ALL the early texts about Brigid!
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- čas přidán 22. 07. 2022
- Do we have any evidence for who Brigid was in pre-Christian Ireland?
The links to the four texts are below.
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This was great thanks for posting.
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Her connection to poetry as 'Bríg' is related to 'Bricht' meaning incantation, charm or spell - all using poetry. Bríg can also mean the understanding of words and sayings like the kennings or hidden meaning of the poets which was used in Ogham kennings. Her name is also connected to the 'virtue' or 'force' of medicine which also used incantations and spells. Her death/kenning aspect is retained in Voodoo as Maman Brigitte.
Interesting. Just had a look at eDIL ...
I loved the color coded comparison you did of the ways she's described in different texts. Really well presented information. Thank you
It just seemed to be the natural way to bring it all together. I'm glad you found it helpful.
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Hello Mrs. Hughes!! Thank you for all your videos, I'm somewhat of a silent observer, but I was wondering if you had any videos on the "creation stories" of the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, or English; or of a similar nature, like the Tuatha De Danaan story not necessarily being a creation story but a story that tries to give light to the beginnings of the land and the people that lived there. I just was thinking that I know so little about it, but it might just be that I don't know what to look for. Thank you so much again, many blessings to you!!! 🙏💗🌷
First off, there really are no "Celtic creation myths", and if there ever were, they haven't been preserved. I talk about that in this video: czcams.com/video/zUWzVjA2GGk/video.html
The story of how the different waves of settlers came to Ireland is quite a long one. You might enjoy the Invasions series on the Candlelit Tales channel. Go to this link czcams.com/users/CandlelitTalesvideos and find Episode 105, and just start working your way through them.
@@KrisHughes Ah, that must be why I never found them, haha! Thank you for mentioning that. And thank you for both of your links, I will make sure to study them well!
Beautifully done.
Thank you!
Excellent video!
I love the windchimes in the background. ♥
I'm curious if you have heard much about Elen of the Ways? I've personally found myself quite stumped when trying to talk to folks in the Celtic pagan circle about her, as from what I can tell, Elen of the Ways is an entirely manufactured goddess in the modern era. However, she has a lot of devout followers stemming from the original book written about her by Elen Sentier, who named the goddess after herself, seemingly. I read her book and while there is interesting discussion about deer symbology throughout the ages, the more research I did it seems like Elen of the Ways is completely fabricated. I'm curious if you have done any research about this "goddess" and if you have any thoughts to share. I've seen people on facebook talking about how Elen is the most ancient goddess on earth and such things, which seem to be bologna. It came to mind hearing you talk about sources and such with regards to Brigid.
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Yeah, those windchimes are great.
I wouldn't exactly call Elen of the Ways 'entirely made up'. If you read the Mabinogion story 'The Dream of Macsen Wledig' you will find one part of Elen's background. You will find ways ( road) but no deer. The deer part is the result of personal gnosis on the part of a woman called Caroline Wise, which I'm willing to offer some space to. It's fascinating how the following for Elen of the Ways has grown - I'd have to say mostly since social media. I think Caroline is extremely sincere (she has been talking about this since 1983). That said, I think some of her later 'evidence' might be a case of wishful thinking.
@@KrisHughes Thank you for your response! I had seen the mention in the Mabinogion, but I was moreso referring to the idea that a lot of people pass around saying that Elen is the oldest goddess. I do really like the idea of delving deeper into how deer and the symbology has been used since ancient times, though I have personally noticed that a lot of the social media presence regarding Elen seems to be fraught with misinformation.
@@lavenderwyvern "oldest goddess" = red flag
I have heard that Brigit was a goddess who reigned over the spring and summer months and that in some stories her mother the Cailiach bheara (pardon me if I misspelled this) was her mother who ruled over the fall and winter months winter is their any truth to this?
I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think so. It looks to me like that whole story originates with an author called D. A. MacKenzie, who claimed it was genuine folklore, yet only cites it in one of three things he wrote about a cailleach (the middle of the three, chronologically!). It appears that every other mention of this in scholarship points back to MacKenzie. But people love a good story. I've got a video on cailleach folklore here: czcams.com/video/l2QCh2Wr-7Q/video.html
I have an essay about the Goddess Bridge and this was super helpful!