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Brighid: What Do We Really Know? |
 | | At the Luxeuil site, Bricta is specifically identified as the consort of Luxovius, a god of healing and light which may be cognate with Lug. |
 | | If Bricta was indeed a cognate of Bríg, she was probably a goddess of healing, protection, and fertility with both water and fire associations. |
 | | The evidence for Bríg as goddess in Ireland consists of a few references in mythological and placelore tracts, placenames, and the stories and folk practices associated with St. Brigid, who is assumed to be a Christianized version of the earlier goddess. |
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