God & Goddess Tag Swap The Dagda @AmethystRaven342

[00:00:00]Hi guys, it's Belle here and it is time for the next tag swap between me and the very lovely Tiff over at Amethyst Raven.

[00:00:09]Please do check out her channel link down below in the description box. Last year, Tiff and I did a tag swap where each of the tags was themed around one of the pagan festivals of the wheel of the year. We decided this year to do a tag swap on gods and goddesses. The difference is we are each picking gods and goddesses and not letting the other one know who we've picked. We tend to gravitate towards different uh pantheons anyway. So there shouldn't be too much overlap and that just makes this even more interesting both for us as people receiving the other person's tag and hopefully for you guys. Now let's get started because this could be a long one.

[00:00:58]pull up a seat, guys, and get comfortable. I have a piece of scrapbook card here. I think I'm just going to be mainly making in this one.

[00:01:12]Um, there'll be a lot of chatting as usual.

[00:01:18]And don't forget, at the end of this video is where I open my tag. So, please do stay until then and don't forget to head over to Tiff's channel to actually see why she chose whoever she chose for me and how she made her tag as well. We are doing the same size tags each time. So, they are 3 and 1/2 in by 6 in. and we are using what we have in our stash. I think that's everything. These do tend to be long videos and I tend to work with the Irish deities and today's is going to be no different.

[00:02:11]So far, fedor in era. A mist rolled towards the land, across the sea, and turned the aisle itself dark.

[00:02:25]Within that mist, a fleet of ships did carry new gods to the land. They came from four magical cities, and with the gods came four magical artifacts, the stone of foul that screamed.

[00:02:42]when the rightful true king touched it and it screamed the his sovereignty across the land for all to hear.

[00:02:56]There was no sword which once unshaved could not be resisted and any blow from it was lethal. There was the spear of Lou, which never missed its mark and would always return to the wielder's hand. And finally, there was the cauldron of the daga.

[00:03:26]And that, my friends, is who this tag is all about. This image I'm using here is by a Welsh artist. I think her name is Gwen something. Um, and this is, as I have said before, if you're new here, this is I will tell you a little bit about the god themselves.

[00:03:53]I will tell you a little bit about their myths, their stories, whatever. And I will also share my interpretations.

[00:04:01]And this image may be of the green man, which if you've been around my channel any length of time, you'll know I collect green men. So, it may be of the green man. However, it also represents the dagger in some elements to me. Particularly this one, particularly in his final representation, story, whatever you want to call it. particularly in that that's too big and I don't know why. Um, so I will leave the name of the artist down below which I can't remember right now, but this is my I want to say in interpretation. I'm also going to turn this round because we're going to do something in here. So, who is the Dagda? He is one of the most important gods of the Tu Dan. He is mainly spoken about. So I don't think I've said this to you guys before, but ancient Irish kind of mythology stories is split into four cycles. And he is particularly dominant within the early cycle, which is I have to be careful.

[00:05:19]There's an address written on the back of this. I don't know why. It was actually from uh a notebook. So, I'm going to glue this down, but I'm not going to show Oh, I can't glue it all down, actually. Um, let's do another bit first. He's from the early cycle, which is referred to as the mythological cycle, cuz like I said, we've got four kind of cycles. However, to me, that doesn't mean that he doesn't show up in the others. just maybe he's not as prominent or maybe he goes by a different name.

[00:05:58]These are all images I had. So, I'm going to work with these and we're going to turn these into flips. Um, so he's one of the most important ones. The other gods themselves referred to the Dagda as the their god, their god of druidry.

[00:06:17]He is often referred to or his name is loosely translated as the good god. And this is not necessarily because of his personality, although I find him quite charming and good in that way, but it actually refers to just how darn skilled the dude is. Like, so before the second battle of Motora, Mura, cuz there were two. There was one when the T darn first landed and and fought the Fibbol and then there is another one where they are fighting the Femoran. And actually there is a lot to do with the Dagda and that specific battle. But all the druids and gods and magic wielders and everyone were saying what they would bring to the battle.

[00:07:18]Um and they were saying oh well I will bring this skill and I will bring this skill and I will be able to do this this and this. This will be my role in the battle. And the dagger turned around and said yeah I'll do that but I'll do all of it.

[00:07:36]I will be able to do everything. We already know he was their god of druidry. So, we know he was a master of magic, but he was like, "Yeah, I can do all that, and all of you guys can keep fighting, but you can rely on me to do all of that and more." Which basically meant that um I'm going to need a magnet there possibly. Let's get the magnets out.

[00:08:04]Which basically meant he was good at everything. And he wasn't being like cocky when he said this. He was just stating fact. Oh, I'll be able to do all that and more. And he did. So, he is named the good god. That's one of his titles. However, he has many titles, and I'm not going to try and pronounce them all in Irish because my Irish is not good enough for that. I'm also not going to even be able to say them all. part of one of the myths which I'll talk about later on. He actually does say all his own names and there are a lot but some of the other names he is known by is um the not all father but the great father, the ample father and that definitely comes into play. the red man of knowledge, the fiery one, um striker.

[00:09:05]There's yeah, there's a lot of titles that he is given.

[00:09:11]He himself governs aspects of everyday life um including social order.

[00:09:22]He he said he himself said in one of the many whatever stories that are taken down. He himself said that he govern he um has dominion over sun and moon and land and sea. Interestingly not air but he governs everyday life. Let me get this working. He is fierce yet approachable.

[00:09:53]He is wise and he is full of joy. But you probably don't want to meet him on the battlefield. He is a warrior, a great warrior. He is a protector. He is an advisor. the kings especially um who is said to be his brother Noada Nada who was one of the first kings when the two a day landed he was given the kingship the seat of kingship he would often call on the dagda for um advice knowledge wisdom all that kind of thing because that's what the dagda has and spades.

[00:10:39]Um he is a beautiful and perfect example of the um father archetype in mythology.

[00:10:53]As I said, he is a master of druidic magic, but he is also the gods of seasons, agriculture, fertility, and because of links to seasons and one of his other weapons, treasures, he is also linked to life and death.

[00:11:19]So you can see right there, he really is good at everything. I mean, you want him by your side in a battle or you wanting him there to advise you and yet you also want him there when you just want a good time. Um, and he is really linked to the land and the care of the land.

[00:11:48]He's linked to music, which you'll find out why in a minute. He's basically good at everything. Now, another god that is said to be good at everything, and there is even a myth and a story about is Lou, but the Dagda kind of did it first, you know. Um, so he really is the god of everything.

[00:12:11]In appearance, he was I put that under there.

[00:12:18]He was said to be a man of large stature, often said to be a giant, large in height, a large stomach, large appetites.

[00:12:40]Um, and he is often said to have a long red beard or red hair.

