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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Example Sentences

Here a cairn commemorates the cult of the goddess Aine, of the god-race of the Tuatha de Danann.

From Nature

But the Old Irish literature of invaders from the east was well aware that the Celts had been preceded by a group that they called the Tuatha De Danann.

From New York Times

It is true that Cuchulinn seems to stand in a special relation to the Tuatha De Danann leader, the god Lug, but in primitive societies there is always a tendency to ascribe a divine parentage to men who stand out pre-eminently in prowess beyond their fellows.

From Project Gutenberg

As I have stated on former occasions, I should be inclined to identify these short Danes with the Tuatha de Danann.

From Project Gutenberg

If we may be allowed to hold that the Tuatha de Danann are not altogether mythical, I should be inclined to believe that they are the short Danes of the Irish peasantry, who built the forts and souterrains.

From Project Gutenberg