ImbolcImbolc or Imbolg (Irish pronunciation:), also called Saint Brigid's Day (Irish: Lá Fhéile Bríde; Scottish Gaelic: Là Fhèill Brìghde; Manx: Laa'l Breeshey), is a Gaelic traditional festival on 1 February. It marks the beginning of spring and is the feast day of Saint Brigid, Ireland's patroness saint. Historically, its many folk traditions were widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man.
Brigid of KildareBrigid of Kildare or Brigid of Ireland (Irish: Naomh Bríd; Classical Irish: Brighid; Latin: Brigida; c. 451 – c. 525) is the patroness saint (or 'mother saint') of Ireland, and one of its three national saints along with Patrick and Columba. According to medieval Irish hagiographies, she was an abbess who founded the important abbey of Kildare (Cill Dara), as well as several other convents of nuns. There is little historical evidence of her.
Brigantia (goddess)Brigantia was a goddess worshipped in Roman Britain, generally understood as the tutelary deity of the Brigantes, the large tribal confederation of northern Britain. She is known only from epigraphy and iconography. Her name occurs in seven Latin votive inscriptions of the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD, and she is nowhere mentioned by a classical author. Several of the dedications identify her with a Roman goddess, most often Victoria.
The DagdaGod in Irish mythology The DagdaChief/leader of the Gods.Member of the Tuatha Dé DanannAbodeBrú na BóinneWeaponsClubMaceBattlesMagh TuiredhArtefactsStaffCauldronHarpGenealogyParentsElathaDanu [citation needed]SiblingsOgmaConsortsMorriganBoandChildrenAedAengusBodb DergCermaitMidirBrigit The Dagda (Old Irish: In Dagda [ˈd̪aɣða], Irish: An Daghdha) is considered the great god of Irish mythology.
Early Modern IrishEarly Modern Irish (Irish: Gaeilge Chlasaiceach, lit.'Classical Irish') was a transitional language between Middle Irish and Modern Irish. Its literary form, Classical Gaelic, was used in Ireland and Scotland from the 13th to the 18th century. Classical GaelicClassical Gaelic or Classical Irish (Gaoidhealg) was a shared literary form of Gaelic that was in use by poets in Scotland and Ireland from the 13th century to the 18th century.
Tuatha Dé DanannThe TuathaDé Danann (Irish:, usually translated "folk of the goddess Danu"), also known by the earlier name Tuath Dé ("tribe of the gods" or "divine tribe"), are a supernatural race in Irish mythology. Many of them are thought to represent deities of pre-Christian Gaelic Ireland. The Tuath Dé Danann are often depicted as kings, queens, druids, bards, warriors, heroes, healers and craftsmen who have supernatural powers.
Middle IrishMiddle Irish, also called Middle Gaelic (Irish: An Mheán-Ghaeilge, Scottish Gaelic: Meadhan-Ghàidhlig, Manx: Mean Ghaelg), is the Goidelic language which was spoken in Ireland, most of Scotland, and the Isle of Man from c. 900–1200 AD; it is therefore a contemporary of Late Old English and Early Middle English. Early Modern Irish, and by extension the modern Goidelic languages—Later Modern Irish Gaelic, Scots Gaelic and Manx Gaelic—are all descendants of Middle Irish.
Gaelic IrelandGaelic Ireland (Irish: Éire Ghaelach) was the Gaelic political and social order, and associated culture, that existed in Ireland from the late prehistoric era until the 17th century. It comprised the whole island before Anglo-Normans conquered parts of Ireland in the 1170s. Thereafter, it comprised that part of the country not under foreign dominion at a given time (i.e. the part beyond The Pale).
Irish mythologyIrish mythology is the body of myths indigenous to the island of Ireland. It was originally passed down orally in the prehistoric era. In the early medieval era, myths were written down by Christian scribes, who revised it considerably in order to fit the history and religion according to Christianized learning. Irish mythology is the best-preserved branch of Celtic mythology. The myths are conventionally grouped into 'cycles'.BresIn Irish mythology, Bres (or Bress) was a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He is often referred to by the name Eochaid / Eochu Bres. He was an unpopular king, and favoured his Fomorian kin.
Triple deityA triple deity is a deity with three apparent forms that function as a singular whole. Such deities may sometimes be referred to as threefold, tripled, triplicate, tripartite, triune, triadic, or as a trinity. The number three has a long history of mythical associations and triple deities are common throughout world mythology. Carl Jung considered the arrangement of deities into triplets an archetype in the history of religion.
Celtic BritonsThe Britons (reconstructedP-Celtic *Pritanī, Latin: Britanni, Welsh: Brythoniaid), also known as Celtic Britons or ancient Britons, were the Celtic people who inhabited Great Britain from at least the British Iron Age until the High Middle Ages, at which point they diverged into the Welsh, Cornish, and Bretons (among others). They spoke Common Brittonic, the ancestor of the modern Brittonic languages.
Sanas CormaicSanas Cormaic (Irish pronunciation:; or Sanas Chormaic, Irish for "Cormac's narrative"), also known as Cormac's Glossary, is an early Irishglossary containing etymologies and explanations of over 1,400 Irish words, many of which are difficult or outdated. The shortest and earliest version of the work is ascribed to Cormac mac Cuilennáin (d. 903), king-bishop of Munster.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.