[00:12:48]Yet, even with everything that he is good at and all that he does, it's also often said that he just wears normal humble clothes, he's not all doled up to the nines. He could often be mistaken for a farmer which links to his associations with the land and the seasons and agriculture.

[00:13:12]He does often have a cloak with him, but you know, most people would. Ireland's a bit cold. I don't care if you're a supposed gardened druidic master, you're going to get chilly. Um, and over time as other cultures or belief systems. I'm now going to glue this, but as I said, I have to do it off camera because I've got an address on the back. I don't even know whose address. Um, he people began to describe him other people writing the stories as almost comedic looking, like his clothes not fitting, him being a bit bumbling, even though they still called him wise and witty, it was just a way to kind of make fun of his character. But in the early stories and myths, that is not how he appears. He's just a normal person. He's just having a good time hanging with everyday people and doing everyday things.

[00:14:16]Now, for me personally, there are two things that I associate with him. Firstly, like, well, three.

[00:14:23]Firstly, I always think of him in terms of the green man. Now he is not the green man. The green man has his own mythology. I know that. However, for me, he has those as aspects because of his link to the land, because of his link to animals and agriculture and plants. And this image in particular is a favorite of mine of the green man because it looks less like your usual kind of green man and more almost like a fay almost like one of the good people.

[00:15:06]So that's what it looks like to me. We have the beard. We have this almost Celtic symbol. We have it looks seasonal because we have um autuminal leaves going into green. We have birds. We have acorns and oaks which you'll hear about linked with him. We have the blackberries of late summer, early autumn and sunflowers. And we have this tree. So, this image really does speak to me of the dagda. So, I've picked that. But one of the other things that I'm reminded of or two of the others in more popular culture, one of them is Bumba Bomba the dwarf in Lord of the Rings. The dude with the long red beard who's constantly eating and has a large stomach. He really gives me Daga vibes.

[00:15:55]And also, if you've watched Muppets Christmas Carol, The Second Spirit, The Ghost of the Present, um you know, come in and know me better man. That to me also screams the dagger. So, we have this. We have places to write. I'm going to probably things. We've got the land and it almost looks like farmland the way it's divided up. And we have this piece which is all very Celtic. And I'm going to put something on the back. So don't worry about that. So that's who he kind of reminds me of. If you know those people to me that kind of perfectly. If you could take Bumba and the know me better man. I mean even the know me better.

[00:16:41]Know me better.

[00:16:44]The spirit of Christmas present.

[00:16:49]It really does remind me of that. So the Dagda had three treasures. And the reason I started with the treasures and the story of the tour dean and the treasures they brought is because the dagger himself has one of those treasures. He has the cauldron of plenty. Um and this was brought was it from the city of Moras or somewhere. Now this cauldron basically is one of the biggest symbols for the Dagda and is super important. Celtic ancient Kelts across the world often cauldrons were an important symbol which when you think about it they're going to be because you need food. So obviously cdens come into play in all of that.

[00:17:50]But with the daggers in particular, it never ever empty. Do you remember the um what is it? The magic porridge pot. The child the um childhood story of the porridge pot that was constantly full.

[00:18:06]That is the dagdas.

[00:18:09]Yeah, I like that. That is the Dagdas cauldron and it is a symbol. It's the heart of generosity.

[00:18:18]No one ever leaves full. Anyone could come and sit at his cauldron and partake of a meal of food of nourishment from this cauldron. I'm wondering about putting a magnet under there, but I might have to put it under both of them. Um, no one leaves hungry.

[00:18:39]It's always full. They're always full.

[00:18:42]And it actually links into something that becomes very important in ancient Celtic, ancient Irish um Sorry, I'm wondering if that'll work there. The ancient Irish way of living.

[00:18:59]There was something that the ancient Irish had for a long, long time called the Brennan laws. These were the legal laws of the country. And one of those laws is the rule, the ancient rule of hospitality.

[00:19:19]And that rule basically was that anyone can come to your door. And it doesn't matter who they are. They could be your enemy. They could be someone you don't know. It doesn't matter who they are.

[00:19:30]You are to treat them as kin. You are to open your home and you are to give them protection and shelter for at least one night. And you are to make sure that their bellies are full. And that really links to the dagda for me because that basically is his whole philosophy.

[00:19:54]It is the idea of always being full, always having a place at his half. He is often the one, as you'll see later in this, that the other two a day send in when they're dealing with an enemy.

[00:20:09]And so this law of hospitality that really did become a law, that really was part of the culture that you could actually get into serious trouble if you did not abide by. Um, we see that in the Dagda and his cauldron.

[00:20:26]Anyone could have a seat at his fire.

[00:20:30]and partake of whatever was in the cauldron that never went empty.

[00:20:38]Um, so not only does it represent hospitality, it represents his links to the community and unity in community. Because it's all very well sitting around a fire eating from your own cauldron, but it's even better if you're sitting around with other people enjoying a little bit of socialization and sitting around eating, talking by a fire. I mean, it's still a thing so many of us do now because it builds community. It builds social bonds especially for our ancestors and especially at certain times of years. And so the dagda becomes really linked with I like that there with that as well with community.

[00:21:34]And ancient Irish leaders were often judged on just how well they provided for their people, not only in their own home, but in general as well. It was actually something that if you were to be a leader, you had to do to be respected.

[00:21:53]Um, and as I've talked about before, feasting and sitting around fires is a huge part of most of, well, all of the ancient Irish festivals.

[00:22:06]The next treasure he had was the club of life and death, which sounds a little bit scary, I know, but isn't necessarily as scary as it seems. Well, maybe. So, it was said that this could be so heavy that sometimes it would have to be carried on wheels.

[00:22:29]And one end of this club brings death, which you know, understandable, especially if you're a warrior. But the other side of this club actually brings life and that is a great symbol of the dagger's command of life and death and of his command of the seasons themselves.

[00:22:57]It also represents his warrior status, just how good he was as a warrior because that club was fierce.

[00:23:06]Um, but it represents his kindness, his role as protector of his people. And not just the two a day when I say his people, just people in general. He was he'd rather be a feasting and having a good time. But if called for, he was going to come and uh yeah, cause some damage if needed. Um, and with this there is a story or there is something that says he actually bound himself to his own club and he bound himself my glue has fallen by saying that he would only use his this club uh for just and correct causes which basically is talking about responsibility when you are in power and how you have to use power responsibly and with thought. It's not something you should just use with force. Sorry, I was looking for my little crossstitch piece which I think considering when this was spoken about or written or whatever you want to say. I think that is quite an amazing thing to hear from the ancients, you know, that you really do need to use things responsibly. Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should if it's not for the good. And in Ireland, there's a lot of these oaths taken and I think it's called the ghee where you often have a something put on you that you have to abide by otherwise.

