Associated with poetry, wisdom, protection, healing and crafts, particularly smithing.

Name(s): Brigid, Brigit, Bridget, Brid, Brig, Bride. Her name is believed to mean “high one.”

Parents: Brigid is the daughter of the Dagda.

Spouse: Bres (in the Second Battle of Mag Tuired).

Children: A son, Ruadan (with Bres).

Affiliations: Tuatha de Danann

Locations: Leinster

Other details: The goddess Brigid is believed to have survived as the Christian Saint Brigid of Kildare, who possesses much the same attributes; some believe that the holy wells of Saint Brigid once belonged to Brigid the goddess. Saint Brigid’s day, February 1, is known as Imbolc by many pagans.

After the death of her son, she is said to have been the first to mourn by keening.

In Cormac’s Glossary Brigid the poet is said to have two sisters, Brigid the healer and Brigid the smith, leading to her identification as a triple goddess.