Where did the Celts originaly come from?

Question: Where did the Celts originaly come from!?
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The Celts, once dominated the whole of Northern Europe and also some tribes were evident as far south as Greece!. The Celts also occupied what we now call Turkey!.

The word Celt (Kelt) comes from the Greek word Keltoy (pronounced Kel-too) - it refers to Barbarian people to the north of Greece!.

The Celts are made up of Germanic Tribes - now recognised in such as Britain, Ireland, France (Britanny) and Spain (Basque)!.

The Celts of Breten, the Welsh and the Cornish, are known from DNA studies being carried out by Oxford University, to have an ancestry here in UK going back 15,000 years!.

The Brythonic Celts of Wales - the Gorsedd of Bards and Druids!.

The Gorsedd Prayer
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=AzwqEryew!.!.!.

In Kewnow (the ancient Celtic Kingdom of King Arther, the Once and Future King of Breten) Cornwall, here's how the Celtic folk of Padstow celebrate the start of Spring!. The ancient Obby Oss of Padstow!. !. !. !.

Padstow Obby Oss 2007
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=UmLxuPOy-!.!.!.

Celtic nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCeltic nations are areas of modern Europe inhabited by members of Celtic cultures, specifically speakers of Celtic languages!. Since the mid-20th century, !.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Celtic_nati!.!.!.

The best known Celtic culture of today is that of Ireland!.

River Dance
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=uaHmcCp77!.!.!.

The Celts and their origins!.

Celts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaSome scholars think that the Urnfield culture of northern Germany and the Netherlands represents an origin for the Celts as a distinct cultural branch of !.!.!.
http://www!.en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Celts

The CeltsThe Celts were a group of peoples that occupied lands stretching from the !.!.!. [The Celts told the Roman envoys that] this was indeed the first time they had !.!.!.
http://www!.ibiblio!.org/gaelic/celts!.html

Celtic Resources And ReferencesThe classic Celtic culture, the La Tene is named after Lake Neuchatel, !.!.!.!.!. mythology that survives today in the folk tales and songs of the British Isles!. !.!.!.
http://www!.tylwythteg!.com/celtic!.html

The Origins of Celtic Christianity and St!. Patrick in Ireland11 Feb 2008 !.!.!. Christianity in Ireland today, however, still holds a strong connection with !.!.!. Myth and Celtic Culture by Draoi-man Brigantes (David Drew) !.!.!.
http://www!.ancientworlds!.net/aw/Article/!.!.!.

Who were Celts Celtic culture survived longer in these areas than in continental Europe!. In many ways it still survives today!. On the continent, the expanding Romans !.!.!.
http://www!.shoreline!.edu/seanrody/celts/!.!.!.

This is the game of Hurling, which is the oldest known surviving 'game' from ancient times!. It is still played in Ireland, where the Celtic culture of the people is very strong!.

Hurling in Ireland
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=KOggPACWs!.!.!.

You may also know of Irish, Scottish and Welsh songs and music, much of it very old, which survives today!.

Here is some modern Welsh harp music of the 18thC - you may even have heard it before - it will sound sweet and familiar to you and bring peace to your soul!.

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=VPrxQXjEJ!.!.!.

Finally, and because I am Welsh and entirely biased, here's the National Anthem of Wales - sung in true Celtic style by the Welsh - the massed voices of 40,000 or more!.

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=ZpYogExUn!.!.!.

So, as you can see, the Celts are very much with us today and not merely simply of the past!.

Here's a small Welsh phrase you can add to your list!.

Celtii bew - Kelt-e-eye Byew - dead simple, means "The Living Celts"!.

Now for something completely different - what most of us think of as Celtic by sight and sound!. You'll love it and you don't have to be a Celt!.

The Massed Pipes and Drums - Edinburgh Military Tattoo
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=2xgwRitTg!.!.!.

And, before I go, enjoy this!. It's pure unadulterated Irish!.

The Pogues with the Dubliners
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=au30c9ZMI!.!.!.

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The Celts are an Indo-European (aka Aryan) people, who at one time were found all over Europe!.

The Ancient Greeks had contact with the Celts, who they knew of as the Keltoi!. By this time, they seemed to be living in South Eastern Europe and North Western Asia Minor!.

All Indo European peoples originated initially from the same regions, which most experts place in the areas we now know as South Western Russia,The Caucasus or the Central Russian steppes!. So the Celtic groups would have originated in these areas also!.

The early Celts were semi nomadic and tribal, and by 800 to 600 BC had spread to, and were established in the countries we now know of as France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain(by 600BC), Ireland, and parts of Austria, Switzerland, Germany, pain and Portugal!.

The Celts seem to have been pushed ever westwards, almost certainly by more aggressive peoples, possibly by Illyrians, Dacians, Etruscans and various Germanic tribes!.

By Roman times, all the Celtic peoples (apart from the Gaelic Scots and Irish) had either come under the sway of Rome, or been destroyed or absorbed other barbarian races!.

By the early middle ages Celtic peoples were confined to what is now known as the "Celtic Fringe" - Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cornwall, Isle Of Man and Brittany in France!.!.!.!.!.Cornwall and Isle of Man became incorporated into England by the 11th Century, and Wales and Ireland also a few centuries later!. Brittany was absorbed by the Frankish kingdom(France), and Scotland united completely with England by the early 18th Century!.

Today Brythonic Celtic languages(Welsh, Breton & Cornish) are still spoken, as are Gaelic Celtic languages( Gaelic and Manx)Www@QuestionHome@Com

A better question would have been where didn't they come from, however -

Asia Minor, Central and Western Europe, Gaul, Cisalpine Gaul (Northern Italy south of the Alps) and the Iberian Peninsula!. The link gives you a breakdown of tribes and tribal areas, together with more in depth information!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The area covered by Iran, Iraq and Northern India!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

This should give you the answers you need

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/CeltWww@QuestionHome@Com