In a message dated 3/17/2004 6:51:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, document@choiceonemail.com writes: > FYI - > The term "Celtic," from the Greek Keltoi was used by the Greeks to refer to > the peoples who lived beyond the Alps. This term, more or less, meant > stranger. There were many tribes who were referred to as the Keltoi, each of which > had their own unique culture and identity. These tribes were mainly found in > the areas we modernly refer to as Northern Italy, France, and Germany. Of > note, the cultures of the British Isles and Ireland - which in contemporary > thought form the heart of the Celtic culture - were still unknown to the Greeks > and therefore not held under the term Keltoi. It is only later that > archaeologists and linguists begin defining things such as the Hallstatt and La Tene' > periods and deciphering the Indo-European languages that we see an expansion of > the use of the term "Celtic" extending into non-Keltoi cultures. Coupled > with the European unification propaganda of the 1800's, the term "Celtic" became > a rallying point for all of the European countries as a point of ! > mutual identification. > very good one small correction Keltoi is the name of the people who were between the babylonians and the meades and then crossed the caspian mountians and headed west. the name comes from the behiston rock this unification propaganda of the 1800's is the awareness of where the people came from it was this that the chapter29 refered to as them "10- And at even the Holy Ghost fell upon Paul, and he prophesied, saying, Behold in the last days the God of Peace shall dwell in the cities, and the inhabitants thereof shall be numbered and in the seventh numbering of the people, their eyes shall be opened ** and the glory of their inheritance shine forth before them.The nations shall come up to worship on the mount the testifieth of the patience and long suffering of a servant of the Lord." then came german rationalism which castigated this and other teachings from the ciricular of teaching. this rationalism was the pavement for the third riech and the evils of aryianism. <<Many times, the term "Celtic" is used by scholars as a way to generalize and hide their lack of knowledge regarding the origin or subject of their work. By taking the time to specifically state the culture we are able to alleviate vagueness in our writing and expand our understanding of the topic. However, the term "Celtic" has become quite popular and is perhaps one of the more widely recognized terms we can use when referring to this widespread group of cultures on a collective basis.>> they really mean the same but for the scope today celtic means Irish maybe greater british. keltoi meant those with france scandinavia,old germany, swiss spanish,balkins and thrace. my name like most of ours is through out this terittory Ireland=denning dinan dinnin dennen dynnin, scotland dinning dinnin ect england denning dennen ect france denune denoon ect scandinavia denney denny denninge ect germany dennig dennen nice to meet you and you knowledge we probably disagree on small stuff but thats fine Chelsea,Ma.-Woburn,Ma.-denning-dennen-danin-dinan-dinihey-denningston-dinning- carlon-carroll-dever-cogan-malone-heslin-piscopo-mazzola-martini-farrell-mchug h-farley-grimes-lynch-doherty-SanDanto,Ita-Adargh,longford-Revere,Ma-Wintrop,M a.-sprague- and ever growing list Jim Denning