How to know if you are Celtic?

[Bara no Uta]

I was just wondering. My mom told me that I have some Celtic in me because some of my ancestors were Celtic. I'd just like to verify that this is true before I believe it, because she also told me before that Wicca was a "whatever feels right" religion (which, after reading up on the subject, I explained to her that this was not true)... so yeah.

I'm not quite sure, then, that I entirely understand what it is, since I had always thought that it was part of a religion and not the sort of thing that is considered to be inherited? I haven't been able to find much information on it, but I know that I do believe in animism (I think that's the word?).



Any help would be appreciated (including books on the subject, if you know any good ones).  

[CuAnnan]

Bara no Uta

I was just wondering. My mom told me that I have some Celtic in me because some of my ancestors were Celtic.

What do you think "Celtic" means?  

[Collowrath]

My gut reaction is that if you have to ask, you probably aren't.  

[CuAnnan]

Collowrath

My gut reaction is that if you have to ask, you probably aren't.

The question isn't very meaningful.
There was no such people as "the Celts". The term "Celtic" is a linguistic, not ethnic or racial, term. It's similar to "Romance". You've got your p-Celts and your q-Celts.  

[Collowrath]

CuAnnan

Collowrath

My gut reaction is that if you have to ask, you probably aren't.

The question isn't very meaningful.
There was no such people as "the Celts". The term "Celtic" is a linguistic, not ethnic or racial, term. It's similar to "Romance". You've got your p-Celts and your q-Celts.

Oh I know. smile I would say a good answer here would be "There aren't people that are 'Celts', rather, there are numerous groups of people that speak languages that belong to the Celtic family, which are further divided into the q-Celts (such as Irish), and p-Celts (such as Welsh). As for ethnicity or race, if you have to ask, you probably aren't."

But any answer that you could provide would probably be much better.  

[CuAnnan]

Collowrath

CuAnnan

Collowrath

My gut reaction is that if you have to ask, you probably aren't.

The question isn't very meaningful.
There was no such people as "the Celts". The term "Celtic" is a linguistic, not ethnic or racial, term. It's similar to "Romance". You've got your p-Celts and your q-Celts.

Oh I know. smile I would say a good answer here would be "There aren't people that are 'Celts', rather, there are numerous groups of people that speak languages that belong to the Celtic family, which are further divided into the q-Celts (such as Irish), and p-Celts (such as Welsh). As for ethnicity or race, if you have to ask, you probably aren't."

I was just using your post as a launching board.  

[Collowrath]

CuAnnan

Collowrath

CuAnnan

Collowrath

My gut reaction is that if you have to ask, you probably aren't.

The question isn't very meaningful.
There was no such people as "the Celts". The term "Celtic" is a linguistic, not ethnic or racial, term. It's similar to "Romance". You've got your p-Celts and your q-Celts.

Oh I know. smile I would say a good answer here would be "There aren't people that are 'Celts', rather, there are numerous groups of people that speak languages that belong to the Celtic family, which are further divided into the q-Celts (such as Irish), and p-Celts (such as Welsh). As for ethnicity or race, if you have to ask, you probably aren't."

I was just using your post as a launching board.

Alright then. sweatdrop  

[Bara no Uta]

CuAnnan

Bara no Uta

I was just wondering. My mom told me that I have some Celtic in me because some of my ancestors were Celtic.

What do you think "Celtic" means?

Um... I think it's like a sub-type of Paganism (like the eclectic Pagans, etc etc). I also heard it's a "closed religion"... not that I'm exactly sure what that means.  

[CuAnnan]

Bara no Uta

Um... I think it's like a sub-type of Paganism (like the eclectic Pagans, etc etc).

Nope. It's a linguistic grouping or, as a human adjective, denotes a person or people who speak a language that is Celtic (Irish, Welsh, Brytonic, etc).

Bara no Uta

I also heard it's a "closed religion"...

The Gael are a closed culture. I don't presume to speak for the Scots, the Bryton, the Manx or the Welsh.

Bara no Uta

not that I'm exactly sure what that means.

We don't accept converts.  

[Aino Ailill]

What divides the ps from the qs?  

[Collowrath]

Aino Ailill

What divides the ps from the qs?

p faces one way, q the other. xD

Actually, it has to do with the word for "what" if I remember correctly (I think CúAnnan answered this elsewhere before). In Irish, it's cé, in Welsh, pé.  

[Aino Ailill]

Collowrath

Aino Ailill

What divides the ps from the qs?

p faces one way, q the other. xD

Harry: Hagrid, I've never known; what's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?

Hagrid: One of em's got an 'm.'

Quote:

Actually, it has to do with the word for "what" if I remember correctly (I think CúAnnan answered this elsewhere before). In Irish, it's cé, in Welsh, pé.

Ah, thanks!  

[Nines19]

Aino Ailill

Harry: Hagrid, I've never known; what's the difference between a stalagmite and a stalactite?

Hagrid: One of em's got an 'm.'

That part always amused me.  

[too2sweet]

(in general terms) It is also good to note that just because one has ancestors who were of a certain culture... it would not automatically mean that one is of that culture.  

[CuAnnan]

Collowrath

Aino Ailill

What divides the ps from the qs?

p faces one way, q the other. xD

Actually, it has to do with the word for "what" if I remember correctly (I think CúAnnan answered this elsewhere before). In Irish, it's cé, in Welsh, pé.

Not just the word "what".
I just use the word "what as an example".