People are often more familiar with the Irish Celts but there were in fact six Celtic nations, spreading out across Ireland, Britain, and into Europe.

For the Celts, sacred places were found in nature, and it was common for areas such as groves and caves to be consecrated in a similar manner to how the Christians have their churches. It was in nature that a person was able to find the entrances to the Otherworld, or the Tír na nÓg

We can, however, put together ideas of how the Celts lived and worshipped their gods from the sources available to us..

Over time, as with the oral traditions, many sacred places have been lost as society has destroyed and built over them.

The Celts were a pre-Christian people who practiced a Polytheistic style of religion, often referred to as Celtic Paganism. The Celtic gods were the guardians of the natural world and played a part in the fates of human lives, by being less standoffish than the later Christian god.

The Celts worshiped a large number of gods, and it is believed that there were likely over 300. However, as the Celts followed a tradition of oral storytelling and history, many accounts were lost over time. The knowledge of the gods and the Celtic way of life was kept by the druids, and they did not leave behind any written records. All we have to look at our second-hand accounts from the early Christian monks and archaeological finds. Due to the lack of original written records many tales of the gods have been lost to history.

At the heart of Celtic worship were the druids who acted as the link between the people and the gods. They would lead the religious services and acted as a voice for the natural world.

So, who are the Celtic gods we still know about? We will look at the following –