Tuatha Dé Danann
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The Tuatha Dé Danann remained masters of Ireland until the coming of the Milesians, so named from an eponymous Mile, son of Bile.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
We do not know that the fairy creed as such existed in pagan times, but if the síde and the Tuatha Dé Danann were once distinct, they were gradually assimilated.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
Beli was a mythic king whose reign was a kind of golden age, and if he was father of Dôn's children, which is doubtful, Bile would then be father of the Tuatha Dé Danann.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
Three divine and heroic cycles of myths are known in Ireland, one telling of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the others of Cúchulainn and of the Fians.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
Manannan had immortal swine, which, killed one day, came alive next day, and with their flesh he made the Tuatha Dé Danann immortal.
From The Religion of the Ancient Celts by J. A. MacCulloch
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