4 - Brigid and the Cailleach
We are at a threshold time. Last week marked the midway point between Winter solstice and spring equinox. Now you might be feeling the stirrings of Spring. Depending on where you are, it might even already look like Spring. And it might be tempting to want to rush through this liminal tension and get Winter over with already, but here I'm inviting you to pause and be here at this threshold.
Resources:
- Confessions of a Pagan Nun by Kate Horsley
- Walker, Stephanie Kirkwood. "Brigit of Kildare as She Is: A Study of Biographical Image." Biography 17, no. 2 (1994): 111-24.
- Sellner, Edward C. "BRIGIT OF KILDARE—A Study in the Liminality of Women's Spiritual Power." CrossCurrents 39, no. 4 (1989): 402-19.
- Hull, Eleanor. "Legends and Traditions of the Cailleach Bheara or Old Woman (Hag) of Beare." Folklore 38, no. 3 (1927): 225-54.
- Martin, B. K. ""THE LAMENT OF THE OLD WOMAN OF BEARE": A CRITICAL EVALUATION." Medium Ævum 38, no. 3 (1969): 245-61.
- Early Irish Lyrics: 8th - 12th Century by Gerard Murphy