>>719122467
>Right, which is not entirely incompatible with the dog comparison since dogs and kids
Yeah I do tend to agree too, it's quite comparable.

Well, the two most clear words or elements presented in the game related to that are the name Maelle, which is of Brittonic, Welsh Celtic origins (the modern and the old form of the Irish family name O'Malley might be related to that too), and the tangential mention of Excalibur at the Gestral village itself. The Gestrals have one or more sanctuaries, one before reaching the village itself, which may be compared to the 'Nemeton', the sacred groves of worship practiced by the Gauls and other Celtic people. I feel there's a distinct worshipful vibe in the sacred river and the Ancient Night Sanctuary. Another element which is not unique to the Celts but very much characterized their beliefs and consciousness was the belief in reincarnation. Julius Caesar in his commentary tells of the faith which was imbued on their warriors by their religious class, the Druids, of this afterlife which strenghtened their conviction and made them fight fervently. The depiction of Celtic people as brave fighters is attested in both greek and roman writing, and made into sculpture by the roman copy of an older greek marble piece, 'The dying Gaul', which captures with stoic dignity the last moments of a great warrior.

The reincarnation river is something I think can be connected to some degree too. A lot of the rivers in France bear names of goddesses, such as the Sein, and the Mairne. The last meaning the 'Matron', a reference to Dea Matrona, the Matron goddess. It's interesting that Golgra is not only the chief, the matron of the Gestral village, which does have a very mythological Celtic vibe such as in the 'Tuatha de Dannan' (people of the goddess Danu) or the welsh Plant Don (another family descenced from a matronic figure), but she also oversees the reincarnation queue or process in the river.