Celtic Goddess Brigid Statue
by Paul Borda of Dryad Designs
Stone look resin statue
#DD-141BGS

Size: 10 3/8"h x 8 1/2"w x 5 1/2"d
26.35 cm x 21.59 cm x 13.97 cm

Looks like a wood cutter has fashioned this triple Brigid statue, which is the style of master craftsman Paul Borda at work.
 
Symbols of her worship are hidden throughout the piece Brigid's cross; the flaming arrow; Brigid's bed; the bush near her sacred wells, which are tied with prayers and wishes on scraps of cloth, to mention a few. Many of the names she is known by encompass the base, even one written in ogham. 
  

Bridget: Celtic Goddess of Fire, Blacksmiths, Wells, Springs and Poets

The Main goddess of Ireland and Wales, Brigid's feast, or Imbolc, is celebrated on the first of February.

    Sometimes she is surrounded by the flame of inspiration and wears the green of healing and growth. The Celts held poetry in great reverence as it was the art of divination, the revelation of secrets, and preservation of history.

     Brigid says, "All good things come in three." The poppy-flower crowns of these three regally-detailed sisters imbue them with magical power. Goddess of Healing, Smithcraft and Queenship, She was served by a female priesthood at Kildare. Her name derives from her worship by the pre-Christian Brigantes, who honored her as identical with Juno, Queen of Heaven.

     Brigantia represents feminine strength and will keep you safe from harm. This Lady is another form of Brigid, the protective deity of the Irish Celts.  Here she holds the orb and wears the crown of queenship, while also holding the spear of Minerva, Goddess of Wisdom. As the tutelary
deity of warfare (briga), her soldier acolytes were known as brigands.

    The Celtic Goddess Brigid is beloved as the muse of poetic inspiration and the mistress of the healing arts. She is also associated with smithcraft, which held special import for the early Celts. The site of her well still exists in Ireland, and its eternal flame is still quietly attended by eighteen maidens. The Catholic Church made her a saint due to her fervent worshippers, who accepted Christ, but could not endorse a religion that excluded her.

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