Meaning of Danu | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An ethnic group of Myanmar.
   plural, plural-only
2. The language spoken by the Danu people, considered by the Burmese government to be a dialect of the Intha-Danu language.
3. A hypothesised goddess of Irish mythology.
   Irish
4. A Hindu primordial goddess who had numerous children.
   Hinduism

Examples

“Everywhere the Danu wears the turban and jacket of the Burman, but in most cases he prefers the Shan trousers to the Burmese loin-cloth.”

“This [battle] appears in Celtic history as that in which the Tuatha dè Danann, the tribes of the goddess Danu fought and conquered the Fir Bolg on Midsummer's Day.”

“The old poets thought that the tribes of the goddess Danu were of a perfect beauty, and the creators of beautiful people and beautiful arts.”

“1987, Peter Alderson Smith, W. B. Yeats and the Tribes of Danu: Three Views of Ireland's Fairies, C. Smythe, page 52, She may be the same as Danu, or she may be the same as the Morrigu.”

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