Hello everyone. I have a question about ancient paganism in Gaul. I need to find information about it but I can't find any through google.
What gods/goddesses did the Gauls worship? And what rituals did the people do?
2007-10-30 11:09:50 · 5 answers · asked by Flash 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I believe it would fall under the Celtic deities. The Gauls eventually became the Celts after many years of war and blood shed. Not much is actually know about the ancient Gauls except that the language Gaelic stayed pretty much the same. The Gods of the region was, Morrigan,
Cernunnos, Lugh, Cerridwyn, Herne, Arianrhod, Badb, Blodeuwedd, Branwen, Brid aka Bridget, Caillech, The Dagda.
Look up some of these names and you will most likely find more information.
A good idea would be to type in Gauls and Gaelic in any search engine.
Blessings,
Aviana
2007-10-30 11:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by aviana_snowwolfe 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Gauls were mainly Celts. Gaul is more of a region, rather than a specific culture in the sense you are saying.
2007-10-31 22:45:48 · answer #2 · answered by River 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gaul was the geographic region. Most of what we now think of as western Europe. The people were Celts... although the two terms are sometimes interchanged.
2007-10-30 18:18:14 · answer #3 · answered by Mike H. 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Besides the Celtic origins, there was a very heavy Roman influence from the Greco-Roman early times. Place names may help give clues as to original deities.
2007-10-30 23:16:49 · answer #4 · answered by Aravah 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Here is a good list of them.
http://www.celtnet.org.uk/cgi-bin/search_cgods.pl?nmctry=Gaul
2007-10-30 18:13:44 · answer #5 · answered by didi 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