Danu, the oldest Celtic Goddess, was known as a Great Mother Goddess,
an Earth Goddess and a Moon Goddess. The name Danu, has also been associated
with the Greek Goddess Dione, and the Roman Goddess Diana as well as being
a possible aspect of the Morrigu. She is the patroness of wizards, rivers,
water, wells, prosperity & plenty, magick, and wisdom. Danu is thought
to be the mother of The Dagda, the God of the Tuatha de Danaan (The Children
of Danu). Danu is the oldest Celtic Goddess; her influence spread far across
the British Isles and Europe, where the Danube river was named for her.
Few stories about Danu have survived, and yet the reverence in which she
was held still remains. It is told that those who worshipped her, the Tuatha
de Danaan, retreated into the hollow hills of Ireland when Christianity
overcame the old ways. There they became immortal, called the Sidhe or
faery folk, and Danu's legend lives on as the Goddess of faery ways. Today,
there seems to be a resurgence in the belief in the faerie folk. Danu is
the power that is in the land, the power in the imagination of those who
see magic in the twilight mist between the worlds, never to be overcome
by mortals. She shows us that all can be real if one has the imagination
and spirit to believe.
Danu came from here.
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