Druids

Samhain Festival was celebrated as it was thought that this was the time when ghosts of the dead returned. The Celts believed that the return of the ghosts damaged crops and allowed them to wreak havoc on the living world. They also believed that the Druids, who were

“Jed,” she said, alcohol and drugs are a symptom of a culture that violate human ethics for the sake of profit.” “What has that to do with Vietnam,” I asked? “When you kill humans for profit, you are asking the soldier to kill at the expense of his own soul.” “What has my soul to do with it,” I asked? “Let’s not dodge the point,” she said, “If you continue on the way you’re going, you will become an alcoholic or an addict. What chance do their souls have to be pain free.” “I don’t think that

The Mesopotamian religion has not a large amount of information uncovered. There are both archaeological and textual data that has been found on religious beliefs of the early Sumerian civilization survive. The typical temples were constructed of mud bricks and adorned with buttresses and many small cones of different colors. On the inside there was a niche for the image of the deity right in front of an offering table. The early sanctuaries were simple in their style but the later new temples contained

     There are few ancient structures in the world that captivate the imagination and the critical mind of both the scholarly and ordinary individual as Stonehenge. This intriguingly mysterious Neolithic monument is located near Amesbury in Wiltshire, England and draws thousands of spectators to its arena each year. The oldest part of Stonehenge, called Stonehenge I (constructed ca. 3100 BCE), consists of little more than a circular ditch dug in the soil of the Salisbury

Stonehenge Stonehenge was a stone structure established a long time ago by civilizations before the Druid age. More than 4,000 years ago, the people of the Neolithic period supposedly decided to build a massive monument using earth, timber and eventually, stones.They placed it high on Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England about 137 kilometres southwest of London. The purpose to build Stonehenge still remains a mystery. Stonehenge could have been a temple, an astronomical calendar, or a

Centuries ago in Great Britain, wood priests called Druids used evergreens during mysterious winter solstice rituals. The druids used holly and mistletoe as symbols of eternal life, and place evergreen branches over doors to keep away evil spirits. Late in the Middle Ages, Germans and Scandinavians placed evergreen trees

In the beginning, Man was a simple being that walked the earth as one with nature. Just as 'wild' as all the others. This was when man was clean. Humanity at this point was nothing more than a species of animal that played at the merciful hands of the Gods. Whether or not you worshiped the creator, The Aspects, Xan, or Iblees himself. The creation-myth is all the same. Descendants. Do you know why we call ourselves that? Probably not. We call ourselves that to distance ourselves from the animals

A group comprised of 1 Runner, 4 Leopard Guardians, 2 Bastion Remnants, 1 Paragon, 1 Leopard Druid, and 1 representative of the Wall Regiment are returning from a mission and decide to take a shortcut through Black Forest. America: That was….boring? Russia: Any mission that doesn’t end in a fight is always boring to you. America: Fighting if the fun part. A mission without it is just diplomacy. Russia: You’re hopeless. What’s your take on it Mosh? Egypt stopped and looked around. The scenery of the

Christina Conger Professor Smith HIST 3480 29 April 2018 Chapter 3 From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period Efforts during the late nineteenth century to rethink Welsh culture, led to the invention of a multitude of new ceremonial observances and traditions. The pressure to invent traditions is significant in the Romantic Movement and the desire for many Europeans to be part of a distinguished people. Welsh Societies and History Despite the interests in Welsh

social classes; the warrior elite was the nobility. A learned priestly class, called Druids, performed religious rituals and served as oral historians, judges and advisors to the tribal kings. Commoners, the largest social class, lived on small farms were they grew wheat and barley and kept livestock. Larger settlements, called oppida or hill forts, sometimes served as tribal capitals. Little is known about the druids because their rites were never written down. Their gods are thought to be similar