Showing posts with label Celts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celts. Show all posts

Wednesday 14 January 2009

[Origin of the Celts] Theory V >>Origin in Mystic continent of Atlantis



The fact that Ireland, France and Spain, have a common factor in all the theories of the origin of the Celts, has created the most recent of all theories. Atlantis. This theory is based on the mystical continent of Atlantis which disappeared without any trace. Advocates of this theory are based more on assumptions that in presentations and physical evidence, of which only mentioned the fact that in Ireland, France and northern Spain, a mysterious congregation of Celts and Protocelts existed long before the Austria and Ukraine one, which makes them think that some mysterious inhabitants of a distant lost continent reached Europe. This theory is almost impossible to verify at least that someone founds the continent, however, is not entirely absurd and idiotic. Carlos Luisfondo in his book "We, The Celts, in the twentieth century." fully supports this theory saying that if they discovered the continent of Atlantis, it would soon make "A Monument" in a European museum. But for now it is virtually impossible to verify this theory.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)

[Origin of the Celts] Theory IV >> Irish Origin


The fourth theory is similar to the theory Galician-Asturian. According to the Irish Theory, the Celts were born in Ireland and the Isle of Man. From there, they began to migrate to England, Wales, Curnugales, Scotland, and then to France, the countries of Eastern Europe, Spain and Turkey (the Galatians). This theory is based on data found on the same date that Galician, except for a bowl with a decoration that is apparently being protocelt and is about 700 years before. The vessel, or rather, the fraction of the vessel is extremely damaged, and it is not well-known source. Some archaeologists presume that the vessel must not be protocelta, if not totally Celta, as far as we know, the first and almost the sole inhabitants of Ireland are Celts.

Another proof is the Celtic mythology although it can not be taken as a 'fundamental proof' for the simple fact of being 'Mythology', it says that before the world was born, the Celts inhabited Ireland. Claudio Portés in his book 'The Celtic Expansion in Europe' gives us an interpretation of this piece of mythology telling us that the Celts probably knew well that their origins were Irish, and relates to the fact that "Before Continental Europe had Celts, Ireland had. "

This theory, I think that might be the only one that could been verify or disprove in a short period of time, as the Celts in Ireland sources are broad and poorly handled.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)

[Origin of the Celts] Theory III >> Galician-Asturian Origin



The third theory is fairly new and unknown. New findings of data from nearly 3000 years before Hasllstat, of Protocelt peoples in La Coruna, in Ourense, and in the western end of the Principality of Asturias in northern Spain. Some authors suggest that the Celts had their birthplace in Spain and advanced to the Pyrenees, Catalonia and southern France, after that they emigrated to the East of Europe and the British Isles. For many years Celtic History in Spain was very poorly studied, and in recent years, which has been studied in depth in this town, have made significant discoveries.

This theory is very likely that a reality, as in Northern Ireland is the second largest (after Ireland) where the Celtic culture is pure, but it is very old and the new findings have supported this theory.

The Celtic origin, in Galicia and Asturias, has resulted in a clash between traditional historians or commonly called 'Desktop Historians and archaeologists', who have been the strongest advocates of this new theory.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)

[Origin of the Celts] Theory II >> German-Nordic Origin




The second theory on the origin of the Celtic nations is one that raises in the hypothesis that the Celts, and in general almost all European peoples, heir predecessors are not the original Indo-European peoples, but Scandinavian peoples or Vikings. This theory says that the Nordic arrived in Germany for various reasons, mainly by the simple desire for conquest, and from there they spread to Western Europe, Eastern Island and Middle East. Subsequently, the geographic isolation provoked Viking peoples who migrated to the south, became completely different from the Northern Vikings. But there is not much physical evidence to support this theory, since the Celtas remains found in Nordic countries are following the Celtic origin, apart from that, what was found in the course of Indo-European movements are much broader and more old. There is also little physical evidence that had been extremely manipulated by certain Governments during the Second World War and during the Cold War, it was in this period of history when much of the evidence was destroyed. The only strong evidence is the discovery of some materials clearly protocelts in northern Denmark, which were dated prior to the culture of Hallstat Austria. This theory is not accepted at present, but it is not wasted as the theory itself is very good and very logical.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)

[Origin of the Celts] Theory I >> Indo-European Origin



This theory proposed that a group of people from India and the Middle East, migrated towards Europe (an almost uninhabited continent). From this Indo-European people, or as some authors called them "the Aryan Nation", raised some of the greatest civilizations of Europe, like the Greeks, the Vikings, the Germanic, the Romans and clearly the Celts. These people may have emigrated to Europe due to internal problems, or with other nations, either by drought, habrunas or pests.

The Indo-Europeans arrived in the Urals and the Caspian Sea, crossed the Black Sea and arrived in Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Later, more were introduced in Europe and arrived in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and some Scandinavian countries boarded. This stage, which was the culture of Hallstat, they do have records, utensils, weapons, and some fossil mummified bodies found in Austria, which mark the start of the Celtic people.

Subsequently, the Celts moved to France, the British Isles, Ireland and Spain. The evidence of this theory are: Menhires, Dolmens and other traces of Celtic culture in Ukraine, the Balkans and above and in Austria, which are so far the oldest found in Europe.

Source: Celtic History(spanish)