Celts

these differ from this tradition. Despite the obvious human flaws of Lancelot, King Arthur, and Perceval, the stories surrounding them became preserved by early Britons. Not only considered royal, but also sacred, the stories provided the ancient Celts with a sense of national identity, especially as the many invasions took place on their soil. Similarly, the Bible preserved the moral failings of many individuals considered important to the early church, even saints. No great stretch is…

earliest known settlers were hunter-gatherers who arrived around 7,000 BC. These early inhabitants left behind tombs, stone circles, and other impressive structures that witnessed their advanced engineering and architecture knowledge. Around 600 BC, the Celts arrived in Ireland and remained the dominant culture until the arrival of the Vikings in the 8th century. The Vikings established settlements in Dublin, Wexford, Waterford, and other parts of the country, and introduced new technologies…

small island, known today as Great Britain, and populated the area, they first came into contact the natives. These natives were known as the Celts, a tribe of tall, blonde warriors in Brythons. However, what makes them unique is their religion. After all, they don’t share the same religion as the Romans with their belief towards Christianity. In fact, the Celts’ religious belief was of Animism, the belief that everything has a spiritual essence. Their priests were known as Druids, whom…

“Up until the 1960s, Ireland was a country where change was rejected in favour [sic] of traditional patterns of life and old allegiances. In the Republic of Ireland in the south, the main political parties had their origins in the civil war between the pro- and anti-treaty factions” (Harris 150). Ireland is a land rich with history and culture, the customs that are still in practice date as far back as most can remember. Several customs have moved from country to country as the Irish move from…

The Children of the Forest are an ancient race of supernaturals in Westeros. They were last seen over 8,000 years ago and are introduced in A Song of Ice and Fire as nothing more than a fairy tale, believed to be long extinct. Similar to the Ancient Celts, they were once the indigenous race of Westeros and following a war between the First Men they were forced to retreat to the fringe of Westeros, “beyond the Wall,” where their history turned into legend which turned into folklore over the…

In the Roman conquest of Gaul and Britannia, the Romans faced many Gallic and Briton tribes, most of which rebelling against their aggressive expansion in the north under the guise of claiming the tribes were barbaric savages. In Julius Caesars “The Gallic wars” he says tells of how “All Gaul is divided into three parts.”(Caesar, p.1) These three parts were inhabited by the native tribes of the Belgae in what we would now call Belgium, the Nervii and the Helvetii in what is now known as France…

The first thing is Irish traditional music, Irish traditional music came to Ireland with the Celts 2,000 years ago. The next thing is the harp, which is a major symbol of Ireland. The last thing is the river dance, a river dance is a short break and originated at a Eurovision song contest. These are some of the most important Irish music pieces. Traditional Irish music came to the country with the Celts 2,000 years ago and is still played in the country today. With Irish traditional music…

France is one of the oldest and most powerful countries in the world. France is the largest Western European nation, fifth in population, and a leader among Europe’s nations. The physical geography of France's natural environment is outlined by oceans, coastlines, and large physical landscape changes. The cultural geography is directly affect and outlined by physical geography tying different regions and cities together. France’s surrounding landscape consists of the coastlines of the Bay of…

Aristotle was not alone with his assessment of females, for several of the greats, such as Homer, Socrates, Plato, along with numerous other ancient writers, believed that women were the weaker and inferior sex, and essentially lacking. Socrates went so far as contending that being born a woman was a divine punishment, since a woman is halfway between “a man and an animal.” Simonides, a writer, portrayed women as different types of animals that symbolize the forces of chaos. This Condescending…

ancient Celts. These bogs have many different aspects that make this wetland stand out from others. A wetland is an area located near or above a water table. They also have a diverse amount of vegetation around the area. On the contrary, bogs are filled with water from only rain. They also are dominated by peat moss/sphagnum. The…