Druids
Ancient oak venerators
The Druids were the learned class among ancient Celtic peoples—priests, judges, teachers, and keepers of oral tradition.
Roman accounts describe them conducting rituals in sacred groves and wielding significant political influence.
Much about them remains uncertain, filtered through hostile outside observers.
The Druids were suppressed under Roman rule. (Lowercase druids includes modern practitioners and fictional characters.)
Roman-era Western Europe
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- Julius CaesarRoman dictator and general
- Gallic WarsRoman conquest of tribes
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
divination · augury · sorcery · Pliny · Tacitus · mistletoe · tribes · chieftain
Ceremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- altarSacred ritual table
- sacred groveWoodland deemed divine
oracle · prophecy · blessing · intermediary · deity · worship · incantation · robes
Gaul
Roman-era Western Europe
- RomansAncient Italy's imperial people
- Julius CaesarRoman dictator and general
- Gallic WarsRoman conquest of tribes
sacrifice · divination · augury · sorcery · Pliny · Tacitus · mistletoe · tribes · chieftain · oral tradition
ritual
Ceremonial set of actions
sacred grove · oracle · prophecy · blessing · intermediary · deity · worship · incantation · robes · invocation
Gauls
Ancient Western European peoples
Tara · Beltane · Samhain · torc · La Tène · Hibernia · Caledonia · Eire · Galatia
- FaithsChristians, Catholics, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews
- religionsChristianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism
- European faithsCatholicism, Protestantism, Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy
- Irish FaithSt. Patrick, St. Brigid, Celtic cross, Catholic Church, holy well
- Roman GaulGaul, Gauls, Julius Caesar, Lyon, Roman conquest
- secret societiesFreemasons, Illuminati, secret society, secret societies, Masons
Druidsbishops
High-ranking clergy members
inquisitors · Brahmins · missionaries · church fathers · Catholic clergy
Druidsscholastics
Of educational achievement
theologians · scribes · Pharisees · Jesuits · encyclopedists
- druid circleAssembly of Celtic priests
- druid's circleMegalithic ceremonial site
- druid groveCeltic priests' woodland sanctuary