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Pàgina 3
The man's fate comes to the ears of Brigid, who hastens to the court in her chariot
. On the way, a fox jumps in and settles in her clothing. Arrived at the court, the fox
shows itself capable of the same skills as the dead one; the king relents and ...
The man's fate comes to the ears of Brigid, who hastens to the court in her chariot
. On the way, a fox jumps in and settles in her clothing. Arrived at the court, the fox
shows itself capable of the same skills as the dead one; the king relents and ...
Pàgina 4
It has been suggested that the "nuns and holy women" of Kildare were
descendants of a college of women who formerly attended the shrine of the
goddess Brigid there. Kildare, Cill dara, means "church of the oak"; it had an altar
resting on a ...
It has been suggested that the "nuns and holy women" of Kildare were
descendants of a college of women who formerly attended the shrine of the
goddess Brigid there. Kildare, Cill dara, means "church of the oak"; it had an altar
resting on a ...
Pàgina 5
In the twelfth-century Black Book of Carmarthen there is an invocation in Welsh:
Sanffreid suynade ni undeith, "St Brigid, bless us on our journey." Oengus the
Culdee has the following couplet (cited in The Irish Saints): Brigid ban, bale
nualann ...
In the twelfth-century Black Book of Carmarthen there is an invocation in Welsh:
Sanffreid suynade ni undeith, "St Brigid, bless us on our journey." Oengus the
Culdee has the following couplet (cited in The Irish Saints): Brigid ban, bale
nualann ...
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