Tuatha DéDanaan

Tu·a·tha Dé Da·naan (to͞oʹə-hə dā' däʹnən) pl.n.

The pre-Christian gods of Ireland, sometimes represented as heroes or fairies.

  [Old Irish, tribes of the goddess Dana : tuatha, pl. of túath, people, tribe + dé, genitive of goddess + Danaan, genitive of Dana, Dana (Celtic mother goddess).]

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