Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
24. Is Druidry the Indigenous Religion of Europe?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Suzanne Owen [+]
Leeds Trinity University
Suzanne Owen obtained her PhD from the University of Edinburgh and published her
thesis as The Appropriation of Native American Spirituality (Continuum 2008). She is currently Reader in Religious Studies at Leeds Trinity University in the UK researching indigeneity in Newfoundland and British Druidry
Description
Julius Caesar’s belief that Druids in Gaul went to Britain to study has lent support to the view that Druidry is indigenous to Western Europe. However, contemporary Druids do not claim to be Indigenous people and nor do they claim any continuity with ancient Druid practices. They owe more to the Romantic era, particularly the works of Iolo Morganwg, and have globalised their practices to other parts of the world.