gauls he slaughtered 1 million people as they were calling it Genecide which i never knew he had done that until watching that show.
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), to see if I can find it. Because most of my family is from the British Isles, I love to read anything good, concerning the history, that I can get my hands on. Thanks for telling us about this one.
