Airmid

Culture: Irish (Celtic)   Domain: Herbal healing, medicine

Airmid is a healer goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann who, after her brother Miach was killed by their father Dian Cecht in a fit of professional jealousy, wept over his grave, from which every healing herb in existence sprang; she carefully arranged them by their properties on her cloak, until Dian Cecht scattered them again, so that no one since has known every plant's true use.

Associations

Herbal medicine, healing knowledge, grief transformed into useful gift, careful study.

Ways people honor her (modern)

• Study herbalism seriously, ideally alongside real medical training
• Grow or tend healing herbs with attention
• Reflect on knowledge lost or scattered, and the value of what remains
• Read the tale of Miach's death and the herbs of her cloak in the Cath Maige Tuired

Approach any deity with respect and do your own research. Practices vary widely between traditions, and modern devotional practice often goes beyond what survives in ancient sources.