The Dagda is considered the great god of Irish mythology. He is the chief god of the Tuatha Dé Danann, with the Dagda portrayed as a father-figure, king, and druid. He is associated with fertility, ag
The rising Sun illuminates the inner chamber of Newgrange only at the winter solstice.
In Irish mythology, Aengus or Óengus is one of the Tuatha Dé Danann and probably originally a god associated with youth, love, summer and poetic inspiration. The son of The Dagda and Boann, Aengus is
Aengus, illustration by Beatrice Elvery in Violet Russell's Heroes of the Dawn (1914)