especially metalwork. Also a patron of learning and poetry.
In Wales she is Caridwen, who possesses the cauldron of knowledge
and inspiration. The Celts so loved Brighid that they could
not abandon her even when they became Christians,
and so made Brighid a Christian saint [apparently].
"Brighid is the Daughter of the Dagda, one of the more universal deities of the pagan Gaelic world. She is known as the Goddess of Healers, Poets, Smiths, Childbirth and Inspiration; Goddess of Fire and Hearth and a patron of warfare or Briga. Her soldiers were called Brigands. Her name means "Exalted One." She is also known as Brigantia, Brid, Bride, Briginda, Brigdu, and Brigit. She is said to lean over every cradle. The lore and customs have continued to this day regarding Brighid, more vividly than all the other Gaelic deities combined."
She is part of the trinity, the Triple Goddess. Maiden, Mother and Crone
Gods and Goddesses