The Celts

The Celts were a diverse group of tribes in Iron Age Europe. Celtic culture formed in the Early Iron Age (1200 BC-400 AD) in Central Europe. By the later Iron Age, Celts had expanded over a wide range of lands: as far west as Ireland and the Iberian Peninsula, as far east as Galatia (in modern day Turkey), and as far north as Scotland.

The oral tradition is important in the Celtic culture, with songs and stories being a living embodiment of the tribal history. Professional bards were commonplace, and bardic organisation still exists today, for example in the Gorsedd Circle and Eisteddfodau in Wales.

This blog covers some of the myths and legends of the Celts in Scotland, Wales and Ireland.

Friday 16 September 2011

Taliesin - a Great Animation

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