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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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From Finias came a magic spear, and from Murias the Cauldron of the Dagda, a vessel which had the property that it could feed a host of men without ever being emptied.

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

A Leinster lord at whose hostel Conary seeks hospitality, 170; Conary's retinue at, 173; Ingcel and his own sons attack the hostel, 174 Dagda.

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

Dagda, the Irish corn god, had for wife Boann, the goddess of the river Boyne.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

She was the daughter of the supreme head of the People of Dana, the god Dagda, “The Good.”

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

As the Cauldron of the Dagda it came into Ireland with the Danaans from their mysterious fairy-land.

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

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