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Goddess of light, inspiration and all skills associated
with fire, she is the benefactress of inner healing
and vital energy. She is the mother of all things, mistress
of all the elements, Queen with divine powers, trilogy
Goddess of the spoken word, healing and fire.
Brigid's festival is the 1st of February, otherwise
known as Imbolc (pronounced Im-bolk). She takes over
from the Goddess of winter and is seen as the maiden
aspect of the triple Goddess. The hearth fire is sacred
to Brigid.
Brigid is perhaps one of the oldest Goddesses of Celtic
Europe. One aspect of Brigid is of poetess and muse,
Goddess of inspiration, learning, poetry, divination.
A second aspect of Brigid is as Goddess of smithcraft.
The third aspect of Brigid is that of Goddess of healing
and medicine. These three aspects are united through
the symbol of fire; thus here appellation as a fire
Goddess. In various places she was know as Goddess of
fertility, the hearth, all feminine arts and crafts,
and the martial arts. She was identified with the changing
moon and the ox, boar and ram. Her sacred number is
19 (The number of years it takes for the new moon to
coincide with the Sun's winter solstice).
She is a fire maiden who's pure primordial
fire burns away the dross. She is pure and untainted.
A virgin unto herself. The vibrant fires of first creation,
dragon lines of energy on her sister Earth and the lava
at her belly.
Brigid is patroness of all healers and
of the British Isles where her veneration was once widespread.
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