Definition of Celtic / Celticity

[brennus dux gallorum]

I guess 90% of irish aren't celtic then.




They aren't now.
They're swarthy wogs.

majority of celts were swarthy, if i am not mistaken especially people from southern england and wales were described as such by romans.

and how could people linguistically similar to the inhabitants of italian peninsula (italics, see italo-celts) being scandinavian looking

[Profileid]

majority of celts were swarthy, if i am not mistaken especially people from southern england and wales were described as such by romans.

and how could people linguistically similar to the inhabitants of italian peninsula (italics, see italo-celts) being scandinavian looking

Celtic culture originated in central Europe. Hallstatt Austria.
the short woggish romans described them as being pale,tall warriors who breathed fire and they were scared shitless.

italics absorbed older populations in the italian peninsula which is why italians are dark.

also i never said they were scandinavian looking. they're their own thing.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

the short woggish romans described them as being pale,tall warriors who breathed fire and they were scared shitless..

Nearly all Celtic regions were conquered and dominated by "short woggish Romans" for centuries. Learn some history please. "They were scared shitless": lol! You're reading too much Asterix and Obelix, please...

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

Also I hate to tell you that I am fully native Iberian and my Y-DNA peaks in freaking Ireland and Scotland. I must have gotten it by magic. Lets see which Y-DNA you will get when your results arrive Lets see if it is a Celtic haplogroup as well.

[brennus dux gallorum]

Celtic culture originated in central Europe. Hallstatt Austria.

And so did most of the people who later colonized most of Southern Europe

italics absorbed older populations in the italian peninsula which is why italians are dark.

the same goes for all Europeans, with the exception of Balto-slavs

also i never said they were scandinavian looking. they're their own thing.

and this own thing of them back then, was more like a pale version of southern looking than a dark version of northern looking. i am not saying they were associated with southern Europe, but at least related

[Neon Knight]

I don't object to it, but it is quite a romantic thing for a modern person to identify with any of these ancient cultures - Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, etc. They all had much more in common with each other than they would have with any of us. I suppose national or ethno-national identities are what is important now.

[Brás Garcia de Mascarenhas]

I don't object to it, but it is quite a romantic thing for a modern person to identify with any of these ancient cultures - Celtic, Anglo-Saxon, Viking, etc. They all had much more in common with each other than they would have with any of us. I suppose national or ethno-national identities are what is important now.

Same, I know I am Iberian but I don't introduce myself as Iberian in real life, just as Portuguese obviously otherwise I would sound like a freaking weirdo.

[MinervaItalica]

the short woggish romans described them as being pale,tall warriors who breathed fire and they were scared shitless.

italics absorbed older populations in the italian peninsula which is why italians are dark.

Says the Syrian girl...

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Nearly all Celtic regions were conquered and dominated by "short woggish Romans" for centuries. Learn some history please. "They were scared shitless": lol! You're reading too much Asterix and Obelix, please...

The Gauls are tall of body with rippling muscles and white of skin and their hair is blond, and not only naturally so for they also make it their practice by artificial means to increase the distinguishing colour which nature has given it. For they are always washing their hair in limewater and they pull it back from the forehead to the nape of the neck, with the result that their appearance is like that of Satyrs and Pans since the treatment of their hair makes it so heavy and coarse that it differs in no respect from the mane of horses. Some of them shave the beard but others let it grow a little; and the nobles shave their cheeks but they let the moustache grow until it covers the mouth.

-Diodorus Siculus

Also I hate to tell you that I am fully native Iberian and my Y-DNA peaks in freaking Ireland and Scotland. I must have gotten it by magic. Lets see which Y-DNA you will get when your results arrive Lets see if it is a Celtic haplogroup as well.

I would love to show you,but I don't have Y-DNA and couldn't get my brother to spit in the tube.

[Mingle]

BTW It's Kelts, not Celts

It's unfortunately spelled Celt in English. The <c> in English should be pronounced like a /k/ but it is not. If we are going to respell Kelt, then we would also have to respell Makedonia, Thrake, Kyprus, Dakia, Kappadokia, etc. (even the word etcetera was pronounced etketera in Latin). Even the <c> in Greece wasn't supposed to be pronounced like an /s/.

I agree with this, maybe except of Enlglish or even German-speaking Swiss

Why are they exempt? English and German-Swiss people are mostly Celticized natives. I don't consider them Celts though, but it makes no sense to exclude them if you are going to consider Frenchies and Iberians as Celtic.