Tuatha Dé Danann

English edit

 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology edit

From Irish Tuatha Dé Danann (literally peoples of the goddess Danu).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtu.əhə deɪ ˈdɑːnən/

Noun edit

Tuatha Dé Danann pl (plural only)

  1. (Irish mythology) The fifth group of inhabitants of Ireland according to the Lebor Gabála Érenn tradition, thought to represent the gods of the Goidelic Irish. Their Christian redactors have reduced them to historical kings and heroes.