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@ 𝕊é𝕚𝕞í 𝕄𝕒𝕔 𝕊í𝕠𝕞ó𝕟
2025-04-16 09:35:28
I certainly consider the Galicians to be Celtic.
What your describing with the neo-druidism and so on has come to be known in Ireland at least, as the Celtic revival.
As far as I know, the movement consisted of historians, poets, artists, those types. It was more an act of rebellion than anything else. To be unashamedly Celtic in Ireland at that time, was a statement of defiance.
This of course led to the types of romanticism that you're describing, over-egging the pudding so to speak.
In their defence, and as you pointed out, we know very little about druids, as their tradition was an oral one, and the Celtic revival had to piece together their artistic vision from scraps of folklore, which perhaps has led to the over emphasis on fairies and such, moreso than anything else.
Fairies are by far the most misrepresented aspect of celtic mythology.