The Celts were once a powerful group of people living in the 1000s BC in an area that spread from the British Isles to what is now Turkey. They were not a nation nor a race; rather, the Celts were a group of people tied together by customs, religion, and language. They had no centralized government, yet Celtic society had a defined structure and each tribe or group had a hierarchy of classes.
Beginning around 225 BC, the Celts began experiencing a series of defeats by the Roman Empire until they were essentially conquered. Only a few areas remained free and were able to pass down Celtic mythology and legend in its traditional oral form. Fortunately, medieval Irish and Welsh monks recorded many of these stories beforehand. It is from these texts, along with retellings as written by the Romans, that we are able to study this lore in modern times.
The early Celts created a mythology comprised of hundreds of tales involving gods, heroes, and villains. A major theme of much of this lore is magic and the supernatural, including the iconic cauldron that is often associated with Merlin. Another major theme involves the physical landscape, with many adventures centering around nature and trees.
Celtic mythology can be broken up into four cycles, or groups of connected stories. The Mythological Cycle details the battles of Celtic gods as they fought to gain control of Ireland. The Ulster Cycle tells of the deeds of Celtic warriors and heroes. The Historical Cycle centers around stories based on real kings of the region. Lastly, the Fenian Cycle centers around a group of warriors led by Finn Mac Cumhail and how they protected the Irish and Scottish lands.
Some of these famed legends are celebrated in Provident’s new Celtic Lore series of silver rounds, featuring five designs by Howard David Johnson. The Morrigan, the second design in the series, was recently released and will remain available while supplies last. But now is your chance to win big!
Out of all the legends and mythological tales you’ve heard, which is your favorite? You’re not limited to only Celtic tales here. Commenting below will serve as your entry for our September giveaway. But remember to keep it classy; inappropriate comments will be deleted and disqualified. Submit your comment (one comment only please) by September 17, 2017. One winner will be randomly selected on September 18, 2017 to receive a Morrigan 1 oz colorized silver round from our Celtic Lore series.
Good luck to all entrants!
Nice looking coin
I love it. Great color. Thank you for the opportunity
Reminds me of monty python and the holy hand grenade.
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Thanks for free silver
Silver!
Medusa !
My favorite stories center around Merlin and Morganna. Isn’t everyone fascinated by magic, mythology, and the supernatural? I would love to win this coin. Pick me! Pick me!
Love the knights of Templar, what a beautiful coin!
My daughter and I love talking about mythology that’s are favorite pastime and by the way gorgeous coins
Love the Celtic theme of these coins
The Fairy-Faith tales told in the Cielidh..
Very beautiful coins.I would love to have them all!
Dagda is a Celtic Ruler God who is the leader of the TUATHA-DE-DANANN, he’s the God of Life and Death, War, Banquets and Magic. He is known for his cauldron, full of never ending food and a boar which never stops roasting.
He wields a club so large, that it must be wheeled around., If he were to use it to take your life, he could bring you back to life with the handle. He’s married to the Morrigan Mob and has a daughter by the name of Brigit.
Dagda is known in Celtic circles as ‘Da Good One’.and has a cheerful and raucous disposition.
I love Celtic history!
my fav. would have to be madusa
The Morrigan looks like an incredible piece of art!
I was always partial to the tall tales of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox, as well as John Henry.
Awesome looking coin!
I love provident Medals ,And That coin/round will look nice in my sons Collection ,And Thank you for free silver
Would be a nice addition to the collection.
I love the Celtic line dance and we need a coin to honor its performing artists.
I like the Lucky Angel silver or gold coin, The one with St. Michael slaying the dragon. Started ceturies ago, a French coin maker, sentenced to die by guillotine, prayed to the coin, bolts of lightning, crowd ran off. Couple months later, he was retried and set free. Same thing with Napolean. He used to always carry it and won all his battles. one night, he threw coin into the river. Next day he was defeated at Waterloo. Bet he wished he had his lucky Angel coin back. To this day, firefighters, police, fighter pilots, etc, a portion of them carry the lucky Angel coin on them. LUCKY? Hmm.
King Arthur
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Lug, the hero and warrior!
The Morrigan coin is beautiful, but I’m drawn to the Merlin one. Awesome!
Nuada Airgetlám, of course.
Yahooo!! Free silver!!!
What a beautiful coin!!!!