Re: [tied] Re: Dé Danann

From: Max Dashu
Message: 5434
Date: 2001-01-12

>>The full name Tuatha Dé [sic! = "Goddess's"] Danann is, as Chris
>>Gwinn pointed out some time ago, a rather late literary invention.

Just checking: so the Dé is genitive, and also means goddess specifically?
Rather than deity? Or are you saying "goddess" because De is combined with
(also genitive) Danann?

Max Dashu