English Explanatory Dictionary

Tuatha Dé Danann

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Pronunciation

/ˈtu.əhə deɪ ˈdɑːnən/

Word forms

Tuatha Dé Danann

Etymology

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

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