# Celtic Religion · The Canon · The Atlas · The Congregation of Tomorrow

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Celtic Religion
Druidism (ancient)
c.800 BCE – c.500 CE · Indigenous / Folk · Revived / Reconstructed · Gaul, Britain, Ireland, Iberia, Galatia
III. THE AXIAL AGE — c.900 – 200 BCE
### How many
### Who began it
### What it is for
### What it worships
### What it holds
### What it does
### After death
### Its texts
### Its branches
### Of note
### Its timeline
- c.800–450 BCE Hallstatt culture; princely burials with wagons and drinking gear.
- c.450 BCE La Tène culture; the characteristic Celtic art style.
- 58–50 BCE Caesar's Gallic War; his account is the fullest description of the druids and the least trustworthy.
- 61 CE Suetonius Paulinus massacres the druids on Anglesey — the Roman destruction of the British priesthood.
- c.1st–2nd c. CE Druidry suppressed by Roman law in Gaul and Britain.
- c.432 CE Traditional date for Patrick's mission to Ireland; conversion proceeds without martyrdom, and monasteries preserve the mythology.
- c.1100–1400 CE Irish and Welsh manuscripts compiled: Lebor na hUidre, the Book of Leinster, the Red Book of Hergest.
- 1717 CE The Ancient Order of Druids founded in London — an invented tradition, not a survival.
### Sources
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