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Túatha Dé (Danann)

  • Tuatha Dé Danann, Túatha Dé
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A common Irish designation for a group of supernatural or magical figures in Irish history, broadly equivalent to the áes síde. In the pseudo-historical tradition represented by Lebor gabála Érenn and other texts, they are presented and arguably, to some extent euhemerised as the pre-Christian people that conquered Ireland from the Fir Bolg and were later overcome by the sons of Míl (the Gaels).


See also: Ábhartach mac Illathaig
Ábhartach mac Illathaig
(time-frame ass. with Finn Cycle, Irish Mythological Cycle)
Son of Illathach and one of the Túatha Dé Danann in Cath Finntrágha.
See more Ábhartach mac Loga
Ábhartach mac Loga
(time-frame ass. with Irish Mythological Cycle)
According to certain later additions to LGÉ, one of the three sons of Lug (together with Ainnli and Cnú Dereóil) and the father of a certain Sabrann.
See more Áed Uchtgel mac Óenguso
Áed Uchtgel mac Óenguso
A son of Óengus mac in Dagda, according to Acallam na senórach.
See more Aí mac Olloman
Aí mac Olloman
Aí (‘poetic inspiration, learning’) mac Olloman, a minor character of the Túatha Dé Danann, whose father Ollam (‘chief poet’) is sometimes identified as a son of Delbáeth.
See more Aífe [daughter of Midir]
Aífe ... daughter of Midir
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
One of Midir’s daughters in Acallam na senórach.
See more Aillbe [daughter of Midir]
Aillbe ... daughter of Midir
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
One of Midir’s daughters in Acallam na senórach.
See more Airmed
Airmed (Oirmed)
A woman of the Túatha Dé Danann, daughter of the physician Dían Cécht and a healer in her own right. Her name appears to refer to the Irish word airmed ‘measure of grain’, which echoes that of her brother Míach (míach ‘sack of grain’).
See more Bodb Derg
Bodb Derg
In Acallam na senórach, a son of the Dagda.
See more Coirpre mac Étaíne
Coirpre mac Étaíne (also mac Etna(i)/Ethne)
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann, Irish Mythological Cycle)
Legendary poet and satirist of the Túatha Dé Danann.
See more The Dagda
The Dagda
No short description available
See more Dían Cécht
Dían Cécht
(Túatha Dé Danann)
physician of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature
See more Echrad ingen Garainn
Echrad ingen Garainn
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
daughter of Garann glúnmhár (‘big-knee’) and wife of Codal, a soldier of Áed mac in Dagda, according to the dinnshenchas of Codal. The story tells how Áed forcibly took her from her husband.
See more Edleo mac Allai
Edleo mac Allai
member of the Túatha Dé Danann, who fell in the first battle of Mag Tuired, together with Ernmas and Fíacha.
See more Lug
Lug
Prominent member of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature, a king and warrior whose all-round mastery of many skills and disciplines earns him the epithet Samildánach. Through his mother, he is descended from the Fomoire and his maternal uncle Balor is the one-eyed leader of the Fomoire whom he kills in the battle of Mag Tuired.
See more Mac Cécht [son of Cermait]
Mac Cécht ... son of Cermait
No short description available
See more Míach
Míach
(time-frame ass. with Fir Bolg, Túatha Dé Danann, Fomoire)
Apparently from míach ‘measure (bushel, sack) of corn / grain’; a mythological figure of Irish literature, a son of Dían Cécht and brother to Airmed
See more Midir
Midir of Brí Léith
one of the Túatha Dé Danann in early Irish literature
See more The Morrígan
The Morrígan
(time-frame ass. with Ulster Cycle, Túatha Dé Danann)
deity or supernatural figure in medieval Irish literature, frequently associated with war and destruction; she sometimes appears as part of a triad with Macha and the Badb; also associated with Nemain.
See more Núadu Argatlám
Núadu Argatlám
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
Núadu Argatlám (‘of the Silver Hand’), ruler of the Túatha Dé Danann in Irish literature
See more Óengus mac ind Óc
Óengus mac ind Óc
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
Óengus (Aengus) mac (ind) Óc; Mac Óc: mythological figure in medieval Irish literature, one of the Túatha Dé Danann; associated with youth and love; identified in some narratives as a son of the Dagda and Bóann.
See more Ollam mac Delbaíth
Ollam (mac Delbaíth)
(time-frame ass. with Túatha Dé Danann)
Ollam (‘chief poet’) mac Delbaíth, minor character of the Túatha Dé Danann who is given as the father of Aí (‘poetic inspiration’) and then sometimes as a son of Delbáeth.
See more Trí Dé DanaTrí Dé Dana
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Sources

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Williams, Mark, Ireland’s immortals: a history of the gods of Irish myth, Princeton, New Jersey, Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2018.  
Contents: List of illustrations (ix); Abbreviations (xi); Preface (xiii); Guide to pronunciation (xxi); PART ONE: 1. Hidden beginnings: from cult to conversion (3); 2. Earthly gods: pagan deities, Christian meanings (30); 3. divine culture: exemplary gods and the Mythological Cycle (72); 4. New mythologies: pseudohistory and the lore of poets (128); 5. Vulnerability and grace: the Finn Cycle (194); 6. Damaged gods: the late Middle Ages (248); PART TWO: 7. The imagination of the country: towards a national pantheon (277); 8. Danaan mysteries: occult nationalism and the divine forms (310); 9. Highland divinities: the Celtic revival in Scotland (361); 10. Coherence and canon: the fairy faith and the East (406); 11. Gods of the gap: a world mythology (434); 12. Art gods (489); Acknowledgements (503); Glossary of technical terms (507); Conspectus of medieval sources (511); Works cited (517); Index (557).
McLeod, Neil, “Irish law and the wars of the Túatha Dé Danann”, in: Liam Breatnach, Ruairí Ó hUiginn, Damian McManus, and Katharine Simms (eds), Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of Celtic Studies, held in Maynooth University, 1–5 August 2011, Dublin: School of Celtic Studies, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 2015. 75–94.
Jaski, Bart, “Túatha Dé Danann”, in: Christopher Snyder [ed.], The early peoples of Britain and Ireland: an encyclopedia, 2 vols, vol. 2, Oxford and Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2008. 504–505.
Carey, John, “The name Tuatha Dé Danann”, Éigse 18:2 (1981): 291–294.
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