Brigid

Brigid [' b ʴ r ʴ iɣ ʴ id ʴ ] (also Brighid or Brig, Scottish Bride ) is the Celtic mythology of Ireland, the name of an Irish-Scottish mythical figure, which goes back to a Celtic goddess. Your sanctuary was in Kildare (Ireland), where her sacred fire was guarded. My name is Welsh Ffraid; according to her is also the St. Brides Bay (Welsh Bae Sain Ffraid ) named in the west of Pembrokeshire in Wales.

Etymology and Mythology

Your name is interpreted as " The Light ", " The Shining " or " The Valiant " and goes on an ancient Celtic goddess called Brigantia or Brigindo, the tribal deity of the Celtic Brigantes back. Related to her is also the Germanic Perchta and perhaps the Welsh Ceridwen. Some authors speculate about a ( controversial ) Identification Brigid with Danu or Anu.

Brigid applies in the saga, the second battle of Mag Tuired the daughter of Dagda and wife of Bress, as well as the mother of Ruadan. It should have been a personification of poetry and protector of poets and was worshiped in a threefold form, which is why sometimes the talk is of the "three Brigid ". Together with her two " sisters " she is still seen as Protection goddess of the legislature, the art of healing, fertility and the forge. The distribution of the different functions of the three is changing. The level Brega was also named after her. Birgid honor was celebrated in Ireland, the feast Imbolc, the later with light measurement coincided.

Some authors suggest that the Holy Brigida of Kildare did not exist and a conversion ( Euhemerisierung ) is the Celtic Goddess into a Christian saint. However, a scientist (Lisa M. Bitel, University of Kansas ) assumes rather that the Goddess Brigid was invented to denounce Brigida of Kildare as pagan / non-existent and to create Patrick of Ireland a strong competitor from the neck.

Imbolc

Imbolc, which was celebrated from 1 to 2 February of the night, was an old Irish Spring Festival. It was a feast of flocks and fertility, however, since it between winter solstice and spring equinox lies exactly at a solar declination of 16 degrees, also believed to be an ancient astrological hard. The light processions and herbs Consecration to Our Lady of Candlemas probably go back to original old folk customs.