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Brigit

noun
1.
Celtic goddess of fire and fertility and agriculture and household arts and wisdom; later associated with Saint Bridget.



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"Brigit" Quotes from Famous Books



... were Badb, a battle goddess; and Macha, whose mast-feeding was the heads of men killed in battle; and the Morrigu, the Crow of Battle; and Eire and Fodla and Banba, daughters of the Dagda, that all three gave their names to Ireland afterwards; and Eadon, the nurse of poets; and Brigit, that was a woman of poetry, and poets worshipped her, for her sway was very great and very noble. And she was a woman of healing along with that, and a woman of smith's work, and it was she first made the whistle for ...
— Gods and Fighting Men • Lady I. A. Gregory


Words linked to "Brigit" :   Ireland, Emerald Isle, Celtic deity, Hibernia


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