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lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Brigit" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Brigid" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Br%C3%ACghde" title="Brìghde – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Brìghde" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Brigid" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit" title="Brigit – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Brigit" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CF%80%CF%81%CE%AF%CF%84%CE%B6%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84" title="Μπρίτζιντ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μπρίτζιντ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigid" title="Brigid – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Brigid" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" 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For the saint, see <a href="/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare" title="Brigid of Kildare">Brigid of Kildare</a>. For the given name, see <a href="/wiki/Brigid_(given_name)" title="Brigid (given name)">Brigid (given name)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output 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decoding="async" width="220" height="223" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Thecomingofbrideduncan1917.jpg/330px-Thecomingofbrideduncan1917.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Thecomingofbrideduncan1917.jpg/440px-Thecomingofbrideduncan1917.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1826" data-file-height="1852" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">"The Coming of Bríde" by <a href="/wiki/John_Duncan_(painter)" title="John Duncan (painter)">John Duncan</a> (1917)</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbols</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Brigid%27s_cross" title="Brigid's cross">Brigid's cross</a>, flaming <a href="/wiki/Torch" title="Torch">torches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cow" class="mw-redirect" title="Cow">Cows</a> (particularly white cows), <a href="/wiki/Serpent_symbolism" title="Serpent symbolism">Serpents</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swan" title="Swan">Swans</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bee" title="Bee">Bees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oak_trees" class="mw-redirect" title="Oak trees">Oak trees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dandelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Dandelion">Dandelions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Well" title="Well">Wells</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Texts</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn" title="Lebor Gabála Érenn">Lebor Gabála Érenn</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Cath_Maige_Tuired" title="Cath Maige Tuired">Cath Maige Tuired</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Sanas_Cormaic" title="Sanas Cormaic">Cormac's Glossary</a></i></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #90DB90;">Genealogy</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parents</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dagda" class="mw-redirect" title="Dagda">Dagda</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Siblings</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cermait" title="Cermait">Cermait</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aengus" title="Aengus">Aengus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aed_(god)" title="Aed (god)">Aed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bodb_Derg" title="Bodb Derg">Bodb Derg</a>, Brigid the Healer, Brigid the Smith</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Brigid</b> or <b>Brigit</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/dʒ/: 'j' in 'jam'">dʒ</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">BRIJ</span>-id, <span style="font-size:90%">BREE</span>-id</i></a>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Irish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]</a></span>; meaning 'exalted one'),<sup id="cite_ref-campbell-delamarre_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell-delamarre-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also <b>Bríd</b>, is a goddess of <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">pre-Christian Ireland</a>. She appears in <a href="/wiki/Irish_mythology" title="Irish mythology">Irish mythology</a> as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" title="Tuatha Dé Danann">Tuatha Dé Danann</a>, the daughter of <a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">the Dagda</a> and wife of <a href="/wiki/Bres" title="Bres">Bres</a>, with whom she had a son named Ruadán. Her sacred tree appears to have been the <a href="/wiki/Betula_pendula" title="Betula pendula">birch</a>, given some older Imbolc-related traditions.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She is associated with wisdom, poetry, healing, protection, smithing and domesticated animals. <i><a href="/wiki/Sanas_Cormaic" title="Sanas Cormaic">Cormac's Glossary</a></i>, written in the 9th century by Christian monks, says that Brigid was "the goddess whom poets adored" and that she had two sisters: Brigid the healer and Brigid the smith.