(Popular Science) A Natural Wise Man-Druid

Sharing stems from a special connection between me and Celtic during this time.

I occasionally hear some music, some words, and I will be inexplicably associated with Ireland and Celtic, and I feel very eager to see it. This is the second time I mentioned Celtic. I once mentioned them in an article called "Sword of Light", but I was too focused on the fairy tales related to lightsabers at that time, ignoring the origin of Celtic.

According to Baidu, Celts, together with Germans and Slavs, were once called the three barbarians in Europe by the Romans during the Roman Empire, and they are also one of the representative nationalities in Europe today. Now most of them are distributed in western Europe. Irish, Scots, Welsh, English Cornwall and French bretons all belong to Celts.

Of course, this is not very important, just a simple science popularization. What they want me to see is not Celtic, but their faith. The Celts have three major faiths, namely Catholicism and Protestantism, and one is Druidism.

I thought to myself: Is there still Druidism?

In my impression, druids only appear in online games, similar to shaman's auxiliary occupation. But I don't play Warcraft, so I don't comment too much on the game settings.

Let's look at the description of druidism in the encyclopedia.

The ancient religion of Celtic is Druidism, while Catholicism and Protestantism belong to alien invasive sects. Druid means "the sage of the oak tree", that is, "the person who thoroughly understands the truth of the tree". Because they think oak trees are sacred trees, they get their name. It is said that they can turn people into animals, as well as the magic of dialogue between gods, elves and animals.

(Back to the point)

? Druids believe in nature and respect all living things, including the natural environment. In ancient times, they were Celtic priests, as well as doctors, teachers and judges. They love living in the forest, are good at using herbs and are proficient in divination, sacrifice, calendar, astronomy and geography. This is similar to the most popular shaman today, but shaman tends to communicate with natural elements such as wind, fire, water and earth, while druids pay attention to harmony with nature and balance everything.

One is a natural mage, and the other is a natural missionary.

It is rumored that the famous "Merlin" in King Arthur's time was a wizard with extraordinary power and a druid with considerable practice.

I don't know if you have seen the famous Russian series "Singing Cedar". Anastasia, the heroine in the book, is a strange girl who lives in the depths of the forest. She has no house and doesn't need to wear clothes, but she is deeply immersed in the secrets of the universe, natural farming, phototherapy and so on. Think about it from another angle. Isn't this a living druid? !

Shunti also mentioned the origin of Halloween here. Druids divide a year into eight equal parts and hold sacrificial ceremonies at the beginning or end of each period. The most important festival is 65438+February 22nd every year, which is our current winter solstice. Their temperature reduction festival is also the New Year. Samhain literally means "the end of the warm season" and is also the name of death in Celtic mythology. Therefore, on this day, the gap between this world and other worlds is the easiest to cross, and the souls of the deceased will return to their original homes in the evening. At this time, Celts will parade in garlands and costumes, and children will dress up as fairies and beg for food from door to door-if anyone doesn't give them worship and food, fairies will play tricks on them.

This festival is the embryonic form of Halloween in the future.

The other is Christmas. The mistletoe and Christmas tree that we often see at Christmas also originated from the custom of Druidism. Christmas itself is not the birthday of Jesus himself, but the birthday of Apollo, the sun god in ancient Greek mythology. Because the priests of Druidism worship oak and mistletoe, the former is the Christmas tree that we carefully decorate at Christmas, while the latter is the kind of plant that we hang at home at Christmas, and its red berries will parasitize the oak tree. As for why the representative colors of Christmas are red and green, it is said that it is also related to the color of mistletoe (the fruit of mistletoe is red and the leaves are green).

This passage is taken from Baidu Encyclopedia. What I don't quite understand is why druidism is related to Apollo, the sun god. I checked, Apollo's birthday is May 2 1, which is not consistent with the 65438+February 2 1 mentioned here (the real date is hard to find). And Apollo is not the real sun god, the real sun god is Helius, Apollo is just a symbol of light and brilliance, driving the sun chariot.

In addition, what I have to mention here is the calendar used by the Druids, and of course it is also the calendar used by the ancient Celts. It is said that their calendar has 13 months a year, and each month has 28 days. This moment reminds me of the 13 moon /28-day calendar I studied. 365 days a year, consisting of 13 months (28 days per month), plus a "no time day". This calendar originated in Jose, USA? Dr. JoséArgüelles/ Valum Votan, who deciphered King Parker of Mexico? Pacal wotan the Great was born in 603 AD and died in 683 AD. King palenque, an important city-state in the west during the Mayan classical period, Mayan civilization is now distributed in southeastern Mexico and other places. After being exposed to the inscription on the Mexican coffin mentioned above, it was combined with the galactic civilizations such as Sirius, Zalkin calendar, Habu calendar and monthly calendar, and re-coded and spread.

I mean, it's not a coincidence, right? However, due to the interruption of the history of ancient druidism in 2000, Celts moved to Central Europe around 1500 BC, and moved to Western Europe from the 5th century BC to 1 century AD. Maya civilization also started from 65438 BC +0500 to 300 AD). Comparatively speaking, there is little difference in time, and it is not surprising that the two have the same origin. Of course, I prefer that they refer to the same thing.

However, the characters written by Druids are different from those used by Mayan civilization. Mayan civilization mainly uses hieroglyphs (more like pictures), while Druids use a symbol called Ogham, which feels like a tree-like character composed of branches.

At this point, it is almost over. In fact, there are many things I haven't mentioned, such as matriarchal society. Interested friends can make their own inquiries. In addition, I met another thing on the way to find the map, and the guide refused to say it, so forget it. If you encounter clues about them in the future, you may write again, but that's all for today. I started at 6 pm and went to 2 am the next day. At first, I thought there were only a few lines ... but it turned into a 3 K. Although I don't know the purpose of writing this article yet, since I have written it, you can have a look ~

Finally, I put the druid's doctrine as a conclusion:

if

You want to be a druid.

therefore

Please feel the druid's teachings.

Our hearts

get closer to nature

When you feel dangerous

Don't panic.

Like a wild bear

Get strength from faith

When you feel depressed

Don't lose heart.

Like a sea lion

Learn to persevere in adversity.

When you are confused

Don't be confused

Like a cheetah

Seize the opportunity from the situation

When I was in prison.

Don't be sad.

Like a crow

Free from the heart

if

You want to be a druid.

therefore

Please feel the druid's teachings.

Bright Victory

Wen Yi

Recorded on 20 19.3.26-3.27.

Kin 152 Yellow Man of the Sun-Red Skywalker of Kin153 Planet

Bibliography: Wikipedia, Baidu Encyclopedia, Whispering Maya Calendar.

Image: From the Internet

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