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  2. Ancient Celtic warfare - Wikipedia

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    To the Ancient Greeks and Romans the Celtic warrior was the archetypal barbarian, [85] stereotypically presented as massive, powerful, and malicious. The Trvve Picture of One Picte Theodor de Bry's 1588 engraving of a Pict a member of an ancient Celtic people from Scotland. An example of how negative Greco-Roman depictions of the Celts persisted

  3. History of tattooing - Wikipedia

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    Ancient tattoos can also be found among mummified remains of various Igorot peoples in cave and hanging coffin burials in northern Luzon, with the oldest surviving examples of which going back to the 13th century. The tattoos on the mummies are often highly individualized, covering the arms of female adults and the whole body of adult males.

  4. Cú Chulainn - Wikipedia

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    Cú Chulainn (/ k uː ˈ k ʌ l ɪ n / koo-KUL-in [1] [2] Irish: [kuːˈxʊlˠɪn̠ʲ] ⓘ), is an Irish warrior hero and demigod in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. [3] He is believed to be an incarnation of the Irish god Lugh, who is also his father.

  5. Category:Celtic art - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Celtic metalwork (2 C, 40 P) P. ... Pages in category "Celtic art" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. ... Warrior of Hirschlanden

  6. Mšecké Žehrovice Head - Wikipedia

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    It is one of the best known works of Celtic art from Iron Age Europe, and, along with the Glauberg "Prince" and the Warrior of Hirschlanden, one of the few large representations of the human figure. After its discovery in 1943, the sculpture became one of the most photographed, reproduced and published La Tène (cc. 450–50 B.C.) objects ever.

  7. Scáthach - Wikipedia

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    Scáthach (Irish: [ˈsˠkaːhəx]) or Sgàthach (Scottish Gaelic: Sgàthach an Eilean Sgitheanach) is a figure in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. She is a legendary Scottish warrior woman and martial arts teacher who trains the legendary Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in the arts of combat.

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  9. List of Irish mythological figures - Wikipedia

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    Goll mac Morna - warrior of the Fianna and uneasy ally of Fionn mac Cumhaill; Liath Luachra - Fionn's foster mother and a great warrior; Liath Luachra - tall, hideous warrior of the Fianna who shares his name with Fionn's foster mother; Oisín - son of Fionn mac Cumhaill, warrior of the Fianna and a great poet; Oscar - warrior son of Oisín and ...