Druid

both the Greek and Roman writers were surprised by the fact that the Druids, a priestly caste of the Celts (see Druidism), believed in reincarnation. The Greek writer Diordus Siculus (c. 60 BC - 30 AD) noted that the Druids believed "the souls of men are immortal, and that after a definite number of years they live a second life when the soul passes to another body." The Greek philosopher Strabo (c. 63 BC - 21 AD) observed the Druids believed that "men's souls and the universe are…

came to life as ghosts and would interact with the living on their way to the otherworld (Santino). The Celts believed the ghosts had the ability to destroy their crops and would make it easier for the Druids, Celtic priests, to give a prediction about their futures. The predictions by the Druids were very important to the Celts because it gave them hope to get them through the winter. As part of the celebration, they would wear costumes…

first stage of construction. The Aubrey Holes were pits in Stonehenge used as graves for cremated human remains ("Stonehenge." Britannica School). // // ///////. Some scholars propose that Stonehenge is associated with the Druids but radiocarbon shows that this is impossible Druids performed their ceremonies in sacred grounds and after Stonehenge was abandoned (History.com Staff). A more accurate theory of what Stonehenge’s purpose was is that it was used as a complex computer, to predict…

Windows operating systems. In the online strategy game the player controls a party of five unit groups. In each group it has one to several hundred identical units which are picked from about 50 different types. The type of units are black unicorns, druids, pirates, knights, dark griffins. The units that can be chosen come from four different realms i.e. Chaos,…

Early Germania Germania was first established in 500 BC by the Celts. By 200 BC a large group of tribes called Teutons invaded and took over Germany. As civilization progressed, Germania began to develop a series of tribes; the Barvarins, Franks, Goths, and the Saxons, who lived very barbaric lifestyles. By 50 BC, the German tribes begun to have frequent battles with the Romans; after several battles, the Germans started to seize control over the German territory. Eventually Germania…

was central to the Age of Enlightenment. The term superstitio, or superstitio vana "vain superstition", was applied in the 1st century to those religious cults in the Roman Empire which were officially outlawed. This concerned the religion of the druids in particular, which was described as a superstitio vana by Tacitus, and Early Christianity, outlawed as a superstitio Iudaica in AD 80…

“There is a way of making free with the past”: W.B. Yeats’s “A Prayer for My Daughter” and Eavan Boland’s “The Pomegranate” as allegories for poetic legacy Throughout his long career as a writer, William Butler Yeats established a legacy as perhaps the most influential Irish poet of the twentieth century. He was an advocate for Irish Nationalism and one of the leaders of the Celtic revival movement. Through Yeats’s pastoral, mythic imagery and, later, his explorations of the country’s political…

The sun hung in the blue skies as Riasean and Larah wound through the pass in the heart of the Krador Mountains. As they rounded a steep bend in the trail, Larah looked up tracing the outline of the rocks and gasped. Silhouetted against the sky, the rock-face had the unmistakable image of a wolf baying at the moon. “Is that the reason the Krador are called the Wolf Bane Mountains?” “Some of the reason. The rest is based on legend,” Riasean replied. Larah raised an eyebrow at him. “Are you not…

hardships from over their younger lifetimes. He wants to show his wife where his whole life started at the philosopher’s stone house. Being in the forest brought discomfort to the woman as she remembered the druids and felt the rain. This maybe be the symbol of past religion that she was involved with. Druids are known as ancients that partake in Celtic beliefs, and realization all her mistakes could have caused the cobwebs to acquire in her throat. Meanwhile, the philosopher has come to tell…

Children are waiting for this day, they lie in wait month by month and plot what costumes they will wear on this day; they figure out who amongst their friends and family will gather the most candy; this day is called Halloween. Halloween is the one day in the whole year where people and children alike dress up in costumes and go door to door in order to accumulate candy, however, one would not think that Halloween was not always a child-friendly holiday but had a shadowy and foggy past.…