Brigid

:This article refers to the Pagan Goddess Brigid. For the Catholic Saint of that name, see Saint Brigid.

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In Irish mythology, Brigit or Brighit ("exalted one") was the daughter of Dagda (and therefore one of the Tuatha D? Danann) and wife of Bres of the Fomorians. She had two sisters, also named Brighid, and is considered a classic Celtic Triple Goddess.

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This theonym appears to be derived from Proto-Celtic *Brigant?j? meaning "exalted feminine " (q.v. http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/PCl-MoE.pdf http://www.wales.ac.uk/documents/external/cawcs/MoE-PCl.pdf http://www.indo-european.nl/cgi-bin/query.cgi?root=leiden&basename=%5Cdata%5Cie%5Cceltic).

Irish mythology: The mythology of pre-Christian Ireland did not entirely survive the conversion to Christianity, but much of it was preserved, shorn of its religious meanings, in medieval Irish literature, which represents the most extensive and best preserved of all the branches of Celtic mythology. Although many o...

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Bres: In Irish mythology, Bres, aka Eochaid Bres, Eochu Bres ("Eochaid/Eochu the Beautiful"), was a king of the Tuatha D? Danann. His parents were Prince Elatha of the Fomorians and ?riu. He grew so quickly that by the age of seven he was the size of a 14-year-old....

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