Featured Help please. Celtic mythical goddesses? Bronze

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  1. Iggy and Alice

    Iggy and Alice I love my twin!

    This came from a storage unit with a lot of Celtic mythical stuff in it. I actually identified 99% of it and probably gave it away being a newbee BUT, this one is stumping me. First can anyone identify the goddesses? Owner had a lot of Brigid artwork, bookwork ect so I assume she may be one of the goddesses?
    This weighs 1 pound 5oz and I assume it's bronze. My concern here is that the details are not very defined. Not sure if that means anything or not. IMG_20170807_133333.jpg IMG_20170807_133333.jpg IMG_20170807_133334.jpg IMG_20170807_133402.jpg IMG_20170807_133426.jpg IMG_20170807_133427.jpg IMG_20170807_133531.jpg IMG_20170807_133532.jpg IMG_20170807_133334.jpg IMG_20170807_133402.jpg IMG_20170807_133426.jpg IMG_20170807_133427.jpg IMG_20170807_133531.jpg IMG_20170807_133532.jpg Thanks fo.r any help
     
  2. all_fakes

    all_fakes Well-Known Member

    One of them appears to be holding a dagger, and Brigid is often depicted with a dagger, so that makes sense.
    I found a reference to Brigid as a "triple goddess," so one possibility would be that the other figures represent other aspects of the goddess. I can't tell what they're holding, though....
    see http://www.darkknightarmoury.com/p-20265-celtic-brigid-statue.aspx
     
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  3. Iggy and Alice

    Iggy and Alice I love my twin!

    You may be right. Oh my gosh. I never picked up on that. They all have the same headdress and same robe. The others are holding serpent and one looks like a book or vessel? That at least gives me a start. Thank you so much!
     
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  4. MacMorrighan

    MacMorrighan Active Member

    Easy! This is Brighid! Patron of the hearth, eternal flames, the forge, healing wells, and poets! She was also the tutelary-goddess of sovereignty of the Brigantes tribe in Britain, where her cult emigrated to Ireland and she became St. Brigid.
     
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  5. MacMorrighan

    MacMorrighan Active Member

    The owner may well have been a Priest or Priestess of Brighid.
     
  6. Iggy and Alice

    Iggy and Alice I love my twin!

    Yea! Would you know if there is any value to it?
     
  7. MacMorrighan

    MacMorrighan Active Member

    Probably the cost of the bronze. Images of Brighid are fairly modern. Actually, upon checking, this statue is sold by Goddess Gifts and crafted from cold process faux bronze. They sell it for $54, but the value of resale would likely be substantially less than that given it's already been bought from the manufacturer.

    Scroll about half way down: https://www.goddessgift.net/page48.html
     
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  8. MacMorrighan

    MacMorrighan Active Member

    My personal advise would be to find someone who served Brighid, and to ask if they would like it to reconsecrate it to the Goddess since there really isn't much value to it that I can tell. The Celts only had rudimentary stone images of their gods, which occurred only after the Romano-Celtic period in Britain. This did not occur in Ireland since the roman's were cut off from Wales and a further westward expansion. I, myself, am Pagan, but I don't really know anyone, personally, devoted to Brighid since I, myself, serve The Morrighan.
     
  9. Iggy and Alice

    Iggy and Alice I love my twin!

    Thanks everyone. This has been so informative, I really appreciate all your knowledge and comments.
     
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