St Brigid

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Elements :: St Brigid

The Christians were known to destroy non-christian places of worship and particularly pagan temples. They then built their churches on top of the destroyed sites. In the cases where non-christian beliefs were very strong, they would incorporate the belief into their system as a means of facilitating converts. This is what happened to Brigit.

Brigit's following was so strong, particularly throughout the Celtic and Irish regions that the Catholic Church produced a Saint Brigid to deal with the resistance to abandon the pagan goddess and convert to christianity.

It should come as no surprise that Saint Brigid was endowed with powers or attributes similar to the Goddess Brigit.

There appears to be quite a bit of "evidence" that was produced by the christian church to validate their saint's existence. However, there also seems to be a lot of skepticism as to their authenticity. Those skeptics include members of the "faithful".

The Goddess Brigit is the goddess of fire, purification, healing, poetry and smith-craft (the ancient smith-craft was a critical trust in the tribe and associated with magical power). She is identified with the Earth itself and with fertility. Brigit is celebrated at the festival of Imbolc; a time of renewal and new life at the beginning of spring.

To complete their incorporation, a christian version of the original Imbolc was also produced called Candlemas.