Introduction History is a rather complicated matter for study as far as the facts and truth of this science are often mixed with myths and results of people’s imagination. Drawing from this, it is important to be able to differentiate between fictional and factual historical data. This very paper will focus of the assignment of this kind – its main task is to find out whether the character of the Celtic Warrior as seen in the traditional historical thought is a product of imagination or a real figure that existed and acted on the scene of historical events. To achieve this aim, the present paper will make use of the analysis of ancient and modern information about Celts, their customs, lives, habits and beliefs. Thus, the weapons of Celts, their religious beliefs and traditions as well as living habits will be analyzed in order to identify the accuracy of depiction of Celtic warriors in history. Main body To begin with, it is necessary to define the term Celtic as such. It is used in history to name the group of ancient tribes that lived in Europe on the territory from the modern Spain to Germany, but their greatest traces can be found in Great Britain where their most powerful kingdoms were situated (Cunliffe, 1997). The timeline of the Celtic history can be outlined as the Iron Age of the period between the 4 th century B. C. and the 2 nd century A. D. Their life on the territory of the modern Great Britain was a rather challenging process as far as they were subject to numerous invasions, one of which finally resulted in the conquest of the land by the Roman troops headed by Julius Caesar (Green, 3 – 8). Traditionally, the Celtic warriors that had to defend their lands against Romans are portrayed as rather brave and strong soldiers with blue color ornaments on their faces and bodies that used wagons and chariots in fighting and preferred to engage into battles while drunk and led by carnyx players. All these items of information are familiar to any person studying history of Celts but it is not necessarily accurate information. To clear it up it is necessary to consider the religious customs of Celts and the attitudes ancient authors formed about these warriors. As for religious beliefs, Celts were Pagans and worshipped numerous Gods that demanded respective behavior from them. For example, it was a usual practice for Celtic warriors to be buried with their battle chariots or wagons for the purpose of living the spiritual life after the end of the earthly one. It was believed that chariots and wagons placed in tombs together with their owners would help them in their afterlives (Birkhan, 1999). Moreover, the cult of head which existed in the Celtic tribes was another curious religious peculiarity of these warriors. Although largely disputed, the existence of the cult of the human head can not be denied. It is pictured on numerous objects from Celtic culture and especially on shields and belts of Celtic warriors. The human head was used by Celts for drinking fulfilling the role of a cup made of a human skull. One more peculiar religious custom is the so-called “champion’s portion” whose essence lied in the best food and clothes given to the strongest warrior in the tribe. Those