Re: Lusitanians

One thing which puzzles me is why Celtic traditions and folklore
continue to persist in Galicia, (and northern Portugal?) today,
whilst elsewhere in the Iberian peninsular the Celtic/Celtiberian
legacy appears to have disappeared. I understand that the Celts
inhabited the greater part of the peninsular. Was this perhaps the
result of Moorish cultural influences? As always I stand to be
corrected and look forward to your sugestions.
Regards
David James

--- In cybalist@egroups.com, ARKURGAL@... wrote:
> Lusas Saudações, compatriota.
>
> Creio que as teorias mais recentes nem sequer colocam os Lusitanos
> entre os Celtiberos ( os quais seriam sobretudo Celtas em país
> ibero,
> e não necessariamente o resultado da mistura entre Celtas e
Iberos)
> mas no grupo meridional das linguas indo-europeias ocidentais,
> próximo do Trácio, do Ilírio e do Helénico.
>
>
> I think that according more recent theories the Lusitanians are not
> even included amongst the Celtiberians(who, by the way, were,
> according new studies, Celts in Iberia, not necessarily the result
of
> a mix between the Celts and the Iberians)they probably belonged to
> the southern group of the western indo-european languages, close-
> related to Thracian, Illyrian and Hellenic.
>
> About the eight-armed wheel, what is the meaning of it within the
> indo-european tradition?