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The Order of Bards, Ovates & Druids or OBOD is a Neo-Druidic order based in England, [1] but based in part on the Welsh Gorsedd of Bards. [2] [3] It has grown to become a dynamic druid organisation, with members in all parts of the world.
In modern English, the nouns vates (/ ˈ v eɪ t iː z /) and ovate (UK: / ˈ ɒ v ə t, ˈ oʊ v eɪ t /, US: / ˈ oʊ v eɪ t /), are used as technical terms for ancient Celtic bards, prophets and philosophers. The terms correspond to a Proto-Celtic word which can be reconstructed as *wātis. [1]
A druid was a member of the high-ranking priestly class in ancient Celtic cultures. Druids were religious leaders as well as legal authorities, adjudicators ...
Barddas - Title page. Barddas is a book of material compiled and written by the Welsh writer Iolo Morganwg.Dressed as an authentic compilation of ancient Welsh bardic and druidic theology and lore.
The Council of British Druid Orders is a neo-pagan group established in 1989 which was originally formed to facilitate ceremonies at Stonehenge. [1] The council's founder, Tim Sebastion, used the title "Archdruid of Wiltshire, Chosen Chief of the Secular Order of Druids, Conservation Officer for the Council of British Druid Orders and Bard of ...
Jim Parc Nest, Archdruid of Wales, 2010–2013. Archdruid (Welsh: Archdderwydd) is the title used by the presiding official of the Gorsedd. [1] The Archdruid presides over the most important ceremonies at the National Eisteddfod of Wales including the Crowning of the Bard, the award of the Prose Medal [] and the Chairing of the Bard.
Iolo Morganwg developed his own runic system based on an ancient druid alphabet system, in Welsh Coelbren y Beirdd ("the Bardic Alphabet"). It was said to be the alphabetic system of the ancient druids. It consisted of 20 main letters, and 20 others "to represent elongated vowels and mutations."
The Bard (1778) by Benjamin West. In Celtic cultures, a bard is an oral repository and professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise the patron's own activities.