{"id":6108,"date":"2025-01-31T23:55:20","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=6108"},"modified":"2025-01-31T23:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T23:55:22","slug":"brigid-interpretations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/31\/brigid-interpretations\/","title":{"rendered":"Brigid Interpretations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>A version of this post first appeared on my old blog in 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"464\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-6.24.43\u202fPM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-6.24.43\u202fPM.png 464w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-6.24.43\u202fPM-221x300.png 221w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-2025-01-31-at-6.24.43\u202fPM-300x407.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 464px) 100vw, 464px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Used with permission (see post)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/brigid-of-ireland\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"4462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Brigid of Ireland<\/a>\u00a0is my interpretation of the saint&#8217;s early life. Others have their own interpretations. Below is the book trailer for a children&#8217;s book,\u00a0<em>The Life of Saint Brigid<\/em>. It was written by Jane G Meyer, illustrated by Zachary Lynch. I love the message here for young girls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"The Life of Saint Brigid: Abbess of Kildare\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/R7MejP7pYjQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, I&#8217;m posting, with the artist&#8217;s permission, a drawing of Brigid by\u00a0Ashmodai Bergisches\u00a0from Germany (above.) It&#8217;s interesting that the artist interpreted her as a blonde, as I did in my novel. I had a reader ask me how I discovered what color her hair was. She had always believed it to be red. The truth is, no one knows! Remember we are talking about the late 5th-early 6th century here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is another by an artist I met at the Milwaukee Irish Festival a few years ago,\u00a0Andrea Bowes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<a href='https:\/\/pixels.com\/featured\/st-brigid-of-kildare-andrea-bowes.html'><img class='imageShare' src='https:\/\/render.fineartamerica.com\/images\/rendered\/share\/28190672&#038;domainId=12' alt='Sell Art Online' title='Sell Art Online' style='border: none;'><\/a>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many interpretations, beliefs, and ways to celebrate Brigid&#8217;s life. I find them all fascinating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A version of this post first appeared on my old blog in 2010. Brigid of Ireland\u00a0is my interpretation of the saint&#8217;s early life. Others have their own interpretations. Below is the book trailer for a children&#8217;s book,\u00a0The Life of Saint Brigid. It was written by Jane G Meyer, illustrated by Zachary Lynch. 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