Author Topic: Celts (Read 5957 times)

Cuthbert · « **Reply #30 on:** September 08, 2012, 04:42:30 PM »

The Celtic people of Spain are related to the Irish & Scottish Gaels. The Basques speak a non-indo-european language which is not related to any other known language, tho' in grammatical structure it is similar to the Hungarian, Finnish & Turkic languages. The Celtiberians were a mixture of Celtic & Basque tribes, with the Celtic element apparently being the more dominant.

The few fragmentary inscriptions written in the ancient Celtic language spoken in Iberia are clearly goidelic (pertaining to the Gaelic languages of Irish & Scottish Gaelic & Manx). This is also attested by the ancient traditions of the Irish people regarding their origins, which have always maintained that their ancestors, the Milesians in 1700 B.C. (hope I'm right, going by memory here) or so, sailed from Spain & conquered the island.

Before their arrival in Spain, they had sojourned in Egypt & before this they had lived in Scythia, the land of their origin according to the mediaeval Irish historians. The term Celtic signifies the race of Celts in general, whereas Gaelic means the people of Ireland, the Scottish highlands & Hebrides & the Isle of Man in particular.There is a very interesting article in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica on the Celts which goes into great detail, it's well worth reading.

Nadir · « **Reply #31 on:** September 08, 2012, 04:51:28 PM »

Thanks, guitarplucker and Cuthbert!

jlamos · « **Reply #32 on:** September 08, 2012, 07:24:11 PM »

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I got convict blood! with a bit of Scottish and Welsh thrown in. Far as I know I've been spared the English.

Perhaps the English have been spared you.

Nadir · « **Reply #33 on:** September 08, 2012, 08:03:55 PM »

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Quote from: Nadir
I got convict blood! with a bit of Scottish and Welsh thrown in. Far as I know I've been spared the English.

Perhaps the English have been spared you.

When I said I was "spared the English", I meant that I think, though I could be wrong, that there is no English blood running in my veins. It was a joke, though I see you didn't get it, and maybe nobody else for that matter.

Not that I hate the English. On the contrary, I am quite fond of the English. I thank God that some of my (Irish) ancestors were sent to this wonderful island continent so many years ago. The story is that one of them was sent for breaking a teapot, though I didn't get the full picture. Maybe it was broken over somebody's head.

BTW, the English were not altogether spared me. I did reside there for a while. They seemed to like me well enough!

Belloc · « **Reply #34 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:51:07 AM »

Some of earliest Celts in Scotland were described if I recall as dark complected-no, not african or anything, but dark whites.......so me thinks and i think modern archeology isshowing, a link between those that lived in and left N. Spain for the British Isles.....
Would love to know about DNA testing, etc an the language issues noted are intriguing