Brigid possessed an apple orchard in the Otherworld; bees traveled there to obtain magical nectar. This orchard was associated with Avalon. The Lady of the Lake in Arthurian Legend may be based on Brigid.
Brigid was the goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare.
The first Abbess of Kildare, Brigid of Ireland, daughter of King Dubhthach of Leinster, is often conflated with this figure, sometimes to the point wherein it is denied that the actual woman ever existed, despite historical records of her presence at the abbey.
On February 1, Brigid was celebrated at Imbolc, when she brought spring to the land. It is also the feast day of St Brigid (who is honored by Roman Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, and some Anglicans).
Brighid is often symbolized by fire, flames, and the hearth; she is also symbolized by water (cauldrons), grain (Brigid wheels, Brigid's Bed), creatures (a white cow with red ears and swan) and also by talismans (spinning wheel).
Brighid is the goddess of all arts and crafts, and as such she is the feminine principle of the Ildanach, the counterpart of Lugh Lamhfada.
Brighid was the goddess of poetry and inspiration; why is she the inspiration to male poetry.
To Saint Brighid are ascribed several legends and miracles involving mainly cattle, an interesting connection to the spring phenomenon of calving and lambing, subtly connecting the saint to fertility and the seasonal turn while maintaining her sanctity.
Brighid is generally identified as an Irish goddess associated with fire, although in Roman Britain she was known as Brigantina, the deity associated with free warriors known as brigands.
Brighid is the Celtic equivalent of the Greek goddess Hestia (and the Roman goddess Vesta), a deity concerned with the domestic sphere.
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