{"product_id":"ana-or-danu-the-search-e-l-hunter-9798190171204","title":"Ana or Danu? The Search for Ireland's Mother of the Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEveryone knows Danu, or thinks they do.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOften presented as the ancient mother goddess of Ireland, ancestor of the Tuatha Dé Danann and ruler of earth, rivers and fertility, Danu has become one of the most familiar figures in Celtic mythology. But what do the medieval Irish sources actually say? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAna or Danu?\u003c\/i\u003e follows the trail back through glossaries, manuscripts, place-names, folklore and the mountains of Kerry. In a ninth-century Irish glossary, a figure called Ana is named \"mother of the gods of the Irish,\" said to have fed them well, and linked to the Paps of Anu. Yet the familiar Danu emerges from a more uncertain history of shifting names, editorial choices, Victorian comparisons and generations of retelling. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is not a story of a goddess disappearing under scrutiny. It is the recovery of a more complex record: Ana and Anu; abundance and provision; war goddesses, holy wells and named landscapes; medieval scribes trying to make sense of the past, and modern readers doing the same. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAna or Danu?\u003c\/i\u003e traces the line between medieval evidence, later interpretation and modern tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor readers of Irish mythology, Celtic history, folklore and the hidden histories behind familiar gods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e E. L. Hunter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798190171204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d","brand":"E. L. Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50666068541695,"sku":"9798190171204","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ana-or-danu-the-search-e-l-hunter-9798190171204","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}