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Celtic Paganism in Great Briton: The Dark Ages

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Celtic Paganism in Great Briton: The Dark Ages. The Celts . The Celts were a group of people that occupied …. (the) British Isles. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Page 1: Celtic Paganism in Great Briton: The Dark Ages

Celtic Paganism in Great Briton: The Dark Ages

Page 2: Celtic Paganism in Great Briton: The Dark Ages

The Celts • The Celts were a group of people that

occupied …. (the) British Isles. • The Romans followed the Celts in conquering Britain. Caesar wrote, “All

the Britons (Celts) dye their bodies with woad, which produces a blue color, and this gives them a more terrifying appearance in battle. They wear their hair long, and shave the whole of their bodies except the head and the upper lip”(Leeming 7).

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Paganism

Before the birth of Christ, Celts had their own religion. Paganism: Not Christian.

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Samhain

• Samhain marks one of the two great doorways of the Celtic year, for the Celts divided the year into two seasons: the light and the dark, at Beltane on May 1st. Samhain on November 1st.

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Works Cited • Leeming, David. “The Anglo-Saxons 449-

1066.” Elements of Literature—Sixth Course. Ed. Kristine Marshall. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2005. 7. Print.