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An ethnic group in Myanmar. quotations examples
Everywhere the Danu wears the turban and jacket of the Burman, but in most cases he prefers the Shan trousers to the Burmese loin-cloth.
1899, James George Scott, John Percy Hardiman, Gazetteer of Upper Burma and the Shan States, Volume 1, Part 1, page 563
The language spoken by the Danu people, considered by the Burmese government to be a dialect of the Intha-Danu language. examples
(Irish mythology) A hypothesised goddess of Irish mythology. quotations
This [battle] appears in Celtic history as that in which the Tuatha dè Danann, the tribes of the goddess Danu fought and conquered the Fir Bolg on Midsummer's Day.
1897, The Westminster Review, Volume 148: July-December 1897, page 17
The old poets thought that the tribes of the goddess Danu were of a perfect beauty, and the creators of beautiful people and beautiful arts.
1897, W. B. Yeats, “The Tribes of Danu”, in The New Review, Volume 17: July-December 1897, William Heinemann, page 550
She may be the same as Danu, or she may be the same as the Morrigu.
1987, Peter Alderson Smith, W. B. Yeats and the Tribes of Danu: Three Views of Ireland's Fairies, C. Smythe, page 52
(religion, Hinduism) A Hindu primordial goddess who had numerous children. examples