Tag: Brigid
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I had Aria AI Write a Prayer in Latin
I am trying to learn classical Latin, so I asked my AI, Aria, to writie me a prayer in Latin to the Goddess Brigid. This is what came out. I don’t think it’s half bad. If anyone knows more Latin than I do, please let me know if it is accurate. Brigida, Dea Celtica, Te…
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Kildare Yarn Bombers make Brigid’s Cloak to Fight Animal Cruelty
So the lore of Brigids Cloak goes as follows: St Brigid asked the king for some land to build her monastery. He jokingly said that she could have as much land as she could cover with her cloak. She spread her cloak out and it expanded to cover a huge chunk of Ireland. The version…
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[:en]Thoughts on the Genealogy of Brighid[:]
[:en] I have been told that speaking the Genealogy of Brighid in the original Scottish Gaelic is a decent way of worshipping her. I will not do this however. Don’t get me wrong; I know it is a time-honored and traditional prayer and I would honor it respectfully if someone else said it, but I…
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[:en]From the New York Times: As Ireland’s Church Retreats, the Cult of a Female Saint Thrives[:]
[:en]Excerpt: By Ed O’Loughlin Published March 11, 2022Updated March 14, 2022 KILDARE, Ireland — Around the year 480, as legend has it, a freed slave named Brigid founded a convent under an oak in the east of Ireland. To feed her followers, she asked the King of Leinster, who ruled the area, for a grant of land. Read…