[00:24:54]And so we see this in the Dagda that he has this belief in justice as well. And then his final um his final treasure which is what we're doing now. I stitched this harp. I think it's a Maria Diaz from a crossstitch magazine from years ago. Um and it's on perforated paper because his final treasure is indeed a harp.

[00:25:23]He plays this harp for many reasons, but it has two magical abilities. The first magical ability is it actually calls in the seasons. It can make winter a little less chill. It can make um summer a little more sunny. I think we need this harp now.

[00:25:47]And it can call the seasons. It makes them into being. It makes sure that the the order of life is kept maintained.

[00:25:57]Um, but the other thing is that it could actually affect emotions. And I'm going to talk about that a little later when we come to some mythology, but it can affect emotions, which means that he can help a situation without violence. Also for the Irish, music is how we often preserved our memory because it was an oral tradition. There was a lot of singing. There's a lot of music that still is to this day. So for me, because of his links to the harp and music, I see him as one of the protectors of Irish memory. But if you look at all three of these treasures, the cauldron, the harp, and the club, it shows that to be a well-rounded leader, you don't just need strength, you need wisdom, you need gentleness, you need generosity, you need kindness, and you need creativity, which I just think says a lot. And I think there's a lot of leaders in our world today that really could take a huge lesson from the Dagda and how he approached life. Now, aside from these treasures, he also had two pigs.

[00:27:21]And this again shows his generosity. One of the pigs, these were magical pigs.

[00:27:27]One of the pigs um was always alive, always healthy, always growing, always there. And the other pig was perpetually roasting, always ready for whoever was to come to the Dagda's table um to be able to have a belly full of good food.

[00:27:45]And again, it just shows his link to the land, his link to community, and his link to hospitality and generosity. Now, let's get on to who he might have had a diance with, shall we? Now, the doctor was a hearty man in all appetites, shall we say? And he definitely seems to have been a little bit of a favorite with people, and I think that's probably his good nature, you know.

[00:28:14]Um but he had two particular people consorts that are spoken about in the myths and one of those is Bowen Ban. Now Ban was the wife of sources differ. It's either um Elkma or Nectton. Either way, they were the keeper of the sacred. Well, just looking at what I want inside. I'm going to use some of this paper. Tiff does this all the time where she takes packing paper and sprays inks on it. And I had done this one. So, we're just going to take some of this for the inside.

[00:29:03]Either way, Bowen was the wife of one of those. and she was by all intents and purposes seen as beautiful and um she caught the dag's eye. Now, this is one of those stories where you look at it and go, I'm not sure I like this story. Um certainly a little bit reminiscent of some of the Greek gods, shall we say, but I feel differently about it. And I will explain why when I tell you the story. So the daggerda fell for Bowen and when her husband was off on some mission or whatever he was doing, whatever he was off doing, uh the dagger decided to stop the son because he decided he wanted to have a little bit of a trrist with Bowen and that he did and she ended up falling pregnant.

[00:30:07]Now to protect Bowen and their child, the doctor stop continued to stop the sun for the whole time of the pregnancy for nine whole months. But what he did was he made sure that everyone thought it was a whole day. So no one knew, her husband didn't know, no one else knew that in fact he had stopped the sun for nine whole months. And then when their child was born, I'm going to call him Angus.

[00:30:44]It's the old Irish is a little bit different, but it's basically Angus and he becomes the god of love and poetry and a beauty and has his own mythology.

[00:30:56]um when their son is born again to protect Bowen from the wrath of her husband, you know, because she's had a baby with someone else. Uh he takes the baby and he takes it to Media who becomes the baby's foster father.

[00:31:18]Now, there's a lot of foster father, foster mother in Irish mythology, in a lot of Celtic mythology. It was a thing that often happened. The dagger himself is called ample father or great father because he had a lot of children and he also fostered a lot of children. So he takes his son there to media. It doesn't work out so well because we're not talking about Angus' or Argus OG's story, but uh he doesn't fit in so well and um doesn't really know his parentage and when he's told he doesn't always act in the best way.

[00:32:00]However, you know, so my theories on this is you could say it's like Zeus that he just sees someone he likes and thinks, "Oh, yeah." Because the thing is he does apparently in the stories disguise himself as her husband, which is all a bit icky all round.

[00:32:23]But to me, if that's all you're interested in and you're not a nice person, then why would you first of all stop the son so that she could have her pregnancy last without any fear of reprisal from anyone? And why would you make sure that your son with her is then kept safe? Like if you really didn't care, I don't know. I again I have to be aware of who was writing these stories down and what their own bias might have been or what the mor moral morality of the tale might have been. I don't know. So, we have is Tris with Bowen. And the other reason I say that is because I don't seem to see many other stories where he acts like that normally. It just seems that he's a bit of a jolly guy and nice guy and all that kind of thing. Right. So, that's going to be the inside of that. Just realizing how chunky this is going to be, but it's all good.

[00:33:33]And now I'm wondering about back here because I have I have this, which is the harp, and I was wondering about putting this on the back, but I have some other images. Now his other consort, his the person who is often referred to as his wife, um is a much more interesting I suppose character for me and that is don't do I want that. No, that is um the Morgan.

[00:34:09]So, how she comes into the story is that um we're on the leadup to the second battle of Mura.

[00:34:24]There is something missing and I can't seem to find it. The other thing of this, let me have a look. Got it. So, we're on the leadup to the battle of Mura and with the kings gathered together called they're called the men of the goddess actually and they're all talking. Novada Lou Aum Ogum.

[00:34:47]Um they're all chatting and they're trying to work out. They know the battle's coming. There's been some issues. No was dethroned by Bre and he sort of got the two of Dana into servitude. Um and so things need to change and they know a battle's coming. So they spend a year and a bit talking and prepping and all this kind of thing because they end up def dethroning him and Lou takes his place I believe but they know a battle's going to come because breast is um I think his mother is member of the tour dan and his father is a foremorian so he goes back to the foreans and he's like whoa I am not happy I have just been dethroned I hate the two a day I want my revenge. We need to have a battle. And so the men of the goddess gather, which is the two a day, and they are trying to plan for the battle, but one of the things they don't know is where the foremorans will land.

[00:35:58]And the dag's like, "Do you know what?

[00:36:01]There's things we don't know." And I think we're we're missing some information. I'm going to go back to one of my homes and uh I don't know. I don't know whether he knows something's going to happen or whether he has a feeling.

[00:36:16]He doesn't have the gift of prophecy, but you know, I don't know what makes him do that. But he goes back and on his way he comes to the ford of Unen.

[00:36:27]And at this ford, my pronunciation may be wrong so apologize.

[00:36:33]Um, at this ford, he comes across this beautiful woman. She like him seems giant in stature. One foot is on one side of the ford, one foot is in the other. She is often described as the red woman. She has beautiful long red hair.

