The only people who could talk to the gods were the Druids, the Celtic priests, who had immense power in Celtic society.

Mistletoe, a parasitic plant, was considered sacred by the Celtic priests.

The Romans accused the Druids, those mysterious Celtic priests, of burning people in wicker baskets, as many people will have seen in the film The Wicker Man, but in reality it wouldn't have worked.

Although inspired by lore of Celtic priests in pre-Roman times, druids in Dungeons & Dragons bear little resemblance to their historical counterparts.

The Celtic priests appeased their gods by sacrificing criminals to them ... or innocent folk, if no criminals were handy.

The Indo-Europeans worshiped the oak and connected it with a thunder or lightning god; "tree" and drus may also be cognate with "Druid," the Celtic priest to whom the oak was sacred.

As I told you, it was gift from an ancient Celtic priest to an English warrior who had wed a child of his line.

The Druid was meant to represent other types of pagan priests, such as a celtic priest.

The druid is based on the pre-Christian Celtic priests called druids.

But the Celtic priests revealed their secrets to no one outside their caste.