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So far this template is organized very much by text (or textual cycle), which makes sense as mythology has to do with the written word. Other users may want to include sections on individual characters, places, gods, and creatures; but I didn't want to get into that, because for me, brevity is essential for this kind of template. On the other hand, Nantonos will probably reproach me for having over-extended the term 'mythology' into other fields of religion (priesthood, lists of gods, etc). Of course, we can always rename this template if need be. Quartier Latin1968 17:33, 2 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

An accurate prediction. Insular religious material is indeed largely attested by mythology; continental religious material largely by archaeology, epigraphy, and occasional mentions in contemporary writings. I would have preferred 'Celtic religion' therefore. --Nantonos 22:20, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, of course. But the problem I feared with a 'Celtic religion' template was that it would mushroom into this vast list of every known name of gods and mythological figures. Choosing a mythology theme, and a textual focus, with a bit of related but non-mythological stuff thrown in, seemed like a defensible compromise. Quartier Latin1968

23:11, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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Ermm, Satanael has just changed the theme of the template to 'Celtic religion' rather than 'Celtic mythology'. It may not be a bad idea, but the template was really written with a mythological focus – the main preoccupation is not with gods, fanums, totems, sacred sites, or sacrificial rites, but on mythological texts. If this is to be a Celtic religion template, other sections should be added to reflect this broader scope. Quartier Latin1968 17:32, 10 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

If this template is about Celtic religion now, and we have a category for *ancient* Celtic religion, might it make sense to include a *brief* section on modern Celtic religion? I'd suggest listing Celtic Reconstructionism and possibly modern versions of Celtic Christianity. However I think it would only work to include modern religion if it can be kept limited and not include any of the non-Celtic traditions that mistakenly get called "Celtic". --Kathryn NicDhàna 21:05, 13 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

My main preoccupation is keeping this template brief, because one template that tries to do everything may end up doing nothing very well ... however, we could maybe start a division of labour along the lines that they have for ancient Roman religion. So, we might have a series of Celtic religion templates with specializations for ancient religious material, mythology stricto sensu, and modern revival (to give but one potential schema). Come to think of it, we could have a number of footer templates for the deities as well, like they do in the Greek, Roman, and Norse series. Q·L·1968 ☿ 00:25, 23 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think that unless and until we do that, the name of this template should be changed back to "Celtic Mythology". --Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 03:23, 15 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's been a while and no one has said this *needs* to be called "Celtic Religion", so, I'm going to return it to it's original title. I think that is preferable to trying to increase the scope of the template. I don't have the time or energy to start a whole new round of sub-templates at this point, but think that would be a fine thing to do down the road if others are also interested. Slàinte Mhath, ~ Kathryn NicDhàna ♫♦♫ 22:13, 30 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]