The Druze are a fiercely independent religious group with perhaps as many as a million members. They are mainly concentrated in Lebanon around the base of Mount Hermon, and in the mountains behind Bei [..]

Mythical race of wizards and sorcerers.

A religious order. Functions included arbitration, pronouncements on public policy, enchantment and divination. Some druids, such as Merlin, were expert in shapechanging while others, like the prophetess Veleda, were seers. Druid bards (bardoi) specialized in the composition of songs and tales which transmited history and knowledge. (ancuairt)

Priestly class in Iron Age Britain and Gaul. Wise men and women, were observers of natural phenomena, moral philosophers, stores of knowledge, administrators of justice and supervisors of sacrifices a [..]