Creation Myths In Celtic Culture

t’s safe to say that every culture has their own creation story or many creation stories. But in some cultures they had a creation story and it’s been lost through time, or people stopped telling it. The culture later thought that their story was too far-fetched or the culture and it’s peoples died out and faded away. In Celtic culture, no known story has been known to survive, but there is a creation myth that has lasted through the ages. This myth begins by explaining that in the dawn of time there were no gods or humans, only the land and sea. It goes on to say that at one point the land and sea me and when they did a white mare was born, made of sea-foam. Her name was Eiocha. Not far from where the horse was born, a giant oak tree was …show more content…
From Lir came the gods Manannan, Branwen, and Bran. From Danu many more came, Dagda, Nuadha, Dienceght, Goihbhio, Morrigan, and Brighid. The “children” of the two gods went on to create two races that Celtic culture sings of.
This is the only Celtic creation story known to have survived. But only a small sect of Celtics worshipped the gods mentioned in this myth. There were two types of Celtics, Christian celtics (who followed the teachings of Christianity) and Pagan Celtics (the ones who were polytheistic and worshipped the gods in this story). The main reason that this is the only story to have survived is that during the middle ages Christianity became the most influential religion. Lots of people (including Celtic polytheists) converted to Christianity and a lot of their creation stories were forgotten in the process.
The Celtics lived in and around the British isles, including Scotland and Ireland. Celtic society relied heavily on crops. They had little to no knowledge of the scientific world. Because of this they were animists and honored nature in hopes of a good crop. They viewed the world as inhabited by many gods and spirits who influenced