druid: Quick Facts

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Color illustration of five ancient Celtic druids in white robes and green wreaths, one seated and gesturing upward, surrounded by trees with ritual objects on the ground.

Engraving by W. Walker after Susanna Duncombe shows two hooded druids in robes walking under a tree along a rugged English coastline, each holding branches.

Black and white woodcut from 1832 showing a giant wicker figure filled with people, surrounded by druids and onlookers, illustrating a reported druidic human sacrifice ritual.

Roman attack on druids

Three druids in white robes stand outdoors, with one holding a staff and gesturing toward gold vessels, a serpent, and a painted curtain hanging from a tree. Handcolored engraving by Verico.

Arthur Pendragon, dressed in ceremonial robes, leads a group of people in a ritual at Stonehenge during the Winter Solstice celebration, with the stone monument visible behind them.

Roman soldiers attacking Druids

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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

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