Rethinking The Ancient Druids
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Rethinking the Ancient Druids
Author | : Miranda Aldhouse-Green |
Publisher | : University of Wales Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2021-09-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786837986 |
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Ancient Classical authors have painted the Druids in a bad light, defining them as a barbaric priesthood, who 2,000 years ago perpetrated savage and blood rites in ancient Britain and Gaul in the name of their gods. Archaeology tells a different and more complicated story of this enigmatic priesthood, a theocracy with immense political and sacred power. This book explores the tangible ‘footprint’ the Druids have left behind: in sacred spaces, art, ritual equipment, images of the gods, strange burial rites and human sacrifice. Their material culture indicates how close was the relationship between Druids and the spirit-world, which evidence suggests they accessed through drug-induced trance.