LEGENDES de BRETAGNE

Bretagne des druides et des mégalithes 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Les Druides :

Il existe deux explications au mot "druide". 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                - Celle de Pline, pour qui il serait issu du mot gaulois "derw" signifiant chêne, le druide devenant "l'homme du chêne".
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      - Celle de Mme Le Roux, dans les racines sanscrites "dru" signifiant dru et "vid" signifiant savoir, les druides désignant les hommes très savants.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Les Druides antiques avaient une place importante dans la société, particulièrement de conseil auprès du Roi, il est d'ailleurs dit que Le Roi ne parlait jamais avant le Druide, ce qui montre l'importance de son rôle au plus haut de la hiérarchie.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ils avaient aussi pour charge de l'éducation, de la justice, de la médecine, de la divination et des arts.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Les jeunes postulants commençaient leur éducation très jeune, il fallait en effet une bonne vingtaine d'années pour acquérir les connaissances nécessaires.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       LES ORDRES  :
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Le terme de druide est appliqué à tous les membres, chacun ayant ses spécialités et niveaux de qualification.
On distinguait les Druides, les Vates ou Ovates et les Bardes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              LES DRUIDES :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Prêtres, enseignants, ambassadeurs, sages.
 Ils possèdent l'Initiation complète en théologie, cosmologie, mathématiques . . . 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    LES OVATES :

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Devins, médecins, physiciens, sourciers . . .  En général ils étaient praticiens des sciences.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             LES BARDES :

                                                                                                                                                                                                             Poètes, musiciens, enseignants, historiens . . .  Ils sont initiés aux secrètes traditions et sont à même de remplacer le druide ou les ovates. 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Les Celtes croyaient en la réincarnation, c'est une des raisons pour laquelle ils étaient de féroces combattants, selon eux La mort était le milieu d'une longue vie.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Selon eux, l'homme pour acquérir la sagesse, la connaissance, doit suivre une sorte d'initiation, comme les vivent les héros Celtes, passer par de multiples états de l'être, et donc par plusieurs vies.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     La religion Druidique est une religion païenne (le mot païen fut créé par les Chrétiens pour qualifier les religions polythéistes en particulier), il veut en réalité dire Paysan.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Comme beaucoup de religions antiques, les Druides calquaient leur vie et leurs fêtes aux cycles de la nature.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Il étaient polythéistes, mais aussi panthéistes, leur sagesse passait par le respect de la Terre, la Mère, et de la Nature.