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Brighid
Goddess of Fire, Healing and SmithcraftPantheon: Celtic
Element: Fire,Water
Sphere of Influence: Abundance and Fertility
Preferred colors: Red, Yellow, Orange, Blue
Associated symbol: Eternal Flame, Mantle, Well
Animals associated with: White, Red-eared Cow
Best day to work with: Friday
Best time to work with: Sunrise
Strongest around Imbolc
Suitable offerings: Fire, Coins, Blackberries
Associated Planet: VenusShe was the Goddess of Healers, Poets, Smiths, Childbirth and Inspiration; Goddess of Fire and Hearth and a patron of warfare. She is said to be present at every birth.
As the Goddess of Inspiration, she blesses poetry, creativity, prophecy and the arts. She was even esteemed as the patron deity of language, having inspired the alphabet. As the Goddess of Smithcraft, she blesses blacksmiths, goldsmiths, and other crafters of the household. As Goddess of Healing, she blesses physical and spiritual healing, fertility of crop and livestock and mid-wifery.
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.
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