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Brighid
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BrighidGoddess of Fire, Healing and SmithcraftPantheon: Celtic Element: Fire,Water Sphere of Influence: Abundance and Fertility Preferred colors: Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue Associated symbol: Eternal Flame, Mantle, Well Animals associated with: White, Red-eared Cow Best day to work with: Friday Best time to work with: Sunrise Strongest around Imbolc Suitable offerings: Fire, Coins, Blackberries Associated Planet: Venus |
Daughter of the Dagda, another aspect of Danu. Goddess of Fire, fertility, the hearth, and all feminine arts. She is believed to originally been honored as a Sun goddess. She is also associated with healing, physicians, agriculture, inspiration, learning, poetry, divination, prophecy, smithcraft, animal husbandry, occult knowledge. Other aspects of her are Brigid the Physician and Brigid the Smith. She is also the patron of other crafts such as wool-dying, weaving and brewing. A goddess of regeneration and abundance, she was greatly beloved as a provider of plenty who brought forth the bounties of the natural world for the good of the people. She is closely connected with livestock and domesticated animals. In Ireland, she is honored by wells and springs. At the shrine at Kildare there was a perpetual flame burning for Brigit. She is a great feminine deity to assist in any of these aspects. | |
Additional Information on Brighid from WikipediaInformation is unedited and uncheckedn Celtic mythology, Brigid ("goddess who exults herself") was the daughter of Dagda and wife of Bres.Some of her titles included: *"Fire of Inspiration" - patroness of poetry|poets *"Fire of the Hearth" - patroness of healers, goddess of fertility *"Fire of the Forge" - patroness of smiths, craftsmen and warriors By Tuireann, she was the mother of Creidhne, Luchtaine and Giobhniu. Brigid possessed an Apple (fruit)|apple orchard in the Otherworld; bees traveled there to obtain magical nectar. This orchard was associated with Avalon. The Lady of the Lake in King Arthur|Arthurian Legend may be based on Brigid. Brigid was the goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare. After the Christianity|Christianization of the Celts, Brigid was considered the foster mother of Jesus Christ and was often called St. Brigid, daughter of the Druidry|druid, Dougal the Brown. Some sources suggest that Saint Brigid was an Irish Catholic bishop. On February 1, Brigid was celebrated at Imbolc, when she brought spring to the land. It is now the feast day of the Catholic St. Brigid. Brigid was the patron goddess of the druids. ==Other names== *Brigid (Ireland) * Brighid (Ireland) *Bridget (Ireland) Anglicised version of the gaelic name. *Brid *Bride (Scotland) *ffraid (Wales) *Breo Saighead ("the fiery arrow") *Berecyntia (Gaul) *Brigan *Brigandu (Gaul) *Brigantia *Brigantis (Briton) *Brigindo (Switzerland) This text is made available under the GNU Free Documentation License Agreement. The full text of this article is available for download here. (Brighid) | |