Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article. The Britons have done too much damage. If we don't defeat them now, we will have to leave these islands and all the riches they contain. We must end their revolt once and for all. ”

What may have gone hand-in-hand with the practice of human sacrifice is the fact that the Celts had a firm belief in an afterlife. This is evidently why they buried their dead with weapons, ornaments, and even food. In particular, the Celts also believed in reincarnation. This belief allegedly motivated them to be fierce warriors, since they were not afraid of dying in battle. However, it is also known that they believed in the concept of living in another realm. The exact relationship between these two different afterlives is not entirely clear. In any case, the otherworldly realm was envisioned as an island, similar to the Greek concept of Elysium or the Isles of the Blessed. Delamarre, Xavier (2003). Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise: Une approche linguistique du vieux-celtique continental. Errance. ISBN 9782877723695. Understanding Celtic Society Reconstructed Celtic Roundhouses, Wales, via the National Museum of Wales See also: Castro culture, Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula, Prehistoric Iberia, Hispania, Lusitania, Gallaecia, Celtici, and Vettones In Wales, called Cymru by the Celts, the native tongue—Welsh—is a Celtic language, and it is still widely spoken in the region. In Cornwall (the westernmost county in England, and near Wales), some (although very few) speak Cornish, which is similar to Welsh and Breton.Insular Celtic culture diversified into that of the Gaels ( Irish, Scots and Manx) and the Celtic Britons ( Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons) of the medieval and modern periods. [2] [20] [21] A modern Celtic identity [22] was constructed as part of the Romanticist Celtic Revival in Britain, Ireland, and other European territories such as Galicia. [23] Today, Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, and Breton are still spoken in parts of their former territories, while Cornish and Manx are undergoing a revival. By the third century B.C., the Celts controlled much of the European continent north of the Alps mountain range, including present-day Ireland and Great Britain.

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain) written in the twelfth century, refers to him as Kymbelinus, son of Tenvantius, who was brought up at the court of Augustus. Geoffrey's of Monmouth's work was incorporated into Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles in 1577, which in turn provided the inspiration for William Shakespeare's romantic play 'Cymbeline'. Centuries later, after the Roman Empire had conquered several Celtic tribes in the Iberian Peninsula (Portugal and Spain) that the Romans called the Gallaeci, Julius Caesar embarked on the nine-year Gallic Wars to defeat the Celts and various other tribal kingdoms in Gaul (modern France). Caesar wrote about the conquest of Gaul with a mix of disgust and respect for his Celtic enemies.Like Welsh, the Irish language of Gaelic is a Celtic language. Gaelic largely disappeared in the 19th century, but the language is still spoken in the western part of the country. Celtic Designs Preservation is, in certain individuals, so good that we can tell what their last meal was. In the case of Lindow Man, his stomach contained traces of mistletoe.