Germanic PeopleIntroductionThe Celtic and Germanic people both lived in roughly the same period: the eighth century, give or take. These peoples had another thing in common, too: they had a Heroic Age, just as the Greeks had had. In the following pages, you will find an outline of some of the things I consider to be these people's most heroic values.Heroic Values of the Celtic PeopleThe Heroic Age of the Celtic people lasted approximately from the second century BC to the fourth century AD. It was an era of kings; a time of rule by the men in the nation. I feel that these people had a couple of main values I would tag as 'heroic'.First, it would have to be their stand on prophecy. There was a class of that time known as "druids". During this time, not many, if any, people were literate, so those who were, the druids, were very important to their lives. The druids had much knowledge that they shared, knowledge that no one else had because of the common folks' lack of literacy. They shared their knowledge orally with others. This allowed their knowledge to be shared all around, including from generation to generation.The kings during this time were especially fond of these individuals. The druids were often called upon by the kings because of their knowledge. They [the druids] were considered to have the "gift of prophecy".The Celtic people had a mood in their culture set very much towards that of a fatalistic prophecy. This is portrayed in The Story of Deirdre. At the start of the story, Deirdre grieves the loss of Noisiu. He had been slained. These two, Deirdre and Noisiu, had been involved in a love much like that of Romeo and Juliet.The second value I would pin on the Celtic culture would be their experience with beauty. Deirdre had been compared with the wife of the king Meneleus, Argive, leading her to be sometimes be called the Irish Helen. This is due to Helen of Troy who caused the Trojan War. Another incident was of a woman wh...
