{"id":36618,"date":"2026-07-26T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/danu-2\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T17:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:09:07","slug":"danu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/pt-br\/danu\/","title":{"rendered":"Danu"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"36618\" class=\"elementor elementor-36618 elementor-3047\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42e41e0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"42e41e0\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348661a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"348661a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94fd562 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"94fd562\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3928093 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3928093\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Danu, deusa-m\u00e3e dos Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-427c06f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"427c06f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Danu \u00e9 a deusa-m\u00e3e dos Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann, as hostes m\u00edticas dos deuses da Irlanda, e \u00e9 considerada a ancestral do seu cl\u00e3. Danu, na tradi\u00e7\u00e3o galesa conhecida como Don, \u00e9 considerada na <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conjunto das narrativas m\u00edticas sobre deuses transmitidas numa cultura.\" tabindex=\"0\">mitologia<\/span> irlandesa a m\u00e3e fundadora que deu o nome aos Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann, o &#8220;povo da deusa Danu&#8221;.<\/p><p>Apesar desta posi\u00e7\u00e3o central, surge raramente nos textos transmitidos como figura ativa, sendo introduzida quase exclusivamente de forma geneal\u00f3gica. Do ponto de vista das Ci\u00eancias da Religi\u00e3o, \u00e9 interpretada como reflexo de uma m\u00e3e primordial indo-europeia e como personifica\u00e7\u00e3o da \u00e1gua corrente.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3d3855 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d3d3855\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e1426b elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"3e1426b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iwg-pill-row\"><span class=\"iwg-klasse-badge\" tabindex=\"0\" data-tooltip=\"Deus \/ Deusa: Poder supremo personificado no pante\u00e3o de uma cultura, com compet\u00eancias bem definidas: for\u00e7as da natureza, destino, guerra, fertilidade. 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G\u00f6tter aus der Keltisch-Tradition, historisch-illustrativ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_danu-683x1024.webp 683w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_danu-200x300.webp 200w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_danu-768x1152.webp 768w, https:\/\/iwell-guard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/goetter_keltisch_danu.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce5bde e-con-boxed e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cce5bde\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab927f7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ab927f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e28a2cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e28a2cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Estado das fontes e etimologia do nome<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a2d8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"68a2d8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Os testemunhos mais antigos de Danu prov\u00eam dos manuscritos compilat\u00f3rios medievais irlandeses, sobretudo do &#8220;Lebor Gab\u00e1la \u00c9renn&#8221; (Livro das Invas\u00f5es, s\u00e9culo XI) e dos tratados geneal\u00f3gicos das listas r\u00e9gias.<\/p><p>Tamb\u00e9m nos &#8220;Dindshenchas&#8221;, as narrativas de top\u00f3nimos, aparece esporadicamente como m\u00e3e dos montes &#8220;Da Ch\u00edch Anann&#8221; no Kerry. Na cole\u00e7\u00e3o galesa dos Quatro Ramos &#8220;Mabinogion&#8221;, surge sob o nome Don uma m\u00e3e fundadora compar\u00e1vel, cujos filhos Gwydion, Arianrhod e Gilfaethwy se tornam ativos nas narrativas.<\/p>\n\n<p>O nome Danu \u00e9 derivado da raiz indo-europeia *d\u0101nu-, que significa &#8220;rio, \u00e1gua corrente&#8221;. A mesma raiz est\u00e1 na origem dos nomes dos rios Dan\u00fabio, Don, Dniepre e Dniestre.<\/p><p>Bernhard Maier refere na sua &#8220;Religion der Kelten&#8221; (2001) que a equipara\u00e7\u00e3o com a deusa das \u00e1guas v\u00e9dica Danu n\u00e3o \u00e9 obrigat\u00f3ria, mas \u00e9 discutida como testemunho de uma heran\u00e7a indo-europeia. Wolfgang Meid sublinha que os testemunhos de uma deusa Danu continental-celta permanecem escassos e s\u00e3o reconstitu\u00eddos sobretudo a partir de te\u00f3nimos atestados epigraficamente, como Anu.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f6b27b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6f6b27b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eedb25a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eedb25a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Posi\u00e7\u00e3o nos Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbd8bc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbd8bc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No &#8220;Lebor Gab\u00e1la \u00c9renn&#8221;, os Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann chegam \u00e0 Irlanda como a quarta vaga m\u00edtica de invasores, depois de os gigantes Fomori serem derrotados. S\u00e3o considerados os &#8220;filhos dos deuses&#8221; por excel\u00eancia. Danu aparece como m\u00e3e fundadora do cl\u00e3, sem que exista qualquer narrativa de cria\u00e7\u00e3o pr\u00f3pria sobre ela.<\/p><p>Os seus filhos mais importantes, segundo a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o geneal\u00f3gica, s\u00e3o Brian, Iuchar e Iucharba, os &#8220;tr\u00eas deuses do engenho art\u00edstico&#8221;. Noutros tratados, Dagda, o &#8220;deus bom&#8221;, \u00e9 apresentado como filho ou irm\u00e3o dela; as fontes contradizem-se neste ponto.