<sup id="cite_ref-ohogain_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohogain-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wright_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This suggests she may have been a <a href="/wiki/Triple_deity" title="Triple deity">triple deity</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is also thought to have some relation to the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Britons" title="Celtic Britons">British Celtic</a> goddess <a href="/wiki/Brigantia_(goddess)" title="Brigantia (goddess)">Brigantia</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Brigit_of_Kildare" class="mw-redirect" title="Brigit of Kildare">Saint Brigid</a> shares many of the goddess's attributes and her <a href="/wiki/Feast_day" class="mw-redirect" title="Feast day">feast day</a>, 1 February, was originally a pagan festival called <a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a>. It has thus been argued that the saint is a Christianization of the goddess, or that the lore of the goddess was transferred to her.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Goddess_Obscured_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Goddess_Obscured-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_early_Irish_literature">In early Irish literature</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: In early Irish literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/Sanas_Cormaic" title="Sanas Cormaic">Cormac's Glossary</a></i>, written by Christian scribes in the 9th century and based on earlier sources, says that Brigit was a goddess and daughter of <a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">the Dagda</a>. It describes her as a "goddess of poets" and "woman of wisdom" or <a href="/wiki/Sage_(philosophy)" title="Sage (philosophy)">sage</a>, who is also famous for her "protecting care". It says that Brigit has two sisters: Brigit the physician or "woman of healing", and Brigit the smith.<sup id="cite_ref-wright_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wright-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It explains that from these, all goddesses in Ireland are called <i>Brigit</i>; suggesting that it "may have been more of a title than a personal name".<sup id="cite_ref-koch_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koch-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Lebor_Gab%C3%A1la_%C3%89renn" title="Lebor Gabála Érenn">Lebor Gabála Érenn</a></i> also calls Brigit a poetess and daughter of the Dagda. It says she has two oxen, Fea and Femen, from whom are named Mag Fea (the plain of the <a href="/wiki/River_Barrow" title="River Barrow">River Barrow</a>) and Mag Femin (the plain of the <a href="/wiki/River_Suir" title="River Suir">River Suir</a>). Elsewhere, these are named as the two oxen of Dil, "radiant of beauty," which may have been a byname for Brigid.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also says she possesses the "king of boars", <a href="/wiki/Twrch_Trwyth" title="Twrch Trwyth">Torc Triath</a> (from whom the plain of Treithirne is named), and the "king of <a href="/wiki/Domestic_sheep" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic sheep">wethers</a>", Cirb (from whom the plain of Cirb is named).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The animals were said to cry out whenever plundering was committed in Ireland. This suggests Brigid was a guardian goddess of domesticated animals.<sup id="cite_ref-ohogain_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohogain-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <i><a href="/wiki/Cath_Maige_Tuired" title="Cath Maige Tuired">Cath Maige Tuired</a></i>, Bríd is the wife of <a href="/wiki/Bres" title="Bres">Bres</a> and bears him a son, Ruadán. His name is cognate to several words in <a href="/wiki/Indo-European_languages" title="Indo-European languages">Indo-European languages</a> that mean "red, rust", etc.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The story says she began the custom of <a href="/wiki/Keening" title="Keening">keening</a>, a combination of wailing and singing, while mourning the death of Ruadán.<sup id="cite_ref-ohogain_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohogain-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She is credited in the same passage with inventing a whistle used for night travel.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In her English retellings of Irish myth, <a href="/wiki/Augusta,_Lady_Gregory" class="mw-redirect" title="Augusta, Lady Gregory">Lady Augusta Gregory</a> describes Brigit as "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 calling one to another through the night."<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Brigid_and_Saint_Brigid">Brigid and Saint Brigid</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Brigid and Saint Brigid"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historians suggest that the goddess Brigid was <a href="/wiki/Syncretism" title="Syncretism">syncretized</a> with the Christian saint of the same name. According to medievalist Pamela Berger, Christian monks "took the ancient figure of the mother goddess and grafted her name and functions onto her Christian counterpart," <a href="/wiki/Brigid_of_Kildare" title="Brigid of Kildare">Brigid of Kildare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Goddess_Obscured_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Goddess_Obscured-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The goddess and saint have many of the same associations. Saint Brigid is considered a patroness of healers, poets, blacksmiths, livestock and dairy workers,<sup id="cite_ref-Farmer_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farmer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as serpents (in Scotland) and the arrival of spring.