Brigid: The Triple Goddess of Imbolc

Ireland is a rugged land of pouring rain and piercing winds, and no time more so than during the cold winter months of Samhain. Luckily no matter how bleak things seem during those dark times, the light always returns to rejuvenate the land in Spring. Our ancestors gave the name 'Imbolc' to this time of rebirth, believing that the one responsible for breathing life back into the frozen lands was the Triple Goddess Brigid. Now known more often as St. Brigid, this is her original story. It is set in a time long past, when Brigid and her kin in the mythical Tuatha Dé Danann first set foot on the shores of Ireland...
- Filming, Editing and Music by Malin Hemphill
- Adapted from 'Gods and Fighting Men' by Lady Gregory
Equipment:
- Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 Digital Camera
- DJI RSC 2 Gimbal
- Zoom H1N Handy Recorder
Software:
- Adobe Premiere Pro 2024
- Topaz Gigapixel AI
Artwork:
- 'Study for St. Bride' by John Duncan (1866-1945) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'The Blacksmith's Studio' by Albert Brument (late 19th century) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Sunbeam and Summer Shower' by Evelyn de Morgan (1914) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Praying Monk' by Andrzej Bronisław Grabowski (19th century) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Christ Enthroned from the Book of Kells' scanned from 'Treasures of Irish Art' (1500 BC - 1500 AD) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Riders of the Sidhe' by John Duncan (1911) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- Page 360 of the 'Book of Ballymote' (AD 1390). Part of the Auraicept na n-Éces, explaining the Ogham script commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'An Old Man Plays a Harp as a Young Couple Sit Together by a Fire, with Two Dogs at their Feet' by Frederick Heath (date unknown) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'La Byzantine' by Anne Bedel (2009) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- Photograph of the 'Shrine of Saint Lachtin's Arm' (early 20th century) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Portrait of a Young Man' from the Widener Collection (1505) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Salon des Cent' by Eugène Grasset (1894) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'The Fomorians' by John Duncan (1912) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Le Cyclope' by Odilon Redon (1914) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Art Nouveau Eye' by Cristian Ibarra Santillan (2019) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'The Harp of Erin' by Thomas Buchanan Read (1867) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Mädchen' by Hans Tichy Studienkopf (before 1925) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
- 'Joan of Arc' by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1882) commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...
Sources:
- 'Gods and Fighting Men' by Lady Gregory, (c. 1852-1932) archive.org/details/godsfight...
- 'Voodoo: Search for the Spirit' in Abrams Discoveries by Laënnec Hurbon (1995) www.jstor.org/stable/41715072
- mythologysource.com/brigid-ir...
- 'Beyond the Mist' by Peter O'Connor (2000) archive.org/details/beyondmis...
- mythicalireland.com/blogs/myt...
- www.irishhistory.com/myths-le...
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[@furbiefriend8817]

lovely video! so beautifully shot

[@theramblingseanchai]

@@furbiefriend8817 thank you so so much!! :D

[@user-bo3vn6dd5z]

Is Brigid not Danu?

[@theramblingseanchai]

@@user-bo3vn6dd5z From my understanding of it all the Tuatha Dé Dannan are all followers or descendants of the goddess Danu, as their name seems to translate to "people of the goddess Danu." Brigid is often described as being the daughter of The Dagda, who is one of the Tuatha Dé Dannan, thus making Brigid one of them too but not necessarily Danu herself. But then again, there are so many different interpretations and versions of Irish Mythology that in some cases she may be seen as also being the goddess Danu! Her whole Triple Goddess thing can get a bit confusing like that too, sometimes she seems to get roped in with The Morrigan and Macha and other 'goddesses' in Irish Mythology. Anyway, there's a confusing answer to a confusing subject! Thanks so much for checking out the video, I really hope you enjoyed it :)

[@Bridget108p]

Beautiful video

[@theramblingseanchai]

@@Bridget108p thank you so much!! Really glad you liked it, thanks for checking it out :D