https://ritualdust.com/tags/imbolg/ Recent content in imbolg on Ritual dust Hugo -- gohugo.io en-ca Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/folklore/festivals/imbolg/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 00:00:00 +0000 https://ritualdust.com/folklore/festivals/imbolg/ Imbolg is an ancient Celtic festival and celebration that takes place on Feburary 1st in the northern hemisphere. Imbolg is a fire festival celebrating the promise of the return of spring or the rekindling of the solar hearth. This festival is associated with the goddess Brigid (or Bríg) who is associated with wisdom, poetry, arts and crafts, healing, protection, blacksmithing and domesticated animals. It is said that Bridgid started the custom of keening.