The Burial

 
Before watching the video think:  How do the people from your country bury their relatives or closed people? How do they often feel?
 
After wacthing the video answer: Are there any differences between the burial from your country and the celt burial? Which ones?

 

The Gods of Celtic Mythology

 
Celtic Warriors
The "Otherworld" was a domain of Celtic deities or supernatural beings such as the "Fairy People". The Otherworld was considered to be the Celtic version of heaven (or even hell to most Christian writers).
 
They were hidden from mortal eyes by strong Otherworld magic. They were situated in all sort of places. Some of these Otherworlds were located on the islands, the dunes, dun-hills, forests, rivers, and lakes. A grand castle or even humble cottage could be the Otherworld, which would, appeared at night for mortals, but would probably vanish in the morning.
 
Normal rule does not apply in the Otherworld. A year may seem to pass in the Otherworld, but in the real world centuries may have passed. Time seemed to have stand still. Nor does the people who live there, aged like mortals. They seemed to remain forever young.
 
The Otherworld also seemed to be able to move from one location to another. Or there may be only one Otherworld but it exist everywhere. In another word, the Otherworld is a paradox. Entering the enchanted place, may be close by or it could be a place far away.
The Celts were doing alright until Christianity came along. The Church nicked some of their Gods for promotional sainthood purposes and thus began the conversion process. Only by building churches on already sacred sites could Celts be converted. 
 
It's only a theory, but the Christians may have cut down the trees that produced the Apples of Immortality. This might have been responsible for reducing the status of Celtic Gods to trolls and fairies. These are not immortal , they grow older and smaller but don't actually die. It's all rather sad when you think of LUGH the Shining One reduced to the status of a leprechaun and having to hide his golden investments at the end of a rainbow. 
 
 
 
In the next HotPotatoes #6  you can study the most common Celtic Gods
 
 
  • You can download a  PPP  with passive voice explanation. To finish you have to take the last text and write in active voice, if it is in passive, or passive voice, if it is in active voice.
 
 
Some people say that Stonehenge was a Celt creation. What do you think?. In our opinion is a construction made by aliens. But, it is a free world full with opinions. In this text you will find more information about Stonehenge HotPotatoes #19

Passive and Active voice

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