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darth_nadoma OP t1_j1low9y wrote

Reply to comment by Tasnaki1990 in Today I learned that Druids gathered Mistletoe using Golden Sickles by darth_nadoma

That was Pliny the Elder who said that. And that documentary I watched had archeologists confirm that it was probably true.

They showed a druid statue in Germany with a Mistletoe hat, and a Danish gold cauldron similar to the one in Obelix story, actually it inspired a lot of the comics.

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Tasnaki1990 t1_j1n8bb5 wrote

Like I said, grain of salt. Pliny the Elder also wrote of monstrous races, the Cynocephali or Dog-Heads, the Sciapodae, whose single foot could act as a sunshade, the mouthless Astomi, who lived on scents as being true living beings on the edge of the world.

What statue is it? And is it a druid or probably a druid or mythological figure? And yes cauldrons were important items in Celtic mythology.

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