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Celtic:
ā€œGood Godā€
Also called:
Eochaid Ollathair (ā€œEochaid the All-Fatherā€), or In Ruad Ro-fhessa (ā€œRed [or Mighty] One of Great Wisdomā€)
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Dagda

Celtic deity
Also known as: Daghda, Eochaid Ollathair, In Ruad Ro-fhessa
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Dagda, in Celtic religion, one of the leaders of a mythological Irish people, the Tuatha DĆ© Danann (ā€œPeople of the Goddess Danuā€). The Dagda was credited with many powers and possessed a caldron that was never empty, fruit trees that were never barren, and two pigsā€”one live and the other perpetually roasting. He also had a huge club that had the power both to kill men and to restore them to life. With his harp, which played by itself, he summoned the seasons. The Dagda mated with the sinister war goddess MorrĆ­gan.