[Celtic](celtic-religion) # Gelta --- A kind of (PIE?) [Terror](terror-fear.md) #### Etymology Was loaned into Old Norse as: *gjalti* - Could have been the name of a bird (See Forbes 1905p275), hence a connection with the idea that the [states of mind](states-of-mind.md) are often [birds](birds-wings.md). --- # Sources - [[bergholm2012]]p57 - [[forbes1905]]p275