Friday, April 10, 2015

A to Z Challenge -- I -- CLEANING, CANDLEMAS, AND CALLING


The Triple Brigid
IMBOLC --  (Pronounced immehlk, also Imbolg)  This is Sabbat takes place around February 1st or 2nd.  It is a celebration that honors the coming spring.  It is a time when the Crone becomes the Maiden once more, while recovering from the birth of the God.

Brigid's Cross
It is a time of sweeping away the old and heralding the new.  Think of it as spring cleaning. It is also the time when animals are pregnant or ready to drop young.

Imbolc etymological roots in Irish means 'in the belly'.

It is also called Brigid's Day (Pronounced breed)  She is one of the Major Irish goddesses.  She is considered a triple (or threefold) goddess, but not in the aspect of maiden, mother, crone.  Instead, it's morely likely she was three sisters of the same name.

 She is associated with Poetry, Childbirth, and Smithcraft.  She had Brigid's crosses are made as symbols of protection and prosperity for the coming year.


INVOCATION --  This is to invite power or a deity within you or it is to ask for something.  For example, drawing down the moon is to take in the Goddess or Her power into yourself or performing a invoking chant to want the gods to aid you in protection.

This is opposed to evocation.


Disclaimer: None of these pictures belong to me.  I found them on Google.

12 comments:

  1. Yay for featuring Irish goddesses!

    Good luck with the 2015 A to Z Challenge!
    A to Z Co-Host S. L. Hennessy
    http://pensuasion.blogspot.com

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    1. Yep, her cross came up in my research so I featured her as well.

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  2. My pagan friends celebrated Imbolc in many ways, and told me a little about it. It seems like a good time, although spring in February up here is still months away...

    @TarkabarkaHolgy from
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    1. February was warm April became cold. It's finally getting back to warm again.

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  3. If I have a celebration of Imbolc maybe spring will finally come to Michigan.

    ~Patricia Lynne aka Patricia Josephine~
    Member of C. Lee's Muffin Commando Squad
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    1. I should do a rain dance so we can get water to ease the crap-tactic drought we've been under.

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  4. I've not heard of IMBOLC - sounds like a lovely festival. I think the new is a bit late this year because it's just turned rainy and cold, again!
    Tasha
    Tasha's Thinkings | Wittegen Press | FB3X (AC)

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    1. I know all about that. It snowed in the mountains on Easter. It was more snow than we saw all winter long!

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  5. I'm finding it very delightful that smithcraft is associated with an aspect of a goddess. It seems like such a masculine craft. But then, it is craft of creation, which is definitely in the realm of women. Regardless, hooray for Brigid! :D

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    1. I know. The Celts were pretty cool. The war deities are female too. Morrigan, Macha, Badh, and sometimes Nemain or Anand or Fea were in the set of these very scary trio.

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  6. This was quite intriguing because of the name:) My name is quite unique in North America but in Germany, it is not common but it is definitely not rare. I had heard it was an old Viking name but then I came across that it is actually Celtic. The name you mentioned above is probably all variations-Birgit, Birgitta, Brigid. etc...:) Love the card of the 3 goddesses

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    1. You're right etymologically your name does stem from it most likely.

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