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The druids were ancient Celtic priests. Their group still exists today in secret, despite the existence of charlatan groups claiming to be druids.
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A bard was an order of druid. The bard's office was to supervise, regulate and to lead. His robe was sky blue, symbolising justice and truth.
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In British mythology, Druantia was the druid goddess of birth, wisdom, death and metempsychosis. The mother of the Irish tree-calendar alphabet.
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The ancient druids were divided into three functional orders: primitive druid, bard and ovate. Druidism originated amongst the megalithic ancient British. They taught it to the immigrant Celts, and later trained Celts from the continent.
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An ovate was a type of druid. His purpose was to observe and invent. His robe was green symbolising budding life.
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The primitive druid was an order of druid involved with teaching science and religion. His robe was white symbolising light, purity and knowledge.
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In Druid mythology, Taranis is the god of the wheel, associated with forces of change.
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The Druid Virus is a computer virus written by Morbid Angel/Line Noise, which infects .COM files except those whose name commencs with the letters CO. The virus is loaded into memory by executing an infected program and then affects the computer's runtime operation and corrupts program files. The virus contains code to thwart disassemblers and tracers .
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The War Lord is an historical adventure starring Charlton Heston and Richard Boone. It is the story of an 11th century Norman warlord who falls for a young Druid girl. The War Lord was directed by Fanklin Schaffner.
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Chislehurst is a village in Kent. It was an important Druid centre in ancient times. It is the site of a labyrinth of caves and tunnels which were used during the Second World War as an air-raid shelter for some 15000 people.
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