Celtic · Middle Irish · 11th c., from older oral material
Lebor Gabála Érenn & the Mythological Cycle
Anonymous Irish monastics
The Irish pseudo-history that turned the Tuatha Dé Danann from gods into an invading race of ancestors — euhemerisation as an explicit editorial policy, visible in the text.
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| Name here | Rank given | # | Powers described |
|---|---|---|---|
An Dagda = The Dagda | Chief of the Tuatha Dé Danann | — | Owns the cauldron that never empties and the club that slays with one end and revives with the other. |
| Of the Fomorians | — | His eye lays waste whatever it looks on; slain by Lugh at Mag Tuired. | |
Brig = Brigid | Daughter of the Dagda | — | Placed in the Tuatha Dé Danann genealogies as the Dagda's daughter, in the descent that later Irish learned tradition reworks around the saint. |
Fomoire = The Fomoire | The people of the sea | — | Fought by every wave of settlers in turn and given a descent from Ham, which is the compilers' device for fitting Irish prehistory into biblical history. |
Lug = Lugh | Of the Tuatha Dé Danann | — | Listed among the Tuatha Dé Danann in the settlement of Ireland, with the descent that makes him kin to both sides of the war. |
Nuadu Airgetlám = Nuada | King of the Tuatha Dé Danann | — | Named as king in the settlement narrative, with the loss of his hand and the silver replacement recorded as the reason for the interruption in his reign. |
| Of the Tuatha Dé Danann | — | Prophesies at the second battle of Mag Tuired; appears as a crow to the dying Cú Chulainn. |
