THE DRUIDS

by Piggott, Stuart

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Thames & Hudson. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1968. Hardcover. Dustjacket has general wear and protected in mylar. Book has minor staining but clean and bright. ; In Celtic Polytheism, the word Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies which existed through much of Western Europe north of the Alps and in the British Isles. Druidic practices were part of the culture of all the tribal peoples called Keltoi and Galatai by Greeks and Celtae and Galli by Romans, which evolved into modern English "Celtic" and "Gaulish". Modern attempts at reconstructing practising druidism are called Neo-druidism. From what little we know of late druidic practice it appears deeply traditional, and conservative in the sense that the druids were conserving repositories of culture and lore. It is impossible now to judge whether this continuity had deep historical roots and originated in the social transformations of late La Tene time, or whether there had been a discontinuity and a druidic religious innovation. ; Ancient Peoples and Places; 236 pages .