Celt

Druid's ethnic group

A Celt is a member of the ancient peoples who spread across much of Europe before Roman times, or a modern person of Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Breton, or Cornish descent.

Celtic languages and cultural traditions persist in these regions.

In American sports, the Boston Celtics basketball team uses the name: The Celts won in overtime. (Lowercase celt is a prehistoric stone tool.)

ancient

Iron Age

Post-bronze historical period

  • Bronze AgeEarly metalworking civilization period
  • druidsCeltic spiritual leaders
  • GaulsAncient Western European peoples

Britons · Picts · Boudicca · La Tène · Galatians · Celtiberians · hillfort · roundhouse · warriors · clans

craft

torc

Ancient twisted metal collar

spirals · triskele · metalwork · goldsmith · illumination · manuscript · Book of Kells · enamelwork · filigree · cloisonné

society

tribe

Social group sharing ancestry

druid · kinship · lineage · fosterage · cattle · raid · warrior · chariot · champion · single combat

modern

Irish

Of the Emerald Isle

Cornish · Manx · diaspora · revival · nationalism · Eisteddfod · hurling · shinty · tartan · folk

mythology

druid

Ancient Celtic priest-scholar

otherworld · Tír na nÓg · Samhain · Beltane · sacred grove

language

Welsh

Of a Celtic nation

  • ManxTailless domestic cat breed
  • BretonBrittany's Celtic language
  • CornishOf southwestern peninsula

syntax · grammar · vocabulary · pronunciation · cognates · mutation · declension · revival

Categories
Opposites
ancient european ethnic/cultural rivalry

CeltRoman

Of ancient Italy's capital

Anglo-Saxon · Saxon · Germanic · Teuton · Latin

linguistic family contrast

CeltSlav

Eastern European ethnic group

Hellene · Basque

imperial vs. tribal organization

CeltRoman

Of ancient Italy's capital

imperialist · conqueror · colonizer

Phrases
Family

Celts, Celtic

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G