The English word druid derives from Latin druidēs (plural), which was considered by ancient Roman writers to come from the native Celtic Gaulish word for these figures. Other Roman texts employ the form druidae, … 查看更多內容

Irish mythology
Irish mythology has a number of female druids, often sharing similar prominent cultural and religious roles with their male counterparts. … 查看更多內容

Greek and Roman records
The earliest surviving literary evidence of druids emerges from the classical world of Greece and Rome. Archaeologist Stuart Piggott compared … 查看更多內容

Sources by ancient and medieval writers provide an idea of the religious duties and social roles involved in being a druid.
Societal role and training
The Greco … 查看更多內容

Druids play a prominent role in Irish folklore, generally serving lords and kings as high ranking priest-counselors with the gift of prophecy and other assorted mystical abilities – the best example of these possibly being Cathbad. The chief druid in the court of King 查看更多內容

As the historian Jane Webster stated, "individual druids ... are unlikely to be identified archaeologically". A. P. Fitzpatrick, in … 查看更多內容

Prohibition and decline under Roman rule
In the Gallic Wars of 58–51 BC, the Roman army, led by Julius Caesar, conquered the many tribal chiefdoms of Gaul, and annexed it as a part of the Roman Republic. According to accounts produced in the following … 查看更多內容