Disentangling the web of lore around [[Brigid]] is a difficult, personal, and lifetime task. For now, here is a fact page with all the information I have gathered so far. - Deity of - healing - poetry - smithcraft - a single deity or three sister deities (see [[Triple Brigids]]) - [[Triple Brigids#Woman of Poetry|Brigid of the Poets]] - [[Triple Brigids#Woman of Smithcraft|Brigid of the Forge]] - [[Triple Brigids#Woman of Healing|Brigid the Healer]] - Other Brigids - Brig Ambue (Brigid of the Cowless) - Brig Brethach (Brigid of the Judgments) - Brig Brigiu (Brigid the Hospitaller) - Daughter of the Dagda - Sometimes conflated with Danu or the Morrigan - married to Eochaid Bres - with him the mother of Ruadán - Three other sons with Tuireann (unless they were Danu's sons) - Brian - Iachar - Iucharba - Sister of - Angus mac Og - Aed - Cermait - Livestock (the kings of their species) - two oxen of Dil, Fe and Men - a pig, Triath - a ram, Cirb - Associations - abundance - beer and brewing - blessing - childbirth - earth-mother - food production - healing - knowledge - outcasts - prophecy - prosperity - protector and inspirer of poets - smithcraft - sovereignty (Lady of Sovereignty) - war --- # Sources - Morgan Daimler. Pagan Portals - Brigid: Meeting The Celtic Goddess Of Poetry, Forge, And Healing Well