SYMBOLS: A golden branch of an oak tree. a well. the Shamrock. a Scallop shell.

USUAL IMAGE: a triple Goddess so she is shown as a young maiden, mother, and crone, depending on the time of the year. and their were some who thought of her as the goddess of both poetry and blacksmithing, and show her as being pale on one side of her face (the side that did the poetry) and dark on the other (the side that faced the fire).

HOLY DAYS: February 2. once called Imbolg, this was later turned into Candlemas, or Saint Brigits Day, it is now known as Groundhogs Day! Imbolg meant "the surrounding belly", or "around the belly" in old Irish, it was thought of as the time of the beginning of spring, and was marked by the lighting of fires, and rituals for the benefit of the crops.

PLACE OF WORSHIP: All over the place, she was very popular. (that's why the Christians came up with the a phony Christian saint called St. Brigit. The early church in Ireland could not get blot her out so they tried to convert her.) One of more popular places of Brigit worship was around water wells as it was believed that one could most easily speak to Brigit via wells, this was put down, but not out. "Wishing wells" are what many of the holy wells became, and the idea spread.

SYNODEITIES: Aphrodite (Greek). Shamrakh (pre-Islamic Arabic). Morgan (another Celtic). Juno (Greek/Roman).

DETAILS: There is not a lot known about the stories and worship of Brigit. She was said to watch over women at the major points in their lives, and was the goddess of spring, poetry, love, kindness, the seas, and metal. She was worshiped by the Celtic people. Another thing that happened on Imbolg was the making of all the candles that would be needed for the coming year.