Danu

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Danu, Dana. Speculative name for the mother goddess of the Continental Celts based on the evidence of place-names, e.g. Danube (L Dānuvius; Hungarian Duna; German Donau); also a variant for the Irish Ana (a prosthetic d-= Ana) and linked to the Welsh Dôn. Other goddesses named Danu appear as far afield as Russia and India; in India's Rig-Veda the name of the goddess Danu signifies ‘stream’ and ‘the waters of heaven’.

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