Tuatha De Danann / 达努神族

Tuatha De Danann / 达努神族 are the divine people introduced in 142. 凯尔特神话故事（第一弹）：德鲁伊会梦见变形羊吗？ through [[Danu|达努]], [[TheDagda|The Dagda / 达格达]], and the episode’s Irish origin-story sequence. The source frames them as the gods or god-like beings who come to the “Island of Destiny” and later lose the surface of Ireland to the Sons of Mil.

Their importance is the retreat rather than only the conquest. After defeat, the Tuatha De Danann move into the sidhe, becoming underground or fairy-like powers. This makes them a bridge between divine myth, local landscape, Celtic Otherworld, Christianization, and later fairy tradition.

Key Claims

• The Tuatha De Danann are a divine-people cluster rather than a single character.
• The episode uses them to explain how old gods can survive defeat by changing location and social role.
• Their sidhe retreat helps Celtic Mythology preserve older divine material inside later fairy and folk-religion forms.
• They connect origin myth to settlement, displacement, landscape, and Mythic Source Layering.

Connections

• [[Danu|达努]] and [[TheDagda|The Dagda / 达格达]] - divine genealogy anchors in the source.
• [[LeborGabalaErenn|《入侵之书》]] - invasion and settlement text layer.
• Celtic Otherworld - sidhe retreat and hidden-world survival.
• Celtic Mythology - broader mythology field.
• Myth As Historical Evidence and 民俗作为社会记忆 / Folklore As Social Memory - methods for treating divine displacement as cultural memory.