Celtic is an adjective used to name a group of peoples who, in ancient times, were distributed in numerous regions of the European continent. The Celts lived in territories that currently belong to countries such as England , Ireland , Scotland , Wales , Switzerland , Italy , Portugal and Spain , among others.
Celtic is also the name of a group of languages from the Indo-European family. Irish , Welsh , Scottish Gaelic and Breton are some of the Celtic or Celtic languages still spoken in various parts of Europe .
From the Celtic peoples of ancient times, different concepts linked to them arose. Celtic mythology , for example, alludes to the religious aspects of these communities and includes many heroes and characters .
The Celtic priests were the druids , who were responsible for the development of rituals and the transmission of Celtic mythology . Some historical sources maintain that the druids performed human sacrifices, although this assertion is often questioned.
Celtic music is called, on the other hand, the folkloric manifestations developed by people with Celtic traditions, such as the Welsh, the Irish and the Scots. Celtic music often includes instruments such as the bagpipes, fiddle, Irish flute, bombard and bodhrán.
Although they are notions with imprecise definitions, it is important to highlight that we can also talk about Celtic art , Celtic calendar , Celtic astrology and other issues to which Celtic origin is attributed.
Celta de Vigo (or Real Club Celta de Vigo ) is a Spanish institution founded in 1923 . It is based in Vigo and has a football team that currently competes in the First Division .
Celta , finally, is the name of a car model manufactured by Chevrolet , which was produced between 2000 and 2015 .
In the same way, we must not overlook that Celtas is the name of a Spanish tobacco brand that was successful, above all, in the decade of the 60s and 70s. The engineer and count José Moreno Torres was in charge of giving it formed those cigarettes in November 1957, which had no filter and had the peculiarity of having the figure of a Celtic warrior printed on the packs, with a beard and a sword in his hand. A character that came to represent the Celtic origin of the aforementioned creator.
It was in La Coruña where those cigarettes were manufactured, which achieved great success, among other things, due to their economic cost. Hence they came to be called the “workers' Chester”, in reference to the foreign tobacco brand Chesterfield. The success was so enormous that production went from 800,000 packs a month in 1958 to more than 25 million in about ten years.
In the same way, we cannot ignore the existence of a musical group that has the word in question in its name. We are referring to the Celtas Cortos, a folk rock band with Celtic overtones that is considered one of the most successful in Spain in recent decades.
Jesús Cifuentes and Goyo Yeves are the remaining members of the group, which is known for songs such as “20 de Abril” or “Cuéntame un historia”.