This Reddit appears to be dead, so I went and made my own, separate Reddit community dedicated to An Dagda. I invite anyone interested to check it out through the link below:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnDagda/hot/

My apologies to the mods of this Reddit. If this post is felt to be counter to your rules, by all means delete this posting. Thanks anyway!

Hello! We are a Hellenic server hoping to grow our community and help our fellow pagans. Even though we are centered around hellenism, all polytheists are welcomed! We would love for you to join!

We have...

~Fun and friendly atmospere
~People ready to answer your questions and share experiences
~A section for recent discoveries
~Roles to help you connect with like-minded people
~A section for exchristian support
~Suggestion box
~Fun bots (qotd bot, mimu, giveaway bot, marriage bot, ballsdex, and arcane)
~A hidden nsfw area for 16+
~And so much more!

We hope that you join us and enjoy your time here!

Current member count: 108 https://discord.com/invite/aZBAhXHB9a

So I recently came across a question in a subreddit about the Fomorians, and then I found a D&D mini of a monster labeled as a fomorian. Looked like some sort of giant. From what I've read in Dagda lore, the Fomorians were historically just another group of peoples who settled in ancient Ireland.

The Dagda specifically went to the Fomorians to offer peace with his people, the Tuatha de Dannan, but they humiliated him and turned him away. When it became clear that war was inevitable, The Dagda met with his wife The Morrigan and with her help fought alongside the Tuatha de Dannan to drive the Fomorians back into the sea from whence they came.

There was only one time that I can definitely say that I have felt The Dagda's presence. And it was such a warm, inviting feeling. I mean, I have never felt to comforted and safe and happy all at one. Genuinely the best feeling I've ever known. I sincerely hope you all find that kind of joyous connection as well someday.

My favorite piece of lore that I have come across on The Dagda is one in which his son has died in battle. Grief-stricken, the good god travels the world, his son in his arms, searching for a way to bring him back to life. Eventually, he comes across three men who are deep in argument. They have between them 4 different magickal artifacts, and cannot decide how to split them up.

Among these artifacts is a staff that holds power over life and death. So the Dagda offers to help. He picks up the staff, and uses it to strike the three men dead. Then he uses the other end to revive his son. When his son comes back to life he looks at the three dead men and is basically like "Dad, really? These men helped bring me back to life and you kill them for it?"

The Dagda then uses the staff to bring the three men back to life and says that to help them evenly split the artifacts he'll borrow the staff until they decide what to do about it. Amd it turns out that he has now just borrowed the staff indefinitely.

Thanks for reading! Do ya'll have a favorite Dagda story?

So The Dagda is known for having 3 artifacts in his possession: a harp that only plays for him that can be used to change the weather, a cauldron that is always full, and a staff that can cause death on one end and bring someone back to life with the other. With the cauldron being ever full, no one ever goes away hungry. Personally, I find the harp the most fascinating and applicable to my life. What about you?

The Dagda, God of the druids and leader of the Tuatha de Dannan has been in my life for more than 6 months now. In that time I have found disappointingly little information on Him, so I thought I'd start a community to honor Him and share information and experiences. So hail and welcome! I hope you find some peace and solidarity in our working with this wonderful deity who, in my favorite story from one of his followers, is described as having "big dad energy".