This article is about Irish god of mythology. For the Irish New Age band,see Dagda . is the Dagda, with the wheel symbolizing either his great wealth or his power.]] , a famous outline of an ithyphallic giant with a club cut into soil at Dorset, England, may represent the Dagda.]] The Dagda is an important god of Irish mythology. His name means "The Good God" (Old Irish deagh dia; Modern Irish dea-Dia), not necessarily good in a moral sense, but good at everything, or all-powerful. The Dagda is a father-figure (he is also known as Eochaid Ollathair, or Eochaid All-Father) and a protector of the tribe. In some texts his father is Elatha, in others his mother is Ethlinn. Irish tales depict the Dagda as a figure of immense power, armed with a magic club and associated with a cauldron. The club was supposed to be able to kill nine men with one blow; with the handle

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