[00:36:54]She is letting down her dresses and um washing them. And let's just say her and the dagger hit it off.

[00:37:05]And uh the Ford becomes known as the bed of the couple, which I think you can understand why. When I say they hit it off, I mean they really do. And this woman turns out to be none other than the goddess Morgan. And from that moment on, the Morgan and the Dagda are wed.

[00:37:27]They are hubby and wife. Although I don't think they see it in those terms because I don't think that's really the terms they would have necessarily used in that way. But that's basically what they become husband and wife.

[00:37:43]And um she one of her many things we're not going to go into the Morgan loads here but one of her many skills and talents is prophecy. And so she says to um the dagda, I have the gift of prophecy. And well, she doesn't say that, but she's like, I can help you. So she does a couple of things. Um and one of the things she does is tell him where the Femorans will land. She also will be there in battle. I mean, she is the Morgan. And she I do like that on there, you know. Yeah, I do like that.

[00:38:28]So, she tells him where they're going to land and she also does something else.

[00:38:33]She uh goes and pays on the foremorans a visit actually uh which doesn't end well with him. She doesn't kill him, but she does do something. And uh it's it perfectly sums up the Morgan, let's put it that way. But yeah, her and the Dagda are now consorts, wed, whichever you want to say.

[00:38:55]And she helps the two a day. I mean, she is one of the two a day, but I'm not going to get distracted by talking about the Morgan because she is a complex person. And maybe maybe we'll talk about her some more another time.

[00:39:15]But um so from that point she becomes his wife like I said and helps them and goes to battle and all that kind of thing. Now on the surface you may think the Morgan and the Dagda do not seem to be the same kind of person. Like they seem like an odd coupling especially with the way the Morgan is often described. She is bloodthirsty. She is a battle goddess. She is fierce. She um does all these things, you know, she's this dark mystical goddess. Um and there you have the the Dagda who is full of joy and uh likes a good laugh, a good meal, and good company. But I see them as working super well together. Because when we look at the idea that the Dagda is a warrior just like the Morgan, he has power over the cycles of life and death just like the Morgan. Um especially with his club. Um, I actually see how they could work together because it makes sense to me that these two strong deities, these two strong warrior deities who also wield magic because the Morgan is a wielder of magic, a sorceress, whichever witch, whatever you want to call her. And the fact that they have this power, the pair of them, over life and death, I see them as quite good. I it also really makes me respect the dagger even more because you know he likes a strong woman.

[00:40:54]So we have those two consorts. Let's talk a little bit about his myths.

[00:41:01]So there are many myths about the doctor in the mythological cycle. Less myths as we get into the Olter cycle, the Fenan cycle and definitely by the cycle of the kings. But for the mythological cycle, there are quite a few. But the ones I want to talk about kind of fit into what we have been speaking about today. And so they sin Halloween time is linked to the dagger for several reasons.

[00:41:34]Kind of like that across there. So let's do it.

[00:41:37]Um, and one of those reasons is on the leadup to the second battle of Mura with the Femorans, uh, the Daga decides, uh, or he's sent in to try and make a truce because, you know, the gods of Ireland are getting a bit old. And, uh, plus the Dagdon just prefers a good time to fighting if he can avoid it. Not because he is a coward, but just because that's in his nature. He'll fight when he needs to, but you know, he's also just a lover of um good times. So, he is sent into the Femorian camp.

[00:42:22]That's going to go in there, I think, if it does fit. He is sent into the Femorian camp and he um is sent there to do a truce.

[00:42:35]Unfortunately for him, the Femorans decide to I almost feel like they make fun of him.

[00:42:42]That's what I think. Like they're just not very nice. Um and so what they do is they twist the rules of hospitality that are known throughout the land and that the Dagdo is particularly known by. They're basically trying to bait him is what they're trying to do. So they want to twist the rules of hospitality.

[00:43:09]And one of the ways they do this is they build a huge pit. And in this pit, they fill it with more porridge than you could ever eat in probably a lifetime. They fill it with porridge. They fill it with fats and horrible things like that. And they fill it with live animals. I mean, like I said, these dudes are not nice people.

[00:43:33]And the doctor, they say to him, "Well, you have to eat it. You have to eat it all. Laws of hospitality state you need to eat it all. You can't offend us." Um, and they think he's not going to do it, which will give them a chance to punish him, basically.

[00:43:49]But, well, the dad does not known for having a voracious appetite for nothing.

[00:43:56]So, being him, he's not going to take offense. He's going to do what they've asked. And he eats this giant pit of porridge. I mean, porridge is one of his favorite meals, although there wasn't many meals back then, was there? But one of his favorite. He eats every last drop of this porridge. And it's so vast that even his giant body cannot take it all in. But it does. And what it does is it turns him into a bit of a grotesque caricature of himself because his whole body becomes distended with all this food inside him. And he ends up lying down and going to sleep. You know, like you do after a good Christmas dinner.

[00:44:44]I'm sure he'd have the meat sweats, too.

[00:44:46]He lies down and goes to sleep. And when he wakes up, the daughter of Oh gosh, who is it? Let me think. I think it is Indeck. I think it's index.

[00:45:02]Um, yeah, I think it's indecor.

[00:45:06]She's not even given a name. Don't we just love these old cycles? Uh, these old stories written down by people who went very pro-woman. Um, he wakes up and she decides she's going to humiliate him further and does loads of stuff and it's just not a good time for the dagger. But he still does not take offense. He could he could turn around and kill her, but he decides not to. He doesn't take offense and um, in fact, his winning personality, shall we say, uh, wins her over.

[00:45:40]They um get very friendly again, shall we say, and uh she ends up deciding to side with the two of Dana against her own people. So he must have had away with him. Um and yeah, so that is one of the myths. It shows his voracious appetite, his generosity, his kindness, and his ability to stay calm.

[00:46:10]in difficult situations which yeah is another thing I love about the Dagda. So the other story actually links back to his harp. So after the battle of Motora. So the first one took place before Mtorra. It's also said that maybe with Bowen he met um he met the Morgan around sin and that is something she is linked to and he um apparently again don't know how real this is but apparently his son Towen was either conceived or born around Sin as well. So yeah, he's really linked to Sin. But this next myth takes place after the battle, the second battle of Morta.

[00:47:02]And he returns home to find that some sneaky so and so has broken into his house and stolen his harp. Getting Jack and the um Beanstalk here vibes. They've stolen his harp and he's miffed at this.

[00:47:18]It's his harp. Um, so he takes Lou and Ogma and he decides to go track his harp down, which is in the hall of some Femorans. I think Bris is actually there and they're all the it's like a war council or war lords are there.

