Celtic faith is native to the Gaelic or Brythonic people (Who exist in the Celtic Nations, that include Ireland, Scotland, Cornwell, Brittany, Wales and the Isle of Man). There is a strong insistance of the importance of the use of stories and mythology, with a emphasis on the vital quality of families or tribes.

Celtic Paganism tends to be broken into two groups, the Reconstructionalists and the Traditionalists. Although within these groupings, there is often intermingling. Reconstructionalist use modes of worship reconstructed from both written and archelogical evidence of celtic worship. Traditionalists keep to ritual and devotional practices that they can reliably show to be in use by currently existing Celtic cultures.

Both schools of celtic faith, although the Traditionalists are more strict about this, keep to one form of celtic worship, whether that be Welsh, Irish, Scottish or, in the case of some reconstructionalists, Gaulish. Another important and emphasised facet is the necessity to learn (or work towards learning) a celtic language, usually in accordance with the rest of the group.

Last updated: February 01, 2005.