Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . andGalatia to the east, but smaller groups of them musthave penetrated far and wide through all Celtic territory,and taken up a ruling position wherever they went. There were three peoples, said Caesar, inhabitingGaul when his conquest began ; they differ fromeach other in language, in customs, and in people he named respectively the Belgae, theCeltae, and the Aquitani. He locates them roughly, theBelgae in the north and east, the Celtae in the middle,and the Aquitani in the west and south. The Belgaeare the Galatae of Bertrand, the Celtae are t
Myths and legends ; the Celtic race . andGalatia to the east, but smaller groups of them musthave penetrated far and wide through all Celtic territory,and taken up a ruling position wherever they went. There were three peoples, said Caesar, inhabitingGaul when his conquest began ; they differ fromeach other in language, in customs, and in people he named respectively the Belgae, theCeltae, and the Aquitani. He locates them roughly, theBelgae in the north and east, the Celtae in the middle,and the Aquitani in the west and south. The Belgaeare the Galatae of Bertrand, the Celtae are the Celts,and the Aquitani are the Megalithic People. Theyhad, of course, all been more or less brought underCeltic influences, and the differences of language whichCsesar noticed need not have been great; still it isnoteworthy, and quite in accordance with Bertrandsviews, that Strabo speaks of the Aquitani as differingmarkedly from the rest of the inhabitants, and as* See Holder, Altceltischcr Sprachschatz. sub voce Hyperborcoi. 5«. 00 (J Cu U ^ K GO < THE RELIGION OF MAGIC resembling the Iberians. The language of the otherGaulish peoples, he expressly adds, were merelydialects of the same tongue. The Religion of Magic This triple division is reflected more or less in allthe Celtic countries, and must always be borne in mindwhen we speak of Celtic ideas and Celtic religion, andtry to estimate the contribution of the Celtic peoples toEuropean culture. The mythical literature and theart of the Celt have probably sprung mainly from thesection represented by the Lowland Celts of this literature of song and saga was produced by abardic class for the pleasure and instruction of a proud,chivalrous, and warlike aristocracy, and would thusinevitably be moulded by the ideas of this it would also have been coloured by the profoundinfluence of the religious beliefs and observancesentertained by the Megalithic People—beliefs whichare only now fading slowly
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