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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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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 Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)

They encamped near the Fomorians, and in a little time Bove Derg, son of the Dagda, joined them with twenty-nine hundred men.

From Old Celtic Romances by Unknown

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)

Dagda, 44, 61, 64, 65, 72, 74-75, 77 f.,

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

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