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Brigid — which is the Old Irish for — the Exalted One, — (sometimes spelled as Brigit or Bríg) is the name of an ancient Irish deity. She is described in Irish mythology as a part of the Tuatha Dé Danann, also the wife of Bres with who she bore a son by the name of Ruadán. She is also referred to as the daughter of the Dagda. She is linked to tamed animals, blacksmithing, poetry, healing as well as knowledge. Given some older Imbolc-related customs, the birch seems to have been her sacred tree. Additionally, according to mediaeval sources, Brigid was both the divinity that poets worshipped and a wise lady or sage also known for her protective guardianship. Brigid the healer and Brigid the smith are thought to be her two sisters. She thus might have been a triple divinity, according to this observation. She is also believed to share a connection with Brigantia, a British Celtic divinity. Many of the characteristics of the goddess are shared by Saint Brigid and her feast day, February 1, was originally the native festival called Imbolc, which heralded the arrival of spring. Sacred wells are connected to both the goddess and the saint at Kildare and numerous other locations throughout the Celtic countries. Some parts of the British Isles and the overseas population still practise well-dressing, the binding of rags to trees close to curing-wells (known as clooties in Scotland) and other forms of petitioning or honouring of Brigid. Brigid is revered as the patroness of early spring season, cattles and other livestock, sacred-wells, smithing, medicine, that of arts and crafts as well as that of serpents (namely in Scotland).

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