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DAGDA
GENDER: Masculine
PRONOUNCED: DAHG-dah   [key]
Meaning & History
Means "good god" in Celtic. In Irish myth Dagda (called also The Dagda) was the powerful god of the earth, knowledge, magic, abundance and treaties, a leader of the Tuatha De Danann. He was skilled in combat and healing and possessed a huge club, the handle of which could revive the dead.
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