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  2. Ancient Celtic women - Wikipedia

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    The position of Celtic women may have changed, especially under the influence of Roman culture and law, which saw the man as head of his household. [ 28 ] British female rulers, like Boudicca and Cartimandua , were seen as exceptional phenomena; the position of king ( Proto-Celtic *rig-s ) - in Gaul mostly replaced by two elected tribal leaders ...

  3. Women in a Celtic Church - Wikipedia

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    Harrington's work was reviewed by Lisa M. Bitel of the University of Southern California in The Catholic Historical Review.Opening with a reference to the woman-hating attitude of Father Jack Hackett in the Irish television series Father Ted, Bitel described Women in a Celtic Church as a "vehemently argued" yet "somewhat naïvely nativist" book.

  4. Anne Ross (archaeologist) - Wikipedia

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    Her area of focus was ancient Celtic culture and religion, particularly Druidism and the cult of the head. She was considered one of Britain's leading Celtic scholars. [1] Her book Pagan Celtic Britain is a central text in Romano-British studies, and was popular among "hippies and freethinkers in the 1960s" who were interested in Celtic pagan ...

  5. Category:Ancient Celtic women - Wikipedia

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    Celtic women warriors (1 C, 2 P) Pages in category "Ancient Celtic women" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.

  6. Onomaris - Wikipedia

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    Onomaris was a Celtic queen regnant. She is described in the anonymous collection of Greek stories known in Latin as Tractatus de mulieribus claris in dello. [1] She is the first Celtic woman mentioned by name in classical records.

  7. Matres and Matronae - Wikipedia

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    Rudolf Simek suggests that the loose hair may point to maidenhood whereas the head dresses may refer to married women, the snakes may refer to an association with the souls of the dead or the underworld, and the children and diapers seem to suggest that the Matres and Matronae held a protective function over the family as well as a particular ...

  8. List of Celtic deities - Wikipedia

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    Handbook to life in ancient Rome (Updated ed.). New York: Facts on file. p. 283. ISBN 0-8160-5026-0. Anwyl, Edward (1906). Celtic Religion in Pre-Christian Times. Andover-Harvard Theological Library. Arenas-Esteban, J. Alberto (2010). Celtic religion across space and time: fontes epigraphici religionvm celticarvm antiqvarvm. Toledo: Junta de ...

  9. List of women warriors in folklore - Wikipedia

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    [47] [48] Al-Waqidi wrote that the Quraysh women fought harder than the men. Every time the men ran away, the women fought, fearing that if they lost, the Romans would enslave them. [49] Ghazala, one of Kharijite leaders against Umayyad rule. She made the notorious Umayyad-Iraqi general Hajjāj ibn-Yūsuf flee, and take refuge in his palace in ...