[00:47:39]Everyone's feasting. Everyone's doing whatever they're doing. And um he goes in with Lou and Ma who is a warrior is one of the best known um or most respected warriors of the two a day and his harp is up on the wall and he spies it. Now the thing about this harp is only his hand can play it. It is bound to him. And so just like Thor with his hammer in the Marvel movies, um the dagda calls to his harp and it flies off the wall into his hands. Uh killing nine formorans on the way who were getting up and ready to kill the dagda and then he does something. Now he could turn around, get angry and go, "Yeah, how dare you break into my house and steal my stuff?" He could do that. He definitely could.

[00:48:37]but he decides against that and he decides instead to um play some music and he plays three types of music. Do you see the words here? These these are the English. I haven't got the Irish anymore. I must have ripped those off. But we're going to have the English. Oh, I'm going to take some of the Irish over here. um he decides to play and he plays the three strains that you are supposed to know on the harp. So, and again my pronouncing my pronunciation may be lacking but he plays gantree which is joy and as he does so the whole of the hall becomes full of joy. Everyone's laughing and having the best time and singing and rockers and just having a good old time.

[00:49:36]And then the dagger changes and he does gold tray which is I like that there actually which is the whaling strain. Now this strain helps bring up your grief. It brings up your emotions and as it does so the Femorans and the warlords and everyone else start screaming and crying and wailing and let's not forget keening um and really letting their grief out.

[00:50:11]And then he plays the final strain which is cree sutra and that one is the sleep. It puts you to sleep. It lulls you. It's it's calming. It's soothing. So, he puts everyone in the hall except the people he's with to sleep. Now, for me, both of these stories, the reason I picked them, both of these myths show not only his massive appetite for literal appetite, but also for life, his appetite for life.

[00:50:46]But they also show his wisdom.

[00:50:50]I don't want that there. Maybe we'll put it across here or over here. Yeah, they also show his wisdom and his way of he doesn't just rely on anger.

[00:51:03]He doesn't just rely on how good he is with a weapon. I want this somewhere.

[00:51:08]Where am I going to put this? This is my version of him. It's got some ink staining which I think works really well. Let's just put it there. Yeah, he doesn't just rely on anger. He relies on wisdom. He doesn't just rely on violence.

[00:51:21]He relies on um trying to solve a problem in a peaceful way if you can.

[00:51:29]Whether that's by trying to do a truce to give the two a day some time to plan better.

[00:51:37]Whether that's by winning over someone who should be an enemy with his good nature.

[00:51:44]Or whether that's by playing music so you don't have to slaughter a whole whole of people who you've just been in battle with, including one of them who is the very reason why that battle started. No, he plays music. He lets them feel all their emotions.

[00:52:01]Um, so let's talk now about what his end might have been. Do gods ever end?

[00:52:08]That's what we have to ask ourselves.

[00:52:10]Um, and there are a couple of uh complicated feelings about what might have happened. Uh, when is it not with Irish mythology? Because realistically, we just can't seem to make our mind up about certain things. It also doesn't help that obviously we were an oral tradition.

[00:52:31]So our stories were written down by the Christian monks who later came to the shores which you know at least we have some record of them but it does mean that um we have to take into account their bias. So there are a couple of ideas of how he ended. One of them is he died from a wound that he received at the second battle of Muerra, which means when he goes to collect his harp, he's probably already wounded. However, there is also a story that says he becomes king and rules for 80 years after Lou and Lou reigns for 40 years. So that would mean it would take 120 years for the Dagda to die from a wound at Moora.

[00:53:23]Now, some people say that's just wishful thinking that people are trying to um unite these two stories that are so different, trying to find a way to make them work together. Um maybe maybe that's true. But also, I like that idea. I mean, he's a man of strength and he also has the Morgan as his wife. So, I don't see anything taking him down that easily.

[00:53:51]And then there is the idea that he ends up going into I'm sure I've got another Irish one.

[00:54:03]Yeah. Vocabulary. We've actually got God here and the father. Let's use that cuz that's actually one of his names. Um Olatha, great father. So let's use that. Or ample father.

[00:54:19]Anyway, um there is the other story that he actually goes into the other world that he is not only one who goes into the other world, but he is one of the ones who help the other to a day to move into it. because there are lots of stories of the Dagda actually having links to the other world and to um going there being respected there and things like that.

[00:54:52]So, it would make sense if that was the case that he was the one that helped the two a day transition because if you don't know, um the thought is that the two a day didn't die, but when the Malaysians came and landed and started to populate the island, um the two a day, which was prophesized, the two a day decide their time is done and that they um must depart, but they don't die.

[00:55:26]They go into the mountains and become the AFC or the shei, depending how you want to say it, the people of the the mounds and or they go into the other world where like Tin and places like that. And he supposedly I if you take another source is one of the people who helps them do that. He helps them transition. Um, so I like to think of that. I like to think that yes, he might have got injured, but actually strong. And I'm pretty sure the Morgan was like, "Uh, don't worry. I'm going to help you with this." Um, not that there's a story saying that. That's my interpretation.

[00:56:09]And that he did rule. And it was said that he moved the rule from the hillitara to um usher which is classed as the belly button of the land which just goes to show again his link to land his link to community and then he ruled for 80 years.

[00:56:28]So I like to think of that. I like to think that he didn't just disappear that he did indeed survive but differently as many of the two a day did. Um so let's think about uh associations. So he is linked to Bruna Boone which is where New Graange is in County Me. I spoke about that in my ule video last year. Oh, actually I think he came out in January and he is linked to there. It is said actually that um he was tricked by his son, the one he had with Bowen and uh who ended up taking that place from him. But other stories say that he gave it because he was a generous father. He did divide his land up between all his children. But depending on what myth you go by, either he forgot about um Angus. Um and there is an old term in Irish for a day, a day and a night, which could literally mean a day and a night, but it also refers to every day and night.

[00:57:34]So, um it is thought that either he gave it or it was taken by his son. Either way, he ends up not having Bruno Boy.

[00:57:42]And I'm pretty sure at New Graange is where his son Angus is actually supposedly buried beneath there. Um, so we have that place sin as I said, but I'm going to be honest. I think he for me links to every season because he does call them without him. I think there's a story, I can't recall it completely, but there's supposed to be a story where someone offers I don't know if it's Lou or someone else. They said, "Oh, we can make every season abundant." And they refused because that's not how the world is supposed to be. We're meant to have different seasons and we're meant to have time of abundance and time of rest.

[00:58:31]And without him, we don't have the seasons. So to me, I think of every season, but I particularly think of late summer, early autumn because that's abundant time. That's when most crops are ready to be harvested. And I also think of him not only at sin, Halloween time, which is actually winter time for the ancients.

