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Dagda and Old
In Irish mythology, Bodb Derg ( Old Irish: ) or Bodhbh Dearg ( Middle Irish and Modern Irish, ) was a son of Eochaid Garb or the Dagda, and the Dagda's successor as King of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
In the Mythological Cycle of early Irish literature, Midir ( Old Irish ) or Midhir ( Modern Irish ) was a son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

Dagda and Irish
Similarities can be found in the battle between Thor and Jormungand from Norse myths, as well as ( perhaps ) an incident in the Irish Metrical Dindsenchas in which the Dagda fights a giant octopus.
The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology.
* Dagda ( band ), an Irish New Age band
In Irish mythology, Mac Cuill of the Tuatha Dé Danann, was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda.
" Delamarre cites E. Campanile, in Langues indo-européennes (" The name of the Irish Saint Brigid is an adjective of the form * brigenti … ' the Eminent '"), edited by Françoise Bader ( Paris, 1994 ), pp. 34 – 40, that Brigid is a continuation of the Indo-European goddess of the dawn like Aurora .</ ref >) is the daughter of the Dagda and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Irish mythology portrays him as the son of the Dagda, a king of the Irish gods, and of Boann, a personification of the River Boyne.
In Irish mythology, Uaithne is the harp which belongs to The Dagda.
In Irish mythology, Mac Cecht of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda.
In Irish mythology, Mac Gréine of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of Cermait, son of the Dagda.
In Irish mythology, Cermait ( modern spelling: Cearmaid ) of the Tuatha Dé Danann was a son of the Dagda.
Moylurg is, in Irish, Magh Luirg an Dagda, the plain of the tracks of the Dagda.
The Dagda was an ancient Irish deity.

Dagda and is
The Dagda is a father-figure ( he is also known as Eochaid ( h ) Ollathair, or " All-father ") and a protector of the tribe.
Other texts say that his mother is Danu ; while others yet place him as the father of Danu, perhaps due to her association with Brigit, daughter of the Dagda.
Despite his great power and prestige, the Dagda is sometimes depicted as oafish and crude, even comical, wearing a short, rough tunic that barely covers his rump, dragging his great penis on the ground.
He was the brother or father of Oghma, who is probably related to the Gaulish god Ogmios ; Ogmios, depicted as an old man with a club, is one of the closest Gaulish parallels to the Dagda.
Another Gaulish god who may be related to the Dagda is Sucellus, the striker, depicted with a hammer and cup.
In this version, Midir is Aengus's foster-father, while Elcmar is the husband of Boann cuckolded by the Dagda.
Her lover is the Dagda, by whom she had her son, Aengus.
Ethal is primarily known because of how Ailill mac Máta and Dagda went to war with him to marry his daughter Cáer to Aengus, son of Dagda.
In this war, Ethal's kingdom is destroyed by the forces of Dagda and Ailill.
She is identified in Lebor Gabála Érenn as a daughter of the Dagda and a poet.
As the daughter of Dagda, she is also the half sister of Cermait, Aengus, Midir and Bodb Derg.
During the battle Ogma and Indech fall in single combat, although there is some confusion in the texts as in Cath Maige Tuired Ogma, Lugh and the Dagda pursue the Fomorians after the battle to recover the harp of Uaitne, the Dagda's harper.
He often appears as a triad with Lugh and the Dagda ( The Dagda is his brother and Lugh is his half-brother ), who are sometimes collectively known as the trí dée dána or three gods of skill, although that designation is elsewhere applied to other groups of characters.

Dagda and important
Elcmar served as chief steward for Dagda, one of the most important and powerful of the Danann.

Dagda and god
* The Dagda, the supreme god in Celtic mythology
According to their earliest legends, the Delbhna took their name from their ancestor Delbáeth, son of either Aengus or Ogma, a god of the Tuatha Dé Danann who succeeded The Dagda, or Eochaid Ollathair, as High King of Ireland and who for various reasons is identified as the same as Tuireann.

Dagda and mythology
The Midgard Scenario is heavily focused on Norse, Slavic and Celtic mythology, with figures such as Baba Yaga and The Dagda and events such as Ragnarok making appearances.

Dagda and .
One of his wives, unnamed, had an affair with Cermait, son of the Dagda.
On Samhain she keeps a tryst with the Dagda before the battle against the Fomorians.
The Morrígan and the Dagda meet and have sex before the battle against the Fomorians ; in this way the Morrígan acts as a sovereignty figure and gives the victory to the Dagda's people, the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Tales depict the Dagda as a figure of immense power, armed with a magic club and associated with a cauldron.
Uaithne, also known as " the Four Angled Music ", was a richly ornamented magic harp made of oak which, when the Dagda played it, put the seasons in their correct order ; other accounts tell of it being used to command the order of battle.
The Dagda was a High King of the Tuatha Dé Danann after his predecessor Nuada was injured in battle.
The Dagda had an affair with Bóand, wife of Elcmar.
In order to hide their affair, Dagda made the sun stand still for nine months ; therefore their son, Óengus, was conceived, gestated and born in one day.
Whilst Aengus was away the Dagda shared out his land among his children, but Aengus returned to discover that nothing had been saved for him.
The Dagda was also the father of Bodb Dearg, Cermait, Midir, Aine, and Brigit.
His parents were the Dagda and Boann.
The Dagda had an affair with Boann, wife of Nechtan.
In order to hide their affair, the Dagda made the sun stand still for nine months ; therefore, Aengus was conceived, gestated and born in one day.
He arrived after the Dagda had shared out his land among his children, and there was nothing left for Aengus, so Aengus asked his father if he could live in the Brú for a day and a night, and the Dagda agreed.
Then his father, the Dagda, did the same.

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