Druids Collection (#2)

Castlerigg Stone Circle, Keswick, Cumbria
The Druids Circle - Keswick, Cumbria - The Castlerigg Stone Circle - one of the most visually impressive prehistoric stone monuments in the United Kingdom

The Castlerigg Stone Circle, Keswick
The Druids Circle - Keswick, Cumbria - The Castlerigg Stone Circle - one of the most visually impressive prehistoric stone monuments in the United Kingdom

Arch Druid (Smith)
The Arch Druid in his judicial habit holds the peithynin, or elucidator, on which maxims are inscribed : the snake beside the altar-stone is a sacred beast. Date: BCE

Druids (Smith)
Two priests of the Druidical order : the one on the left holds an emblem of the Moon, the other is an Arch-Druid, holding a sceptre and wearing a garland of oak leaves. Date: BCE

Bard and Ovate
A Bard and an Ovate (soothsayer) whose functions accompanied those of the druids, as two associated professional classes of religious practitioners. Date: BCE

Scandinavian Pagans
Druid priest (drotte) and priestess (fola), of Denmark or Sweden equivalent to the Druids in Britain

Music cover for Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille
Music cover for Charles Godfreys Chilperic Quadrille, based on airs from Herves popular opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic

Druids Circle and City Hall, Cardiff, Wales

SACRED OAK
The oak, sacred tree of Thor, god of thunder, was revered by the Druids, and particularly by the German tribes : Thors Oak at Geismar was cut down by missionary Winfrid (Boniface)

Sacred Mistletoe
The MISTLETOE was revered by the Druids, and has been a traditional decoration at the winter solstice ever since

Druids & Mistletoe
Once a year druids would summon wandering tribes together and gather sacred mistletoe, cutting it from oak trees with sickles

Romans Massacre Druids
Romans under governor Suetonius Paulinus massacre Druids in Anglesey

Druids / New Years Day
Druids celebrating on New Years Day. The chief Druid leads the procession, carrying mistletoe for Britons to hang in their homes

Druids gathering the sacred mistletoe. They regarded it as a symbol of fertility, and hung it over doorways for protection against evil

Religion / Druids
Druids of Gaul conducting a ceremonial sacrifice

French Druids
In a forest near Chartres, France, druids collect mistletoe for ritual purposes

Religion / Druids / Stukeley
Stukeley believed that the British Druids originated as a Phoenician colony, Fam d for magic.. zealous preachers who came to these shores as the descendants of Abraham

Druids Incite Riot 55 Bc
Druids incite Britons to oppose the landing of the Roman invaders

Druids Massacred 61
Druids are massacred by the soldiers of Suetonius Paulinus

Druidesses of Gaul
Druid priestesses on the Breton coast are consulted as prophets : Vercingetorix is just one leader who makes use of their inspired utterances

Anglesey Massacre
The Druids of Anglesey, in North Wales, are massacred by the Romans by order of the governor Suetonius Paulinus

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