Dragons Celts and Druids

[Dept of PMM Artists & things]

There is a certain cosmic sensibility to the myths and
the raw force of the mystic energies which the Celts
legends of the Celtic peoples. A sense of things being
believed permeated their lands. They would pinpoint
bigger than they seem. Power flows beneath the skin
the best places to till the soil or carve stone or build a
of the world to the Celtic mind, accessible along the
home, and show their people the places to best avoid.
path of dragons and the mouth of stones. It was the
Too, they had a strange relationship with the concept
Druids who could see it, interpret it for their
of the dragon.
brother-Celts, follow the lines of power and show
Dragons, while commonly thought of as fire-breathing
them where to build their villages and sanctified places.
marauders, were, to the Celts, indicators of places of
A Mystery
great power. Where dragons trod, mystic energy
The Celts are a mystery even now. They once
flowed, and where they laired where invariably places
ranged across the width and breadth of Europe, from
of great sanctity and mystical harmony. While dragons
the forests of Germany to the hills of Northern Italy.
were dangerous, they were also indicators of fertility,
Their greatest concentration was perhaps in Scotland,
of life. 'The Path of the Dragon' was the Celtic term
Ireland and England. The Celts of Great Britain are
for ley lines. And ley lines, for the uninitiated, were the
what many modern people think of when they hear
stretches of mystic power which criss-crossed the
the word 'Celt'. But in truth, they were a people who
land. Druids hunted these lines, and made a ley lines
spread from one end of ancient Europe to the other,
map for their people, instructing them to build their
and they left their mark stamped upon the face of the
temples and homes along the lines in order to harvest
continent, though they themselves are gone now, for
the energies.
the most part.
Dragons, Druids and Celts are all inextricably linked by
Druids and Dragons
these bands of power. For the Celt, dragons, though
Druids and Celtic dragons, on the other hand, are more
deadly, and frightening, represented the continuation of
familiar to the modern mind. What do you think of,
life and health. They were omens of a good harvest,
when you hear the term 'druid'? A robed figure,
of a year of plenty. And the Druids were the ones
mistletoe in one hand, a scythe in the other, standing
who found the dragons and interpreted their meaning
over a stone slab and a screaming victim. Horror films
for a given group of Celts. For these ancient peoples,
have a lot to answer for in terms of our familiarity with
everything hummed and sparked with the lightning of
the concept of the Druid. In reality, druids were the
the gods. Where dragons walked, the lightning was
priests and seers of the Celts. Druids engaged the
visible, and where Druids indicated, the lightning was
cosmic on a daily basis, pitting their knowledge against
controllable for the good of the Celtic people.