and even their roundhouses are aligned to sunrise and set in many locations! These were people deeply connected to the sun.
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far as I know we dont know for sure but I've wondered if solar connection is why later people used wheels to indicate gods.
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have you read Britain BC by Francis Pryor? He gets flighty at a couple points but it's a good review of material culture
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at one point he invents an entire ritual to explain causewayed enclosures. It's neat speculation, but it is speculation.
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep @civilwarbore
where I completely lose patience with Celtic studies is wishful thinking based on "these two languages are both IE so the...
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Replying to @KariDru @civilwarbore
culture must have equivalences." There was a rash of books that did that with India. Lot of folk like that idea.
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right? Was discussing w
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Replying to @NeolithicSheep @civilwarbore
arch. record varies from one end of Britain to the other and peeps on Nemeton tryna tell me Druids are Brahmins
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yeah that's why I don't fuck with groups of modern "druids" - often zero understanding of historical records
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modern druids serve to occlude the public's understanding of history and it pisses me off
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I'm torn. I can't talk to most modern druids without alcohol but lot of em have hearts in right place re: nature
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Replying to @KariDru @civilwarbore
mmmmyeah but they get pissy when they're told there's no historical basis for what they believe.
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