Danu
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
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 J. A. MacCulloch
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 J. A. MacCulloch
The name was given to the group, though Danu had only three sons, Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharbar.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
