Unique sages - The Druids
It is interesting to study the past, especially when it comes to people who had an important role in ancient society, characters who demonstrated their great wisdom, their love for nature, and were even magical beings. In VirtualVariety today, we bring a very interesting topic, we hope you like it and encourage you to give us your opinion about these great beings.
When we talk about the Druids, many concepts and definitions are born, until we reach that crucial path, Truth or Myth, however we can not deny that we are fascinated by the data that arise, imagine a large group of people, with healing abilities, prophets, with such a wide knowledge, great thinkers, poets and even defenders of nature, well, this certainly captivates, but what we were going to. The Druids lived in Gaul, a region that extended through Western Europe and the British Isles, according to historical data the Druids were more inclined to knowledge, than religion, they focused more on forming a just society, than creating and worshiping monuments, they were highly acclaimed in the political and social sphere, for their great knowledge and skills, however these were transmitted orally, and not written, so there is not so much support of his legacy, experiences and creations.
The Druids were a class of Priests and Intellectuals of the Celtic Culture, its origin dates back to the time where there were gatherers and hunters 4000 BC were present throughout Europe and is believed also by the Middle East, did not belong to a single society, on the contrary, with the progress of the times, the conquest of land, were spreading to different places and territories, in order to be part of different traditions and cultures, including Celtic. To be a Druid was to have knowledge of astronomy, geography, medicine, philosophy and even magic, however we must clarify that the Druids were not born with an innate knowledge, on the contrary, to be so wise, they needed to go to a Priesthood Center, where they spent years, learning orally, as we mentioned before, because they were limited to write everything they knew. For the Druidic religion, the soul did not die, on the contrary, after death it passes from one to another, that is why in the Celtic society, the soul was something sacred, and there was always concern in the process of transformation after the death of each person.
In the Druids' environment, there was a certain gender equality. Women were allowed to be Druids, Warriors and even Druid Queens, as they said, they were excellent military leaders, but the coolest thing was that women could be Lawyers, Judges and Ambassadors, something that had quite puzzled the Romans and Greeks. They could also get divorced and not suffer mistreatment or even a nickname if their husband became a convict, curious right?
Druids were divided into these categories:
Druid Priests - They were known for wearing a white robe, in charge of Education, Politics, Justice and advising the tribal Chiefs.
The Bards - They were in charge of telling through their songs, poems and exaggerations, to teach the citizens, about what happened about the Druids and the great deeds they knew. They were recognized by wearing a green tunic.
The Ovados - Undoubtedly one of the most important, in charge of philosophy and prophecies, they were always collecting as much knowledge as possible, their skills were surprising and helped the tribal chiefs to face any problem that arose.
Although the stay of the Druids in the world was quite long, when the Romans converted Christianity as their official religion, they began to persecute all those "Pagan" people, like the Druids and the Celtic Society, they did not have a large army, they were more dedicated to knowledge, values, creating a family conscience, union, religion and culture, that is why despite being persecuted and finished throughout Europe, they still cause intrigue and curiosity, and all thanks to their great strength as people, as a great tribe, as a family, even though many justified the end of all of them, for being witches and even murderers of children (According to Christianity, the Druids sacrificed children as an offering to the Gods), however from Virtual Variety we think differently, because the Romans themselves when they spoke of the Druids, mentioned that they were judges, philosophers, doctors, historians, seers, astronomers and astrologers, among other things. What do you think of the Druids, would you have liked to belong to them?.
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