[00:58:50]But I do think of him around you because if you think of his generosity, sitting around his table, eating his food, all that good stuff, how could you not think of um Christmas time? Well, not Christmas time for them, but you how can you not think of winter in that situation, you know? So, I think of him for every season. Uh, the tree, the oak is a symbol, which is why I've got this little acorn and oak thing there, because the oak itself is associated with kingship, strength, and endurance.

[00:59:26]It is particularly sacred in to the ancient Irish. Um, and it shows him being grounded in the earth. Um, he's rooted in the land and its seasons. So, the oak is definitely associated with him. Now, with a lot of things in Ireland, you have to be careful because there's not exactly associations associations the way there are maybe with the Greek gods and things, but there are things that can be linked. Um, so the oak is one of those for him. I think his harp is called something like the meadow of the two oaks. It translates like that in. I don't like that.

[01:00:05]Quick, get that off. We can have the one swirl. How about that? Yeah. Let's just ink that cuz I didn't like that. Uh yeah, the oaks of the two meadows in Irish is what his harp's name is.

[01:00:21]He's also associated obviously with barley and grain. Porridge, beer, all that kind of thing is good for him. and apples because apples are wisdom.

[01:00:31]They're also linked with the other world. Crystals that you can use are green adventurine for prosperity and growth, carnelon, which is a favorite of mine for um strength. Uh, tiger's eye for protection is another one, but I also associate with him. Um, mahogany obsidian because that is a great crystal to use for being feeling grounded because of the colors as well. It reminds me of the earth. Um, but it's great for grounding you. It's great to be used in meditations, but it's also good for unblocking if you're feeling blocked creatively and unblocking obstacles, which let's face it, he kind of did. Um, colors associated with him, anything to do with the land. So, greens, browns, um, those dark rich colors, also reds, obviously, that's literally one of his names, and also gold for abundance and kingship.

[01:01:36]And then animals associated with him are the cow. He actually had a special dark manaed cow whose low could call all the cattle in Ireland to follow her which actually comes into play in one of the stories. I can't remember which one it is now, but yeah, it comes into play there. And then the bore because of feasting. Look, we've got this thing for Guinness. I've got to add this somewhere because it just doesn't seem right not to. this. It's got a harp on it and it's literally alcohol which again the uh oh I don't know if I like that bit the the the whole thing with the dagda. So he had that special cow. The four planets that could be associated with him are Jupiter which are also linked to Zeus and the astrology you can have Taurus or Leo um can be associated with him as well.

[01:02:42]Just thinking where I want things.

[01:02:46]Could put it there. Putting a lot there though.

[01:02:50]Where do you want to go? I think I might just put it there.

[01:02:54]Do I like it there?

[01:02:57]I feel like I want it tucked under somewhere, but I also don't want it getting completely in the way. I think I'm going to tuck it under there. So, there are some associations with him.

[01:03:07]Um, so let's talk about how you can celebrate, how you can bring the dagda into your life. Well, you must already know by now that there are some major ones. Anything to do with food, guys.

[01:03:22]creating a meal with intention, but specifically creating food and a meal to share with others. It's why I've got this image. It's all about sharing. It's all about being a community. Where is the little mangloo?

[01:03:40]So, share a few meal. Make it with intention. Um, and that could also mean helping out in local um food banks. I know I volunteered in a food bank for a couple of years actually and also um you know how you can help out uh food kitchens and things like this that would really be um a way to connect or show or to celebrate the Dagda because of his links to all of that.

[01:04:22]Do we want this here? I feel like there's something that needs to go here.

[01:04:26]Um, laughter. Just have a good time.

[01:04:28]Bring laughter and joy to others. Enjoy life. Basically, the Dagda was all about enjoying life. Spend lots of time actually outside. He's linked to the land and agriculture. So, it makes absolute sense. Camping's a great way, especially if you've got a fire and some sort of pot that looks a bit like a cauldron. Uh, try and live in harmony with each of the seasons. No shock there. Um, growing your own food and herbs if you can, if you have access to it. Seriously, where is the lid to my glue? I really don't know. It's gone missing.

[01:05:05]Oh, the one thing we haven't got on here yet. I've got his harp and his cauldron.

[01:05:09]I haven't got his club. So, we need that.

[01:05:14]Maybe his club could go across there.

[01:05:18]Maybe that could be it.

[01:05:23]Yeah, could do. Um, so that storytelling and music, another huge, huge way. You know, if you already don't play an instrument, then learning to play one's good. But if you do, you know, you don't have to learn to play an instrument, but listen to music. Really get in touch with your emotions. Listen to music that you find brings you joy and makes you want to dance. Listen to music that helps you express your emotions. Listen to music that um you find soothing and calming and understand the role that that can play in your life. Take part in your local community, whether that's like I said helping out with charitable work, knowing your neighbors, um litter picking, whatever it is, take part in that. practice gratitude because you know the doctor was a guy who was happy for life and happy to just be thankful for things. So practicing gratitude is another good way of um celebrating him or connecting with him. Respect the world around you and others. you know, not as I said, he let anyone come to his half and he would sit with enemies and treat them like kin. And it's kind of all about connecting on a human level rather than judging others um who may seem different to you or that you may have conflict with. Um, notice the sacred within the ordinary because everything his eating, laughter, music, these are ordinary things, but they were were sacred to the dagda. Oh, I forgot to put this on here for oak. Literally covering the whole of the inside of this up. Um, and also generosity. Be kind.

[01:07:27]Might put it there actually. Yeah, I might do that.

[01:07:32]The butterfly can represent.

[01:07:36]I might put it there. No, I like it here. But then will we see it when we close this? We will. If I move it like that, you'll just see a little bit of it, which is okay. Um, what was I saying? Yeah, generosity. The dad just shared what he had and he gave what he had. So, generosity of spirit.

[01:08:02]So, I just think the Dagda is one of those gods we can still learn so much from. Um, he is such um a figure of kindness and a figure Oh, it's going to go there. It is of the everyday. Some gods are more removed in their roles and their myths and things. Um, the Morgan would be one of those. But the Dagda, like Bridg, who some say that Bridget's his daughter, but I don't know about that in the way I view it. Um, but the Dagda isn't. He's with the people. He's down. He's sitting. He's eating. He's laughing.

[01:08:50]He's having music. He's celebrating.

[01:08:53]He's helping make sure that the seasons run smoothly for the people around. Um, he's me helping make sure that his country is one that um maybe up here. Maybe that's what I'm looking for. That it runs smooth for everyone. You know, that that's what he's interested in. Um, but he's also fiercely protective.

