[Sca-cooks] A Thyme and Place by Cohen and Graves

[Ana Valdés]

Many ppl I know mixes up the two of them :)
People are not very versed in hagiographie in these days :)
My cat, a beautiful Siames, is called Tekla, for the Syrian saint who was a
pupil to Paulus when he converted :)
Ana

Den 18 sep 2016 21:24 skrev "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>:

> No confusion.
>
> St. Brigid of Kildare, who may or may not have existed and is believed to
> be a Christianization of the goddess Brigid, is purported to have died in
> 524 and was canonized some time in the 6th Century.  Her feast day is Feb.
> 1 in Ireland, Feb. 2 elsewhere (probably an issue between the Celtic Church
> and the Roman Church when they united).  She shows up in writing around 625
> and there are things in her haigiography that suggest that there is a
> definite link with the goddess.
>
> St. Brigitta of Vadstena (1303-1373, canonized 1391) founder of the
> Brigittine Order is most definitely a real person and her only relation to
> the goddess Brigid is her name.   She to has several feast days, depending
> on religious affiliation, but in Sweden it is celebrated on Oct. 7, and all
> of the others are in the Fall.
>
> Bear
>
>
> Holy Bridget or Heliga Birgitta is often mixed up with Brigid. But Birgitta
> of Sweden canonized much later was an historical person and a noble woman a
> widower and the mother of many children.
> She is really beloved in Sweden.
> Ana
>
> Den 18 sep 2016 18:44 skrev "Terry Decker" <t.d.decker at att.net>:
>
> Brigid is the pre-Christian Irish variant of a very ancient Indo-European
>> diety.  She is associated with spring and is celebrated at Imbolc, the
>> major spring festival held halfway between the winter solistice and the
>> spring equinox, roughly Feb. 1, although the date shifts because of the
>> lunar calendar.  As St. Brigid, she was co-opted by the Catholic church
>> and
>> was related to Candlemas because of the Feb. 2 date.
>>
>> Bear
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Susan Lord
>> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 3:56 PM
>> To: sca-cooks at lists.ansteorra.org
>> Subject: [Sca-cooks] A Thyme and Place by Cohen and Graves
>>
>> I was very excited about this new publication. Amazon sent it to me in
>> record time. I still have my mouth wide open as there is no bibliography
>> or
>> footnotes. With time I think I can trace recipes but I am unhappy that the
>> original texts are not cited.
>> I do find it an interesting and informative to name a feast day and give a
>> common recipe used to celebrate it.
>> I was surprised to find St. Brigid associated with Candlemas, not that I
>> know anything about St. Brigid.
>> Now I have a query - why did you, who have names like Brigid, choose them?
>>
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