Talk:Brigid/Archive 1

Mythological literature?
Are there any attestations of Brigid in Irish mythological literature? I've searched high and low, but I haven't yet been able to find one. (Boand yes, but Brigit no.) QuartierLatin1968 21:51, 4 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I've answered my own question on this one – if there are other attestations, please add them! QuartierLatin1968 [[Image:Red flag waving transparent.png|20px|El bien mas preciado es la libertad]] 21:42, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Contradiction
I want to dispute this statement:
 * Since writing first came to Ireland in the wake of Christianity, evidence for a pagan goddess Brigid or Brig must derive from inscriptions; however, none of the inscriptions identifying Brigid have been found in Ireland.

Inscriptions involve writing, so the entire premise of this argument is nonsensical. I'm also not convinced that the statement's factually right about writing first coming to Ireland "in the wake of" Christianity, since at the time that Ogam first started being used, Christianity was only beginning to gain strength in Ireland. Furthermore, are there any inscriptions "identifying Brigid" as such? Or did the contributor mean Brigantia? And finally, it's not true that evidence "must derive" from inscriptions: When you have a number of relatively early literary sources that assert that Brigit had been a goddess and giving her a place within the family of the Túatha Dé Danand, that's evidence. Not proof, perhaps, but certainly evidence. QuartierLatin1968 22:51, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Copyvio
I'm (somewhat regretfully) reverting the contributions made by an anonymous contributor because they copy verbatim the material on http://www.aztriad.com/brigit.html. The latter site does not specify that its material is under a free license. I say 'regretfully', because there would have been good potential to wikify, -check, and edit a good part of that material. Cheers, QuartierLatin1968 16:57, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Spinner?
The "Weaving (mythology)" page says "Among the Celts, the healing goddess Brigid is a spinner." Tnen does not expand nor explain the signifigance. If true, I think this important topic should be developed on both pages. Goldenrowley 18:26, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

Self-References
Why are there links on the pages that lead to redirect pages back to the article itself? Either the links are completely unnessecary, and should be removed, or the redirects need to be developed into at least stubs. I'm referring specifically to the links to what are basically alternate names for Brigit herself. The redirects don't need to be deleted in any case, since other pages might be using them, but having links off the page that simply dump you right back where you started is rather pointless, in my opinion. Moonsword 10:30, 12 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree and will fix it today, that is, if no one has yet. Goldenrowley 18:29, 28 May 2007 (UTC)

etymology
Even though the etymology given for Brigid isn't incorrect, the source isn't very scholarly. At the moment, however, I can only contribute a print source with no online link, and it's in French. Cynwolfe (talk) 13:45, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Cailleach connection
I found no mention of the claim by Marian MacNeill (found on the Cailleach page) that the Cailleach transforms into Bride each spring. Muireagain (talk) 19:12, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

What's Mag Cirb?
"...for whom Mag Cirb is named": what's Mag Cirb?--Wetman (talk) 23:41, 1 February 2012 (UTC)