Editing Tuatha Dé Danann

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[[File:Riders of th Sidhe (big).jpg|thumb|400px|The Tuatha Dé Danann as depicted in [[John Duncan (painter)|John Duncan]]'s ''Riders of the Sidhe'' (1911)]]
The '''Tuatha''' '''Dé Danann''' ({{IPA|ga|ˈt̪ˠuə(hə) dʲeː ˈd̪ˠan̪ˠən̪ˠ|lang}}, meaning "the folk of the goddess [[Danu (Irish goddess)|Danu]]"), also known by the earlier name '''Tuath Dé''' ("tribe of the gods"),<ref name="koch1693">{{harvnb|Carey|2006|pp=1693-1697}}</ref> are a supernatural race in [[Irish mythology]]. Many of them are thought to represent [[deities]] of pre-Christian [[Gaelic Ireland]].<ref name="koch1693"/><ref name="ohogain">{{harvnb|Ó hÓgáin|1991|p=312–315, 407–409}}</ref>

The Tuath Dé Danann are often depicted as kings, queens, druids, bards, warriors, heroes, healers and craftsmen who have supernatural powers. They dwell in the [[Celtic Otherworld|Otherworld]] but interact with humans and the human world. They are associated with the ''sídhe'': prominent ancient [[burial mound]]s such as [[Brú na Bóinne]], which are entrances to Otherworld realms.<ref name="koch1693"/><ref name="ohogain"/> Their traditional rivals are the [[Fomorians]] (Fomoire), who might represent the destructive powers of nature,<ref>{{harvnb|MacCulloch|2009|pp=80, 89, 91}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Smyth|1996|p=74}}</ref> and whom the Tuatha Dé Danann defeat in the [[Cath Maige Tuired|Battle of Mag Tuired]]. Prominent members include [[the Dagda]] ("the great god"); [[The Morrígan]] ("the great queen" or "phantom queen"); [[Lugh]]; [[Nuada Airgetlám|Nuada]]; [[Aengus]]; [[Brigid]]; [[Manannán mac Lir|Manannán]]; [[Dian Cecht]] the healer; and [[Goibniu]] the smith, one of the ''Trí Dé Dána'' ("three gods of craft").<ref>{{harvnb|MacKillop|2006|p=90}}: "Three gods patronize the crafts: Goibniu, Credne and Luchta."</ref> Several of the Tuatha Dé Danann are [[cognate]] with [[Ancient Celtic religion|ancient Celtic]] deities: Lugh with [[Lugus]], Brigit with [[Brigantia (goddess)|Brigantia]], Nuada with [[Nodons]], Ogma with [[Ogmios]], and Goibniu with [[Gobannus]].<ref name=koch1693/>

Medieval texts about the Tuatha Dé Danann were written by Christians. Sometimes they explained the Tuatha Dé Danann as [[fallen angel]]s who were neither wholly good nor evil,<ref>{{harvnb|Yeats|1888|p=1}}</ref> or ancient people who became highly skilled in magic, but several writers acknowledged that at least some of them had been gods.<ref name="koch1693"/> Some of them have multiple names, but in the tales they often appear to be different characters. Originally, these probably represented different aspects of the same deity, while others were regional names.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ward |first=Alan |title=The Myths of the Gods: Structures in Irish Mythology |year=2011 |page=9 |publisher=[[CreateSpace]] |isbn=9781460984604 |oclc=1184134697 }}</ref>{{better source needed|reason=self-published|date=September 2024}}

The Tuatha Dé Danann eventually became the [[Aos Sí|aes sídhe]], the ''sídhe''-folk or "fairies" of later folklore.<ref>{{harvnb|Carey|2006|pp=1696}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|MacCulloch|2004|p=49}}</ref><ref>{{harvnb|Black|2008|p=xxxii}}</ref>

