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The Dagda (Old Irish: In Dagda, Irish: An Daghdha) is considered the great god of Irish mythology. [1] He is the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, with the Dagda portrayed as a father-figure, king, and druid. [2] [1] [3] He is associated with fertility, agriculture, manliness and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom.
Brigid - daughter of the Dagda; associated with healing, fertility, craft, platonic love, and poetry; Clíodhna - queen of the Banshees, goddess of fantasized love, beauty, and the sea; The Dagda - supreme god and king of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Danu - mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann; Dian Cecht - god of healing; Étaín - heroine of ...
According to the Táin Bó Fraích ("The Cattle-Raid of Fraech"), Úaithne, the Dagda's harper, had three sons by the Bóand of the síthe, and the three sons became harpers themselves, each being named after Úaithne's musical strain, i.e., Goltraige ("weeping-strain"), Gentraige ("laughing-strain") and Súantraige ("sleeping-strain").
Middle Irish Núada/Núadu means hero or champion, which is "probably a euhemerized name for the deity." [2] The name Nuada may derive from a Celtic stem *noudont-or *noudent-, which J. R. R. Tolkien suggested was related to a Germanic root meaning "acquire, have the use of", earlier "to catch, entrap (as a hunter)".
In Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love, [1] summer and poetic inspiration. The son of The Dagda and Boann, Aengus is also known as Macan Óc ("the young boy" or "young son"), and corresponds to the Welsh mythical figure Mabon and the Celtic god Maponos. [1]
To hide the pregnancy from Elcmar, the Dagda casts a spell on him, making "the sun stand still" so he will not notice the passing of time. Meanwhile, nine months pass and Boann gives birth to Aengus. [10] [11] The Dindsenchas explains the name Aengus as meaning "one desire", because the Dagda had been Boann's one true desire. [12]
In Irish mythology, Cermait (modern spelling: Cearmaid), also anglicized as or Kermit, of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of the Dagda and brother of Aed and Aengus. [1] [2] He was killed by Lugh after he had an affair with Lugh's wife Buach.
In Irish mythology, Bodb Derg (Old Irish, pronounced [ˌboðβ ˈdʲeɾɡ]) or Bodhbh Dearg (Middle Irish and Modern Irish, pronounced [ˌbˠoːw ˈdʲaɾˠəɡ]) was a son of Eochaid Garb [1] or the Dagda, [2] [3] and the Dagda's successor as King of the Tuatha Dé Danann.