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| Well - instead of all the "Celtic Twilight" stuff that we have ben force - fed for years, let us celebrate our art, music, literature and culture for what it is. You know what I mean - all those "Celtic harps" and "Celtic crosses" and "Celtic embroideries" in the "Celtic" gift shops. Let us recognise the wonderful music, folklore, metalwork, jewellry etc etc for what it is - home grown native culture and not something imported from Austria. You could check out http://www.le.ac.uk/ar/stj/celtindex.html Mike Pearce on another list says it very neatly: "There has been plenty of academic discussion of the Celts over the last ten years. Caesar only mentions Celts in mid and southern Gaul, and clearly states that the inhabitants of Britain are indigenous, except for those in the South, who are Belgians (ie Germanics). From his Gallic Wars narrative: "The interior of Britain is inhabited by people who claim, on the strength of their own tradition, to be indigenous. The coastal areas are inhabited by invaders who crossed over from Belgium for the sake of plunder and then, when the fighting was over, settled there and began to work the land; these people have almost all kept the names of the tribes from which they originated". Pytheas the Greek of Marseilles circumnavigated Britain about 350 BC reporting that the Prettanic Isles were North of the lands of the Celts. John Collis notes that "the indigenous nature of the British Iron Age is now generally accepted, but with continuous rather than punctuated contacts with the continent followed by periods of complete isolation." (Collis 2000, 181) Collis makes a great case for rethinking the nature of the Celts in his "The Celts. Origins, Myths, Inventions" essentially making a critical study of Celtic Studies." Reply | with quote |  8th December 2005ce 04:24 In reply to: Re: Picts in Ireland (StewardsofGondor) |
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