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Who Were the Celts? (1996)

by Kevin Duffy

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The ancient Celts were exceptional in their preference for goddesses over gods. Yet this may not be surprising in a people who had female rulers, invented chivalry, and were ahead of their time in having equal rights for men and women. While the Romans created a goddess of sewers (Cloacina), the Celts had goddesses for things they revered, such as the forest, and horses -- and even war.… (more)
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The ancient Celts were exceptional in their preference for goddesses over gods. Yet this may not be surprising in a people who had female rulers, invented chivalry, and were ahead of their time in having equal rights for men and women. While the Romans created a goddess of sewers (Cloacina), the Celts had goddesses for things they revered, such as the forest, and horses -- and even war.

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Did you know that chain armor, horseshoes, and the iron ploughshare were invented by the Celts? That western Europe's first great philosophical work was written by an Irish monk? Or that the White House was designed and built by a man of Celtic descent?
Never before has there been such an abundance of information  - much hitherto obscure - about this remarkable people. Spanning history and traversing continents from 1,000 BC to the present, Who Were The Celts? documents the long reach and complex struggles of the Celts. It also details the achievements of their many-faceted culture, whose influenced has been felt in art, literature, music, science and technology, warfare, and politics.
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