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Research Project: The Celtics

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World Culture Research Project ‘The Celtics’ Many people believed the Celtics were all evil and worshiped the devil, but that is not true. They were simple people who practised either a animistic or polytheistic religion. Sacrifice of both animals and humans was a big part of their society however, it is not all they were. Women in the Celtic society were not like woman in most other early societies, they were allowed to own land, have power and even get divorced. Headhunting is probably the thing they are most known, for they believe the greatest prize of battle was the enemy’s head. Now, that we have established a basic understanding of who the Celtic people were, let's look at; the daily life, political structure, and the creation myth. …show more content…

In the beginning there was no time or gods, only land and sea. Where the sea meet the land a white mare burst forth from the sea foam, her name was Eiocha. Eiocha soon found some sea-foam seeds and ate them, soon they grew into a child in her, she gave birth to the god named Cernunnos. While she was giving birth her pain was so great that she ripped off a piece of bark that she catapulted into the sea, as it fell to the watery deeps of the sea it grew to deep-sea giants. As for poor lonely Cernunnos he felt that he was outnumbered for the great number of sea giants, he along with his horse-mother they created more gods, their names were Maponos, the God of Youth, Tauranis, the God of Thunder, Teutates, the Protector, and the fertility goddess, Epona. After Eiocha’s children grew into adults she became sad and depressed, while she longed for the sea she finally returned to her life as a sea-mare, and became known as Tethra, goddess of the deep. Soon the gods and goddesses created a paradise like land, while the deep-sea giants looked upon the gods with hatred they declared war upon the gods. After a great war and successfully making the giants return to the sea, the gods turned to the place they once called paradise. It was in ruin, as well as almost all humans were killed, all except for two that Epona had saved and they were charged with recreating the human

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