<sup id="cite_ref-Carmina1_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carmina1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The saint's <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiographies</a> "are mainly anecdotes and miracle stories, some of which are deeply rooted in Irish pagan folklore".<sup id="cite_ref-Farmer_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farmer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1ith%C3%AD_%C3%93_h%C3%93g%C3%A1in" title="Dáithí Ó hÓgáin">Dáithí Ó hÓgáin</a> wrote that the melding of pagan goddess and Christian saint can be seen in some of the saint's miracles, where she multiplies food, bestows cattle and sheep, controls the weather, and is linked with fire or thermal springs.<sup id="cite_ref-ohogain_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ohogain-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>This theory is contested, however, with many scholars including Elva Johnston arguing that the significance of the pagan goddess has been exaggerated at the historical figure's expense. Johnston has written "the argument for the priority of the goddess over the saint depends on three interrelated points: firstly, that Brigit is not real, secondly that her lives betray that they are an attempt to euhemerise a pagan deity and finally an underlying assumption that a goddess cult is more empowering for the women of ancient and, by analogy, contemporary Ireland".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 12th century, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_of_Wales" title="Gerald of Wales">Gerald of Wales</a> wrote that nineteen nuns took turns in keeping a <a href="/wiki/Perpetual_fire" class="mw-redirect" title="Perpetual fire">perpetual fire</a> burning at <a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a> in honour of Saint Brigid, and that this fire was kept burning since Brigid's time. It has been suggested this fire originally belonged to a temple of Brigit the goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-Butler's_Lives_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Butler's_Lives-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Roman goddess <a href="/wiki/Vesta_(mythology)" title="Vesta (mythology)">Vesta</a> and the Greek goddess <a href="/wiki/Hestia" title="Hestia">Hestia</a> had perpetual fires tended by priestesses.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Gerald, it was ringed by a hedge that no man was allowed to cross,<sup id="cite_ref-Farmer_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Farmer-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> lest he be cursed.<sup id="cite_ref-Cambrensis1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cambrensis1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-CillDara_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CillDara-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The saint is associated with many <a href="/wiki/Holy_well" title="Holy well">holy wells</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clootie_well" title="Clootie well">clootie wells</a> in Ireland and Britain, where small strips of cloth or ribbons are left as part of a healing ritual.<sup id="cite_ref-Healy_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Healy-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Logan_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Logan-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Celtic healing goddesses, such as <a href="/wiki/Sirona_(goddess)" title="Sirona (goddess)">Sirona</a> and <a href="/wiki/Coventina" title="Coventina">Coventina</a>, were often associated with sacred springs.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Saint Brigid's Day</a> is 1 February. It was originally <i><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a></i>, the first day of spring in Irish tradition. Because Saint Brigid has been linked to the goddess Brigid, the festival of Imbolc is commonly associated with the goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-Koch2006_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Koch2006-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saint Brigid's Day or <i>Imbolc</i> is traditionally a time for weather prognostication: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1157697682">.mw-parser-output .verse_translation .translated{padding-left:2em!important}@media only screen and (max-width:43.75em){.mw-parser-output .verse_translation.wrap_when_small td{display:block;padding-left:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .verse_translation.wrap_when_small .translated{padding-left:0.5em!important}}</style> </p> <table role="presentation" class="verse_translation" style="margin-left:1em !important"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"> <td><div style="font-style:italic;text-align:left" lang="gd" class="poem"> <p>Thig an nathair as an toll<br /> Là donn Brìde,<br /> Ged robh trì troighean dhen t-sneachd<br /> Air leac an làir. </p> </div> </td> <td class="translated"><div style="font-style:roman;text-align:left" lang="en" class="poem"> <p>The serpent will come from the hole<br /> On the brown Day of Bríde,<br /> Though there should be three feet of snow<br /> On the flat surface of the ground.