Which goddess is associated with healing, poetry, and smithcraft? Brigid is. She is a pre-Christian Irish goddess associated with poetry, healing, wisdom, protection, smithing, fertility, and domesticated animals.
Brigid is linked with the Tuatha Dé Danann and is described in Irish tradition as a daughter of the Dagda. The ninth-century Cormac's Glossary calls her the goddess of poets and describes two sisters—one connected with healing and another with smithcraft. This passage has led scholars to interpret the three Brigids as a possible triple deity or as related expressions of one divine figure.
Her name is connected with the Proto-Celtic word for “high” or “exalted,” and she is often compared with the British goddess Brigantia. Brigid’s symbols include sacred wells, fire, cows, bees, and the Brigid’s cross.
Brigid is commonly confused with Brigid of Kildare, the Christian saint whose feast day is 1 February. The goddess and saint share many associations, but the relationship between them—Christianization, cultural transfer, or later conflation—remains debated.