. The Scotish Gaël; or, Celtic manners, as preserved among the Highlanders: being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities, and national peculiarities of Scotland; more particularly of the northern, or Gaëlic parts of the country, where the singular habits of the aboriginal Celts are most tenaciously retained . Harp of Mary Queen of STO\EnE\GE, p 330, (Restored) CHAPTEE VII. EELIGION, MAERIAGE CEREMONIES, AND FUNERAL RITES. Druidism is one of tlie most ancient systems of is supposed by many to have been deriyed from Pytha-goras, but is certainly
. The Scotish Gaël; or, Celtic manners, as preserved among the Highlanders: being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities, and national peculiarities of Scotland; more particularly of the northern, or Gaëlic parts of the country, where the singular habits of the aboriginal Celts are most tenaciously retained . Harp of Mary Queen of STO\EnE\GE, p 330, (Restored) CHAPTEE VII. EELIGION, MAERIAGE CEREMONIES, AND FUNERAL RITES. Druidism is one of tlie most ancient systems of is supposed by many to have been deriyed from Pytha-goras, but is certainly of much more remote origin. Ac-cording to Clemens Alexandrinus, Pythagoras was but anauditor of the Gauls. Valerius Maximus asserts that hisopinions were those of the Celts, and lamblichus says heheard that his learning consisted of the Gallic and Iberianmysteries. Druidism must be a more ancient system thanthe time of this philosopher, who appears to have borrowedhis tenets from it. He was, perhaps, a reformer of areligion that had begun to lose its original simplicity, but itmust be borne in mind that there was a near resemblanceamong ancient systems of religion, as there was an affinityof language and similarity of manners. Eumolpus, the 324 RELIGION. Thracian, introduced the Eleusinian mysteries to theGreeks, who subsequently revered them so deeply. Atthis
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