Photo from Brigid’s Well Faughart, Co. Louth by Stephie.

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Irish Mythology Podcast

Feabhra  01, 2021

Episode 12

Brigid – Goddess, Druid, and Saint of Imbolc

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Here you’ll find our notes, links to research and some personal highlights from your hosts. 

Welcome | fáilte 

In this episode we hear about two  Brigids;  One is a goddess, the other, a saint, but there is a lot of crossover in their stories. .   We ask:

• What is the connection between the two Brigids?
• What did the goddess Brigid represent?
• What magical acts did St. Brigid carry out?
• What folklore and tradition is associated with Imbolc and St. Brigid’s Day?
• What does the word Imbolc mean?

Brigid returns from tending her flock to see women huddled around the hearth with only a bit of bread between them. A bit of divine magic might be just what the doctor ordered.

Resources

• The Second Battle of Moytura 
• Brigid: Goddess, Druidess and Saint – Brian Wright
• Ireland’s Immortals, A History of the Gods of Irish Myth – Mark Williams
• A prayer to St Brigid in her most pagan incarnation – Sarah Clancy
• Duchas – The National Folklore Commission . 

credits

Written, presented and produced  by Stephanie Ní Thiarnaigh and Marcas Ó hUiscín.

Music – Celtic Warrior by Damiano Baldoni (licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 public licence

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