[01:09:24]Um, he's just a fascinating figure. I personally think and I think for when this god would have been spoken about, we're talking ancients, you know, to think that the people looked on a god and created a god like this to speak about. I personally find that absolutely fascinating and also rather beautiful. Um that they saw him or created a god who was one of them basically. He was one of them. Um he's got all these stories but so often his stories just revolve around let's have a good time, let's feast, let's eat. And so there's so many ways you can honor him in your daily life or aspects you can take through even if you do not follow a pagan uh spirituality. Even if you don't work with gods and goddesses because not everyone does. There is so much that you can take. I put a magnet there and I haven't put one anywhere else. And you know what? I don't think we need it. There's so much you can take from him and put into your everyday life. He really was just about look, let's understand that what we have with our life is good and let's make sure that we um honor it and each other. That that's kind of what he represents. And I um love that about the dagger.

[01:11:03]I love his Yep. No, it's going there.

[01:11:09]I love his kindness and his strength.

[01:11:11]And I love that he really is an example for others of how to use power responsibly and to not let power go to your head and to understand the importance of the everyday and the people around you. Um, and I'm not sure if the Brennan laws were created by this, like by the Kelt, like the ancients. But it's interesting that one of the most one of the laws that became legal uh that you could be punished by if you did not abide by was this idea of hospitality, of treating people like kin, no matter who they were. I love that. Don't you? The idea of treating others like kin, like family, no matter who they are or where they come from, treating them like kin. So, I don't know. Leagda for me is a fascinating god and a fascinating um has fascinating stories. I have these.

[01:12:19]I'm going to um stamp some of these out and we're going to put those on here.

[01:12:24]Okay. I chose three different stamp set um that I then embossed in gold and I chose um they were just from a card magazine but it's dance to the beat of your own drum.

[01:12:38]And just in case I didn't explain it, I will explain everything on the card on the tag. I still need to um I'm trying to work out if I want to do something in the pocket. But anyway, sing your own song again embossed in gold, which I think is going to work there really well. And then in here, we can't always choose the music life plays for us, but we can choose how we dance to it, which I just think works perfectly.

[01:13:20]So, going to put that there. Can move it over actually to the edge there. And I do have a little bit of fabric here that I'm thinking of adding. It's dyed already with some um shabby shutters.

[01:13:40]So that could go there.

[01:13:44]Yeah, it could go there. Almost works like his crown. Or it could go inside, which I also kind of like. How does that look on the inside?

[01:13:56]Yeah, I like it there. Why don't we do it there? I can't use my sewing machine at the moment. My son has moved back from uni and has a load of stuff and part of it is in front of my sewing machine. It will be moved by tomorrow.

[01:14:15]But for the moment, I can't use my sewing machine. So, for once, I'm actually gluing things. Who am I? And am I missing my sewing machine? Absolutely, I am missing my sewing machine. There are other things I'd like to add. Like I said, I might put something in there, but I think we're okay. So, I've got some Irish stamps on here because, you know, Ireland. We got music because of the links of music and the harp. I've stitched a harp. We've got Celtic knot work and that speaks for itself. I've got lots of greenery and plants. We've got some words like furrow, plow, um farm, peasantry. He wouldn't have called them peasants. We've got some gold swirls. We've got the land of Ireland behind because he's so linked to the land. We've got his cauldron of plenty.

[01:15:05]We have books here to represent his knowledge. Again, we have dance to the beat of your own drum because he definitely did do that. Um, and then as you open it up, sing your own song because he again did. We've got more Celtic knot work, which represents many things, but definitely for me, I think of the not work and the interest in intrinsically tied nature of community and people. We've got a sort of faux green man. This is how I imagine the dagda now that as he's gone into the other world that he's moving among some of his people who've become the fay the shei and he's gone into the other world now he's intrinsically still tied to land and nature and therefore maybe the way he looks would be slightly different that's how I am viewing it and we've got seasonal kind of representations on here including the spiral he is linked to the trcilio spiral because of New Graange.

[01:16:03]Um, we've got butterflies for transformation, birth, death. We've got owls for wisdom on this. We've got, um, the acorn for oak, which is linked to him.

[01:16:15]Got uh, yeah, we did all that. Let's open it up. Another flag. Some Irish words. We've got lots of plants because he's linked to it. We've got um, an oak, but an acorn because I think of him as small things grow into big things. So, it's about planting and it's often said that one of his names is swift. So, whether he responds swiftly to prayers and things, but it's also about just understanding that in something that small, something massively strong can come from it, which again reminds me of this dagger. We've got seeds and cycles because that links to him and the cycles of the season. Uh we've got his club here and the word um father because he is referred to as the all father but not like as in um Thor but as in uh all father as in ample father. We've got we can't always choose the music life plays for us but we can choose how we dance to it because that's what he did. He could have gone to the Femorans for a truce and when they started corrupting the laws of hospitality, he could have got angry. He didn't. When someone stole his harp, he could have got angry. He didn't. He chose how he wanted to respond when he had to respond um with violence, his warrior self could step in. But he didn't just rely on his strength. And he looked strong. He was tall. He was wide. He had a deep booming voice in my head. Um, but he didn't just rely on that. He could be kind and gentle. And I think that's shown in maybe the way he responds to Bowen's pregnancy and also how complex a person he was because the Morgan's not going to choose just anyone to either be overly friendly with or marry. So, in those terms and on the back we've got Guinness and the harp again. We've got another harp. We've got nature and all that kind of thing. And then we've got two people. Just two people. We don't know if they're friends or who they are.

[01:18:21]We've got the spiral and the teacup and the moon. Remember he said, "I command the sun and the moon, the land and the sea." And they're just sitting catching up on a beautiful day, window open, nature outside, spending time together.

[01:18:34]And again, we've got music. And that to me, my friends, sums up the Dagda. I really hope you enjoyed this one. I tried to make it much more cohesive. Um, and so yeah, I'm sure I've missed out some things, but I really hope you enjoyed it. I hope if you've never heard of the Dagda before that this inspires you to maybe find out more about him. I know that he has become part of popular culture, but maybe in different ways, even in Dungeons and Dragons and things like that. It's a yeah, they've kind of taken that form.

[01:19:12]And where does he go? Where does he go after the mythological cycle? There are stories that could be him. He had so many names. I forgot to say that actually. One of the things that happens with Induct's daughter when she's tormenting him and she says to him, "Carry me on your back." That's not all she says. Um, she makes him do it in a very uh embarrassing way. And he says, "I can't do that. I've got a ghee on me. I can't do that." And uh he says, "I can only do that if someone knows my full name." And she asks him his name. And after the third time, he replies. and he replies with this massive list. I like to think of it in the myths that he would stand there and an hour later he would finish. I don't think it's quite like that, but he has this long I can't even pronounce all the names or say them. But it is this massive list. So he has all these different names. So does he just appear in the different cycles under a different name or does he just prefer to fade into the background a little when he's not needed quite so much and yet his wisdom is still there?

[01:20:14]His laws of hospitality are still there.

