Cauldron of the Dagda- Celtic ArtifactArtifact"The Cauldron of Plenty"
Also known as: Coire Ansic and Undry
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Before the great battle of Mag Tuired, the Fomorians forced the Dagda to eat a pit full of porridge so vast he needed a ladle two people could lie in — and he scraped the gravel from the bottom. His cauldron, brought from Murias, had the same bottomless nature: no company ever went away from it unsatisfied.
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From Murias
The cauldron was one of the Four Treasures the Tuatha Dé Danann brought to Ireland, forged in the sacred city of Murias under the instruction of the sage Semias. Its nature was simple and absolute: no company ever went away from it unsatisfied. No matter how many came to feast, all left with full bellies. The Lebor Gabála Érenn names it among the artifacts that gave the Tuatha Dé Danann their sovereignty over Ireland.
The Dagda's Porridge
Before the Second Battle of Mag Tuired, the Fomorians forced the Dagda to consume an enormous quantity of porridge as a humiliation. They filled a great hole in the ground with milk, meal, fat, and meat, and commanded him to eat it all or be killed. The Dagda took up his ladle, so large a man and woman could lie in it, and ate every last drop, scraping the gravel from the bottom. He staggered away with his belly enormously distended. The Fomorians had tried to use abundance as a weapon. It did not work.
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