Yonwabile Imbolc! Elo gama alinakuqheleka kuwe ukuba awuchithi ixesha elininzi kufutshane nabahedeni, kodwa i Umanduleli wamandulo waseIreland kuSuku loMhlaba amanqaku ophakathi (nika okanye uthathe) phakathi kwe-solstice yasebusika kunye ne-equinox yasentwasahlobo. Kweminye, kuphawula ukuqala kwentwasahlobo, okanye ubuncinci usuku xa ukuphinda kuphinda kuqala ukuziva ngathi kunokwenzeka kwaye hayi iphupha elikude. Kodwa ikwayimini engcwele kuThixokazi onamandla kwaye oguqukayo ofanelwe kukuntywila ngenxa kunye nokuntywila: Brigid.
Iincwadi ezipheleleyo zibhaliwe malunga noBrigid (Ndiyathanda le yi-Courtney Webber okanye le ngu UMorgan Daimler ), ke siza kube sithetha amagama abanzi kakhulu apha. Ukuba ndiphose into, nceda wazi ukuba yinto yendawo kunye nexesha, kwaye ndihlala ndonwabile ukufunda okungakumbi. Kwaye kungenxa yokuba kuninzi kakhulu kuBrigid. Unguthixokazi wobuso obuninzi kunye namagama amaninzi. Ngamanye amaxesha ngokoqobo.
Uyabizwa UBrigantia, uBridid, uMtshakazi, uBriginda, uBrigdu, kunye noBrigit, okuthetha ukuba lowo uphakanyisiweyo ukwimo yakhe njengoThixokazi. Uyaziwa ngokuba nguThixokazikazi waseIreland kwaye uboshwe ngokusondeleyo kuloo mhlaba, kodwa imvelaphi yakhe, nangona ingaqondakali, yiCeltic eyenza ibe nzima.
Ummandla wamaCelts wagubungela uninzi lweYurophu kwiinkulungwane ukuya kuthi ga ekuzalweni kukaKristu. Iindawo zokuhlala zamaCelt kunye nempembelelo ziye zafunyanwa eJamani, eGaul (ngoku eyiFrance), eSpain, nangaphezulu. Bangqubana amaxesha amaninzi namaRoma kunye neendawo zokugqibela zenkcubeko, apho iye yasinda khona kakhulu, zaqhutywa zaya emaphethelweni oBukhosi: iBritish Isle. Uthikazikazi UBrigantia Igama lakhe elivela eBritania kusenokwenzeka ukuba wayenguBrigid ngokwakhe okanye uguqulelo lwakhe. AmaRoma amlinganisa nelithixokazi wabo wobulumko kunye nemfazwe, iMinerva, kodwa uBrigid ungaphezulu koko.
Nangona enguthixokazi wokuphefumlelwa, umlilo, imibongo, kunye nentwasahlobo, uBrigid, njengabanye oothixo baseIreland, zazininzi izinto, kwaye mhlawumbi noothixokazi abaninzi kwenye. Uninzi lubhekisa kuye njengothixokazi kathathu, oluchanekileyo, kodwa ndifuna ukucaca ukuba uthixokazi kathathu wobuhedeni bale mihla -uMaiden, uMama, kunye noCron-yimbonakalo yanamhlanje yearchetypes yakudala, kwaye uBrigid ophindwe kathathu wayengenguye intombi-mama-crone trinity.
UBrigid unguthixokazi wokhuthazo, kodwa ukwanguthixokazi womlilo kunye nobugcisa bokwenza imililo, kunye nothixokazi wokuphilisa kunye nemithombo engcwele, kunye nomkhuseli wekhaya kunye neziko. Uyakwazi ukuziqhelanisa kwaye unamandla, ekusenokwenzeka ukuba yena, mhlawumbi ngaphezu kwabo bonke abanye oothixo bobuhedeni, uguqukile kwaye wazingisa kwisithuba seminyaka eliwaka. Njengekrele elihlaziyiweyo ngenjongo entsha, ukukhusela abantu bayo kunye nokusebenzela injongo yayo yokukhuthaza kunye nokukhanya, u-Brigid utshintshile namaxesha.
USt Brigid waseKildare uthixokazi azifihle nokuba ungowakhe… mhlawumbi. Wabelana ngegama nothixokazi, kwaye kukho impikiswano malunga nokuba wayengumntu wokwenene na okanye owenziwe nje ukuze emva kokuba ubuKristu bufikile eIreland, ukukhonzwa kukaBrigid kuqhubeke. Malunga nenkulungwane yesihlanu yeXesha Eliqhelekileyo, le nto ingcwele ivela eIreland enemilingo kunye nemimangaliso ifana nqwa noThixokazi uBrigid. Kwaye ke, usuku lomthendeleko wakhe lusuku lukaBrigid: Imbolc, eyayenziwe ubuKristu njengoCandlemas.
