Bodb Dearg
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In Irish mythology, Bodb Dearg (Old Irish: Template:IPA "Bodb the Red") was a son of the Dagda and his successor as King of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
Óengus Óc asks for his brother Bodb's help in finding the woman of his dreams in "Aislinge Óenguso" (the Dream of Aonghus). At the time, Bodb is king of the síde of Munster. Bodb successively identifies the woman as Caer Ibormeith.[1]
Following the Tuatha Dé Danann's defeat in the battle of Tailtiu, Bodb is elected king of the Tuatha Dé Danann in the "Children of Lir", just as the Tuatha Dé are going underground to dwell in the síde. He subsequently fathered many deities. Bodb's election is recognised by all of his rivals, save only Lir, who refuses him homage. Bodb, however, counsels his followers to forebear from punishing Lir; later, Bodb will successively offer two of his own daughters in marriage to Lir to placate him. Both marriages, however, end unhappily.
References
- Jeffrey Gantz (translator). 1982. Early Irish Myths and Sagas. Penguin.
- P.W. Joyce (translator). 1879. Old Irish Romances. C. Kegan Paul & Co.de:Bodb Dearg