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==Celtic Origins==

The Celtic Imbolc, or Brigid, is a time for purification and new beginnings, the Goddess of Holy Swan as the Mary Magadalene grail maiden Brigid, announces the arrival of spring through the Imbolc festival. The Irish Brigid or Bridget served as a goddess as the divine patron of the Brigantes, the powerful northern tribe led by the warrior queen Cartamandua at the time of Roman Conquest. With the arrival of Christianity, Brigid became a Saint celebrated as Jesus's nursemaid and sometimes as his mother under the name of Mary of the Gaels. In Britain, the cult of the swan is likely to have come under the protection of Bride, whose feast day, 1st February, marked the northern departure of the migrating swans.<ref>[Cygnus Mystery by Andrew Collins]</ref>