<sup id="cite_ref-Carmina1_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Carmina1-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Tholus" title="Tholus">tholus</a> on <a href="/wiki/Venus" title="Venus">Venus</a> was named after Brigit by the <a href="/wiki/International_Astronomical_Union" title="International Astronomical Union">International Astronomical Union</a> in 1985.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the <a href="/wiki/Planetary_nomenclature" title="Planetary nomenclature">planetary nomenclature</a> rules prohibit the use of national figures and religious figures from contemporary religions, this is a reference to the goddess rather than the saint. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Neo-Paganism">Neo-Paganism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Neo-Paganism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Brigid is an important figure for some <a href="/wiki/Modern_Paganism" class="mw-redirect" title="Modern Paganism">modern pagans</a>, who emphasize her triple aspect. She is sometimes worshipped in conjunction with <a href="/wiki/Lugh" title="Lugh">Lugh</a> or <a href="/wiki/Cernunnos" title="Cernunnos">Cernunnos</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Middle_Irish" title="Middle Irish">Middle Irish</a> <i>Brigit</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="mga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[ˈbʲɾʲiʝidʲ]</a></span> came to be spelled <i>Briġid</i> and <i>Brighid</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="sga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA" title="Help:IPA">[bʲɾʲiːdʲ]</a></span> by the <a href="/wiki/Early_modern_Irish" class="mw-redirect" title="Early modern Irish">early modern Irish</a> period. Since the spelling reform of 1948, this has been spelled <i>Bríd</i> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[bʲɾʲiːdʲ]</a></span>. The earlier form gave rise to various forms in the languages of Europe, starting from the Medieval Latin <i>Brigida</i>, and from there to English <i>Bridget</i>, French <i>Brigitte,</i> Swedish <i>Birgitta</i> or ‘Birgit’ and Finnish <i>Piritta.</i> </p><p>The name comes from <a href="/wiki/Proto-Celtic" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Celtic">Proto-Celtic</a> <i>*Brigantī</i> and means "the high one" or "the exalted one". It is <a href="/wiki/Cognate" title="Cognate">cognate</a> with the name of the <a href="/wiki/Celtic_Britons" title="Celtic Britons">ancient British</a> goddess <a href="/wiki/Brigantia_(goddess)" title="Brigantia (goddess)">Brigantia</a>, with whom Brigid is thought to have some relation.<sup id="cite_ref-koch_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-koch-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also cognate with the <a href="/wiki/Old_High_German" title="Old High German">Old High German</a> personal name <i>Burgunt,</i> and the <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit" title="Sanskrit">Sanskrit</a> word <i>Bṛhatī</i> (बृहती) "high", an epithet of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a> dawn goddess <a href="/wiki/Ushas" title="Ushas">Ushas</a>. The ultimate source is <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European">Proto-Indo-European</a> <i>*bʰr̥ǵʰéntih₂</i> (feminine form of <i>*bʰérǵʰonts</i>, "high"), derived from the root <i>*bʰerǵʰ-</i> ("to rise").<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Delamarre" title="Xavier Delamarre">Xavier Delamarre</a>, citing E. Campanile, suggests that Brigid could be a continuation of the <a href="/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Proto-Indo-European religion">Indo-European</a> <a href="/wiki/Dawn_goddess" class="mw-redirect" title="Dawn goddess">dawn goddess</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-campbell-delamarre_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-campbell-delamarre-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brigid%27s_cross" title="Brigid's cross">Brigid's cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish-language_given_names" title="List of Irish-language given names">List of Irish-language given names</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saraswati" title="Saraswati">Saraswati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maman_Brigitte" title="Maman Brigitte">Maman Brigitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Perchta" title="Perchta">Perchta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-campbell-delamarre-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-campbell-delamarre_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-campbell-delamarre_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Campbell, Mike <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.behindthename.com/name/bridget">Behind the Name.</a> See also Xavier Delamarre, <i>brigantion / brigant-</i>, in <i>Dictionnaire de la langue gauloise</i> (Éditions Errance, 2003) pp. 87–88: "Le nom de la sainte irlandaise <i>Brigit</i> est un adjectif de forme *<i>brigenti</i>... 