[01:20:17]the idea of community is still there and the seasons are still running. So, as far as I'm concerned, although maybe with the way the seasons going at the moment, maybe there's an issue with his harp um or an issue with him. But that's how I view it. Anyway guys, I hope you enjoyed this one. Um obviously I'm going to be back with another one. Don't know who I'm picking yet. I knew I was going to pick the dagger, but keep watching because I will now get to do the fun bit of opening Tiff's tag and finding out just who she chose for me.

[01:20:54]So, now is the really exciting part um where I get to open Tiff's tag to me. It says fragile on there. So, that's interesting. Let me pull everything out.

[01:21:13]Oh my gosh. Right. There's a spoiler bit. So, obviously we're not going to do that yet.

[01:21:22]Uh, and this and the thing in the box is a spoiler. Okay. So, we'll get to that in a minute. Oh, can you hear that?

[01:21:32]Can you hear that? It jingles. I love this wax seal. Is that a flower?

[01:21:40]Oh, that's fancy, Tiff. I like that one.

[01:21:44]Might have to see if I can find it. I'm so excited.

[01:21:50]I'm so excited. I wonder who just has done it all.

[01:21:56]Oh. Oh, okay. Oh, is it Bass?

[01:22:03]Is it Basset?

[01:22:06]Egyptian.

[01:22:07]The goddess Bass Basset. It could be Sekmat, but as it's a black cat, I'm going for the goddess Bast.

[01:22:16]That's who I'm going for. Right, we've got a little Egyptian hieroglyphs. We've got the cat. We got the sun and the moon. I love this, by the way. Um, right. I'm going to move that cuz I don't know what that says and I don't want to have spoilers.

[01:22:29]What have we got? Oh, the It's like a cat spell. Is that what it's meant to be? like a cat's bell.

[01:22:35]Um, yeah, sun and moon, clouds, music. I want to say bass. Seek met and bass are like two sides of the same goddess sometimes or you can see them as separate. It depends how you approach it. Egypt deity is not my specialtity, but I do know quite a lot about segment.

[01:23:02]So, I love this. And it opens up fast.

[01:23:04]Yeah. Yep. Yep. Yep.

[01:23:09]Walk with grace, protect with claws. Ah, yeah. If any of you have cats and work with deity or anything like that, you will all know probably about the goddess Bass because um see it says about the lioness.

[01:23:32]Yeah, the semmet.

[01:23:36]Yeah, if you don't know about Seekmat, she is quite the goddess. has amazing mythology. I really like it. I love this. I love all of these.

[01:23:50]I really like that. I haven't got one like that. And yeah, I'm guessing this says bass down here in hieroglyphs.

[01:24:02]Okay. Oh, I love that. And I love the little addition of the cat's bell. So, what have we got here? Vegan passion fruit cheesecake. Ooh, I do love passion fruit. Passion fruit and mango. M. Yes.

[01:24:15]And I love cheesecake. It's almost time.

[01:24:19]Sorry. I'm super excited. Very soon is the next Golden Girls cozy mystery.

[01:24:27]Cheesecake. Golden Girls. I think that's why I love it. Anyway, let's get back to bath. I really like this. Did you draw the cat yourself? I feel like you might have done. And if you did, it's so well done. I love this as well. I wanted to say it's washi, but I actually think it's from a book. I love the black lace.

[01:24:49]Love the little cat spell.

[01:24:52]Okay, so let's have a look. Love it, love it, love it.

[01:24:58]Love that washi. Let's have a look at which card I got. If you don't know, um, Tiff has been making little pieces for the ABC JLC 2026 challenge and the full deck challenge this year and then making them into cards. Um, and I'm so excited.

[01:25:15]This one's got stitching on it that I get to have some. Let's see.

[01:25:21]Hope you are doing well and the kiddies are good and you have a lovely trip away. Yes. Yes, I do.

[01:25:28]I'm sure you've already guessed the tag.

[01:25:29]is Bass, Bastet, whichever you um or whichever exact. I always want to call her goddess Bast or Basset because if you link her to semmet then basset and segmet kind of rhyme. Anyway, I had visions of elegance for this one.

[01:25:46]Blacks, golds, and simple beauty. But of course, my mind writes checks. My hands can't cash. So, it wasn't entirely the vision. Some bits went ary but it wouldn't be me if it wouldn't shall we say it if it wasn't a bit shall we say rustic. I actually think it is elegant.

[01:26:02]I think this is beautiful.

[01:26:06]I also love this this this kind of pop of color. Yeah. Anyway, oh literally it says Anyway, I hope you like it and the little trinket I've included. Oh, and I got that recipe in an odd box and thought you might enjoy it. It's unrelated to this entirely. Doesn't matter. Excited to see what you picked for me. Mhm. Yeah. I don't know if it'll be a bit surprising the one I've picked for you. Okay. So, studio collection spoiler. Is it a little bass? Is it a little cat?

[01:26:39]I have a large one. I don't have a small one if it is.

[01:26:44]Oh my gosh.

[01:26:52]I'm kind of speechless. I have a segment statue because I have um kind of worked with semmet.

[01:27:06]And I have a little black cat that's meant to be like the bass statue, but I do not have anything like this.

[01:27:16]I love this.

[01:27:20]Oh my gosh, I love it.

[01:27:29]So now I can have both bass and sex next to each other.

[01:27:35]Both different sides to possibly the same goddess. As with everything, there's always debate. But either way, yeah. Oh my gosh, I just love it. And I love my card. I love this cat with all the gold on it. It feels so nice and all the information inside.

[01:27:58]Oh my gosh. Anyway, yeah, and the little cat bell, one of my cats in particular, she's the only one who has a bell. It's a pumpkin bell. She will be thinking, "Why is there another bell in the house? Is there another cat?" Um, or am I somewhere where I'm supposed to be? cuz bless her. She uh she might not be the brightest of all my cats, so that'll be fun. But I love this. I love the tag. I love this. If you drew it, I'm guessing you did. You always draw a piece. So, thank you so much, Tiff.

[01:28:32]So, guys, as always, please head over and watch Tiff's video. Well, she will tell you all about her inspiration and you can watch her make this beautiful tag and she'll probably tell you why she chose the Goddess Bass. Um, and um, don't forget that we are also going to be continuing. We will have another tag swap video coming up very soon. As of right this moment, I have not decided who that will be. I knew exactly who my first three were going to be. I know exactly who two near the end of the year are going to be, but the others in the middle, we shall see. But anyway, guys, thank you so much for watching. Please do like, subscribe, comment, and share if you haven't already. Don't forget to check out our other swap videos if you haven't done so yet, including the one we did last year, which was our wheel of the year tag. And um I'll be back again soon with another video. Thank you so much, Tiff, for another wonderful tag and for a new statue to add to my collection. I really hope what I made for you that you really like it. And um until next time, guys, wherever you are in the world, I hope you're having lots of magical crafty fun. Bye for now.