Brighid : A Bee Goddess?
Humans have always had a close relationship with bees. Honey has probably been a staple food for humans as long there has been humans. Beekeeping is one of the earliest skills of settled farm based society and culture. Bees, and other insects, made settled farming possible through their action of pollinization of fruit trees, especially apple trees, and other food crops. Bees not only provide food through honey and their gathered pollens, but their waxes have been essential for effective med...

Brighid Wells In Ireland
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Visiting Brighid wells, any holy and sacred wells in Ireland today, is an opportunity to be present at sacred sites and engage in the spirit of its water and surroundings. These are forever living sacred sites. A Brighid well and its waters is still an important place for people to visit for inspiration, healing, or just the joy of being at a sacred place and be very close to nature. The ancient cattle rearing and grain farming people of Erin had a strong reverence to places and their unsee...

Brighid The Goddess
Tales of Brighid the Goddess are as endless as the timelessness of her mythology. A goddess now told of with many different names and many different spellings from a time of no scribing, no dictionaries and no country-wide spoken languages. We can speculate her being from dramatic images of fire, light, sound, healing waters and from the earth beneath her toes. Our interpretations of her presence today can give us, especially women, meaning of who we are, why we are here and what we serve. ...