Editing Danu (Irish goddess) (section)

===Approximate matches ''Anu'' and ''Danand'' in Irish texts===
[[Sanas Cormaic|''Cormac's Glossary'']], a text that predates the ''Lebor Gabala Erenn'', names the goddess [[Anu (Irish goddess)|''Anu'']] as the mother of the gods.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}{{efn|
If the reconstructed name *''Danu'' refers to the goddess ''Anu'', then ''Danu'' might be a contracted form of the Old Irish phrase *''d[ia] Anu'' ("god Anu") or *''[ban]d[ia] Anu'' ("goddess Anu").
}}Some scholars suggest that Danu was a conflation of Anu and is the same goddess.<ref name=":0" /> This may also connect Danu to [[The Morrígan]], which some scholars say is an epithet for Anu.<ref name=":0" />

The closest figure in Irish texts to a ''Danu'' would then be ''[[Danand]]'', daughter of [[Delbáeth]].<ref name=":0" /> In the ''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'' (''The Book of the Taking of Ireland''), it is noted the ''[[Tuatha Dé Danann|Tuatha dé Danann]]'' get their name from Danand and Delbáeth's three sons: [[Brian (mythology)|Brian]], Iuchar, and Iucharba. These three are called the "Gods of Dannan".<ref>{{cite LGE}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> MacLeod notes that Danu's three sons might be better fit by the craftsmen deities, [[Goibniu]], [[Luchtaine|Luchta]], and [[Creidhne]] and suggests that the gods of danu may refer to them.<ref name=":0" />

Danu's association with fertility can be seen in relation to the [[Paps of Anu|Paps of Danu]] (also known as the Paps of Anu), Paps meaning "breasts."<ref name=":0" />

Another possible match is in the [[Dindsenchas]] poem on ''Codal'', which refers to a Danainn, wife of Ganaan. Danainn is the mother of a daughter named Gorn.<ref name=":0" />

Some texts list Danu as a ''bantúathach'' (witch or sorceress) or ''bandrúi'' (female druid) of the ''Tuatha Dé Danaan''.<ref name=":0" />