ISt Brigid ngumkhuseli wekhaya, imililo, iinkomo, amaqula, abakhandi besinyithi, nokunye okuninzi. Kwaye abalandeli bakhe bagcina ilangatye lakhe. Nangona singaqinisekanga, abembi bezinto zakudala bathi inkosazana kaBrigid yagcina ilangatye elingunaphakade kwitempile yakhe. ngoku eyiKildare, eIreland . Itempile yaba yi-abbey kwaye oonongendi balapho bathabathela kuyo ukugcina ilangatye likaBrigid eminye iminyaka eliwaka. Ekugqibeleni yatshatyalaliswa ngenxa yobuhedeni, evakala ichanekile.
Njengonongendi kunye no-Saint, u-Brigid naye, emva kwexesha, waba luphawu olufihliweyo kuluntu lwama-gay. UBrigid waseKildare wabelana ngobomi bakhe nomnye unongendi, ibali liyahamba, libizwa ngegama Ngaphezulu, Ngubani owayengumlingane wakhe womphefumlo. Yayiyimeko yeXena kunye neGabrielle kakhulu. Babelala ebhedini enye, bahlala kwaye basebenza kunye, kwaye ngelinye ixesha xa uBrigid wabamba uDarlughdach ejonge kwindoda eyindoda kwaye wenza iDarlughdach ukuba ihambe namalahle ashushu kwizihlangu zayo njengesohlwayo. Ngokucacileyo, asinakunyanzelisa izimvo zanamhlanje zesini kumntu ongcwele osenokuba okanye ebengenguye umntu wokwenyani kodwa… uHarold, ngabantu abathandanayo.
Igama, iDarlughdach, lithetha intombi kaLugh. U-Lugh ngomnye uthixo onezakhono e-Ireland omnyhadala wakhe oyintloko, u-Lughnasadh, ujongene ne-Brigid's kwi-Wheel yonyaka, ngo-Agasti 1. Kucacile ukuba unxibelelwano apha, kunye nokungahambi kakuhle kwalo, njengelangatye elitshintshayo, kuvumela uBrigid Zininzi izinto njengoko kufuneka.
Ukuba u-Brigid uye waba ngumphathi woluntu lwe-LGBT kunye ne-Irish diaspora njengoko bezabalazile, uthetha ngendlela u-Brigid athe wamkelwa ngayo luluntu olwalucinezelekile. Oko kuyacaca ngakumbi kwindima yakhe kwihlabathi elitsha. Abasebenzi baseIreland abasebenza kunye namakhoboka aseAfrika ngenkulungwane yeshumi elinesibhozo neshumi elinesithoba, kunye nabaphambukeli baseIreland bexubana nezinye iinkcubeko zeendawo ezinjengeNew Orleans, oko kwakuthetha ukuba uBrigid wayifumana indlela yakhe kwinkolo yeVoodoo (okanye iVouDou eHaiti). Apho waba igama lakhe Umama uBrigitte .
UMamam Brigitte yi-loa okanye ya, isithixo okanye umoya onxulunyaniswa neHaiti Vodou okanye iNew Orleans Voodoo. UMaman Brigitte wahluke kakhulu kuBrigid. Ungumoya wamangcwaba kunye nokufa, kunye neqabane likaBaron Samedi. Umfazi wokuqala ongcwatyelwe emangcwabeni ubizwa ngokuba nguBrigitte. Ngokuka-Courtney Webber, ungumlinganiswa onzima, ohlala echazwa njengokungcola, ubungqongqo, kodwa ezele luthando. Ikwanguye yedwa uLoa omhlophe, kunye, neenguqulelo ezininzi zikaBrigid, iinwele ezibomvu ezahlukileyo.
UBrigid noMaman Brigitte, kwaye ngokwenene, uBrigid waseKildare abafani. Bayinzala kunye nokuvela, njengemililo emitsha evuthiswe kwilangatye elisembindini. Ukusuka kwezi ntsomi zimbalwa, kucacile ukuba iBrigid iyaguquguquka, iyakwazi ukuziqhelanisa, inamandla, kwaye iyakhuthaza. Kwaye kubahedeni abaninzi, amaKatolika, kunye nabanye abayibhiyozelayo, usenjalo. Ke, khanyisa ikhandlela likaBrigid ngokuhlwanje ukuba uziva unje, kwaye uthathe inkuthazo.
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