Who Were the Celts?: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Celts from 1000 B.C. to the Present
- ISBN-10
- 0760716080
- ISBN-13
- 9780760716083
- Category
- Celts
- Pages
- 250
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Barnes & Noble Publishing
- Author
- Kevin Duffy
Description
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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