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ImmortalTravler3000 [2011-03-01 21:44:19 +0000 UTC]
How Young were Most Celtic Kings and Queens, like did they have to be a certain Age to take Command First? Just Wondering, Since this Boy looks about 18 or so, and I wondered if they could be even Younger than that?
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Philhellenike In reply to ImmortalTravler3000 [2016-05-02 16:15:06 +0000 UTC]
it varied considerably between tribes, sometimes it was age-dependent, sometimes it depended instead on completion of a particular rite. If it was the latter you could easily have a chieftain who was in his late teens.
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KidaGreenleaf In reply to ImmortalTravler3000 [2011-03-03 08:15:39 +0000 UTC]
Any rock solid facts about the celts are hard to come by because they didn't keep written records. Their roman contemporaries said manhood was reached by age 15, with marriage soon after...so I think yes, a ruler in his late teens is possible. These are Romans, not celts, but the situation was probably similar.
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Almeruve [2008-06-12 20:04:40 +0000 UTC]
It really could be Cu Chullain! It looks absolutely great!
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DarkBlacknoid [2005-12-21 04:11:57 +0000 UTC]
Oh I really like this! He looks really handsome in it ^^ His clothes remind me a lot of what King Theoden wears in The Two Towers.
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Sharsarannon [2005-12-19 05:46:26 +0000 UTC]
yeah it could definitely be Chu Cullain, maybe when he married Emer... Finery fit for the Hound of Ulster. I wanna see this in color! the detail really makes the piece.
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shalashaska [2005-12-18 19:57:19 +0000 UTC]
Draw him fighting..cuz Gallic Celts liked to fight naked, at least to the chest. That'd be a nice piccy. ^_~
His underclothing and celtic facepaint is really neat, as is his brooch-thingy and cloak. It'd certainly make for a good myth or story, a chieftan younger than most.
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