Kredenn Geltiek is a neo-Pagan Druidic group founded in Brittany

Brittany

Brittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...

 in 1936. It was later known as Kredenn Geltiek Hollvedel (Celtic Creed of the World). It now exists under the name Kevanvod Tud Donn (Parliament of people of Dêua Ana). It publishes the journal Ialon-Kad-Nemeton.

History

Founded in 1936 by Rafig Tullou

Rafig Tullou

Raffig Tullou , alias Neven Lewarc’h was a Breton sculptor and set designer...

, Morvan Marchal

Morvan Marchal

Morvan Marchal , is the Breton name of Maurice Marchal, an architect and a militant Breton nationalist. He is best known for having designed the national flag of Brittany.-Biography:...

, and Francis Bayer du Kern, Kredenn Geltiek Hollvedel grew out of the Breton Federalist Movement

Breton Federalist League

The Breton Federalist League was a short lived Breton political party in the 1930s. A new organization with the same name was created in the 21st century.-Origin:...

 as an attempt to reassert ancient Celtic religious beliefs. The group's explicit anti-Catholic and Neopagan ideology distinguished it from the existing non-religious Gorsedd of Brittany

Goursez Vreizh

Goursez Vreizh is the national gorsedd of Brittany . It often has delegates from the Welsh gorsedd and Gorsedh Kernow in Cornwall.-History:...

, from which it emerged as a splinter group.

Morvan Marchal was the group's first "Arch-Druid." They mixed readings of the Bhagavad Gita

Bhagavad Gita

The ' , also more simply known as Gita, is a 700-verse Hindu scripture that is part of the ancient Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata, but is frequently treated as a freestanding text, and in particular, as an Upanishad in its own right, one of the several books that constitute general Vedic tradition...

 or the maxims of Lao Tsu with Celtic traditions to create an Indo-European esotericism as a basis for the re-creation of druidic worship. Esotericist research by Gwilherm Berthou

Gwilherm Berthou

Gwilherm Berthou was a Breton nationalist terrorist and neo-Druidic bardic poet. He was a member of the Breton artistic movement Seiz Breur.-Terrorism:...

 led to claims that ancient Celtic beliefs had been reconstructed.

During World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, its journal, Kad (combat), devoted to druidic philosophy, changed its title to the less militaristic Nemeton (sanctuary). This later became Ialon-Kad-Nemeton.

From 1937 onward, the group experienced numerous schisms. The most recent was in 1994 when a faction split and moved to Commana.