The Children of Dagda

The Dagda had many children. It is not easy to determine all of their counterparts in Greek mythology because the Greek Zeus had over 150 children.  But there are some obvious examples.

Here is my analysis of the counterparts:


Brigid - Greek Athena

Aengus -unknown at this time.

Cermait - Greek Dionysus

Bodb Derg (successor) - unknown at this time.

Midir - unknown at this time.


I would equate the following Irish Gaelic Gods/Goddesses with the Greek Gods/Goddesses as follows:

Dian Cecht - God of Medicine - Greek Apollo ?

Goibniu - God of the Smiths - Greek Hephaestus

Lir - God of the sea - Greek Poseidon

Lugh - Warrior God  - Greek Apollo

Elatha - Father of Dagda - Greek Cronus


As I am able to find more Celtic literature, I will be able to determine the rest of the equivalents.



by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com and www.hiddenhumanstory.com)

Diaries of Dionysus Volume 1

I present my first movie, Diaries of Dionysus Volume 1:





by Rita Jean Moran  (www.thelibrarykids.com)

Diaries of Dionysus

 

I have just completed a new e-book that is more geared towards adults  This book examines the hidden past through looking at global mythologies and the writings of ancient Greek, Egyptian, and Roman scholars.  The last great god is revealed.  Here is an excerpt from the book:

The sacred animals of this god were the lion or any large cat, the serpent, the phoenix, the goat or any goat like animal such as the ibex, the ram, and the bull.

The pinecone topped thyrsus, the djed, and the staff were his weapon of conquest and his signature symbol of rulership.

He had priests and priestesses known as the bacchants, bacchantes, maenids, and satyrs.

He was the god of the orphans since he was orphaned and raised by his grandmother and at the mercy of his angry step-mother Hera.  His mother Semele died apparently after childbirth.

He was a dual natured god.  He preferred peace but would give war and death to those that deserved it.  He was masculine and feminine.  He loved purple robes and ivy wreaths and the drink of wine and beer.  He could be ecstatic and frenzied or focused and controlled.  He was cunning and could play the role of trickster and he could be truthful and sincere.  He was the baphomet.

He took pity on the helpless and downtrodden.  He made mistakes.  In the end he was remembered and forgotten at the same time.

His gifts were those of civilization, agriculture, wine and beer making, love, and ecstasy.  His campaign was to end the savagery of cannibalism and butchery of humans.  The crook was used for shepherding and the flail was used for grains.  The X or hooked X represents the crook and flail.  So does the letter M.  A reversed M is W and it represents Set, his supposed destroyer which represented the end of the planting and harvesting season.  His mysteries are everywhere.  His mysteries include those of the great mother goddess because she taught him everything she knew....

 

 

by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)

 

 

The Greek/Roman Gods and Goddesses

 

Demeter/ Ceres

 

 

Apollo

 

 

 

Hera/Juno

 

 

Ares/Mars

 

 

Artemis/Diana

 

 

 

Hephaestus/Vulcan

 

 

 

Aphrodite/Venus

 

 

 

Poseidon/Neptune

 

 

 

Chronos/Saturn

 

 

 

 

Dionysus/Bacchus

 

 

 

 

Athena/Minerva and Amphritrite

 

 

 

 

Hermes/Mercury and Maia

 

 

Hestia/Vesta

 

 

Hades/Pluto

 

 

 

 

Rhea/Cybele

 

 

 

 

Zeus/Jupiter

 

 

 

 

by Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)

 

 

Sources:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelve_Olympians

 

 

 

 

Greek Mythology

Greece is a Europeon country that is ancient.  Greece has a rich collection of mythology and legends.  Some of the famous ancient Greek poet historians include Homer and Hesiod.  These two men recorded many of the ancient myths of Greece.  Ancient Rome (Italy) adopted the mythology of ancient Greece and just changed the names of the gods and goddesses.

Today, the population of Greece is around 11 million people.  Ancient Greece is considered the cradle of Western Civilization.  It was the birthplace of democracy, major scientific and mathematical principles, the Olympics, and Western literature.

There were many gods and goddesses of Greece including multiple generations of gods/goddesses, but the main pantheon of  ancient gods and goddessess of Greece known as the Olympians were:

Zeus- Father of the Gods
Poseidon - God of the Sea and Earthquakes
Ares- God of War
Apollo - God of Music and Medicine
Hermes - Messenger of the gods
Hephaestus- God of Black Smiths
Hera - Goddess of Marriage and wife of Zeus
Artemis- Goddess of the Hunt and sister of Apollo
Athena - Goddess of War and the Crafts
Aphrodite - Goddess of Love
Demeter - Goddess of the Earth and Crops
Hestia -Goddess of the Hearth replaced by Dionysus the God of Wine

By Rita Jean Moran (www.thelibrarykids.com)


Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greece

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Greece.svg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jupiter_Smyrna_Louvre_Ma13.jpg