Who Were the Druids?

Who were the Druids?

Sources:
Druids A Very Short Introduction by Barry Cunliffe
The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J.A. Macculloch

Music:
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[TheGeneralistPapers]

CORRECTION: @ 7:25 the timeline shows 400 ad being when druids came on the scene. That is wrong. It was around 400 bc. Thank you to those who pointed this out.

[houseofshuffles]

"In ancient times,
Hundreds of years before the dawn of history
Lived a strange race of people, the Druids..."

[chagildoi]

This channel is going to explode as more people find it

[stevenrowlands]

As a Welshman living in an area with strong celtic ties I see some minor inaccuracies and misinformation but as a whole this was a very good and educational video

[lexx]

Amazing video like always! Thank you so much for all the hard work you put towards your fascinating and highly informative videos, I'm a huge fan!

[serviustullus]

The experts on the Coligny Calendar (a Gallic one) date its conception as based around 1000 bce. Celtic culture stretches back into the Bronze Age. That suggests older than 400 bce.

[ErenikSelimaj]

Druids existed. "True and Tree" and "Dru =Wood + Tru=Brains(in GheG Albanian ) makes sence. Gheg Albanian is considered as the oldest language spoken in Europe dating over 2000 years before the Hittites according to Leipzig University

[johnnydynamite]

the celts do not exist today more in Ireland, Scotland any more than in the rest of europe, these are just the areas where celtic culture wasn't romanized, so by the time the roman empire fell, they still had their celtic culture, unlike the rest of france or belgium. the different european languages are for most of them the "child" of an era of latin and the local celtic language, latinization happened in different waves, so each of these celtic languages got diluted in a different version of latin, producing the similar but different languages such as various italien, french or spanish dialects ( none of which being at the time exactly the unfified french spanish or italian we know today). Breton and gaelic outlived the empire in their "pure" form, like euskari in the basque country in the Pyrennes. The assciation of Brittany with this celtic conjunction comes from 2 mass migration waves of celts from england, first was under roman rule that relocated celtic legions from england to brittany to defend it against Gaels (irish celts) and Picts (scottish celts) piracy raids. Second wave was after the fall of the empire, celts from england fleeing germanic anglo-saxon invasion of their island. And this celt identity of brittany slowly died out until XIXth century romanticism in France, that created this fantasized image of brittany as a land of lore and legend bathed in mist, where magical creatures roamed among the stones. these are areas where the celtic culture was most preserved, but as a people they aren't anymore celtic than the rest of what used to be the celtic world as a whole. And I say this as half Irish, half Breton, and very proud of my celtic heritage, it's just that it's not accurate to think of myself as more celt than someone elsewhere in France, I'm just from the parts where latin didn't have the time to take over before the roman empire fell

[Alasdair]

We do have writings from the Celts in both Greek and Phoenician script problem is the druids specifically forbid any of their secrets to be written down they were after all a very secretive order the writings we do have from the Celts are largely financial in nature for example a transfer of land from one person to another was found either in Spain or in Marseille.

[michaelmayen]

Excelent video. My last name is a deformation of Latin Magen, Druids. The best video ever for my family and me. None of us being smart guys, of course

[matthewwriter]

0:30 "Which of these is correct?"
Me: "Why not both?"

[serviustullus]

Druids were nobles, but not knights. We have three main sources on them: Greco-Roman, Irish, Welsh. The descriptions are incomplete and the testimonies cannot be taken at their face value.

[archival]

Hang on a second. The Romans left Britain in 400-410 AD and on the timeline 7:25 you are saying that druids only show up around 400 AD? This does not seem right, as this would suggest that they are a Roman invention, which is clearly not the case. Please clarify

[alunevans]

The druids where based in Wales in Anglesey where they battled the Romans it's called Holyhead today.

[cuibono]

Ive always wondered why the Roman's, (vespasian) under Nero felt they had to totally obliterate the druids, what did they know, why were they such a threat, they destroyed the temple at Jerusalem after they had finished off the druids, were they connected.

[robertholt]

Another great video. Although if I remember correctly you played a druid in wow years ago so you might be a little biase towards them. Your French is getting better too. Can't wait till the next one.

[however-yhjy]

These aren't the druids you're looking for.

[blubberinweasel]

Do the traveling teachers of Ireland during the occupation have their roots in the druridic legacy?

[garethhughes]

Ynys Mon (Anglesey ) a Island in North Wales didnt get a mention !! The Druids stronghold in Briton.

[morganophelia]

I think they knew about the body snatchers too