==Name==
{{celtic mythology}}
The [[Old Irish]] word ''[[tuath]]'' (plural ''tuatha'') means "tribe, folk, people"; ''dé'' is the [[genitive case]] of ''día'' and, depending on context, can mean "god, gods, goddess" or more broadly "supernatural being, object of worship".<ref>{{harvnb|Dictionary of the Irish Language|1990|p=612}}</ref> In the earliest writings, the mythical race are referred to as the ''Tuath Dé'', "tribe of gods", or ''Tuatha Dé'', "tribes of gods".<ref name=koch1693/> In the ''[[Lebor Bretnach]]'' their name is translated into Latin as ''plebes deorum'', "god-folk".<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|2018|p=171}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100028/index.html|title=The Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius|website=celt.ucc.ie}}</ref> However, Irish monks also began using the term ''Tuath Dé'' to refer to the [[Israelites]],<ref name=koch1693/> with the meaning "People of God".<ref>{{harvnb|MacKillop|1998|p=366}}</ref> Apparently to avoid confusion with the Israelites,<ref name=koch1693/> writers began to refer to the mythical race as the ''Tuath(a) Dé Danann'' or ''Tuath(a) Dé Donann'' ({{IPA|sga|ˈt̪uaθa d̪ʲeː ˈd̪anan̪}}). This is generally translated "folk of the goddess Danu".<ref name="ohogain"/> It may also have been a way of humanizing them: instead of 'god-folk' they were now the folk of a particular goddess.<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|2018|p=187}}</ref> Early Christian writers also referred to them as the ''fir dé'' (god-men) and ''cenéla dé'' (god-kindreds), again possibly to avoid calling them simply 'gods'.<ref>{{harvnb|Williams|2018|p=82}}</ref> Some of the Tuatha Dé Danann are occasionally called the ''clann [[Elatha|Eladan]]'', "children of art".<ref name=koch1693/>

''Danann'' is generally believed to be the genitive of a female name, for which the [[nominative case]] is not attested. It has been reconstructed as ''*[[Danu (Irish goddess)|Danu]]'', of which ''[[Anann|Anu]]'' (genitive ''Anann'') may be an alternative form.<ref name=koch1693/> ''Anu'' is called "[[mother goddess|mother of the Irish gods]]" by [[Cormac mac Cuilennáin]].<ref name=koch1693/> This may be linked to the [[Welsh mythology|Welsh mythical]] figure [[Dôn]].<ref name=koch1693/> [[Hindu mythology]] also has a goddess called [[Danu (Hinduism)|Danu]], who may be an [[Proto-Indo-European religion|Indo-European]] parallel. However, this reconstruction is not universally accepted.<ref>{{harvnb|MacKillop|2006|p=136}}</ref> It has also been suggested that ''Danann'' is a conflation of ''dán'' ("skill, craft") and the goddess name ''Anann''.<ref name=koch1693/> The name is also found as ''Donann'' and ''Domnann'',<ref>{{harvnb|Koch|Carey|1997|p=245}}</ref> which may point to the origin being [[Proto-Celtic language|proto-Celtic]] ''*don'', meaning "earth"<ref name=koch1693/> (compare the Old Irish word for earth, ''doman''). [[Tírechán]] described the ''sídh'' folk as ''dei terreni'', "earthly gods".<ref name=koch1693/> The name could be [[cognate]] with the mythical [[Fir Domnann]]<ref>''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'' [http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/lebor3.html §49]</ref> and the [[Celtic Britons|British]] [[Dumnonii]].<ref>{{harvnb|MacKillop|1998|p=129}}</ref>

==Description==
The Tuatha Dé Danann are described as a supernatural race, much like idealized humans, who are immune from ageing and sickness, and who have powers of magic.<ref name=koch1693/> The powers most often attributed to the Tuatha Dé Danann are control over the weather and the elements, and the ability to shapeshift themselves and other things.<ref name=koch1693/> They are also said to control the fertility of the land; the tale ''De Gabáil in t-Sída'' says the first Gaels had to establish friendship with the Tuatha Dé Danann before they could raise crops and herds.<ref name=koch1693/>

They live in the [[Celtic Otherworld|Otherworld]], which is described as either a parallel world or a heavenly land beyond the sea or under the earth's surface.<ref name=koch1693/> Many of them are associated with specific places in the landscape, especially the ''sídh'' mounds; the ancient [[burial mound]]s and [[passage tomb]]s which are entrances to Otherworld realms.<ref name=koch1693/><ref name="ohogain"/> The Tuatha Dé Danann can hide themselves with a ''[[féth fíada]]'' ('magic mist')<ref name="ohogain"/> and appear to humans only when they wish to.<ref name=koch1693/>

