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Danu

American  
[dah-noo] / ˈdɑ nu /

noun

Irish Mythology.
  1. the mother of the Tuatha De Danann: identified with the Welsh Don.


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We brought over our DIT guy, Danu, because he’s been amazing to me through every project I’ve worked with.

From The Verge Oct. 16, 2018

Neopagans are particularly fond of noting the similarities between such goddesses as Egypt's Isis and the Celts' Danu, which they believe show that paganism may have been a "world religion" in pre-Christian days.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Diti, Danu, and others of the remaining twelve, came the Daityas, Dánavas, and other demons.

From Sakoontala or the Lost Ring An Indian Drama by Sir Monier Monier-Williams

The equivalents in Welsh story of Danu and her folk are Dôn and her children.

From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch

Danu himself the power has told Of thy great masters lofty-souled.

From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith

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