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WOTC Possibly Removing "Druids" for Religious/Cultural Sensitivity Reasons
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<blockquote data-quote="DeviousQuail" data-source="post: 9158472" data-attributes="member: 7025431"><p>Well this has sent me down a rabbit hole. I could've told you that Druids had a priestly or shamanic role in Celtic societies and were pretty much wiped out during the Christianization of the British Isles. But that is about it. Some neat things I learned:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It seems that Druid and Bard both come from the same area and time, with some people in folklore having both titles.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">There is very little written records from Druids with speculation that they were forbidden from writing down what they knew.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The term Druid died out sometime in the 2nd century, makes a return in medieval times in poems/mythology, followed by a larger revival in the 18th and 19th centuries.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">It seems divination was a big part of their job in societies along with being philosophers, advisors, and handling religious affairs.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">In more modern times there are a lot of groups using the term Druid for religious and cultural reasons. Wikipedia lists some of the more prominent groups as well as some statistical breakdowns of modern Druids and what brings them together and sets them apart.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DeviousQuail, post: 9158472, member: 7025431"] Well this has sent me down a rabbit hole. I could've told you that Druids had a priestly or shamanic role in Celtic societies and were pretty much wiped out during the Christianization of the British Isles. But that is about it. Some neat things I learned: [LIST] [*]It seems that Druid and Bard both come from the same area and time, with some people in folklore having both titles. [*]There is very little written records from Druids with speculation that they were forbidden from writing down what they knew. [*]The term Druid died out sometime in the 2nd century, makes a return in medieval times in poems/mythology, followed by a larger revival in the 18th and 19th centuries. [*]It seems divination was a big part of their job in societies along with being philosophers, advisors, and handling religious affairs. [*]In more modern times there are a lot of groups using the term Druid for religious and cultural reasons. Wikipedia lists some of the more prominent groups as well as some statistical breakdowns of modern Druids and what brings them together and sets them apart. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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