Danu’s Family Tree

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Family

• Amaethon(child),Arianrhod(child),Gilfaethwy(child),Gofannon(child),Gwydion(child)

  Dôn is the divine mother of the Children of Dôn — Gwydion, Gilfaethwy, Arianrhod, Amaethon, and Gofannon — the supernatural family that dominates the Fourth Branch of the Mabinogi and the governance of Gwynedd.

• Ogma(child),The Dagda(child)

  Danu bore the Dagda and Ogma, the mightiest and the most eloquent of the Irish gods — one the great father who wielded the club and cauldron, the other the champion who bound men with the chains of his speech.

• Tuatha Dé Danann(child)

  The Tuatha Dé Danann — the peoples of Danu — descend from their divine mother, whose name they carry as the mark of their origin among the gods of Ireland.

  ⚠ Danu is reconstructed from the genitive 'Danann' in the tribal name; no surviving Irish narrative describes her directly. Sanas Cormaic identifies her with Anu, a goddess of prosperity.