The Celts Quotes

“they create a devastation and call it peace’.”
― Alice Roberts, The Celts: Search for a Civilization

“they strung their great white wall from west to east – from the Solway Firth to the mouth of the River Tyne.”
― Alice Roberts, The Celts: Search for a Civilization

“goddesses, and inscriptions telling us their names. For instance, Miranda Aldhouse-Green, an archaeologist who has studied Celtic iconography in depth, sees parallels between the Gallo-Roman horse goddess, Epona, widely worshipped across Europe, and a heroine in the Welsh tales, Rhiannon. The more local, named water-goddesses – Sulis at Bath, Coventina in Northumberland, Sequana in Burgundy – speak of the sacred nature of springs and rivers, which is well attested in the Celtic myths. The Irish myths are contained in three cycles”
― Alice Roberts, The Celts: Search for a Civilization