In some tales, such as ''[[Baile in Scáil]]'', a king receives affirmation of his legitimacy from one of the Tuatha Dé Danann.<ref name=koch1693/> In other tales, a king's right to rule is affirmed by an encounter with an otherworldly woman. It has been argued that the inauguration of Irish kings originally represented his ritual marriage to the goddess of the land (see [[sovereignty goddess]]).<ref name=koch1693/> The Tuatha Dé Danann can also bring doom to unrightful kings.<ref name=koch1693/>

The medieval writers who wrote about the Tuatha Dé Danann were Christians. Sometimes they explained the Tuatha Dé Danann as [[fallen angel]]s; neutral angels who sided neither with God nor [[Lucifer]] and were punished by being forced to dwell on the Earth; or humans who had become highly skilled in magic. However, several writers acknowledged that at least some of them had been gods.<ref name=koch1693/>

There is strong evidence that many of the Tuatha Dé Danann represent the gods of Irish paganism.<ref name=koch1693/><ref name="ohogain"/> The name itself means "tribe of gods", and the ninth-century ''Scél Tuain meic Cairill'' (Tale of [[Tuan mac Cairill]]) speaks of the ''Tuath Dé ocus Andé'', "tribe of gods and un-gods".<ref name=koch1693/> [[Goibniu]], [[Credne]] and [[Luchta]] are called the ''trí dé dáno'', "three gods of craft".<ref name=koch1693/> In ''[[Sanas Cormaic]]'' ([[Cormac mac Cuilennáin|Cormac]]'s Glossary), [[Anu (Irish goddess)|Anu]] is called "mother of the Irish gods", [[Nét]] a "god of war", and [[Brigit]] a "goddess of poets"<ref name=koch1693/> whose father is [[the Dagda]]; his own name meaning "the great god".<ref name=koch1693/> Writing in the seventh century, [[Tírechán]] explained the ''sídh'' folk as "earthly gods" (Latin ''dei terreni''),<ref name=koch1693/> while ''Fiacc's Hymn'' says the Irish adored the ''sídh'' before the coming of [[Saint Patrick]].<ref name=koch1693/> Goibniu, [[Dian Cécht]] the physician, and [[Flidais]] the mistress of animals are invoked in [[incantations]], further evidence that they were seen as supernatural powers.<ref name=koch1693/> Several of the Tuatha Dé Danann are [[cognate]] with [[Ancient Celtic religion|ancient Celtic]] deities: Lugh with [[Lugus]], Brigit with [[Brigantia (goddess)|Brigantia]], Nuada with [[Nodons]], and Ogma with [[Ogmios]].<ref name=koch1693/>

Nevertheless, [[John Carey (Celticist)|John Carey]] notes that it is not wholly accurate to describe all of them as gods in the medieval literature itself. He argues that the literary Tuatha Dé Danann are ''[[sui generis]]'', and suggests "immortals" might be a more neutral term.<ref name=koch1693/>

==Legend==
In [[euhemerized]] accounts, the Tuatha Dé Danann were descended from [[Nemed]], leader of a previous wave of inhabitants of Ireland. In non-euhemerized accounts they are descended from [[Danu (Irish goddess)|Danu]]/[[Anu (Irish goddess)|Anu]], a mother goddess. They came from four cities to the north of Ireland—Falias, Gorias, Murias and Finias—where they taught their skills in the sciences, including architecture, the arts and magic.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/lifeunderstoodf00rawsgoog |title=Life Understood from a Scientific and Religious Point of View: And the Practical Method of Destroying Sin, Disease, and Death |author=Frederick Lawrence Rawson |publisher=Crystal Press |year=1920 |page=431}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.exclassics.com/ceitinn/foras.pdf |title=The History of Ireland |author=Geoffrey Keating |publisher=Ex-classics Project |year=2009 |page=82}}</ref> According to ''[[Lebor Gabála Érenn]]'', they came to Ireland "in dark clouds" and "landed on the mountains of [the] [[Conmhaícne|Conmaicne Rein]] in [[Connacht]]a", otherwise [[Sliabh an Iarainn]], "and they brought a darkness over the sun for three days and three nights". They immediately burnt the ships "so that they should not think of retreating to them, and the smoke and the mist that came from the vessels filled the neighbouring land and air. Therefore it was conceived that they had arrived in clouds of mist".

