Anu Celtic Goddess of Fertility
Anu
Celtic Goddess of Fertility
Anu, pronounced an-oo, (aka Anann, Dana, Dana-Ana) is the Irish
Goddess of plenty and is the maiden aspect of the Morrigu. She
is the Mother-Earth Goddess and the flowering fertility Goddess.
Ireland - Mother Earth; Goddess of plenty, another aspect of the
Morrigu; Great Goddess; greatest of all goddesses. The flowering
fertility goddess, sometimes she formed a trinity with Badb and
Macha. Her priestesses comforted and taught the dying. Fires
were lit for her at Midsummer. Two hills in Kerry are called the
Paps of Anu. Maiden aspect of the Triple Goddess in Ireland.
Guardian of cattle and health. Goddess of fertility, prosperity,
and comfort. Anu is associated with the Celts as the mother
Goddess of the ancestors, reaching so far back into time there
is very little record of her... externally at least. She is
identified with the Goddess Danu and the Children of Danu
(Tuatha De Danaan) and the four great cities Falias, Gorias,
Finias and Murias. In the beginning it was Anu who watered the
first Oak tree Bile from the heavens and granted life to the
earth, from the tree fell two acorns which Anu nurtured as her
own and in turn they became the God Dagda and the Goddess
Brighid. Anu has been known to appear in the form of a swan,
representing the purity of the female and gracefulness in
motherhood.
Anu is considered to be the ancestor of all the Gods, the Tuatha
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