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The Dagda
Published: 2007-08-29 05:04:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 25458; Favourites: 479; Downloads: 0
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The Dagda is one of the many High Kings of Ireland. His name means "the good god" in Irish. This does not necessarily refer to his moral goodness, just that he is accomplished in many things. He is one of the Tuatha de Danann, the god-race that came to Ireland from some other world around 9,000 to 6,000 years ago.Though the Dagda is not usually featured in the form of a stag, the first time I encountered him, it was as an anthro red elk stag, so that's how I think of him. Here he is pictured with his cauldron, from which no army could go away unsatisfied. In the corners are his two boars; one is forever growing, and the other is forever roasting, and no amount of consumption will diminish them. On the same note, he also has a pair of fruit trees that bear every fruit in the world all year round. I didn't draw those, however.
If you're interested in learning more about Irish lore, a good book to look into is "Gods and Fighting Men"
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That's cerrnunos, and he's French. Dagda is said to look human, and is Irish.
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gorgeous, I met a stag called Dagda, too, great rendition, he really looked like this!
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It's gorgeous. :3
(So... encountered as in read up or saw a picture, or encountered as in actually got lucky enough to see him?)
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AdmYrrek, I've complimented you many times on Howrse for your black pearl line arts, but this blows my mind. Your knots are so neat and clean.
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This is amazing. I... I am left fairly speechless. Which is rare.
All I can say is that this was so well done, and it is so powerful. Thank you so much for sharing this.
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I love the expression, and his hands. Very nice!
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Well drawn, it's difficult to draw deer anthros and this is well done. I know it's Dagda, but for some reason I was also thinking of the other god who had deer antlers (I know his name but can't spell it), Curennos I think?
Anyways, I did hear about the cauldron, though I was wondering about another cauldron which brought dead warriors to life. Was that in Celtic lore or was it something made up by Alexander Llyod for his book series? I know the Taran books are based off of Welsh mythology so I wanted to clarify if Celtic mythology had something like that in there as well.
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Someone else asked if it was Curunnos as well, but that was not the intent. It is very likely however that the artist of the first image I saw of the Dagda (an anthro elk) was either mistaken about which god they were depicting, or were heavily influenced by the other god.
The only cauldron I've heard of that brings dead warriors to life was the Black Cauldron of Disney's movie of the same name. I'm sure that Disney's telling of it, like every story they movie-ize, is a shoddy rip-off of an older story, but I don't know what that older story might be.
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I guess I still need to look up on that one.
As for The Black Cauldron, that's actually from an Alexander Llyod book of the same name, though I do not know if it based off of an older story or not. All I do know is that much of the series of books that are in that they are based off of Welsh mythology.
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once I have this dream about some kind of god with a deer head... well, anyhow... great work!! I love it...
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I remember reading about other treasures. The one that comes to mind is the stone that would roar when a King of Ireland stepped on it. I think there was a spear, too.
I need to read that book on Irish folklore again.
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yeah. I've forgotten the name of the stone, but I got to see it a couple winters ago when I went to Ireland. It's on the Hill of Tara, but beyond that I've forgotten the name. The spear was the Spear of Lugh of the Longarm, but I've forgotten that one's name as well. And there is a fourth treasure, but I don't even remember what that is, let alone its name.
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Found it!
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About the only thing that sounds useful is the cauldron. The world could use something like it.
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The spear of Lugh has always interested me as it parallels a number of other legendary spears in other mythologies. Norse mythology has an almost exact replica, though I've forgotten it's name, and Christian mythology has its analogy in the form of the Spear of Longinus.
One of my early D&D dungeon masters had a wonderful year-long campaign centered around the common spear myths. It totally turned into a prosylatizing campaign, and was a lot of fun.
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Gae Bolg? I've heard a lot of the spear names thanks to the various Final Fantasy games. I've always liked how they put folklore into those games.
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What a gorgeous piece! I love your interpretation. The stag is beautifully proportioned, and the tribal designs are neat! I'll defintely have to look into that book.
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There is an Irish techno/industrial group called Dagda, they have phenominal music!
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Wordless *_*
I love celtic mitology... and this is a very beautiful work!
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With me being a lover of mythology, let alone Celtic mythology, I'm biased to how much of a masterpiece this is. Unbelieveable work, AdmYrrek. Automatic
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Well done! Too bad you didn't add in the trees, I would have liked to see your interpritation of what they might have looked like. Keep up the good work!
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very nice. is it the correspondent of the god Cernunnos too or not?
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Not so far as I know. Cernunnos is actually not a name I recognize, though, upon looking the name up I recognized the depictions. I just drew Dagda as a anthro red elk stag because when I first encountered him in art that's how he looked. It is very possible that that original artist who shaped my impression of Dagda was mistaken. In none of the lore I've read does Dagda have horns or have an animal form.
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Congratulations on the Daily Deviation. I really like how you put little hoofs on the ends of his fingers, that's very usual. Lovey texturing and the border is very nice.
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Oh wow, gorgeous!
Though I think that his head's a bit too big
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it funny how may religions seem to depict the same spirit entities.
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a beautifully rendered piece and a well-deserved DD!
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great work I just want to run my fingers across the fur..
Thanks for the folk lore .. I enjoyed it .. will look into it ..
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He`s beautifull... i forgot about Dagda long time ago and... this is the most beautiful way to remember him... i love the celtic lines,but... i can`t just say what i like most in this pic. everything just fit to each other and make me think "i love"... no matter who or what... just love...
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Remarkable details abound in this awesome piece! Great write up on this supplies some good flavor and delivery, too! Most excellent art for certain and congratulations on the DD!
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beautiful
i love how even the two boars are there in the corners
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