Witan© : "Historical Druidry and Celtic Culture are at a bit of a paradox actually. You see, when you refer to "Celtic Culture" you are in reality referring to the lower half of Europe from Portugal to Turkey.
You are referring to a time-span from 1500 B.C.E. to roughly 500 C.E. In that nearly 2000 years the Celtic tribes spread all over the place, some staying in a given place... others moving on.
The greatest facet of the Celts was their individuality; it was their greatest undoing as it was also the hardest thing for us to track. Because they could rarely see eye-to-eye, Rome was able to defeat the tribes one by one
Witan© : . Because they constantly spread in every direction, absorbing and blending with what they ran into (or over) it is hard to separate them from what was there before. When Saint Peter converted the Galatians after the crucifixion...it was a Colony of Celts that had settled in Asia Minor 200 years before that he converted, not Turks. From this wide array of cultures we like to say that there were some singular differences, and there were. But by and large, every one had its own deities (some 400 at last count), and very few liked the others ones' deities at all, only about 30 were considered "Central" because they are referred to more than once...but often not more than 10-20 times....and
none were universal.
Witan© : Two things that were universal were the Druids and the laws governing that society....and those laws were governed by the Druids themselves. This system of "Checks and Balances" was in place before Greece ever dreamed of equality (and Greek equality was only equal for Greek males....the women were virtual slaves and considered property)."
Witan© : well that ends ADC's words
Witan© : now we are back to mine
Witan© : I think that adequately covers the celtic lands and time frame. Though they spread as stated their main bases of power seem to have been Gaul (now called France), Ireland, England, and Scotland.
Witan© : how are we all doing?
Laurelovely01 : doing good
Witan© : i need more water so i will take a quick break and then check if there are any questions before we move on
Witan© is away.