Etymology

Tuatha Dé Danann

Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Irish Tuatha Dé Danann
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  1. Irish · borrowed fromTuatha Dé Danann
  2. English todayTuatha Dé Danann

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

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