Playing into certain stereotypes, the Celts are somewhat in tune with nature, they don't have great architecture, similar to the Norse they don't rely on defensive structures much, and their crucial Nemeton is not under their direct control.
Lastly the Celtic military units are based on a huge temporal range because the military history of the people we think of as Celts today stretched over gigantic timescales, from early beginnings in the first millennium BC to the Tudor conquest of Gaelic Ireland that ended in 1603 AD.Ĭelts would occupy a similar role to the Norse (who they replace), a somewhat crude Northern European civilization, a bit more in line with the time period that would match up with Greeks and the like. I might also be a bit too biased towards Irish mythology because I am Irish myself, but I will try to include stuff from things like the Welsh Mabinogion. I should mention straight up I am intentionally avoiding Arthurian legend, I know its technically a kind of Celtic mythology but it sort of creates associations that are a bit too medieval for my liking. It still gives us a wealth of information that can be drawn upon. In all of these cases the legends were recorded after these countries converted to Christianity, which likely significantly skewed the nature in which these myths were recorded, for example figures that were previously considered gods might have been downgraded to great kings and heroes so as to not step on any monotheistic toes. By far the best sources for what could be an insight into ancient Celtic mythology and religion, as written by Celtic people themselves comes from Early Medieval Ireland, and to a lesser extent Scotland and Wales. The reason for this is because Celtic mythology and religion is very difficult to reconstruct, essentially nothing was written down by the continental Celts (ie the Gauls in modern day France and Northern Italy), almost everything we know comes from archaeological evidence and the accounts of other peoples, especially the Romans, who didn't have regard for recording this kind of thing in a flattering light.
This post covers the Celts, their units, mythology and gameplay mechanics.Ĭeltic history and religion is very long and wide, but admittedly a lot of what I would be drawing from would be Irish legends such as the Ulster cycle that were recorded well after Christianization (though this was also true of the Norse, and similarly they may be clues about pre-Christian beliefs), in large part because this stuff is well attested compared to other mythology associated with Celtic peoples. My first post detailing the basis ideas and civs is here, and my second one going into depth about my concept on an Aztec civilization is here. Hello all, this is the third post in my series on my ideas for new civilizations in a prospective Age of Mythology 2.
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