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64 PART TWO
mammoth and deer hunters are proof of a fidelity to nature that presupposes a very
developed intelligence and a very fine capacity for observation. In addition, we
shouldn't lose sight of the fact that when we discuss the religion (Druidism) and
the philosophy of the Celts, we find ourselves confronted with intimately
intertwined religious concepts, perhaps similar to those of the original natives.
This is certainly the case for the Celt Iberian theogony, because the god Belis,
Latinized as Belenus-Apollo, is the Iberian god Ilhomber-Abellio. The Celtic
theogony only appears dualist; the Celt Iberian certainly was. They became
polytheistic only under Roman domination. There can be no doubt that they could
maintain themselves for centuries in their original form in the inaccessible, wild
valleys of the Pyrenees and on the mountaintops. As we already noted, the Celt
Iberian Druids saw in Dispater-Pluto the Greek-Latin Zeus Chthonios: the god of
death, storms, and fire and the creator of the Earthly world. He reigns in the depths
of the Earth with his hammer of thunder in hand, or rides across the sky in his
chariot pulled by rams, sowing desolation and death. He looks similar to Wotan
and Thor but, despite his Greco-Latin name and his affinity with the
aforementioned Nordic divinities, he is nothing other than the Celt Iberian
variation of Ahriman (Devastator) of the Iranians, Medeans, and Parthians.
According to Iranian Mazdaist doctrine, there have been two conflicting principles
since the beginning of time: one is life-fertility, and the other death-destruction. 4
The first is symbolized by the sun. The effusion of spiritual light, truth, and
generosity was venerated in Ahura Mazda (Ormuzd), the omniscient god. The
second, symbolized by the darkness of night, contains error, evil, and lies, and
finds its incarnation in Ahriman, the Devastator.
Ahura Mazda created the sky and the Earth. His creation survived, but
remained incomplete because of the intervention of Ahriman. Mankind has the
moral obligation to fight in favor of the "good" against "evil." In nature, it has to
destroy all dangerous plants and animals—above all others the serpent, "the enemy
of God"—and promote the growth and development of useful creatures.
When the souls of the dead head for the bridge of Tchinvat, the good cross it
and arrive in Garodemana, where Ahura Mazda has his throne in the House of
Songs. The sinners pass by him and remain in this