The Celtic Religious Tradition

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Across
  1. 1. The festival of ______ celebrates the first signs of Spring.
  2. 7. On what current continent did the Celts base themselves?
  3. 10. The celts worshipped the ________. (Earth, moon, sun, sea and wind).
  4. 13. The Celts believed in an ____________.
  5. 14. The Celts had their own calendar based on _____ movements.
  6. 16. When the giants were _______ they created islands on Earth.
  7. 17. Some _____ were considered to be sacred to the Celts. (Before they built temples).
  8. 18. _____ were considered to be messengers of the Gods.
  9. 19. The Celts thought that three ______ existed. (Upper, Middle and Lower/Underworld).
  10. 20. The God _______ was known to have links to trees in Celtic society.
  11. 21. The new year festival for the Celts.
Down
  1. 2. Starts on the 30th of April and ends on May 1st (a festival).
  2. 3. The Celtic religion was ____________ because there around 300 deities.
  3. 4. The Celts had multiple _______. (Polytheistic).
  4. 5. The main people of the temples. They had magic abilities and performed sacrifices.
  5. 6. Giant's _____ created the waters of the Earth.
  6. 8. The way Celtic religion was mainly passed down through (what is another word for speaking?)
  7. 9. The Celts believed in an __________. (Usually opposite of heaven in other religions).
  8. 11. The Celts believed that humans were descendent from what/who?
  9. 12. They year's seasons were clearly separated from each other with _________ of different kinds.
  10. 14. Celebrated to honour the Gods for the year's harvest.
  11. 15. Celts respected _______ because they thought that they could have been linked to the Gods. (Birds were an example).