Talk:Danu (Irish goddess)

Other place-names
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 * A Icelandic friend interested in celtic mythology told me about the connection between Danu and London. Regards Gangleri | [

Would you like to enlarge on that? Rather tantalising titbit to offer! ThePeg 19:28, 7 April 2007 (UTC)

Shouldn't the name be Danú.
Shouldn't the name (and possibly the article's title) be Danú spelt with a fada. At the very least, there should be a mention of it in the first line with the names.--Dmol (talk) 19:38, 13 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Do you have a source that advocates that spelling? I've never seen it before. As I understand it, a final u in Old Irish represents a schwa, so OI Danu would be pronounced /'danə/, hence the later spelling Dana. Similarly, OI Derdriu is pronounced more or less the same as modern Deirdre. --Nicknack009 (talk) 13:14, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

There is a statue entitled Danú near Rathmore in County Kerry. But I've just noticed how hard it is to find any supporting evidence for this spelling. The only other mention is the Irish band that spell it Danú. Everything else seems to be without the fada.--Dmol (talk) 20:50, 18 July 2008 (UTC)


 * Terminal "-u"/"-iu" in old Irish was not pronounced long.Murchadh (talk) 20:32, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

What's up with the rivers?
Both this and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danu_(Hindu_goddess) lays claim to the name of the Danube river. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.82.183.167 (talk) 06:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * See Proto-Indo-European language. --129.11.12.201 (talk) 16:45, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * see also the Tribe of Dan, and also the alternate name for achaian macedonians, Danaan.217.16.90.60 (talk) 11:24, 14 December 2015 (UTC)

Damater
There is not any reliable reference that "Da-mater" was a water goddess.94.65.219.234 (talk) 11:06, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Damater
There is not any reliable reference that "Da-mater" was a water goddess.94.65.219.234 (talk) 11:07, 12 October 2010 (UTC)

Brigantia???
Are there any relevant sources for connecting Danu with Brigantia/Brigid? as far as my studies wen at the time I haven't seen any hint pointing to this connection. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rotheron (talk • contribs) 09:23, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Article needs a re-write
This article is in pretty rough shape and contains a whole lot of spurious and out-of-date information. In fact, there is very little information in medieval Irish literature about *Danu (I believe this nominative form name is not even attested, only the genitive Danann/Donann); much of what people "know" about the goddess comes from modern scholars and most of it is highly speculative. I will start touching it up when I have the time.Cagwinn (talk) 15:28, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

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