On the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st and belongs to Brighid, Brigid or Bride, a goddess who in later times became revered as a Christian saint. Her festival on February 1, known as Imbolc in Ireland, and th...More
On the Celtic Wheel of the Year, Imbolc is celebrated on February 1st and belongs to Brighid, Brigid or Bride, a goddess who in later times became revered as a Christian saint. Her festival on February 1, known as Imbolc in Ireland, and the Feast-Day of Bride in Scotland, celebrates the time when the Old Woman of Winter, the Cailleach, must give way to Bride, Young Maiden of Spring, fragile yet growing stronger each day as the sun rekindles its fire, turning the land green again.
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