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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

Thus as a goddess of plenty Danu or Anu may have been an early Earth-mother, and what may be a dim memory of Anu in Leicestershire confirms this view.

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

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)

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

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

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