By borderline.babe on Skatehive
Being of Irish descent myself, I love learning more about my heritage 🇮🇪 I take great pride in my culture, in knowing that I come from a people that were highly advanced, moral, and, the fact that our history lives on today -- resilient! ✊️ Now, having read a history of the Druids, I am even more self-assured in my identity. And with St. Patrick's Day approaching, what better way to celebrate the country of Ireland than with a deep dive into one of their most renowned figures: the Druids! 😊 In the simplest terms, the Druids represented a prominent class in the Irish caste system. They first emerged in 4,000 BC, during the hunter-gatherer era, when their vast knowledge was utilized to derive resources from their treasured oak trees. In fact, the word "druid" comes from the Celtic words "oak knowledge." (A picture of two Druids: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Druid) "To have a knowledge of the trees endowed one with survival techniques and therefore wisdom." Now we are starting to s