13 Facts About Celtic polytheism

Celtic polytheism paganism was one of a larger group of Iron Age polytheistic religions of Europe.

Names of over two hundred Celtic polytheism deities have survived, although it is likely that many of these were alternative names, regional names or titles for the same deity.

Priests of Celtic polytheism religion were "magico-religious specialists" called druids, but little is definitely known about them.

Literary evidence for Celtic polytheism religion comes from sources written in Ireland and Wales during the Middle Ages, a period when traditional Celtic polytheism religious practices had become extinct and had long been replaced by Christianity.

Celtic polytheism religion was polytheistic, believing in many deities, both gods and goddesses, some of which were venerated only in a small area or region, or by a particular tribe, but others whose worship had a wider geographical distribution.

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The names of over two hundred Celtic polytheism deities have survived, although it is likely that many of these were alternative names, regional names or titles for the same deity.

Various Celtic polytheism peoples seem to have had a father god, who was often a god of the tribe and of the dead ; and a mother goddess who was associated with the land, earth and fertility .

Celtic polytheism declared that the most widely venerated Gaulish god was Mercury, the Roman god of trade, saying they worshipped Apollo, Minerva, Mars and Jupiter.

Relatively few animal figures in early Celtic polytheism art include many water-birds, and it is speculated that their ability to move on the air, water, and land gave them a special status or significance among the Celts.

Druids, the Celtic polytheism learned classes that included members of the clergy, were said by Caesar to have believed in reincarnation and transmigration of the soul along with astronomy and the nature and power of the gods.

Celtic polytheism writes that a white mare was sacrificed and cooked into a broth, which the king bathed in and drank from.

Oldest attested Celtic polytheism calendar is the Coligny calendar, dated to the 2nd century and as such firmly within the Gallo-Roman period.

Several Celtic polytheism celebrations have been practised in some form since ancient times, such as the Beltane festival and the Killorglin Puck Fair .