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Message:: [QUOTE="Orfew, post: 3138330, member: 74968"][USER=56859]@TIF[/USER] That is a wonderful coin! This comes from wikipedia Now this refers to the Irish celts but there may be a relationship. "The name Dagda is believed to come from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Celtic_language" rel="nofollow">Proto-Celtic</a>: *Dagodeiwos, "the good god" or "the great god".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a> He is also known by the epithets Eochu or Eochaid Ollathair ("horseman, great father" or "all-father"),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a> Ruad Rofhessa ("mighty one/lord of great knowledge"),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-monaghan113-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-monaghan113-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-8" rel="nofollow">[8]</a> Samildánach ("many-skilled"),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-monaghan113-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-monaghan113-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> Aed ("fire"),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-9" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-9" rel="nofollow">[9]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-10" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-10" rel="nofollow">[10]</a> Fer Benn ("horned man" or "man of the peak"), Cera (possibly "creator"),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-11" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-11" rel="nofollow">[11]</a> Cerrce (possibly "striker"),<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-jones-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-jones-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> Easal,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-12" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-12" rel="nofollow">[12]</a> Eogabaland Crom-Eocha.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-13" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-13" rel="nofollow">[13]</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1ire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1ire" rel="nofollow">Dáire</a> also appears to have been another name for the Dagda.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-14" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-14" rel="nofollow">[14]</a> Furthermore, some scholars have linked him with the harvest god(s) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom_Cruach" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom_Cruach" rel="nofollow">Crom Cruach</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom_Dubh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crom_Dubh" rel="nofollow">Crom Dubh</a>,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-15" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-15" rel="nofollow">[15]</a> as well as with the death and ancestral god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donn" rel="nofollow">Donn</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-16" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-16" rel="nofollow">[16]</a> The Dagda has been likened to the Germanic god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin" rel="nofollow">Odin</a> and the Gaulish god <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucellos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucellos" rel="nofollow">Sucellos</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a>" "The Dagda (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language" rel="nofollow">Irish</a>: An Dagda) is an important god in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_mythology" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_mythology" rel="nofollow">Irish mythology</a>. One of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuatha_D%C3%A9_Danann" rel="nofollow">Tuatha Dé Danann</a>, the Dagda is portrayed as a father-figure, chieftain, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid" rel="nofollow">druid</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-jones-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-jones-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a> He is associated with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fertility_deities" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fertility_deities" rel="nofollow">fertility</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_agricultural_gods" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_agricultural_gods" rel="nofollow">agriculture</a>, masculinity and strength, as well as magic, druidry and wisdom.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-jones-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-jones-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-monaghan113-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-monaghan113-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> He is said to have control over life and death, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_god" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_god" rel="nofollow">the weather</a> and crops, as well as time and the seasons. He is often described as a large man or giant wearing a hooded cloak.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-ucc.ie-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-ucc.ie-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> He owns a magic staff or club (the lorg mór or lorg anfaid) which can kill with one end and bring to life with the other, a cauldron (the coire ansic) which never runs empty, and a magic harp (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uaithne" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uaithne" rel="nofollow">uaithne</a>) which can control men's emotions and change the seasons. He is said to dwell in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newgrange" rel="nofollow">Brú na Bóinne</a> (Newgrange). Other places associated with or named after him include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Uisneach" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_of_Uisneach" rel="nofollow">Uisneach</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grianan_of_Aileach" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grianan_of_Aileach" rel="nofollow">Grianan of Aileach</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assaroe_Falls" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assaroe_Falls" rel="nofollow">Assaroe Falls</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Neagh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lough_Neagh" rel="nofollow">Lough Neagh</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iveagh" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iveagh" rel="nofollow">Iveagh</a>. The Dagda mates with several goddesses, including <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Morr%C3%ADgan" rel="nofollow">the Morrígan</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boann" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boann" rel="nofollow">Boann</a>. His children include <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aengus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aengus" rel="nofollow">Aengus</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigit" rel="nofollow">Brigit</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodb_Derg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodb_Derg" rel="nofollow">Bodb Derg</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cermait" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cermait" rel="nofollow">Cermait</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aed_(god)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aed_(god)" rel="nofollow">Aed</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midir" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midir" rel="nofollow">Midir</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-koch-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-ucc.ie-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dagda#cite_note-ucc.ie-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>"[/QUOTE]

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