Who here identifies as a celt?

Question

just wondered. what gods do you worship?

Answer 1

My family tree branches into Scottish, English, Welsh, Irish, and German and I use those pantheons in my faith.

Answer 2

some celts were catholkic moran

the o donnells were a chatholic celtic clan and do were the o conners, o neils, mccartys and most of the rest

and before you decide to argue with me i live beside the holy place of samhain one of the celtic gods and no one worpships there

Answer 3

Moi Celt - Welsh - not worshiping any Gods these days.  More interested in my 12 tree at the bottom of my garden.  Not sure which God or Goddess lives there.

Here's some links to help you out . . . . .

Celtic Mythology : Gods, Goddesses, Spirits, Legends from Ireland ...Celtic Mythology. Meet the Gods of Ireland and Scotland. :

http://www.godchecker.com/pantheon/celti...

Celtic Gods and Goddesses ... On the Celtic Gundestrup Bowl from Denmark, Cernunnos is attended by a boar - an animal revered by the Celts for its speed, ...

http://www.joellessacredgrove.com/Celtic...

From a purely Celtic point of view, I think the most important thing about a boar is killing it and roasting it and eating it.  This we could call this the Boar Fest.

At Woodhenge, not far from Stonehenge, Time-Team founds hundreds of pig bones and flint arrow heads, suggesting that our Celtic ancestors [Bronze Age British Celts] took their pigs to Woodhenge for the Winter Solstice and shot them with bows and arrows.

Way to go.

The Gods and Goddesses of the Celtic LandsDescription: Thought to be one of the earliest Celtic Gods. Nothing is known about him today though he may have later surfaced as Borvo, a Breton God of hot ...

http://www.scns.com/earthen/other/seanac...

Celtic Gods and Goddesses, Symbols of Power & MajestyCeltic Gods and Goddesses are Powerful Cultural Symbols.

http://www.whats-your-sign.com/celtic-go...

List of Celtic deities - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe gods and goddesses, or deities of the Celts are known from a variety of sources, these include written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, ...

http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...

Celtic GodsThe Celtic peoples had many Gods, in keeping with the majority of the ancient world. ... Click on a letter for a list of Gods and Goddesses ...

http://www.gallica.co.uk/celts/gods.htm  

Here's one of the biggest Celtic gatherings anywhere - the Gorsedd of the Island of Breten - Arch Druid of Britain - gold outfit.

The Gorsedd Prayer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzwqEryew...

Answer 4

I thought a Celt was one of the Gaelic lot who were either Scottish or Irish. I didn't think it had anything to do with gods...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts

Answer 5

Well, I'm of Irish ancestry (some...I'm American, which translates to "mutt"), but my primary personal work is done with the Hellenic pantheon. My Tradition works alternately with Celtic (mostly Continental) and Germanic deity forms.

My Celtic practice includes work with Danu, Morrigu, Herne, Rosmerta, Brigit, Cerne, Artia, Tarvo, Epona, Rhian, and Elan.

Answer 6

The problem with a lot of the Celtic deities is they are not always clearly defined. They can change in characteristics from area to area.

Also with the enforcement of the Roman culture to the Celtic regions a lot of the gods become merged with the Romano deities.

The main written records we have of the Celtic gods comes from either Greek or Roman journals. The rest of the knowledge has been passed down orally and is prone to distortion.

The early tales of the Tuatha Danaan are thought originally to describe the Celti-iberian invasion of the Western coast and islands  of the British Isles; i.e., Ireland and the Isle of Man. This occurred approx. 2 centuries before the Gaulish and Belgo colonisation of the mainland.

The consequence of this is that some of the Irish and British deities became merged with the incoming Celtic gods.

Who identifies as a Celt? The answer has to be a miss-mash of descendants from various cultures which accumulate on the Atlantic Archipelago.

It should also be mentioned that the later invaders of the Angles and Jutes would have come from Celtic roots; the Normans originally came from the North i.e., the Norse and Scandanavian territories.    

The Gods that I worship are the ones that fulfil the human archetype of my spiritual focus at the time.

Answer 7

I think by now you realise that 'Celt' was probably the wrong word to choose! I know that many people who you might say are 'Celts' would worship or at least acknowledge much of the Pagan culture too. For instance, the Tuatha De Danaan worship Danu, and they remain Pagan.  I myself don't identify myself as being someone related to those teachings, but I think maybe you should look up the historical and archaelogical side (the 'Celt' side), and then the mythology, and the religion. Perhaps it'll help you sort things out yourself rather than being spoonfed. It's far too broad a subject for me to write it all here!

Answer 8

I worship Jesus Christ and him alone.

Answer 9

Atheist,Cymro Celt.

Answer 10

I thought I was a Celt being Scottish but I don't worship any God?  Sorry I'm not sure historically who the Celts worshipped if indeed they did.

Answer 11

I am a Pagan, and my spiritual practices are based on those of the ancient Irish. I am dedicated to the Goddess Brighid, who inspires the crafts of poetry, smithcraft and healing. I play Irish harp, and my craft is dedicated to her as well.

Keep in mind that "Celt" refers to a group of related language stocks; it is a very loose term that comprises the ancestors of the people of Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany, the Isle of Man and Cornwall. The religious and spiritual practices of these varied peoples, who migrated through Western Europe, were also very diverse and unrelated to each other.

Answer 12

I'm of Iceni stock, me. Nothin' 2 do wit religion tho - I'm a JW, for example.

Iceni, Celt, Norse, Roman - it's just where these dudes came from, really

Answer 13

First-what is a celt? At one time we thought they were invaders who came from central Europe, overwhelming (and killing off) the bronze age culture of Britain. Now we know those groups were only small and dna-wise most Brits are the same as they were after the last Ice Age (with a large dollop of neolithic genes thrown in-all aftercomers were just a drop in the genetic sea.) So 'celts' were in fact an older people (unrelated to thecentral European celts of Hallstatt), possibly speaking a form of celtic as far back as approx 4000 BC. Celtic really seems more of a linguistic distinction that a 'racial' one.

  The guy who mentioned Woodhenge and the Durrington pig-feast probably hit the nail on the head right there.

As for gods, there were obviously many,with different regional variatians in names and attributes. It was interesting to read the lists of gods people work with today-you can see the list is STILL being changed in modern times. for instance Herne as wild huntsman takes some attributes from the saxon/Norse pantheon as well as the celtic/pre-celtic Cernunnos;Rhian I presume is a form of Rhiannon, and Elan, to be honest ,has only recently appeared in modern 'new agey' books as a goddess. (She stemsfrom St Helena, mother of Constantine.)

btw, there is NO SUCH god as Samhain-this is a time of the year and a festival.

Answer 14

I sometimes call myself a Celt when people ask my nationality, being that my ancestry comes from Celtic countries (Ireland and Scotland).

I am also pagan, and do work with the Celtic pantheon - more with Irish and Welsh deities than Scottish though.