Celtic Females

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NO celtic females were not equal in celtic society.

This is romancing with history.

It is true however, that the role of the female was much stronger, much closer to equality then in the mediterranean.

[CrawdaddyJoe]

The big redhead wouldn't have been allowed on the field- some Celts made fat warriors pay an extra tax, iirc.

[USAsoldier1955]

I do not believe that Celtic women were a bunch of bull-dyke sows....

but perhaps they were! :D

[celticbattleaxe]

If that freakin yoyo jackass says one more time that the Celts are "Hellenes", I'm going to throw my history books at him!! Maybe, he might learn something. Either that or he's just a damn troll who has nothing better to do.

[unfukkkmee]

celt IS HELLENIC WORD

celts ARE HELLENES

[celticbattleaxe]

Women kick ass!!!! The only difference between this and reality is that the Celtic women fought alongside the men and even commanded them - Boudicca is an example. We were one of the few cultures to treat women as equals to men - not like the US - the US claims to be "balanced", but women get paid less than men for the same job, and if a man and a woman apply for the same job and have equal qualifications, 9 times out of 10, the man will get the job. Look how bad Sarah Palin was treated!

[andreagus1]

behind every good man there is a good woman ? or

Is this politics of the past or the future?

[thedruidherbalist]

@andreagus1 in my eyes behind a brutal warrior man is a far worse woman who has to put up with all of us men

[HHimmler33]

Haha maniacs!

[yiblon]

Wind Street on a Friday night.

[buidseach]

looks like a typical night out in perth lol

[daisycutter71]

id run faster waghahah

[gregdancingmachine]

WTF?

[LibertaerUeberAlles]

Choice between fighting the enemy or the wife LOL!

[PictaviaProduction]

What the hell was this?

[jemflower]

^^

Sehr gelungene Darbietung.

[AskSOmeoneelse]

like my family when there's a debate about who gets the last cookie in ther jar.

[oOCaillechOo]

Females and males were both equals in celtic society. That's what scared the romans so much.

[Nightcreature12]

Indeed it did. Livy makes a sort of half-joke in one of his histories that even a Celtic man cannot win in battle, if he calls his wife to help, nothing can stand in their way.

[jaskamakkara]

@oOCaillechOo not equal but more equal then in roman society for instance.

[celticbattleaxe]

@jaskamakkara More equal than the US.

[jaskamakkara]

@celticbattleaxe never been to U.S.A but i still don't believe that is true. Unless you mean something else with equal than I.

[celticbattleaxe]

@jaskamakkara It is true - the US claims to be "balanced", giving women equal rights/opportunity, but it is false. There is still male chauvanism in the world. Females should be treated equally to males, as in Celtic societies. But, of course, everyone seems paranoid that a woman might become a leader in the world. Yeesh - make me sick with all this chauvanism

[jaskamakkara]

@celticbattleaxe In celtic scietys women did'nt have equal opportunitys they were for the most part looking after the home and children. If i remember right the only way they could own property was if their husband died and she inherited(?) it, or become a queen if the king died. Female warriors and leaders weren't as common in celtic society as we believe.

[celticbattleaxe]

@jaskamakkara Yes, they were. Ever heard of the Brehon Laws, which originate back to the 3rd century BC? The Pretannic tribes had similar laws, as well. Females could, and often did, serve in the military and command batals of soldiers. You may be thinking of the Romano-British, who dumped those laws and replaced them with Roman law. The Irish kept the Brehon Laws and used them up until the 1100s. With the Irish settlement of Dyfed in Wales, such laws were re-introduced to Britannia.

[jaskamakkara]

@celticbattleaxe ''Ever heard of the Brehon Laws'' Never heard of those. I am by no means an expert on celtic society so you may as well be right. My opinions are just based on what I've heard and read of it from what i thought were unbiased perspectives.

[celticbattleaxe]

@jaskamakkara Well, I apologize if I seemed to be overly judgmental - you thought that what you did was right - I support you for that. I just cannot stand it when people intentionally mess up the history. Makes all us history nerds want to punch them.

Anyway, I recommend you read the book "Smoke in the Wind." It is a book (damn - I forget the author) about a dalaigh (accent on first "a") from Ireland and a Saxon who travel to the Welsh/Irish kingdom of Dyfed to solve a strange murder case.

[celticbattleaxe]

@jaskamakkara Much of what is written is true. Dalaighs were the judges of Ireland who investigated cases and made decisions based on the Brehon laws, which were converted to Latin from Irish Gaelic. Before dalaighs, Druids performed the same act as judges, but also as healers and spiritual leaders, though never taking a prominent stand in government. The most they would do is to be a king's/queen's counselor.

[triqueta17]

@oOCaillechOo Yep!

Women could be either warriors or stay with their kids and men could stay at home and take care of the kids.

In fact romans said that celt women were authentic fierces, they said than they had never seen anything scarier and more dangerous than a bunch of angry women.

God I love the celts and their wonderfull culture!

[USAsoldier1955]

@oOCaillechOo Thank God for the Romans! :)

[kingsman565]

WOW! They slaughtered that entire army, all three of them. :D

[Caortannach]

Hahahaaaa

Kelten, die Kelten.

[tealeh2]

What does dikam or dikamsans mean???

[SolAurum]

They probably shouldn't be involved... as the old saying goes, "girls just wanna have fun", and they won't fight properly.

[Mamakayi]

Hahahahahahh...

entweder Frau oder Feind loooll.

Manche würden lieber Feind nehmen...lolll...

[Germania1938]

das mit den kochlöffeln ist aber ein mythos, die frauen motivierten die kämpfer lediglich

[13Berzerker]

lol bitte mehr davon ^^

[cyranosnose]

*loool* Endlich wird bekannt, weshalb die Kelten so tapfer im Krieg waren...