found at http://inanna.virtualave.net/brigit.html#shrine
Brigit was probably originally a Sun Goddess, and a charming story of her
birth is that she was born at sunrise and a tower of flame burst from the
forehead of the new born Goddess that reached from Earth to Heaven.
In an other tradition she is the daughter of Dagda and the wife of Bres. Her
Son Ruadan was murdered by Goibnui. She sang the first "Keening" for him.
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Imbolc, the Celtic spring festival, honors Brigit. The Druids called this
sacred holiday Oimelc, meaning "ewe's milk". Held on February 1st , it
celebrated the birthing and freshening of sheep and goats.
This festival was christianized as Candlemas or Lady Day and Her Feast day,
La Feill Bhride, was attended by tremendous local celebration and elaborate
rituals. Her festival is also called Brigit. Brigit (the Goddess and the
Festival) represents the stirring of life again after the dead months of the
winter, and her special blessings are called forth at this time.
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She was the Goddess of Healers, Poets, Smiths, Childbirth and Inspiration;
Goddess of Fire and Hearth and a patron of warfare. She is said to be
present at every birth.
As the Goddess of Inspiration, she blesses poetry, creativity, prophecy and
the arts. She was even esteemed as the patron deity of language, having
inspired the alphabet. As the Goddess of Smithcraft, she blesses
blacksmiths, goldsmiths, and other crafters of the household. As Goddess of
Healing, she blesses physical and spiritual healing, fertility of crop and
livestock and mid-wifery.
Many legends are told about Brigit. Some say that there are three Brigits :
one sister in charge of poetry and inspiration who invented the Ogham
alphabet, one in charge of healing and midwifery, and the third in charge of
the hearth fire, smithies and other crafts.
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