Celtic

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Celtic refers either to the Celtic languages, including Breton, Cornish, Gaelic, and Welsh, or to the Celts, an historic group of people.

Celtic influences on the Legendarium

Mythology

Celtic concepts are present in some views about the Elves (see Elves#Celtic influence).

Names

While several names in Tolkien's legendarium have Germanic and Old English elements, Tolkien mentioned that the survival of traces of the older language of the Stoors and the Bree-men resembled the survival of Celtic elements in England.

Celtic analogies with peoples are present mostly relating to Pre-Númenóreans, especially Dunland and the Stoor hobbits, which is evident in placenames such as Bree and the personal names of the Bucklanders.

The majority of Celtic names is seen in the family trees of the Brandybucks. Names such as Rorimac, Dinodas, Gorbadoc, Meriadoc and Marmadoc are Celtic.

Other names having (or have been suggested as having) a Celtic influence include:

• Bree
• Carn Dûm
• Chetwood and Archet
• Carrock

Externals links

• Celtic languages at Wikipedia