The Dagda

Father-god and chief of the Tuatha Dé Danann, lord of magic, plenty and the seasons.

Children

• Aengus
• Bodb Derg
• Brigid
• Midir

Domains

• abundance fertility
• druidry magic

Powers

• Command the weather and the harvest

Epithets

• Eochaid Ollathair old-irish · cultEochaid the All-father / Great-fatherCath Maige Tuired §93 (primary); Lebor Gabála Érenn (primary)
• Ruad Rofhessa old-irish · cultRed One of Great Knowledge / Lord of Great WisdomCath Maige Tuired (primary); MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology, s.v. Dagda (secondary)
• Dagda Mór old-irish · cultThe Great Good God (the name itself, 'the good god')Cath Maige Tuired §83 (etymology of the name) (primary)

Relations

• lover: BoannReciprocal of irish_boann.lover — Boann bore Aengus (Óengus mac ind Óc) to the Dagda; he hid the affair from her husband Elcmar by halting the sun. The Aengus parent-edge is recorded on Aengus.Tochmarc Étaíne; Metrical Dindshenchas, 'Boand' I-II (primary)
• lover: The MorríganThe Dagda unites with the Morrígan astride the river Unius at Samhain; she then pledges aid against the Fomorians. (His union with Boann is recorded on Boann's entry.)Cath Maige Tuired (Second Battle of Mag Tuired), §84 (primary)

Sources

• existence: Cath Maige Tuired; Lebor Gabála Érenn (primary)