Editing The Dagda (section)

==Family==
The Dagda is said to be husband of [[the Morrígan]], who is called his "envious wife".<ref name="ohogain1991-daghdha"/><ref>[https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T106500D/text049.html ''The Metrical Dindsenchas''] "Odras" Poem 49</ref> His children include [[Aengus]], [[Cermait]], and [[Aed (god)|Aed]] (often called the three sons of the Dagda), [[Brigit]] and [[Bodb Derg]].<ref name=koch/> He is said to have two brothers, [[Nuada Airgetlám|Nuada]] and [[Ogma]], but this may be an instance of the tendency to [[Triple deity|triplicate deities]].<ref name="ohogain1991-daghdha"/> Elsewhere the Dagda is linked exclusively with Ogma, and the two are called "the two brothers."<ref name=Moytura /> In the Dindsenchas, the Dagda is given a daughter named Ainge, for whom he makes a twig basket or tub that always leaks when the tide is in and never leaks when it is going out.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.ucd.ie/tlh/trans/ws.rc.15.001.t.text.html| title = ''Dindsenchas'' "Fid n-Gaible"}}</ref> The Dagda's father is named Elatha son of Delbeath.<ref name="dolmens">{{cite book |last1=Borlase |first1=William Copeland |title=The Dolmens of Ireland |date=1897 |publisher=Chapman and Hall |location=Indiana University |page=349 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wvJMAAAAMAAJ&q=scal+balb&pg=PA802 |access-date=6 August 2019}}</ref> Englec, the daughter of Elcmar, is named as a consort of the Dagda and the mother of his "swift son".<ref name="banshenchas">{{cite web |title=Banshenchus: The Lore of Women |url=http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/banshenchus.html |website=Celtic Literature Collective |publisher=Mary Jones |access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref> Echtgi the loathesome is another daughter of the Dagda's named in the [[Banshenchas]].<ref name=banshenchas />