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The World of the Celts
by Duke Shadow and Ellen Seiden

A warrior people made up of small rivals clans, the earliest Celts were a hospitable people who prized the songs of the bards and the holy oak of the Druids. Their culture, which survived well into the first millennium AD, was preserved most purely in the unconquered reaches of Britain and Ireland.

Fires in the Dark: Ancient Celtic Festivals
by Judith Kane

The Celtic year was divided into four major cycles called Samhain, Imbolc, Beltaine, and Lughnasadh, each of which was observed with a fire festival to honor the gods. Since days began at sundown, celebrations commenced at sunset on the eve of the festival and continued until sunet on the following day.

Etched in Stone: The Marks of Ogam
by Judith Kane

The druids and bards of the early Celtic people believed that their knowledge would be profaned it if were written down. So they committed the esoteric lore, religious ideas, laws, and histories to memory and passed them down orally. The Celts did, however, have a form of writing calloed Ogam.

The Sacred Nature of Celtic Art
by Susan Parry

Stylistically, Celtic designs have gone through many changes. But whether it be rectilinear patterns, stylized human or animal figures, floral designs, geometric shapes, or crosses, the intricacy of Celtic art has a universal appeal.

 

The Art of the Booke
Illustrations by Eric Sangwine

 

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