DAGDA The Irish god of life and death, Dagda had a staff with one end of which he could kill nine men, but with the other restore them to life. He was chief of the Tuatha de Danann, and the lord of knowledge and great magic. Among his sacred possessions were an inexhaustible cauldron, two marvellous swine---one always roasting, the other always growing---and ever-laden fruit trees. His daughter was Brigit, goddess of fire, fertility, cattle and poetry.