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Brigid or Brigit (/ ˈ b r ɪ dʒ ɪ d, ˈ b r iː ɪ d / BRIJ-id, BREE-id, Irish: [ˈbʲɾʲiːdʲ]; meaning 'exalted one'), [1] also Bríd, is a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland.She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.
Brigid, with an initial group of seven companions, is credited with organising communal consecrated religious life for women in Ireland. [31] She founded two monasteries; one for men, the other for women. Brigid became the first Abbess of Kildare and invited Conleth (Conláed), a hermit from Connell, to help her; he became the first Bishop of ...
In Irish mythology, Neman or Nemain (Modern Irish: Neamhan, [1] Neamhain) is the spirit-woman or goddess who personifies the frenzied havoc of war. In the ancient texts where The Morrígan appears as a trio of goddesses — the three sisters who make up the Morrígna [2] [3] [4] — include Macha and Badb; Nemain is strongly associated with Badb with whom she shares a husband, Neit. [5]
A war god in mythology associated with war, combat, or bloodshed. They occur commonly in polytheistic religions. Unlike most gods and goddesses in polytheistic religions, monotheistic deities have traditionally been portrayed in their mythologies as commanding war in order to spread religion.
Brasennus - a god known from a lone inscription in Cisalpine Gaul [3] Caletos [18] Caturix - war god of the Helvetii; Cernunnos (Carnonos) - an antlered god; Cissonius - a Gallic god of trade [4] Mars Cnabetius - a Gallic god of war [19] Condatis - a Gallic and Brittonic god of the confluences of rivers; Cunomaglus - a Brittonic hunter god [20]
Brigantia or Brigindo [2] was a goddess in Celtic (Gallo-Roman and Romano-British) religion of Late Antiquity. Through interpretatio Romana, she was identified with the goddesses Minerva, Tyche/Fortuna, and Victoria.
[3] [4] She is most frequently seen as a goddess of battle and war and has also been seen as a manifestation of the earth- and sovereignty-goddess, [5] [6] chiefly representing the goddess's role as guardian of the territory and its people. [7] [8] The Morrígan is often described as a trio of individuals, all sisters, called "the three Morrígna".
In Sanas Cormaic (Cormac's Glossary), Anu is called "mother of the Irish gods", Nét a "god of war", and Brigid a "goddess of poets". [3] Writing in the seventh century, Tírechán explained the sídh folk as "earthly gods" (Latin dei terreni), [3] while Fiacc's Hymn says the Irish adored the sídh before the coming of Saint Patrick. [3]