- good god" or "the
great god". His
other names include Eochu or
Eochaid Ollathair ("horseman,
great father"), and Ruad
Rofhessa ("mighty one/lord of great...
- BC; FFE 1470–1447 BC Lugh AFM 1870–1830 BC; FFE 1447–1407 BC
Eochaid Ollathair AFM 1830–1750 BC; FFE 1407–1337 BC Delbáeth AFM 1750–1740 BC; FFE 1337–1327...
- Preceded by
Nuada High King of
Ireland AFM 1870–1830 BC FFÉ 1447–1407 BC Succeeded by
Eochaid Ollathair...
-
mother was
Ethniu of the Fomorians. He
succeeded his
grandfather Eochaid Ollathair (“the Dagda”) as High King of Ireland. Delbáeth
ruled the
united Tuatha...
-
mythological king of the Fir Bolg in the 16th or 20th
century BC
Eochaid Ollathair, also
known as The Dagda,
mythical king of the
Tuatha Dé Danann, said...
- to the Dagda, a god of the
ancient Irish who was also
known as
Echaid Ollathair (meaning "horseman,
father of all"). Ébliu,
Midir and Óengus were also...
-
Irish Ollathair). An
epithet meaning 'all-father', used as a
byname of Óðinn in Old Norse. It can be
compared with the
Middle Irish Eochu Ollathair, commonly...
- that the
horse was a
symbol of the
solar god, or at
least of
Eochaid Ollathair in his role as
master of the heavens. The
oldest attestation of the solar...
- 1470–1447 BC 1890–1870 BC Lugh 1447–1407 BC 1870–1830 BC
Eochaid Ollathair (The Dagda) 1407–1337 BC 1830–1750 BC Delbáeth 1337–1327 BC 1750–1740...
- *ogmos (perhaps 'path, orbit'). A
mythological name *Olo-(p)atīr – MIr.
Ollathair –
Identical to PGmc *Ala-fader (cf. Old
Norse Alföðr). An
epithet meaning...
