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==Encyclopedia entry==
 
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Brigit (Brigid, Bride, Banfile), which means the Exalted One,
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was the Celtic (continental European and Irish) fertility
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goddess.  She was originally celebrated on February first in
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Brigit (Brigid, Bride, Banfile), which means the Exalted One,
the festival of Imbolc, which coincided with the beginning
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was the Celtic (continental European and Irish) fertility
of lactation in ewes and was regarded in Scotland as the date
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goddess.  She was originally celebrated on February first in
on which Brigit deposed the blue-faced hag of winter.  The
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the festival of Imbolc, which coincided with the beginning
Christian calendar adopted the same date for the Feast of St.
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of lactation in ewes and was regarded in Scotland as the date
Brigit.  There is no record that a Christian saint ever
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on which Brigit deposed the blue-faced hag of winter.  The
actually existed, but in Irish mythology she became the
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Christian calendar adopted the same date for the Feast of St.
midwife to the Virgin Mary.
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Brigit.  There is no record that a Christian saint ever
        [ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
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actually existed, but in Irish mythology she became the
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midwife to the Virgin Mary.
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|[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]
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Brigit is the neutral goddess of the Knight pantheon.

Encyclopedia entry

Brigit (Brigid, Bride, Banfile), which means the Exalted One,
was the Celtic (continental European and Irish) fertility
goddess. She was originally celebrated on February first in
the festival of Imbolc, which coincided with the beginning
of lactation in ewes and was regarded in Scotland as the date
on which Brigit deposed the blue-faced hag of winter. The
Christian calendar adopted the same date for the Feast of St.
Brigit. There is no record that a Christian saint ever
actually existed, but in Irish mythology she became the
midwife to the Virgin Mary.

[ Encyclopedia of Gods, by Michael Jordan ]