Dagda

American  

[dahg-duh] / ˈdɑg də /

Or Daghda

noun

Irish Mythology.

1. a god, the chief of the Tuatha De Danann, the father of Angus Og and Brigit, and the leader of the battle against the Fomorians.

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Example Sentences

Dagda possessed such a cauldron and it was inexhaustible, and a vat of inexhaustible mead is described in the story of Cúchulain's Sickness.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by MacCulloch, J. A.

Lugh, the Dagda, and the warrior Ogma followed them, and came unknown into the banqueting-hall of the Fomorian camp.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

Angus or Angus Oge, the son of the Dagda, who lived at Brugh or Bruga, on the north shore of the Boyne, a little below the village of Slane.

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

The sod where the Dagda found the mound wherein rested Hugh.”

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

Cormac in his Glossary tells us she was a daughter of the Dagda and a goddess whom all poets adored, and whose sisters were Brigit the physician and Brigit the smith.

From The Position of Woman in Primitive Society A Study of the Matriarchy by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)