Brid (OR BRIGIT)
"Brigit was a woman of poetry, and poets worshippedher, for her sway was very great and very noble. She was a woman of healing and along with that, and a woman of smith’s work, and it was she first made the whistle for calling one to another through the night.
And one side of her face was ugly, but he other side was very comely. And the meaning of her name was Breo-saighit, a fiery arrow *".
My translation:
"Brigit was a bard, and minstrels adored her.
Her authority was immense and beneficent.
She was a healer, and a smith too.
She was the first to devise the horn to call for help in the dark.
One side of her face was ugly, but he other side was very handsome.
Her name means Breo-saighit, a fiery arrow.
We see here that Brid or Brigit was the star of those days, she was very talented indeed and admired despite of the fact that her face was ugly on one side, perharps due to an accident (she was a warrior too) or a birth mark. Her talent included inventions, medecine, music, poetry and martial arts.
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*Extract from the book Gods and Fighting Men" by Lady Gregory" Copyrights 1904. Published by Colin & Smithe ISBN 0-901072-37.
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