According to , the ''vates'' (ουατεις) were one of three classes of Celt ic Priest hood, the other two being the Druid s and the Bard s. The Vates had the role of Seer s and performed the Sacrifice , under the presidence of a druid. Their role was therefore corresponding to that of an Adhvaryu in Vedic Religion . Celtic ''Vates'' is continued by Irish ''fáith'' "prophet, seer" {Link without Title} .
- wāt'' "to inspire, spiritually arouse", however that root may not be as old as Proto-Indo-European , since it is only certainly attested for Celtic and Germanic (but it may be present natively in Italic, and possibly also in Greek and Indo-Iranian). Virgil uses the Latin ''vannus'' " Winnowing Fan " (from ''---wat-nos'', compare Old High German ''wadal'', modern German ''Wedel'', with the same meaning, from ''---wat-lo'') for something borne about in the Bacchic festival, suggesting that the root may have had an Ecstatic sense in Italic also.
- Wōđinaz '' may in fact be an early loanword, an adjective ''---vatinos'' based on Celtic ''vates''.
Vates, or ''Ovates'', make up one of the three grades of the Order Of Bards, Ovates And Druids , a Neo-druidry order based in England .
- Perkins, Caroline A.,"Ovid's Erotic Vates" in ''Helios,'' March, 2000 {Link without Title}
- Rübekeil, Ludwig, ''Wodan und andere forschungsgeschichtliche Leichen: exhumiert'', Beiträge zur Namenforschung (2003), 25–42. {Link without Title}
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