Celtic MythologyCeltic Mythology -The Celts who settled in Ireland during the first millenium B.C.E., like most other ancient peoples, had explanations of the world around them that in today's literary traditions we consider "myths". Not based on what we accept as scientific principles in modern times, these ancient stories survive to tell us much about the people that embraced them. Before the arrival of Christianity and the availability of Western alphabets, the stories were largely passed on as part of an oral tradition in which the storytellers and poets were held in high regard within the Celtic society. Limited excerpts of the stories had been recorded in Ogham but that system of vertical and diagonal lines wasn't conducive to recording large volumes of written material. Sadly, any creation stories that were originally in the body of mythology were lost before they were told to the Christian scribes who recorded the bulk of the stories sometime between the 8th and 12th (C.E.) centuries. The body of stories that survives today is generally divided by scholars into four periods, or cycles: The Mythological Cycle contains stories of the Irish invaders. While the Celtic myths lack creation stories, and tales of many gods and goddesses, what does appear throughout the myths is the importance of nature and its interface with the spirit. Birth, growth and death are seen as an ongoing, recurring process, driven by the spirit. As a result, this meant that the Celts were determined not to violate nature, but to be in one with it. If you want to find our more information about celtic mythology please follow this link: Celtic Mythology | |
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