The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
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[12] Cæsar, ii. 30.
[13] Cæsar, i. 1; Strabo, iv. 1. 1. [14] Cf. Holmes, 295; Beddoe, _Scottish Review_, xix. 416. [15] D'Arbois, _Les Celtes_, 175. [16] Cæsar, ii. 4; Strabo, vii. 1. 2. Germans are taller and fairer than Gauls; Tacitus, _Agric._ ii. Cf. Beddoe, _JAI_ xx. 354-355. [17] D'Arbois, _PH_ ii. 374. Welsh Gwydion and Teutonic Wuotan may have the same root, see p. 105. Celtic Taranis has been compared to Donar, but there is no connection, and Taranis was not certainly a thunder-god. Much of the folk-religion was alike, but this applies to folk-religion everywhere. [18] D'Arbois, ii. 251. [19] Beddoe, _L'Anthropologie_, v. 516. Tall, fair, and highly brachycephalic types are still found in France, _ibid._ i. 213; Bortrand-Reinach, _Les Celtes_, 39. [20] Beddoe, 516; _L'Anthrop._, v. 63; Taylor, 81; Greenwell, _British Barrows_, 680. [21] _Fort. Rev._ xvi. 328; _Mem. of London Anthr. Soc._, 1865. [22] Ripley, 309; Sergi, 243; Keane, 529; Taylor, 112. |
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