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| ! colspan="2" | Celtic paganism
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| | Celtic-speaking regions of Europe and the Atlantic world
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| ! Founding period
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| | Iron Age and Roman periods; modern revival from the 18th century onward
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| ! Estimated adherents
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| | Historical traditions with modern reconstructionist and neo-pagan forms.
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| '''Celtic paganism''' is celtic paganism refers to the pre-Christian religious traditions of Celtic-speaking peoples and later modern movements inspired by Celtic myth, sacred landscapes, seasonal festivals, and druidic imagery. | | '''Celtic paganism''' refers to religious traditions associated with ancient Celtic-speaking peoples, including deities, sacred places, ritual, seasonal cycles, and later reconstruction. |
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| == Overview == | | == Overview == |
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| Celtic paganism is known through archaeology, classical sources, medieval Irish and Welsh literature, inscriptions, folklore, and modern reconstruction. Ancient practice varied widely by region. Modern Celtic pagan traditions may emphasize gods, ancestors, spirits of place, seasonal cycles, poetry, and ecological spirituality.
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| == Key beliefs == | | == Related pages == |
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| * Regional gods and goddesses associated with sovereignty, healing, war, craft, rivers, animals, and land
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| * Sacred landscapes including groves, wells, rivers, hills, and boundary places
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| * Heroic and mythic narratives preserved in later literature
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| * Cycles of life, death, sovereignty, and seasonal change
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| * Ancestral memory and local tradition
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| == Practices ==
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| * Seasonal rites
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| * Offerings at sacred places
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| * Poetry, storytelling, music, and ritual speech
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| * Divination and omen reading in some modern traditions
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| * Ancestor and land-spirit veneration
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| == Places of worship ==
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| * Sacred grove
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| * Holy well
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| * Hill or outdoor sanctuary
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| * Home altar
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| * Modern druid circle
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| == Sacred texts ==
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| * Irish mythological cycles
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| * Welsh Mabinogi
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| * Classical accounts of Gauls and Britons
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| * Inscriptions and folklore collections
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| == Holidays and observances ==
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| * Samhain
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| * Imbolc
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| * Beltane
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| * Lughnasadh
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| * Solstice and equinox rites in some modern groups
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| == Branches and related traditions ==
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| * [[Druidry]] - Modern spiritual and religious movements inspired by druidic tradition.
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| * [[Celtic Reconstructionism]] - A modern effort to reconstruct Celtic polytheistic practice.
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| * [[Modern Paganism]] - A broad family of contemporary pagan movements.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Religion]] | | * [[Religion]] |
| * [[Theology]] | | * [[Theism]] |
| | * [[Religious symbols]] |
| | * [[Religious concepts and ideals]] |
| * [[Philosophy of religion]] | | * [[Philosophy of religion]] |
| * [[New Religious Movements]]
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| * [[Indigenous and Traditional Religions]]
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| [[Category:Religions]]
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| [[Category:Indigenous and traditional religions]]
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| [[Category:Modern Paganism]] | | [[Category:Modern Paganism]] |
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Celtic paganism
Celtic paganism refers to religious traditions associated with ancient Celtic-speaking peoples, including deities, sacred places, ritual, seasonal cycles, and later reconstruction.
Overview
This starter page is intended as a neutral reference entry. It can be expanded with history, beliefs, practices, symbols, texts, branches, notable figures, and related concepts.
Related pages
