Stained glass, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Macon, Georgia, 1903
The Greek Athena is the Celtic Brigid who may also be called Danu or Donna, all though Danu may also refer to the mother of Dagda which is the Greek Rhea. Here is what was written about Brigid who then became the Catholic St. Brigid when Christianity invaded Ireland:
Dana or Donand, also called Brigit, their mother , was the wife of Bress, King of he Fomorians; but she belonged by birth to the other divine race, her father being Dagda, or the "good god," King of the Tuatha De Danaan; she was regarded as the goddess of literature. Her three sons had in common an only son called Ecne, that is to say, "knowledge or poetry".
(H. D'Arbois De Jubainville and Richard Irvine Best, The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology, page 82).
Brigid was also known by the name Donna.
In medieval Ireland, Brigit has a second name, Dana, or Dona, genitive Danann, Donand. She is the daughter of the supreme head of he gods of Day, Light, and Life, and is herself the mother of three gods belonging to the same divine group, who are called, after their mother, the gods of Dana.
(H. D'Arbois De Jubainville and Richard Irvine Best, The Irish Mythological Cycle and Celtic Mythology, page 83).
by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com and www.hiddenhumanstory.com)
Links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit_of_Kildare
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