Brighid

Bridget Bride Briganna
Triple Aspects

Celtic Goddess of Fire, Blacksmiths, Wells, Springs and Poets. A central goddess of Ireland and Wales. Brigid's feast, Candlemas or Imbolc, is celebrated on the first of February, the midpoint between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.

The Celts held poetry in great reverence as it was the art of divination, the revelation of secrets, and preservation of history. In her three aspects Brigid represents the creatrix of smithcraft, the inspiration of poetry, healing and medicine at the hearth, all unified by fire.


Brigit was one of the great Triple Goddesses of the Celtic people. She appeared as Brigit to the Irish, Brigantia in Northern England, Bride in Scotland, and Brigandu in Brittany. 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. This actually indicates the separate aspects of her Threefold nature and is a neat division of labor for a hard-working goddess.

The symbol of life and energy, also associated with abundance and prosperity, is carved inside the 5000 year-old Newgrange passage mound in County Meath, Ireland (above). Earth works such as Newgrange have been proven to be ancient solar observatories, whose construction can be said to symbolize the womb of the Goddess