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Brigit
Оглавление(Or Brighid.) In Celtic mythology Brigit is a daughter of the Tuatha de Danann in Ireland, a pagan goddess of poetry and smithcraft, possessing the powers of divination and healing.
Legends of her birth say she was bathed in milk and would take only pure milk from a fairy cow with white skin and red ears as her sustenance. Her birth is celebrated on the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc in February when, in Scotland, the old woman of winter, Cailleach, drinks from the Well of Youth and metamorphoses into Bride, who, with her white wand, heralds the growth and regeneration of spring. By the hearthside a bridie doll of corn is left with offerings of bread and milk to ensure protection and abundance.