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No, modern Wicca was more or less created by Gerald Gardner in 1954 who wrote a book popularizing "Witchcraft" and detailing ceremonies, traditions, etc. Most of which he made up...taking inspiration from just about every major religious tradition. Christianity borrowed a few bits and pieces (like the Christmas Tree) from earlier religions, but they were emphatically not Wicca.
The simple fact is that there is almost zero surviving knowledge of the real religious traditions of the 'Druids' or 'Celtic Pagans.' The information simply isn't there, aside from a few lines written in Caesars Conquest of Gaul.
Gardner took an empty void and built a tradition out of it, but all roads lead to him.
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