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Dagda (or Daghda)
Dagda is the Celtic god of the Earth.
Known as the Good God, the Dagda is quite often called the King of the Danann.
He is the son of Dana (Danu) and Bile (Belanus) and the father of Brigid (Brighid) and Aengus mac Og.
The Dagda is also a partner of the Morrigan.
He is the possessor of a vast cauldron from Murias and from it "no company ever went from it unthankful".
He was also in possession of a club or staff, that could either give or take life.
Dagda is associated to the Vernal or Spring Equinox around March 21 or 25.
‘Lord of knowledge' and Aed, meaning "Fire".
He was a sorcerer, ruler over life and death, god of the earth's fertility, as well as being a near superhuman warrior.
The Dagda could change the seasons and control the earth's abundance.
He was originally the supreme leader of the Tuatha de Danaan and, as Ollathair (athair translates to, 'father' - Ollathair meaning 'All-Father'), he ruled the world.
After the Milesians defeated the Tuatha, the old gods went underground and the Dagda divided up the lands and gave these 'fairy mounds' out to the Tuatha de Danaan.
The Irish-Celtic god of the earth and treaties, and ruler over life and death.
Dagda, or The Dagda, ("the good god") is one of the most prominent gods and the great leader.
He is a master of magic, a fearsome warrior and a skilled artisan.
The Dagda has the Morrigan as his wife, with whom he mates on New Years Day
The Dagda is portrayed as possessing both super- human strength and appetite.
His attributes are -
a cauldron with an inexhaustible supply of food,
a magical harp with which he summons the seasons,
and an enormous club, with one end of which he could kill nine men, but with the other restore them to life.
He also possessed two marvellous swine---one always roasting, the other always growing---and ever-laden fruit trees.
The Dagda was the father God of the Celts they called him the Good God because he protected their crops.
He was king of the Tuatha Dé Danann and ruled over Uisnech in Co. Meath.
He had a cauldron called the Undry which supplied unlimited food
He also had a living oak harp called Uaithne which caused the seasons to change in their order.
Dagda played three types of music, the music of sorrow, the music of joy and the music of dreaming.
He wears a brown low-necked tunic to his hips with a hooded mantle / cape that only just covered his shoulders.
Dagda wore boots made from horse-hide.
He pulled his eight pronged war club on a wheel.
It is saaid that one end of the club killed the living and the other end gave new life to the dead.
His main temples are Brú na Boinne (Newgrange) and An Grianan of Aileach.
In some texts his father was Elatha, and his mother was Ethlinn.
Dagda was the High King of the Tuatha De Danann, who lived in Ireland before the coming of the Celts.
His wife was Breg (a main tributary of the Danube) but his lover was Boann – refered to today as the River Boyne. But Dagda also engaged with the Morrigan (the goddess of war) on Samhain in exchange for a battle plan….
His affair with Boann caused a great magic to be used – he made the Sun stand still for nine months and their son Angus was begotton, gestated and born in one day.
The known children of dagda are Angus, Bodh Dearg, Cermait, Midir, Aine and Brigit. He may have been the brother or father of Ogma.
Dagda was said to have ruled for 70 or 80 years over the Tuatha De Danann.
He died at Brú na Boinne (aka Newgrange) succumbing to poisin administered by Ceithlenn (wife of Balor) at the first of the two battles at Magh Tuiredh.
Some say that the Cerne Abbas in Dorset may represent the Dagda.
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