A poem in the ''Lebor Gabála Érenn'' says of their arrival:
<blockquote><poem>It is God who suffered them, though He restrained them
they landed with horror, with lofty deed,
in their cloud of mighty combat of spectres,
upon a mountain of Conmaicne of Connacht.

Without distinction to discerning Ireland,
Without ships, a ruthless course
the truth was not known beneath the sky of stars,
whether they were of heaven or of earth.</poem>
</blockquote>

According to Tuan:
<blockquote>From them are the Tuatha Dé and Andé, whose origin the learned do not know, but that it seems likely to them that they came from heaven, on account of their intelligence and for the excellence of their knowledge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/tuan.html|title=The Story of Tuan mac Carill|website=maryjones.us}}</ref></blockquote>

Led by king [[Nuada]], they fought the [[Cath Maige Tuired|First Battle of Magh Tuireadh]] on the west coast, in which they defeated and displaced the native [[Fir Bolg]], who then inhabited Ireland. In the battle, Nuada lost an arm to their champion, [[Sreng]]. Since Nuada was no longer "unblemished", he could not continue as king and was replaced by the half-[[Fomorian]] [[Bres]], who turned out to be a tyrant. The physician [[Dian Cecht]] replaced Nuada's arm with a working silver one and he was reinstated as king. However, [[Dian Cecht]]'s son Miach was dissatisfied with the replacement so he recited the spell, "''ault fri halt dí & féith fri féth''" (joint to joint of it and sinew to sinew), which caused flesh to grow over the silver prosthesis over the course of nine days and nights.<ref>Elizabeth Gray, Cath Maige Tuired, Irish Texts Society, London 1983, pp 32-3</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sengoidelc.com/alt-fri-alt-ocus-feith-fri-feith|title=Alt fri alt ocus féith fri féith!|website=Sengoídelc}}</ref> However, in a fit of jealous rage [[Dian Cecht]] slew his own son. Because of [[Nuada]]'s restoration as the leader, [[Bres]] complained to his family and his father, [[Elatha]], who sent him to seek assistance from [[Balor]], king of the [[Fomorian]]s.

The Tuatha Dé Danann then fought the [[Cath Maige Tuired|Second Battle of Magh Tuireadh]] against the [[Fomorians]]. Nuada was killed by the Fomorian king [[Balor]]'s poisonous eye, but Balor was killed by [[Lugh]], champion of the Tuatha Dé Danann, who then took over as king.

A third battle was fought against a subsequent wave of invaders, the [[Milesians (Irish)|Milesians]], from the northwest of the [[Iberian Peninsula]] (present-day [[Galicia (Spain)|Galicia]] and Northern [[Portugal]]), descendants of [[Míl Espáine]] (who are thought to represent the [[Goidelic]] Celts). The Milesians encountered three Tuatha Dé Danann goddesses, [[Ériu]], [[Banba]] and [[Fodla]], who asked that the island be named after them; Ériu is the origin of the modern name [[Éire]], and Banba and Fodla are still sometimes used as poetic names for Ireland.

Their three husbands, [[Mac Cuill]], [[Mac Cecht]] and [[Mac Gréine]], were kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann at that time, and asked for a truce of three days, during which the Milesians would lie at anchor nine waves' distance from the shore. The Milesians complied, but the Tuatha Dé Danann created a magical storm in an attempt to drive them away. The Milesian poet [[Amergin Glúingel|Amergin]] calmed the sea with his verse, then his people landed and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann at [[Tailtiu]]. When Amergin was called upon to divide the land between the Tuatha Dé Danann and his own people, he cleverly allotted the portion above ground to the Milesians and the portion underground to the Tuatha Dé Danann. The Tuatha Dé Danann were led underground into the [[Sidhe]] mounds by [[Manannán mac Lir]] and [[Tír na nÓg]] onto a flowery plain/plain of honey attested to in the Voyage of Bran.

