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Tricephalic head found at Roquepertuse, a major Celtic religious centre dated to the 3rd century BC The three faced Corleck Head, Irish, 1st century AD. Celtic stone idols are Northern European stone sculptures dated to the Iron Age, that are believed to represent Celtic gods. The majority contain one or more human heads, which may have one or ...
Pages in category "Celtic stone idols" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Boa Island;
The Corleck Head is widely considered the finest of the Celtic stone idols, largely due to its contrasting simplicity of design and complexity of expression. [ 29 ] [ 3 ] In 1962 the archaeologist Thomas G. F. Paterson wrote that only the triple-head idol found in Cortynan, County Armagh , shares features drawn from such bare outlines.
The Celtic deities are known from a variety of sources such as written Celtic mythology, ancient places of worship, statues, engravings, religious objects, as well as place and personal names. Celtic deities can belong to two categories: general and local.
Pagans among the ancient Celtic peoples (Roman Gaul, Roman Britain, Ireland) Historic Celtic pagans: Caratacus (born c. 10 AD), chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe which led the British resistance to the Roman Conquest; Boudica (born c. 30 AD–60 AD) Celtic warrior queen of the Iceni tribe who fought against the Roman oppression of Britain
Ancient Celtic religion, commonly known as Celtic paganism, [1] [2] [3] was the religion of the ancient Celtic peoples of Europe. Because there are no extant native records of their beliefs, evidence about their religion is gleaned from archaeology, Greco-Roman accounts (some of them hostile and probably not well-informed), and literature from ...
The Corraghy Heads was the name given to two physically connected Iron Age stone idols uncovered c. 1855 in the townland of Drumeague, County Cavan, Ireland. The sculpture consisted of a two-headed or double idol janus structure of a human and ram's head linked by a long cross-piece.
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