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Tuatha Dé Danann

American  
[too-uh-huh dey dah-nuhn] / ˈtu ə hə deɪ ˈdɑ nən /
Also Tuatha Dé or Tuatha dé Danaan

noun

Irish Legend.
  1. a race of gods or demigods who defeated the Fomorians and ruled Ireland during a golden age.


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The chronicler gives a quaint and most interesting account of the Tuatha Dé Danann arrangements.

From An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 by Cusack, Mary Frances

When the Fian Caoilte and a woman of the Tuatha Dé Danann appear before S. Patrick, he asks, "Why is she youthful and beautiful, while you are old and wrinkled?"

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

Tethra, with Balor and Elatha, ruled over Erin at the coming of the Tuatha Dé Danann.

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

She is of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who are unfading and whose duration is perennial.

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

The Tuatha Dé Danann, in spite of their euhemerisation, are more than human.

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

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