#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Honoring the hearth fire was a belief shared by the #Celts with their Indo-European kin. Like in the cult of the Roman Vesta a similar college appears to have served the #Irish goddess #Brigit.` In her honour an ashless, ever-burning fire was tended by one maiden each night for 19 nights, the 20th being left for #Brigit herself. 
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore` 
Brigid’s Fire Temple, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte.jpg

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Honoring the hearth fire was a belief shared by the #Celts with their Indo-European kin. Like in the cult of the Roman Vesta a similar college appears to have served the #Irish goddess #Brigit.` In her honour an ashless, ever-burning fire was tended by one maiden each night for 19 nights, the 20th being left for #Brigit herself. 

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore` 

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Brigid’s Fire Temple, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte.jpg 

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Honoring the hearth fire was a belief shared by the #Celts with their Indo-European kin. Like in the cult of the Roman Vesta a similar college appears to have served the #Irish goddess #Brigit.` In her honour an ashless, ever-burning fire was tended by one maiden each night for 19 nights, the 20th being left for #Brigit herself. 

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore` 

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Brigid’s Fire Temple, photocredit 1. Neu-Kelte.jpg 

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Some texts call the #Irish #Brigit a triple goddess or say that there were three goddesses with the same name, who ruled smithcraft, healing, and poetry, respectively. This triplication, a frequent occurrence among the #Celts, typically emphasized or intensified a figure’s divine power.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @irishspiritmag
Cormac's Glossary, written in the 9th c. by Christian monks, says that Brigid or Brigit (the exalted one) was "the goddess whom poets…
https://twitter.com/irishspiritmag/status/1633447547661328384

Ruadán was the son of #Brigit. Before the second battle of Mag Tuired, Ruadán -siding with his father #Bres- came to spy upon the smith Goibniu and steal his magical secrets. Goibniu killed the lad, which caused his mother to invent the wild sound of keening to express her grief. For himself, Goibniu was able to heal his wounds by traveling to the sacred well on Slane Hill.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @DragonScented
Goibniu is the #Celtic God of blacksmiths, weapon-makers, brewing, and is also associated with hospitality. Along with his smithing, Goibniu wa…
https://twitter.com/DragonScented/status/1494686119824343048

Ruadán was the son of Bres, the half-Fomorian king of the #TuathaDéDanann, the people of his mother #Brigit. Before the second battle of Mag Tuired, Ruadán -siding with his father-came to spy upon the smith Goibniu and steal his magical secrets. Goibniu killed the lad, which caused his mother to invent the wild sound of keening to express her grief. For himself, Goibniu was able to heal his wounds by traveling to the sacred well on Slane Hill.
Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`
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RT @TheMythologyMa1@twitter.com
In #Irish #Mythology The #Fomorians are #hostile #monsters from under the #sea or in the #earth. They are #enemies and #opponents of the #TuathaDéDanann.They are #gods who represent the harmful or #destructive #powers of #nature; #chaos, #darkness and #death
#keepingClassicsalive

A roughly human-shaped figure constructed from straw at harvest time, the Corn Dolly/Maiden was often crafted from the last sheaf cut at harvest-time. Its origins are obscure but clearly mythic or ritual. In # Scottish and #Irish folklore The Dolly is associated with two figures of arguable antiquity: the #Cailleach or hag and #Brigit or the Bride, who may have been the hag’s maiden form. Often the Corn Dolly was stored in a house or barn from fall until spring, when it played a role in sowing or other rituals associated with new life.

Source: P. Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and #Folklore`

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RT @lorraineelizab6@twitter.com
In Scotland/#Ireland, the 1st farmer to finish the grain harvest made a corn dolly, representing the Cailleach (Queen of winter) from the last sheaf of crop. The last farmer had to care for it for the next year; so they'd have to feed/house the hag all winter! #SuperstitionSat 🌽

#Celtic #MythologyMonday: `Honoring the hearth fire was a belief shared by the #Celts with their Indo-European kin. Like in the cult of the Roman Vesta a similar college appears to have served the #Irish goddess #Brigit.` In her honour an ashless, ever-burning fire was tended by one maiden each night for 19 nights, the 20th being left for #Brigit herself.
Source: Patricia Monaghan `Encyclopedia of #Celtic #Mythology and Folklore`

„Céad míle fáilte romhat, a #Brigit, is roimh do chrios“ („100.000mal Willkommen, o Erhabene, bist du und dein Gürtel“): 3x durch den #crios #Brídghe, den Gürtel der Brigitte, durchgehen und 3x hinein steigen und über den Kopf ziehen, schützt und bringt Segen für ein ganzes Jahr!

Unser erstes St. Brigit`s Cross. Das Sonnenrad symbolisiert den sonnenmagischen Charakter der keltischen Göttin #Brigit. 🌞

#Brigit ist lt. Patricia Monaghan (Buchempfehlung: „The Red-Haired Girl From The Bog“, 140-166) mehr ein Titel, als ein Name. Die „Erhabene“ ist eine Ehrenbezeugung für die große Muttergöttin, die anderswo auch als Eithne, Dana und ev. Sul verehrt wurde. Sie war die zentrale Götterfigur in der Zeit des Matriarchats, die in der Eisenzeit zu Ende ging. Und sie ist bis heute die Brücke (engl. Bridge ist abgeleitet von Brigit) zwischen dem alten Glauben und dem Christentum: hier als Göttin, dort als Heilige.

#Imbolc ist #Brigit, der großen Göttin und Schutzherrin Irlands, geweiht. Im christianisierten Irland wurde sie durch die Hl. Brigitte und ihr Fest durch lá Fhèile Brighde überlagert.
Symbolisch wurden früher alle Lichter und Feuer gelöscht, bevor große Holzstöße entzündet wurden. So wurde der Ehrentag der „Erhabenen“ am Sliabh na trí Dána, dem Hügel der drei Götter (Corleck Hill bei Bailieborough im Co Cavan), mit großen Feuern gefeiert.