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    Celtic Wisdom: 36 Inspirational Legends
    Celtic Wisdom: 36 Inspirational Legends
    Celtic Wisdom: 36 Inspirational Legends
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    Celtic Wisdom: 36 Inspirational Legends

    By Duncan Baird

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    A collection of Celtic lore and culture to inspire you in the modern world.

    The magical tales of the Celts offer important life lessons. With a vibrant illustration and a nugget of ancient Celtic wisdom, each of the thirty-six entries in this book brings to life the fierce warriors, dauntless heroes, powerful women, soulful bards, and wise druids of the past—guiding you and inspiring you on your own path to personal growth.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 1, 2010
    ISBN9780811875905
    Celtic Wisdom: 36 Inspirational Legends

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      Celtic Wisdom - Duncan Baird

      celtic wisdom: reference to go

      36 Inspirational Legends

      who were the celts?

      The Celts were a mixed and widespread group of peoples who inhabited a vast band of territory that stretched across Europe and into Asia Minor from about the ninth century B.C. to the fifth and sixth centuries A.D. Common reference to this enigmatic society assumes the Celtic clans of Britain and Ireland, or of mainland Europe, especially Brittany and Spain, but Celts made incursions into northern Italy and, in 387 B.C., sacked Rome. A century later they invaded Greece and plundered the famous oracle shrine at Delphi.

      warriors, heroes, bards, and druids

      Romantic descriptions of this multifaceted culture have survived the centuries—stories of fierce warriors and dauntless heroes, supernatural women, soulful bards, and wise druids. Greco-Roman authors exalted the Celts as unsurpassable warriors, renowned for their courage. Likewise revered were the bards, or poets, the keepers of tribal wisdom who were able to recount the past as well as to foretell the future.

      Perhaps most fascinating is the mysterious society of druids, the Celtic priests and magicians whose mystical wisdom encompassed the healing properties of plants, transformation, and fertility, and the ability to foretell the future. Ancient accounts of the druids are sketchy, but there is plenty to pique the imagination. For example, Merlin, magician advisor to King Arthur, is

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