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'the Eminent'"), edited by Françoise Bader (Paris, 1994), pp. 34–40, that Brigid is a continuation of the <a href="/wiki/Indo-European_religion" class="mw-redirect" title="Indo-European religion">Indo-European goddess</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Hausos" class="mw-redirect" title="Hausos">dawn</a> like <a href="/wiki/Aurora_(mythology)" title="Aurora (mythology)">Aurora</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFHutton1996">Hutton 1996</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ohogain-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-ohogain_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohogain_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohogain_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-ohogain_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFÓ_hÓgáin1991">Ó hÓgáin 1991</a>, p. 60</span> </li> <li 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title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Myth%2C+Legend+%26+Romance%3A+An+Encyclopaedia+of+the+Irish+Folk+Tradition&rft.edition=1st&rft.pub=Prentice+Hall&rft.date=1991&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F22181514&rft.isbn=9780132759595&rft.aulast=%C3%93+h%C3%93g%C3%A1in&rft.aufirst=D%C3%A1ith%C3%AD&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigid" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFSjoestedt2000" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Marie-Louise_Sjoestedt" title="Marie-Louise Sjoestedt">Sjoestedt, Marie-Louise</a> (2000) [1949]. <i>Celtic Gods and Heroes</i>. <a href="/wiki/Dover_Publications" title="Dover Publications">Dover Publications</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780486414416" 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class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780752472027" title="Special:BookSources/9780752472027"><bdi>9780752472027</bdi></a>. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/779141145">779141145</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Brigid%3A+Goddess%2C+Druidess+and+Saint&rft.pub=The+History+Press&rft.date=2011&rft_id=info%3Aoclcnum%2F779141145&rft.isbn=9780752472027&rft.aulast=Wright&rft.aufirst=Brian&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigid" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Brigid&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBitel2001" class="citation web cs1">Bitel, Lisa M. (February 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060217084703/http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/commentaria/article.php?textId=6">"St. Brigit of Ireland: From Virgin Saint to Fertility Goddess"</a>. <i>Monastic Matrix</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://monasticmatrix.usc.edu/commentaria/article.php?textId=6">the original</a> on 17 February 2006.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Monastic+Matrix&rft.atitle=St.+Brigit+of+Ireland%3A+From+Virgin+Saint+to+Fertility+Goddess&rft.date=2001-02&rft.aulast=Bitel&rft.aufirst=Lisa+M.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fmonasticmatrix.usc.edu%2Fcommentaria%2Farticle.php%3FtextId%3D6&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigid" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCatháin1992" class="citation journal cs1">Catháin, Séamas Ó (1992). "Hearth-Prayers and Other Traditions of Brigit: Celtic Goddess and Holy Woman". <i>The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland</i>. <b>122</b>: <span class="nowrap">12–</span>34. <a href="/wiki/JSTOR_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="JSTOR (identifier)">JSTOR</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/25509020">25509020</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Journal+of+the+Royal+Society+of+Antiquaries+of+Ireland&rft.atitle=Hearth-Prayers+and+Other+Traditions+of+Brigit%3A+Celtic+Goddess+and+Holy+Woman&rft.volume=122&rft.pages=%3Cspan+class%3D%22nowrap%22%3E12-%3C%2Fspan%3E34&rft.date=1992&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jstor.org%2Fstable%2F25509020%23id-name%3DJSTOR&rft.aulast=Cath%C3%A1in&rft.aufirst=S%C3%A9amas+%C3%93&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ABrigid" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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title="Bres">Bres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_(mythology)" title="Brian (mythology)">Brian</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Brigid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cermait" title="Cermait">Cermait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian" title="Cian">Cian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cl%C3%ADodhna" title="Clíodhna">Clídna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Dagda" title="The Dagda">Dagda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delb%C3%A1eth" title="Delbáeth">Delbáeth</a>-<a href="/wiki/Tuireann" title="Tuireann">Tuirenn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dian_Cecht" title="Dian Cecht">Dian Cecht</a>-<a href="/wiki/Miach" title="Miach">Miach</a>-<a href="/wiki/Airmed" title="Airmed">Airmed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ecne" title="Ecne">Ecne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernmas" title="Ernmas">Ernmas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89ta%C3%ADn" title="Étaín">Étaín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89riu" title="Ériu">Ériu</a>-<a href="/wiki/Banba" title="Banba">Banba</a>-<a href="/wiki/F%C3%B3dla" 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