==The Four Treasures==
{{main|Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann}}

The Tuatha Dé Danann brought [[Four Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann|four magical treasures]] with them to Ireland, one apiece from their Four Cities:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ireland-information.com/articles/tuathadedanann.htm|title=Tuatha De Danann|website=ireland-information.com|access-date=2017-08-08}}</ref>

* [[Dagda's Cauldron]]
* [[Lugh#Lugh's spear|The Spear of Lugh]]
* [[Lia Fáil]] (The Stone of Fal)
* [[Claíomh Solais]] (The Sword of Light)

==Tuatha Dé Danann High Kings of Ireland==
The following is a chronology from the [[Annals of the Four Masters]], based on reign-lengths given in [[Geoffrey Keating]]'s ''Forus Feasa ar Erinn''. [[Nuada]]'s original reign lacks a precise start date.

*[[Nuada]] (first reign) ''AFM'' unknown–1897 BC; ''FFE'' unknown–1477 BC
*[[Bres]] ''AFM'' 1897–1890 BC; ''FFE'' 1477–1470 BC
*[[Nuada]] (final reign) ''AFM'' 1890–1870 BC; ''FFE'' 1470–1447 BC
*[[Lugh]] ''AFM'' 1870–1830 BC; ''FFE'' 1447–1407 BC
*[[The Dagda|Eochaid Ollathair]] ''AFM'' 1830–1750 BC; ''FFE'' 1407–1337 BC
*[[Delbáeth]] ''AFM'' 1750–1740 BC; ''FFE'' 1337–1327 BC
*[[Fiacha mac Delbaíth|Fiacha]] ''AFM'' 1740–1730 BC; ''FFE'' 1327–1317 BC
*[[Mac Cuill]], [[Mac Cecht]] and [[Mac Gréine]] ''AFM'' 1730–1700 BC; ''FFE'' 1317–1287 BC

==Additional references==
In the Irish version of the Historia Britonum of Nennius, the chief men of science of the ''Tuatha Dé Danann'' are listed with their partly Latin names and associations as follows:<ref name="auto"/>
*[[Luchtaine|''Luchtenus'']], ''artifex'' ("artisan")
*[[Creidhne|''Credenus'']], ''figulus'' ("shaper/builder")
*[[Dian Cecht|''Dianus'']], ''medicus'' ("doctor")
*''Eadon'', daughter of Dianus and nurse of the poets—presumably [[Étaín]], [[Brigid]], or [[Airmed]]
*[[Goibniu|''Goibnen'']], ''faber'' ("smith/architect")
*[[Lugh|Lug]], son of Eithne, with whom were all the arts
*[[Dagda]] the Great, the King
*[[Ogma]], brother of the King, from whom came the letters of the Scots

In the Annals of Inisfallen, the following are listed as members of the ''Tuatha Dé'' who overcame the [[Fir Bolg]]:<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://celt.ucc.ie//published/T100004P/text002.html |title=Annals of Inisfallen, Pre-Patrician section |chapter=entry 31 |author=Seán Mac Airt}}</ref>
*[[Bres]], son of [[Elatha]]
*[[Delbaeth]], son of Elatha
*[[Dagda]]
*[[Aengus|Mac ind Óc]]
*[[Lugh|Lug]] son of [[Ethliu]]
*[[Dian Cécht]]
*[[Goibniu|Goibnenn]] the smith
*[[Luchtaine]] the wright
*[[Creidhne|Crédne]] the craftsman

==See also==
* [[Æsir]]
* [[Anunnaki]]
* [[Aos Sí]]
* [[Sliabh an Iarainn]]
* [[Twelve Olympians]]

==Citations==
{{reflist}}

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===Primary sources===
* {{Cite LGE}}
* ''[[Mesca Ulad]]''

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.transceltic.com/pan-celtic/tuatha-de-danann Article on Tuatha Dé Danann] on Transceltic.com
* [https://airthakunds.com/the-legend-of-tuatha-de-danann-of-ireland Tuatha Dé Danann] from the Annals of the Four Masters

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