Goddess in Celtic religion.
1The Romans associated her with Caelestis thus creating 'Caelestis Brigantia.'
2Per lore, she led the descendants of the goddess Brigantia against the Roman Empire.
3Brigantia is the day of Brigit, the Irish goddess of smithcraft, healing, and poetry.
4Brighid is also known as Bride, Brigantia, and Brigantina.
5In his book, Phillips describes the area of Brigantia, in ancient times as spreading from the Wash to Dumfries.
6The whole of 'Brigantia' is covered with innumerable sacred sites which, quite literally, pepper the vast tract of land.
7Why then did the British Celtic folk hero Cartimandua lead the descendants of the goddess Brigantia against the Roman Empire?
8The Romans, however, when they invaded Britain, called her Cartismunda, her city ISURIUM, and the Brigantes' country they named Brigantia.
9Brigantia, or Imbolc, the day when newborn lambs begin to nurse, became the Christian Candlemas, honoring the purification of the Virgin.
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