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Celtic decapitation

Celtic decapitation is when people from a long time ago, who called themselves Celts, would cut off a person's head as a punishment or as a way to show their power.

The Celts were people who lived in Europe a long, long time ago. When they were angry at someone or needed to show their strength, they would sometimes cut off their enemy's head. This was a very serious and scary thing to happen.

The Celts thought that a person's head was very important because they believed that it held all of their thoughts and power. So if they cut off someone's head, they made that person weaker and less powerful. They also believed that if they kept the head, they could use the person's power for themselves.

Nowadays, cutting off someone's head is never okay and it's against the law. We should always treat other people with kindness and respect, even if we're upset with them.