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Eruonen
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Mar 24, 6:29pm

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Yes, that appears to be a likely explanation.

Celtic "myths" persisted due to some of their more remote and isolated areas and because the Celtic church adapted the stories like elsewhere in the world. Many features of Celtic paganism were compatible with Christian.

https://www.academia.edu/...nism_to_Christianity

I think the Normans has much more control over the country of England and the church was ever present in squashing any pagan Anglo-Saxon bardic tales. "The Normans made changes to the Church. The Saxon bishops were replaced. Ecclesiastical law was changed. It’s role within society altered. The relationship of the Church to the Monarchy and Papacy altered. " https://schoolshistory.org.uk/...urch-norman-england/

Meanwhile, Celtic paganism persisted in the far corners of Britain....The Hebrides, western Ireland, remote Scottish areas

Of course, even today the old religion has made a kind of comeback:
https://theculturetrip.com/...-modern-day-scotland

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