Brigid

This article refers to the pagan goddess Brigid. For the saint of that name, see Saint Brigid.

Brigit, Brigid or Bríg ("exalted one") was a goddess of pre-Christian Ireland. She appears in Irish mythology as a member of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the daughter of the Dagda and wife of Bres, with whom she had a son named Ruadán.