Description

This painting is one of my favourites from my book ‘The Silver Arm’, published first in 1981 and depicts the seduction of Dagda, the great ‘God of Plenty’ of the Tuatha Dé Danann. Here the Dagda spies on this beautiful woman health bathing in a stream and is drawn to her beauty. Little does he know she is a sorcerous prophetess and through his copulation, with her, he learns of the war plans of the enemy, the Fomór, led by their powerful wizard warlord, Balor of the Evil Eye. Thus, in the second and decisive battle of Moy Tura, the Tuatha Dé Danann were forewarned of the battle array of the Fomor by the Dagda and were able to defeat them finally.