dagda

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(Irish mythology). An important god in Irish mythology.

Origin

The Middle Irish name Dagda means "Good God" or "Shining God, from Old Irish Dagdae, from Proto-Celtic *Dago-deiwos, from Proto-Indo-European *dhagho- (“shining”) + *deiwos (“divinity”).

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3303), bringing with them in addition to the celebrated Lia Fail (" stone of destiny ") which they set up at Tara, the cauldron of the Dagda and the sword and spear of Lugaid Lamfada.
Prominent among them were Manannan mac Lir, who is connected with the sea and the Isle of Man, and the Dagda, the father of a numerous progeny.

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