The pagan Horned God, Kernunnos, became the Christian Devil, and the pagan Triple Goddess became Mary, the virgin (Maid) and the Mother. The

Patron deity of poets, healers, and magicians, Brighid was so popular in Ireland that the Christian Church chose to make her a saint rather than try to suppress her worship.

In the most famous epic in Irish mythology, the Tain Bo Cuailnge, the Cattle Raid of Cooley, we learn of another powerful female Druid, Fidelma. Queen Medb of Connacht is about to engage her armies in battle with King Conchobar of Ulster. She consults Fidelma, who tells her that she has just returned from ‘learning verse and vision in Albion’. Medb