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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

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

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

This rule obtained as far distant as Ireland, where the Danann folk and the Danann gods were the children of the goddess Danu.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

As a goddess, Brigit is more prominent than Danu, also a goddess of fertility, even though Danu is mother of the gods.

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

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