Some lovely soothing Irish facts.
"Over the years, the goddess went by several names, including Brigid, Bridget, Bridge..." So, to be absolutely clear, I had no idea about Brigid when I chose the name that Gabbie would finally give to the Voice in Martin's head.
"Through her ties with fire and the sun she was considered to be the
goddess of smithcraft..." Similarly, this was not why I made her the
creator of the Time Spanner, nor why I gave her a robot - "She was perceived to be the patron of relatively high dimensions...
and
concepts and activities that elevated oneself..." And again, having the
same figure interpreted by different cultures as both muse
and angel just made sense, so this was also a coincidence.
When original angel Belinda Stewart-Wilson was suddenly unavailable, we were star-wobblingly lucky to have Sally Phillips agree to join us, but this recasting had absolutely nothing to with Bridgid's "triple aspect" (from London Hughes' Instagram.)
"She was often seen as a motherly figure... Were some of you not aware the she existed?" Well no! Not remotely! That's my point, video! Gabbie's line was originally "You look like a Janet", because that was just the first name that came into my head, and that's basically how I write, but then I found out "Janet" was already the name of a Heavenly interface in The Good Place, so went for "Bridget" because, you know, she bridges things. Not mentioned in the video however, is the weirdest coincidence of all by far, which is that Brigid has her own cross, and it is THIS...
Hang on, is Bridget the actual *creator* of the Time Spanner? How did I not realise that before?
ReplyDeleteBonus with maybe an Egyptian theme (though I can't seem to find that anywhere else, so probably best to take it with a pinch of salt):
As was the case in many ancient cultures around the world, female deities ruled supreme, making the similarities between Egyptian mythology and Irish mythology quite remarkable. For example, most people will be familiar with an Egyptian ritual from "The Book of the Dead" of Isis breathing life into the mummified corpse, but many may not know that the same scene is depicted in stone at the foot of a high cross in Ireland.
Similarly, our Goddess had a sacred cow that suckled a king, the same as Queen Hatshepsut in Egypt. India and many other cultures revere the cow as a symbol of nurturing. In fact, up until the 12th-century children were baptized with milk in Ireland.
It's never explicitly stated she made the Spanner so I'll be honest, it's not absolutely confirmed. But the Spanner was certainly confiscated from her when it's in the tower. Thanks for the bonus bonuses.
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