Brigid

The goddess Brigid was known by many names.
Among them were: Brigit, Bride, Brigantia and Brigindo.

Bear prayed to Brigid every night.

Prayers to Brigid:

Great Goddess of Healers, Poets, Mystics, and Smiths,
Your Sacred Fires burn brightly upon Sacred Altars.
Deep in the Earth, Your springs of Inspiration flow,
Your Sacred Cauldrons are filled with Herbs for Healing.
Forge hammers spark with craft, as Smiths work in Your Honor.
Words and Song flow from the hearts of Poets and Musicians.
Healers are again turning to Your Sacred Ways with Reverence.
May Your Sacred Wells overflow with the Essence of Your Presence.
May we always to use the Gifts You grant us . . . with Wisdom.
Fill our hearts with the Courage & Kindness of Your Sacred Horses.

I shall not be slain, 
I shall not be sworded, 
I shall not be put in cell, 
I shall not be hewn, 
I shall not be riven, 
I shall not be anguished, 
I shall not be wounded, 
I shall not be ravaged, 
I shall not be blinded, 
I shall not be made naked, 
I shall not be left bare, 
I shall not be forgotten. 

Nor fire shall burn me, 
Nor sun shall burn me, 
Nor moon shall blanch me. 

Nor water shall drown me, 
Nor flood shall drown me, 
Nor brine shall drown me. 

Nor seed of fairy host shall lift me, 
Nor seed of airy host shall lift me, 
Nor earthly being destroy me.

I am under the shielding 
Of good Brigit each day; 
I am under the shielding 
Of good Brigit each night. 

I am under the keeping 
Of the Nurse of Mary, 
Each early and late, 
Every dark, every light. 

Brigit is my comrade-woman, 
Brigit is my maker of song, 
Brigit is my helping-woman, 
My choicest of women, my guide.

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