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Brigindo

Brigindo was the Gallic goddess, also called Brigandu. She was a popular goddess throughout the Celtic world. Brigindo was the goddess of arts, crafts, fertility, and possibly of war. Her name meant "Exalted One" or "High One".

Imbolc was a pagan spring festival held in her honour on February 1.

Brigit or Brigid was the Irish equivalent of Brigindo. In Britain, she was called Brigantia, where the Celts living in the northern region of England were named after her. The Romans identified her as Minerva (Athena).

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"Exalted One"
"High One"

Brigindo, Brigandu (Gallic).
Brigit, Brigid (Irish).
Brigantia (British).

Minerva (Roman).

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Gallic Deities:

  • • Abellio
  • • Abnoba
  • • Aericura
  • • Alisanos
  • • Ancamma
  • • Andarta
  • • Arduinna
  • • Artaius and Artio
  • • Aveta
  • • Belenus
  • • Borvo
  • • Brigindo
  • • Camulos
  • • Cathubodua
  • • Cernunnos
  • • Epona
  • • Esus
  • • genius cucullatus
  • • Grannus
  • • Lenus
  • • Lugus
  • • Matres
  • • Nantosuelta
  • • Nehalennia
  • • Nemausius
  • • Ogmios
  • • Rigisamus
  • • Ritona
  • • Rosmerta
  • • Rudiobus
  • • Sequana
  • • Sirona
  • • Smetrios
  • • Sucellus
  • • Taranis
  • • Tarvus Trigaranus
  • • Teutates
  • • Vosegus
Brigantia

Brigantia

Brigantia was the tribal goddess of the Brigantes, the British Celts living in the large region named after her, in northern England. The Romans identified Brigantia with Minerva (Athena). Brigantia was a popular goddess, and she was worshipped an...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Brigit

Brigit

Brigit (Brigid) was the goddess of healing and fertility as well as the goddess of craft, especially of metalworking. Brigit was probably also the goddess of fire and poetry. She was the warrior goddess as well as the patron goddess of craftsmen. ...

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Brigid

Brigid

Brigid: The Exalted One Brigid, goddess of fertility, spring, and wells, was a Celtic deity of pagan Ireland. She was a prominent member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, meaning “the folk of the goddess Danu,” which is the pantheon of Irish deities. Not o...

April 2nd, 2002 • Timeless Myths
Andrasta

Andrasta

Andrasta (Andraste) was the Romano-Celtic goddess of war. Her name means the "Invincible One". Andrasta was a patron goddess of the Iceni tribe. It was said that Boudicca, the British warrior queen, prayed to Andrasta before going into battle agai...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Andarta

Andarta

Andarta was the Gallic goddess of fertility. Andarta was the patron goddess of the Vocantii tribe. She should not be confused with the British goddess of war, Andrasta.

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
Arduinna

Arduinna

Arduinna was the Gallic goddess of the forest and hunting. The Romans identified her with Diana (Artemis). Arduinna was depicted in art as riding on the back of a wild boar. She seemed to be popular around the Ardennes region.

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
British Deities

British Deities

All of the British deities listed here come from the Romano-Celtic pantheon. The deities found here belong to the period when Britain was a province of the Roman Empire. Like the page on the Gallic Deities, these Celtic deities were sometimes adop...

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Britannia

Britannia

A tutelary goddess. A Romano-Celtic goddess who was often associated with the Roman goddess Minerva (Athena). During the reign of Claudius Caesar, the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43, and they named the new province after the goddess Britannia.

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Agroná

Agroná

Agroná was the British goddess of battle and slaughter. The Welsh god Aeron derived his name from her.

May 13th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Rigisamus

Rigisamus

A Celtic god of war. Rigisamus or Rigonmetis was assimilated with the Roman god of war, Mars (Ares). Perhaps it was an epithet to the Gaulish Mars.

November 3rd, 1999 • Jimmy Joe
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