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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

O Lakshmaṇ, hear my words: in me The world-illustrious Danu see.

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

This may have been the case with Danu, for in Celtic belief the gifts of civilisation came from the underworld or from the gods.

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

So, too, the identity of Danu and Brigit might be explained, or the fact that there were three Brigits.

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

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