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Non fiction

A Galicia celta

By Antonio Balboa Salgado

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King Breogán, God Lug, indigenous princes, the tesserae of the Couren, the torque of Burela, the sanctuary of Panóias, Nemetobriga, mount Medulio, river Lethes, human sacrifices, beheadings, stone warriors, Galician mercenaries in the armies of Hannibal, weapons in the rivers, women warriors, enchanted stones, porcom, Cabeço das Fraguas, Céltigos, Brigantium, Viriato, …

In the 19th century, Celtism was the base for the construction of a Galician identity. It progressively lost prestige during the 19th century, and in recent years new research has updated the study of the Celtic influence in Galicia. With a clear and accessible style, this general work tries to bring readers closer to all we know today regarding the Celts in Galicia with a clear and accessible style.

Book fragment

Was Galicia a Celtic land? If we want to determine the Celtic identity of Galicia, then we have to identify what we want to know, because, to start with, is it suitable to speak about the Celts? What is the basis to establish the identity of a people? […] From the position of a critical Celtism, which understands Celtism in Galicia as part of a different trend in comparison with the rest of Hispania and the Atlantic framework, it is sensible to admit that this is a homogenous and at the same time changing reality, a reality in which the Celts had a role to play.