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Brigit

In Celtic mythology, goddess of crafts and divination, poetry, fertility, and healing, daughter of the Dagda, probably adopted by Christianity as St Bridget. As Brigantia she was the tribal goddess of the Brigantes, and her name may be found elsewhere in Celtic Europe (for example Bregenz).



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