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Bridget (Briget, Brede)-Goddess of the Sacred Fire, the sun, hearth, and home. Fire of fire, the bride Goddess of inspiration, poetry, medicine, healing, and smithcraft. Associated with the fire pot, her brass shoe, and the spindle and distaff.
Sarah Owen • Celtic Spirituality: A Beginners Guide To Celtic Spirituality
Beautiful and enchanting, she was frequently depicted nude, as a symmetrically perfect maiden, infinitely desirable and as infinitely out of reach. She was sometimes represented alongside Eros and with some of her major attributes and symbols: a magical girdle and a shell, a dove or a sparrow, roses, and myrtles.
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Feared for her gift, she is banished to the island Aeaea; but rather than being a punishment, the independence and freedom Aeaea affords her allows Circe to grow into her own.
Feminism and Witchcraft: A Review of Circe by Madeline Miller
But a monster,” he said, “she always has a place. She may have all the glory her teeth can snatch. She will not be loved for it, but she will not be constrained either.
Madeline Miller • CIRCE
Referred to as a ‘scheming siren’ by some – of course she was – she was also nicknamed ‘Venus’ by many others.