Lebor Gabála Érenn

  • Danu, the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Mother

    Danu, mother of the Irish gods, gave her name to the Tuatha Dé Danann — yet appears in no medieval text and has no myth of her own. This field study examines a goddess reconstructed from a single grammatical fragment, the tales of the folk she named, and her Victorian reinvention.

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