Dagda

Dagda's harp

After Úaithne, the Dagda's harper was abducted by the Fomorians, the Dagda went to the enemy's hall and retrieved his magic harp, which had two names, according to the text of the Cath Maige Tuired ("Second Battle of Moytura"). And when the Dagda called upon his harp by its two names: "Come Daur Dá Bláo / Come Cóir Cetharchair / Come summer, come winter..." the harp leapt off the wall and came to him. Some have interpreted this to mean the harp controls the seasons, though source texts do not say so explicitly. The harp was forbidden by the Dagda from issuing any sound, unless thus called upon by the names, which translate to "Oak of Two Meadows" and "the Four Angled Music"; The Dagda had the skill to play the "Three Strains" (joy, sorrow, sleep) which he used to immobilise the Fomorians and escape.