Who were the Celts?

How re they linked to Shinto?

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Who were the Celts?
Who were the Celts?
Very ancient warrior people

Painted themselves blue

to go into battle.

No written history only oral

Written only by Romans
Who were the Celts?

They were warriors

and craftsmen
Who were the Celts?

Women were equal

They Loved A Fight
Even their women!

• Women had power

• Owned land
• Divorce husband
• Fight in battle
• Teach boys and girls to ight
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Who were the Celts?

They went to ight without clothes?

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But they didn't ight naked!

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 Where did they come from?
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Nobody re lly knows where they st rted

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 They were NOT ONE nation!
Tribes nd Cl ns

Each group had di erent laws ,customs


and traditions
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They travelled thousands of miles from eastern Europe through southern France
around Spain up into the UK
 They wore some crazy helmets
But perh ps not in b ttles

• Flap like a bird

• Only for special ceremonies
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 They wore some crazy helmets
But perh ps not in b ttles
For ceremonies only
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 And made some amazing jewellery
F mous for being cr ftsmen (m king things) nd h d iron nd other met ls
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 Where do they live today?
W les, Scotl nd, Irel nd, Britt ny, Cornw ll, G lici
Isle of M nn nd Asturi s in north-e stern Sp in.
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 Where do they live today?
U.K. : W les, Scotl nd, Irel nd

My hometown
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Welsh is a very different language
And we h ve some very long pl ce n mes :-)
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Welsh Sayings and Phrases
Told you it's very different :-)

Welsh English

Bore da Good day/ Hello

Cymry Welsh [the people]
Cymraeg Welsh [the language]
Prynhawn da Good afternoon
Noswaith dda Good evening
Nos da Goodnight
Sut mae? How are you?
Croeso Welcome
 Wenglish common vocabulary
A very speci ic me ning

Cwtch (n. hug) - “Ah, gis a Cwtch then !”

Tidy (adj. good/great) - “You’ve done a tidy job on that”
Tamping (adj. angry) - “I’m tamping, I am”
Tamping down (vb. Very heavy rain)
Lush ( something really nice) -
“Your dress is lush, it is. I loves it!”
In a bit (later/some time in the future) - “See you in a bit”
Nobbling (vb. very cold)
Chopsy/Chopsing (adj./vb. a person who talks/argues too
much)
Butt (n. friend/mate/buddy)

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 Wenglish Phrases
Str nge?

“Ych a i!” (that’s gross/horrible) - “Ych a i, Sam! Take your

shoes o before coming in the house!”
“Dew, dew/Jiw, jiw!” (Shock/surprise) - “Dew, dew! The rain
is non-stop!”
“Raining old ladies and sticks” (raining cats and dogs)
Bwrw hen wragedd a yn
“Picking to rain” (tiny raindrops)
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Wenglish grammar taken from Welsh
Some very str nge phr ses

“whose coat’s that jacket?” - Whose clothes are those?

“Whose daps are them trainers” - Whose shoes are these?
“Where’s it to then” - Where is it? -
“Where’s the castle to?”
“I’ll be there now, in a minute” (any length of time) - I will be
there soon (-ish)
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 Did you know?

Without the Celts we would not h ve H lloween

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Did the Celts have religion or Gods?
Animism

Spirits gods
forests

rivers, and lakes - door to the spirit world

 Link to Shinto
They m de shrines in speci l trees
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They understood water was important
They m de shrines in speci l l kes nd believed in w ter gods
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Water is also very important in Shinto
 Animism
Celts believed nim ls nd n ture h d spirits (k mi)

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 Shinto had similar beliefs
K mi - mount ins, rivers, pl nts nd nim ls h ve spirits
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 Summary
• Celts were warriors
• They wore clothes in battle
• They painted themselves blue to ight
• Women were equal
• They came from near Ukraine
• They lived all over Europe
• They had funny hats for celebrations
• They now live in the UK and North France
• We have a very different language
• Halloween is Celtic
• They believed animals and nature have spirits.
• Water was very important
• Shinto has similar beliefs of Spirits (Kami) in places and
animals

 Some books you might enjoy!

Horrible Histories
The Cut-Throat Celt
Terry Dear
Martin Brown

Myths and Legends of the Celt

James MacKillop

A Child's Christmas in Wale

Dylan Thoma
Trina Schart Hyma

Celtic Heritage: Ancient Tradition 


in Ireland and Wale
Alwyn Ree
Brinley Rees
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 Thank you very much for coming

and listening to the Celts and
Shinto
I hope you enjoyed! :-)

I will be online in C fet lk if you would like to keep ch tting nd t ke lesson with me
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