Ancient Celtic Mythology: A Vision of Gods and Goddesses :: Religion

Ancient Celtic Mythology A Vision of Gods and GoddessesUpon investigating the supernatural macrocosm that the Celts endured, it is necessary to roughlywhat overlook the myths to see what lies behind them. It is essential to fix when and from whither the myths originated and how true the storytellers, or narrators, really are. The Celtic gods and goddesses, in such an archaean mythological time defined as a period when beings lived or events happened such as one no longer sees in our age (Sjoestedt 1994 2), require much analysis. A diverse collection of documents, literature and archaeology pave the way to our understanding of the ancient mythology of the Celts. However, these traces lack a smack of clo trusted, leaving the investigation into the nature of these gods and goddesses raw and incomplete. The license of the Celtic deities exists in various forms, but the information that we have collected leaves unanswered questions. For instance, in analysing the recorded documen ts left behind by the Greeks and Romans, we are called to cast some doubt on how closely the Celtic religious rites paralleled those of their classical neighbours. We check over recorded religious practices with apprehension, as we are non truly sure that the Celts too worshipped family gods and a mass of deities who covered all aspects of life.1 How do we know that we are not just reading materials reflecting the Graeco-Roman myths? Is it not plausible that these Greek and Roman writers installed some bias, leaning towards their mythological ideas, at bottom their testimony? The speculation surrounding all of the varied pieces of evidence is just. From the teemingness of evidence, though, we can be sure that the Celts believed in a multiplicity of deities. It is ostensible that the innovation of gods and goddesses in Celtic society was quite a serious affair and an everyday business. However, when focusing on the exact nature of such gods and goddesses, it seems only fair to attempt to construct an overview of the character of each deity. Reconstructing the evidence might be too hopeful because the conclusions would come from mere ignorance and be partially based on what we still do not know. From here we can only address the different types of evidence that piece unitedly the very nature of the Celtic gods and goddesses, but the mixed and slightly punic evidence is certainly not easy to sort. The literary evidence for the existence of deities in Celtic religion is one source that reveals the character of the various(prenominal) gods and goddesses.