tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561021949330808781.post8842617823642918007..comments2024-01-09T23:20:33.373-08:00Comments on Ancient Tides: New Findings Point to Ancient Druid SavagryGregory LeFeverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872137290650811690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561021949330808781.post-83911498051388679582013-04-03T10:15:11.258-07:002013-04-03T10:15:11.258-07:00The Lindow Man bog body is equally evidence of mur...The Lindow Man bog body is equally evidence of murder or execution. Furthermore, a dozen or so bodies strewn about the entire landscape of Northern and Insular Europe hardly constitute evidence of widespread human sacrifice. The charge of savagery coming from Roman sources is amusing considering the wholesale slaughter practiced in the arenas of the Empire, which included unbelievably cruel practices against 'criminals'. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561021949330808781.post-89625240250119578282009-08-28T14:31:12.916-07:002009-08-28T14:31:12.916-07:00It's difficult to comment on this because of t...It's difficult to comment on this because of the confusion over who and what the Druids actually were ~ even the etymology of 'Druid' is fraught with conflicting data. <br /><br />It seems your contention about Druids being part of the Bell-Beaker people is entirely possible. If we accept that "druid" is essentially a label for the high-priest caste of an ancient culture, then certainly the Beakers had their priests, i.e., their Druids, as you say.Gregory LeFeverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872137290650811690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1561021949330808781.post-40792175391273698602009-08-28T14:07:09.713-07:002009-08-28T14:07:09.713-07:00I do believe the original "Romans" would...I do believe the original "Romans" would have been of Celtic stock, too.<br /><br />And, unless I am mistaken, the Druids were of the "Beaker" people that predated the Celtic invasion of the British isles.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com