BS: The Goddess Bridget, Celtic smithcraft

Subject: The Goddess Bridget, Celtic smithcraft
From: Bearheart
Date: 16 Jul 02 - 04:09 PM

Hi folks, I am working on a shamanic healing Tarot deck and need info on the Celtic goddess Bridget and associations with smithcraft and healing. (Also healing wells). Am looking for photos of sacred wells (most photos I've found on the net are not very clear to work from) and images of early (Bronze Age) smithies, to use in my painting of Her, now half-finished. A search for blacksmiths/smithing on the web did not yield much that was helpful. Looking for titles of books I might obtain from a library, that would give some detail on construction of early smithies especially.

Also because She has become the Mediator/Muse of this work for me, I am looking for songs (hopefully in English since I don't know Gaelic) about Her. (Needless to say, they would be dedicated to Her in Her saintly form... I'm fine with that.)

Thanks!

Bekki Bekki

Subject: RE: BS: The Goddess Bridget, Celtic smithcraft
From: MMario
Date: 16 Jul 02 - 04:20 PM

here would be a good place to start (there are several links off of the previous thread as well.)

This is the first time I think I have ever heard of smithing being associated with Brigit. Dairy, fertility, healing; yes those I have all heard about.

Subject: RE: BS: The Goddess Bridget, Celtic smithcraft
From: Bearheart
Date: 16 Jul 02 - 10:00 PM

Thanks! According to my sources, smithing too, but probably more the Goddess than the saint, though there is a lot of cross-over...

Bekki