> I agree that Britain, Brittany, Breton, etc came from Pict, but I'm not
> sure Brigid is only Irish and local.
> Bride, Bridget, Birgitta, Brigette, etc are fairly common throughout
> Celtic/Teutonic societies. I'm pretty sure I learned the name came from
> the Celtic/Teutonic (of which Picts, Scots, Irish, and Cornishmen were
> branches) goddess of life
> 

No such thing.  Celt/Teutonic 'pantheons' (not the best word for them, either)
were comprised of (generally) local goddesses and tribal gods - when a tribe
moved, it brought its gods, who then 'married' the goddesses of the land. 
That's who Maeve is believed to be in the Tain Bo Cuiligne (sp) - a literary
holdover of an Irish land goddess.  And the province of deities wasn't quite as
clear-cut as 'life', 'death,' or any other category (Miranda Green, but damned
if I remember which title.  Also HR Ellis-Davison).  Dumezil (ugh) likes to
divide the pantheons of all Indo-European preChristians into
producer/warrior/priest classes, and I'd hazard a guess he'd put Bridid into a
producer class - midwife, craft-goddess, poetry, the forge- the traditional
associations I remember from Green.

 While those names (Bride, Bridget, etc) are certainly common, I think it's a
safe bet that the pagan church of the goddess is counting on the association
with the very well known Irish Brigid.  If they're a wiccan group (just a
guess, I don't know) they may not even care that they're mixing pantheons,
traditions, or cultures - pantheists/duotheists don't generally see a problem
with doing that, because all goddesses are part of THE goddess.  

darkelf

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