Well, in an agrarian society like the Gauls’ they were probably involved somehow. But not to the point suggested by AoSHQ’s quote of the day, kid-friendly earth fertility ritual (with corroborating photo) edition:
Now many of you probably think I am going to bust on the First Lady for indoctrinating little school children in Druidic cultural norms. But I’m not. It would be hypocritical, after all. I have a lvl 80 Druid in Warcraft.
Also, strictly speaking (and contra AoSHQ) it isn’t a harvest ritual. It’s a sowing ritual. Freaking urbanites.
Moe Lane
PS: I should note that World of Warcraft
Yes, the most inaccurate depiction of druids and druidism is among those calling themselves “neopagans”. Once had a self-declared “neopagan” express shock upon learning that druids were the priest caste of the Celtic people; he had thought they were a tribe unto themselves, apparently.
(Didn’t have the heart to tell him about the strangling, head-hunting, etc.)
Now that you’ve finished Dragon Age, Moe, you really should play World of Warcraft – hours of entertainment.
🙂
As long as the trees being planted someday grow up into druid trees that will heal me as I assault a Horde base, then I’m cool with it. Wait, on second thought, nothing about that previous statement makes me anything resembling “cool”. Hrm.
Alliance? Yup, definitely uncool, Derek. For the Horde!