Whatever religion of the Druids was, it was transmitted orally and was probably surprisingly sophisticated considering it wasn't written down.According to Julius Caesar:>It is reported that they learn by heart a great number of verses in the schools of the Druids, and therefore some persons remain twenty years in training. They do not think it appropriate to write these oral teachings down, although in almost all other matters—both public and private accounts—they make use of Greek lettersThis is one of the reasons to believe they were a Celtic parallel to Brahmins and they were transmitting lengthy stories like the Rigveda. It's very disappointing we will never get to read or hear a Druidic epic.
The Mabinogion may preserve fragments of Druidic myth cycles, though refracted through Christian scribes.
>>18054083SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR
>>18053948As for why they transmitted it orally, well it wasn’t just the Celts, a lot of Indo-European religions in the ancient world functioned like this. They were transmitted orally, with masters teaching students to memorize what was being said with exact pronunciation and to properly understand their meanings. Being a priest was a specifically-trained position that took years of memorization and oral recitation.This is how Hinduism worked for a long time. The oldest Hindu scriptures, the Vedas, were originally orally transmitted and only written down much later.This is how Zoroastrianism worked for a long time. The Avesta, the holy scripture of Zoroastrianism, was originally orally transmitted and only written down much later.Even Greek mythological epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey were originally orally composed and only written down centuries later.
>very disappointing we will never get to read or hear a Druidic epicsomeone doesn't know about the welsh bardic tradition
Keep in mind that quite a lot of what we presume of pre-Christian paganism is based on guesswork and straight up fanfiction of 19th century nationalist scholars who wanted their ancestors to have as cool mythology as Greco-Romans did.
>>18054682>Indo-European religionsNo such thing. LARP category that's too broad and becomes meaningless. It's like saying "Afroasiatic Religion." When you make a classification too broad, it loses its meaning.
>>18053948just a few minutes ago I was thinking of the battle druid, the one who came by ship, along with the band of bloody raiders who saccked the town and slew many men, including the kingthe fucking battle druid
>>18054950high quality post, I should look into that
>>18054950>>18055345Welsh bards had nothing to do with druidsWhy do retards pretending """celts""" were pagans despite the fact that they converted to christianity extremely quickly and became the most ardent christians in northern europe?
