Donn
deity underworld Gaels single tradition · 3
The death and ancestral god Donn may originally have been a form of the Dagda.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Folklore survived into the modern era.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Crom Dubh, Crom Cruach, Tailtiu, Nás, Bói, The Morrígan, Brigit, Boann, Aengus, Bodb Derg, Cermait, Aed, Midir, Balor, Eithne, Lugh
- manifests as
- phantom horseman riding a white horse
- aspect of
- The Dagda
- parent of
- Diarmuid Ua Duibhne
- has aspect
- Éber Donn
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“The death and ancestral god Donn may originally have been a form of the Dagda, who is sometimes called Dagda Donn.”
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“A ninth-century poem records that Donn's dying wish was for all his descendants to gather at his house or Tech Duinn (modern Irish Teach Duinn) after death: "To me, to my house, you shall all come after your deaths".”
#13326 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Crom Dubh is likely the same figure as Crom Cruach and shares some traits with the Dagda and Donn.”
#41714 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001