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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 6:04 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:05 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:24 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:36 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:50 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Yami: I think that was only the gods of the Gael who made those oaths. You may be cool with gods of other Celtic cultures 3nodding Skadi Vengeance Just research it! There are many forms nowadays, such as druidism - which still exists. It really doesn't, though. The druids were a caste, and their teachings were secret. Not only are all their teachings lost (and have been since they were wiped out) but there's no longer a role for them in Celtic societies. Instead you have some people following totally different religions from CRs and calling themselves "Druids" when they're not.
Understandable, though that could be said about almost any religion when it comes to following something, calling yourself what you may think falls in the category of your belief. Though I think there is a generality of each religion - just like how Christians believe in Christ dying for your sins, - though one particular thing could separate you from the rest of the sects. I wasn't trying to define one religion as a part of many, so I apologize if that came off like that.
But like I said, *I* personally think that every main belief has some general views that may clash with other religions and their beliefs - I know there are different forms of each main religion, or belief - and there are most likely other religions out there that have not even been discovered if it had ever existed. Just like the Celts, they were secretive - though I think it was mainly to pass down tradition among their tribes - and since there is very little to be known about the Celtic religion(s), it's hard to even say what makes a druid, or shaman, bard, etc. That's what I figure, anyway. Then again, I'm not exactly all for labels because I think belief overall is a form of individual expression on different levels, it could never be a set of guidelines for a group of people to follow. But again, that's just me.
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:53 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 7:56 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:01 pm
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Skadi Vengeance The Emo Bard My advice? look up Irish mythology. They wrote the most down of any Celtic civilization, though much was recorded by Christian monks who injected their own beliefs into it. Also, Celtic culture is a huge subject. The Celts inhabited most of Western Europe and were never a unified people. I'm taking an ancient mythology class next year at my college. =] I'm so psyched about that. It's a great culture to study. biggrin Yea. It's sad so much about them has been lost. I hate relying on Roman sources to learn about them.
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 8:04 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:01 pm
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Skadi Vengeance Understandable, though that could be said about almost any religion when it comes to following something, calling yourself what you may think falls in the category of your belief. I think it's less a matter of belief and more a matter of language. If I believe that calling my religion Hinduism means I worship Jesus and the Saints and that Jesus was actually a Penguin, calling it a belief doesn't make it right.
There's an ethics portion of it too- is it ethical to prey on cultures who have been abused and subjugated by power structures? Since the Celts were systematically abused by Anglo-Saxon conquers and have appropriated the title from their caste systems- just because someone may have an interest in those cultures, isn't it just furthering that abuse? How can that be ethical?
Quote: Though I think there is a generality of each religion - just like how Christians believe in Christ dying for your sins, - though one particular thing could separate you from the rest of the sects. I wasn't trying to define one religion as a part of many, so I apologize if that came off like that. Not always- like with the Celts, what connected them wasn't their religion. It was their language.
Quote: it's hard to even say what makes a druid, or shaman, bard, etc. I think I saw in some of the other threads that there is doctumented lore as to what made someone a Druid and a Bard- and the Shaman is easy because it's part of a living continuous practice- but it's not Celtic, it's Siberian.
Quote: That's what I figure, anyway. Then again, I'm not exactly all for labels because I think belief overall is a form of individual expression on different levels, it could never be a set of guidelines for a group of people to follow. But again, that's just me. I think labels aren't so much about belief- they're more about communication.
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:05 pm
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Sanguina Cruenta Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 9:08 pm
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:00 pm
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Posted: Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:24 pm
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