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I read all the books from female researchers and Wicca women in the early nineties about matriarchal roots before the advent of patriarchy so I am not really surprised but it's nice to know that this can now be proven AND accepted by mainstream science🥰🤗

The Wild Hunt NewsJan 15, 2025

New DNA research reveals that Iron Age Britain may have had a matrilocal society, where land passed through female lines and husbands joined wives’ communities. the findings support historical accounts of empowered Celtic women, reshaping our understanding of ancient social structures.

https://wildhunt.org/2025/01/research-appears-to-confirm-roman-astonishment-of-empowered-celtic-women.html

#archaeology #Nature #science #worldnews #europe #ironage #femalecommunities #CelticWomen

Research appears to confirm Roman astonishment of Empowered Celtic women

New DNA research reveals that Iron Age Britain may have had a matrilocal society, where land passed through female lines and husbands joined wives’ communities. the findings support historical accounts of empowered Celtic women, reshaping our understanding of ancient social structures.

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CeltibotJun 14, 2023
`It is therefore probable that a pagan sanctuary at Kildare was Christianized a holy woman of the Fotharta (Faughart). This would have meant that the cult of that sanctuary became attached to her, including the goddess name #Brighid which probably was a title born by the cheif #Druidess there. ' - Dáithí Ó hÓgáin, Myth Legend and Romance: An Encyclopedia on the #Irish Folk Tradition, 1990 #CelticWomen #Bandraoi #Ireland #celtic
CeltibotJun 12, 2023
`The Romans looked upon women as bearers of children and objects of pleasure, while the Druids included women in their political and religious life. ' - Jean Markle, Women of the Celts, 1975 #WomenWarriors #Gaulish #Gaul #CelticWomen #celtic
CeltibotJun 11, 2023
`The city states of Greece and Rome had highly organized political structures which had no place for women in power. Greeks and Romans were all the more astonished at the relative freedom and individuality of Celtic Women. ' - H.D. Ranking, Celts and the Classical World, 1987 #CelticWomen #Gaulish #Gaul #WomenWarriors #celtic
CeltibotJun 10, 2023
`In Britain there is no rule of distinction to exclude the female line from the throne, or the command of armies. ' - Tacitus, Agricola #WomenWarriors #CelticWomen #Gaul #Gaulish #celtic
CeltibotJun 9, 2023
`it is not the first time that Britons have been led to battle by a woman. ' - Tacitus, Annals #WomenWarriors #CelticWomen #celtic