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Some interesting nuggets but I get the same feeling I do with the author's fiction, that he views the Celts through much too rosy glasses. And his obsession with seeking parallels with Vedic Indians got a bit tedious at times.

#lunchandabook

Interesting book. It covers a lot of territory. It‘s not exactly brief, but it does it‘s best to give the best over view it can, as quickly as possible. Ellis‘s thesis was to give “a thematic survey of the visual wealth left to us by the Celts, as well as an introduction to their colourful early history and fascinating culture.” He has certainly pulled this off. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

This is for all the people who claim the Celts weren‘t/aren‘t real. For being imaginary people, they sure do pop up in a lot of places in history. Thanks for buying into Rome‘s BS propaganda and allowing their almost successful genocide to be successful in modern times. The Cleopatra bit is pretty awesome.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #rome #egypt #galatia #celtsthroughhistory #realpeople

“Rome had other ideas...” like genocide.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #rome #genocide #warriors

I feel so proud. I actually know ‘tá sé‘ and ‘tá sí‘ in Irish. The process is slow, but Duolingo is teaching me Irish. I feel like my ancestors would be proud.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #irish #duolingo #learnirish

Love this mental image. I‘m still trying to figure out if this is reincarnation or not.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #immortalsoul #theotherworld #reincarnation

Oh dear. 😏
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #triunegod #triunegoddess #notanoriginalidea

Oh wait, this wasn‘t in the Bible?! Don‘t tell the Christians!!!
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #triunegod

Truth has been relative in some parts of the world for way longer than we‘d like to admit.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #truth #cosmology #fakedrecords

For a supposedly illiterate society, they were great and accurate record keepers.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #cosmology #whosilliteratenow #naturalphenomena

I guess Celtic hospitality extended to everyone. I said this during the chapter on women in Celtic society, and I find myself saying this again. We have much to learn from the ancient Celts. We need to stop pretending they didn‘t exist (through some amazing mental gymnastics that is downright ridiculous) and start learning from them.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #thesick #thepoor #careforall

I started this book back on 23 January with the intent of reading a chapter each morning and being done in about two weeks. That has clearly not happened. Just starting chapter 8 this morning. #peterberresfordellis #thecelts #behind

Here, honey, I brought you a present.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #womenmatter #badasswomen #womeninhistory

And some people say we have nothing to learn from ancient civilisations, especially if they weren‘t Roman or Greek.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #womenmatter

WHY NOT TO MANSPLAIN: BCE Edition
Apparently, women have been dealing with mansplainers for THOUSANDS of years. Too bad (or luckily for the mansplainers) we can‘t take the same actions as our ancient ancestors.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #whynottomansplain #bceedition #nomansplainingzone #celtichistory #whyhistorymatters

A different look at Culloden. It was this ancient fighting style that probably prevented them from rising up and actually taking back their independence. Hopefully they have better success if they want to leave the UK and rejoin the EU.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #battleofculloden #celticwarriors #scottishhistory

Wow, this is the exact opposite of what we know about this situation today. #peterberresfordellis #thecelts #shakespeare #macbeth #duncan #malcolm #shakespearereadalong

@Weaponxgirl AUGUSTINE THE TWAT OF HIPPO STRIKES AGAIN!!! 🙄 Oh my god, just like Shakespeare, this guy just pops up everywhere. The difference is, when Shakespeare pops up I smile and think “of course,” when Augustine pops up I roll my eyes.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #druids #augustine

I‘m still not entirely clear on what Druids were, but I am happily aware that all of the crazies are dead wrong. I think the closest I can come to describing real Druids would be to call them Celtic intellectuals.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #druids

There are A LOT of “Irish Triads,” almost little nuggets of wisdom, etc. that still exist today. Most of them have been passed down through oral tradition until fairly recently. Interesting to see the first record of it.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #druids

As a historian, this is an interesting thought. We frequently take what is written above what is recalled from memory, but in some instances, perhaps, this should not be the case.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #druids

THIS!!! This is exactly what I‘m talking about. I knew kids in high school who thought they were druids. You kind find people all over the Internet spouting off and crocheting “ceremonial cloaks” who aren‘t anymore Druids than Santa Clause. This is what annoys me. These are ridiculous people misappropriating a tradition they actually know nothing about. I actually enjoyed this chapter. 5🌟 to this chapter.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #druids

Oh goodie, a whole chapter on the Druids. I‘m not going to lie, I‘m not a big fan of this topic, most probably because of the modern BS people do and claim to be modern day druids. 🙄 I guess I have ancient writers to thank for that. I might like them more after learning some real information about them.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #druids

So many men, as always, but we do have several killer women. Sadly, Ellis has only mentioned two by name. 🤷🏼‍♀️
#thecelts #peterberresfordellis #celtickings #celticqueens #celticrulers

Shakespeare is EVERYWHERE I tell ya!!!
#thecelts #peterberresfordellis #shakespeare #cymbeline #shakespearereadalong

Interesting. Very interesting.
#thecelts #peterberresfordellis #celticlanguages #celticmythology #celticdeities

WE COULD BE COUSINS!!! @julesG (probably not... the Celt tribes moved out as the Germanic tribes moved in) Still that‘s an interesting little tidbit. I wonder now if some of my ancestors went toward Ireland and the rest went toward Norway (I have some of that in me - although that could be from the vikings and thus a different rout than I‘m thinking here).
#thecelts #peterberresfordellis #germany #switzerland

Give me a book with a good map any day.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #map

It was really hard to figure out what to read next after Adnan‘s Story. It really sticks with you. I‘m probably going to be thinking about him for a long time. I decided my best bet was to completely switch gears.
#peterberresfordellis #thecelts #history

I think it‘s time to tackle this trio!