Long before Christianity, Brigid was a pan-European Celtic goddess. Rising from Danú and the land of the Danube in southern Germany, her influence spread all across Europe from Turkey to Spain.

Brigid, the highly revered Celtic goddess, beloved by poets Similarly, our Goddess had a sacred cow that suckled a king, the same as Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt. India and many other cultures revere ...

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Imbolg is a festival that has strong associations with Brigit (the early Celtic goddess) and Brigid (the later saint) and is associated with ideas of renewal, light, fertility, fire, food production.

Today is St Brigid's Day as we have always known it, but next Monday, depending on your line of work, you may be enjoying an extra day off thanks to our new public holiday of the same name. It ...

The Irish Government has decided that next year a national public holiday (equivalent to that given to St Patrick) will be accorded to Brigid, saint, goddess, matron of poetry, healing, and smithwork.

But, goddess or saint, we now may look forward to better weather, at least intermittently, as she promised: "Every second day fine, from my own day onward - and half of my own day." Raimeis?

BRIGID1-C-27JAN02-LV-DF During a run through (before the actual event) participants hold hands and form a circle around their altar to honor Celtic goddess Brigid at Fairfax Community Church.