Question about Brigid

[Lehnah]

Of late I've been researching my family's history and it turn out we have our roots with the Celts, specifically Scottish Gaelic. This is part of my journey to understand who my traditional gods are.

As an artist I feel a certain call to Brigid however her being a goddess of poetry gives me pause. I'm no poet, and honestly not a fan of poetry in general, so I wonder if Brigid is truly a goddess I should be praying to. I'm a visual artist, drawing, painting, photography and a little bit of prose, but NO poetry.

My question is, how literal is Brigid's "goddess of poetry" title? Is poetry supposed to be taken exactly as that - poetry - and nothing else, or is it a metaphor for any kind of creative art?

This may sounds like a strange question but unless I can certain one way or another in my mind I won't be able to wholeheartedly prey to her anyway.:weirdsmil

Cheers

[magickal.intentions]

From my understanding, Brigid is the Goddess of Creativity.
ALL creative pursuits fall under her care.

[~Runa~]

Hi,

The goddess Brigid (http://www.gods-heros-myth.com/godpages/brighid.html) is associated with art, metals, divination, fire, healing and wisdom. The poetry aspect is only a single focus and there is a reason why you could be leaning towards Her. It may not be whether you're interested in poetry or not but it could be something far deeper.

Ragna

[skilly-nilly]

Brigid is connected to the "fire in the head", which is the rush of creativity and also the connection with the Other World.

Druids (imo) saw poetry as more of a way of reporting important events and as doing Magic than as expressing one's personal feelings, so poetry for a Druid is different than poetry for a post-modern person.

In Scottish folklore, Brigid is far more referenced as the Goddess of Healing than of creativity. I'm not sure Who woud oversee visual arts---Lugh, Who is good at everything?

[Lehnah]

Thanks for the info, guys, I really appreciate it. As I said I'm just starting with my research but I'm planning on getting a few books soon (only been on-line thus far).


Brigid is connected to the "fire in the head", which is the rush of creativity and also the connection with the Other World.

Ah, that's brilliant. You've just explained a Tea Party song to me. Thanks very much! :thumbsup:

[Micheál]

She was a historic patroness of poets, as well as patroness of many other things, also being the poetess of the Tuatha Dé Dannan in the legends. Her lore is especially rich here in Leinster, and South Ulster.

I'd think it would be safe to count poetry, as well as other creative arts, as she was a smith patroness, and attributed to other crafts. Poetry being just one of the arts considered "magic(k)al", and yes I'll use that term because it has linguistic Irish links to "druídecht." The poets absorbed the traditional roles of the fíle, which Ireland is still framous for producing.