Druids: The Mystery of Celtic Priests
Die Druiden: Mächtige Priester der Kelten
- Documentary
- History
- 2021
Druids have existed far longer than hitherto assumed, since the 4th century BC. Their traces are found all over middle Europe: from the northern Balkans to Ireland. Their cultural achievements were equal in almost every way to those of the Romans and Greeks: They could read and write and spoke Greek and Latin - for centuries, they were the powerful elite of their culture. Only one single Druid is known by name to history: Diviciacos - an aristocrat of the Aedui and personal friend of Julius Caesar. Diviciacos was a politician, a judge and a diplomat, but he lived at a time when the Celtic lands of Gaul were conquered by the Romans. Greek and Roman contemporaries distrusted the actions of this forbear of the famous comic book druid Getafix: They imagined him in bloody rituals in somber woods.
Druids: The Mystery of Celtic Priests is a movie first shown in 2021. Runtime is 53 minutes. Status: Released. Genres: Documentary, History. TMDB score 8.0/10 from 3 votes.
