Candide

roman catholic by birth; scientific atheist by choice; sinner by merit. blogging on brains, evolution and language. gaidhlig-speaking neuroscience student at oxford. likes to Question Everything!

brunomarconi: rhiannonofdyfed: candide94: Lands inhabited by Celts in the first millenium before Christ. NOT the Celtic Empire! what is this Celtic Empire bullshit srsly BULL. SHIT. In every way: BULL SHIT. Okay, I agree there are some ridiculous things going on in this map (especially the Celtic Empire title - Cachd tarbh if anything ever was…) Scotland has been called ALBA, a full millenium before Kenneth MacAlpin is alleged to have formed the kingdom. Moreover, Celtiberia is usually considered to be just the northwestern chunk of Spain - whatever has happened to the Basques? However, despite the fact there are sadly no Galatians in Anatolia, its a fairly good approximation of our present day knowledge of the spread of Celtic languages in antiquity… (i.e. of places populated by people who spoke Celtic, not of places populated by some mythical Celtic ‘race.’)

brunomarconi:

rhiannonofdyfed:

candide94:

Lands inhabited by Celts in the first millenium before Christ. NOT the Celtic Empire!

what is this Celtic Empire bullshit

srsly

BULL. SHIT.

In every way: BULL SHIT.

Okay, I agree there are some ridiculous things going on in this map (especially the Celtic Empire title - Cachd tarbh if anything ever was…) Scotland has been called ALBA, a full millenium before Kenneth MacAlpin is alleged to have formed the kingdom. Moreover, Celtiberia is usually considered to be just the northwestern chunk of Spain - whatever has happened to the Basques? However, despite the fact there are sadly no Galatians in Anatolia, its a fairly good approximation of our present day knowledge of the spread of Celtic languages in antiquity… (i.e. of places populated by people who spoke Celtic, not of places populated by some mythical Celtic ‘race.’)

When you listen to Sorley MacLean reading his poetry, it sends chills down your spine. His voice is almost like an incantation, echoing down the centuries.