The Celts By Eva Kleine-Horst
The arrangement The dispersion – Hallstatt and La Tène The dispersion – Hallstatt and La Tène The language The language The culture The culture
The dispersion The Hallstatt – period 800 – 475 BC is located near the Hallstätter-See in Austria The La Tène – period 480 – 40 BC is located near the Neuenburgersee in Switzerland
yellow: Hallstatt (600 BC) light-green: max. expansion (300 BC)
The language The Celtic language was spread all over Europe The use of Celtic language faded, but survived until the 18th century in Cornwall (Cornish) and until 1970 on the Isle of Man (Manx)
The six Celtic nations Today varieties are spoken in the other four of the „six Celtic Nations“: Scotland (Scottish-gaelic) Ireland (Irish) Brittany (Breton) Wales (Welsh)
green: The six Celtic nationsdark-green: C. languages remain widely spoken today green: The six Celtic nationsdark-green: C. languages remain widely spoken today
The Celtic script The Celts advanced the Iberian script into their own which were advanced in the Early Middel Ages One version: One version: The Ogham The Ogham
The culture fixed colonies Copied colony near Steinbach am Donnersberg, Rhineland-Palatinate
Recreated Celtic Roundhouse
Recreated Celtic Roundhouse interior
Agriculture Agriculture Technologies Technologies - used metalworking in favour of - the cultivated look
The art Laced pictures, ornaments and symbols - Column of flames - Column of flames - Chieftain - Chieftain
The Mythology Nature spirit (because they often lived in woods) Nature spirit (because they often lived in woods) Druids Druids
The religion Druids Druids - healers, magicians, visionaries, mentors - trees and their spirits - their religious leaders Christianity Christianity - to advance Christianity in Europe, the Christians spread rumors about the druids - Christianisation
The End