<\/p>\n\n<p>Marie-Louise Sjoestedt formulou em &#8220;Dieux et h\u00e9ros des Celtes&#8221; (1940) que Danu n\u00e3o \u00e9 uma figura narrativa, mas um princ\u00edpio geneal\u00f3gico que identifica a fam\u00edlia divina como unidade.<\/p><p>John Carey sublinhou nos seus estudos sobre a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conjunto das narrativas m\u00edticas sobre deuses transmitidas numa cultura.\" tabindex=\"0\">mitologia<\/span> irlandesa que Danu n\u00e3o deve ser identificada com a posterior Santa Ana ou com Brigid, ainda que a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o popular e a recep\u00e7\u00e3o rom\u00e2ntica tenham tra\u00e7ado repetidamente essas linhas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a525907 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a525907\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5477536 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5477536\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Correspond\u00eancia galesa Don<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4999e7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4999e7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nos &#8220;Quatro Ramos do Mabinogi&#8221;, cujo manuscrito mais antigo data do s\u00e9culo XIV, Don aparece como m\u00e3e de uma poderosa fam\u00edlia de deuses. Os seus filhos s\u00e3o Gwydion, o mago astuto, Arianrhod, a mulher c\u00f3smica da roda de prata, Gilfaethwy e Govannon, o ferreiro.<\/p><p>Don propriamente dita n\u00e3o tem narrativa pr\u00f3pria. O paralelismo estrutural com a irlandesa Danu foi amplamente discutido por Miranda Aldhouse-Green em &#8220;Celtic Goddesses&#8221; (1995). Ambas as figuras designam o &#8220;lado divino&#8221; de um sistema m\u00edtico bin\u00e1rio, em que o outro lado \u00e9 ocupado por uma ra\u00e7a gigantesca e frequentemente ca\u00f3tica.<\/p>\n\n<p>Helmut Birkhan refere em &#8220;Kelten&#8221; (1997) que a galesa Don \u00e9 ocasionalmente confundida em textos posteriores com o rei b\u00edblico Don ou com Mathonwy, e s\u00f3 pode ser identificada de forma inequ\u00edvoca como m\u00e3e fundadora feminina atrav\u00e9s de refer\u00eancias cruzadas. A hip\u00f3tese de uma divindade maternal &#8220;insular-celta&#8221; original comum baseia-se na correspond\u00eancia estrutural, n\u00e3o na correspond\u00eancia textual.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f70a6ca e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f70a6ca\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-377b0d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"377b0d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Anu, Ana e a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o popular irlandesa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-804151f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"804151f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Al\u00e9m de Danu, a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o irlandesa conhece uma deusa Anu ou Ana, que no &#8220;Sanas Cormaic&#8221; (Gloss\u00e1rio de Cormac, s\u00e9culo X) \u00e9 designada &#8220;m\u00e3e dos deuses irlandeses&#8221;.<\/p><p>Se Anu e Danu s\u00e3o dois nomes da mesma figura ou se eram originalmente personagens distintas \u00e9 uma quest\u00e3o controversa na investiga\u00e7\u00e3o. As duas colinas proeminentes no condado de Kerry, os &#8220;Seios de Anu&#8221; (&#8220;Da Ch\u00edch Anann&#8221;), sugerem uma liga\u00e7\u00e3o concreta de Anu \u00e0 paisagem que n\u00e3o existe para Danu.<\/p>\n\n<p>Na posterior <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A religiosidade vivida no cotidiano, frequentemente a par da doutrina oficial.\" tabindex=\"0\">religiosidade popular<\/span> Anu fundiu-se com Santa Ana, a m\u00e3e de Maria, o que Bernhard Maier descreve como exemplo t\u00edpico da cristianiza\u00e7\u00e3o de divindades femininas locais na Irlanda.<\/p><p>A figura luminosa designada &#8220;\u00c1ine&#8221;, do Munster, associada ao sol e \u00e0 fertilidade, \u00e9 por vezes interpretada como uma localiza\u00e7\u00e3o tardia de Anu, mas John Carey considera esta equipara\u00e7\u00e3o insuficientemente documentada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f3611c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2f3611c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb17709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb17709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Refer\u00eancias celtas continentais<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-730508b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"730508b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No continente, as divindades femininas com fun\u00e7\u00f5es semelhantes s\u00e3o apreens\u00edveis sobretudo atrav\u00e9s de inscri\u00e7\u00f5es e representa\u00e7\u00f5es figurativas. As deusas-m\u00e3e designadas &#8220;Matres&#8221; ou &#8220;Matronae&#8221; surgem frequentemente em tr\u00edade na regi\u00e3o renana e s\u00e3o associadas \u00e0 abund\u00e2ncia, \u00e0 fertilidade e \u00e0 prote\u00e7\u00e3o local.<\/p><p>Uma <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Um texto gravado ou esculpido num suporte fixo.\" tabindex=\"0\">inscri\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span> direta que mencione uma deusa Danu n\u00e3o foi ainda identificada de forma inequ\u00edvoca no continente. C\u00e9sar menciona em &#8220;De bello Gallico&#8221; (VI, 17) v\u00e1rias divindades gaulesas, mas atribui-lhes sistematicamente nomes romanos, pelo que uma identifica\u00e7\u00e3o de Danu no seu <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conjunto dos deuses de uma religi\u00e3o ou cultura.\" tabindex=\"0\">pante\u00e3o<\/span> n\u00e3o \u00e9 poss\u00edvel.<\/p>\n\n<p>Diodoro da Sic\u00edlia transmite observa\u00e7\u00f5es etnogr\u00e1ficas sobre pr\u00e1ticas cultuais gaulesas, sem mencionar uma m\u00e3e fundadora compar\u00e1vel. A refer\u00eancia ao nome do rio Dan\u00fabio continua a ser o ind\u00edcio mais importante de que o nome Danu estava difundido numa vasta faixa geogr\u00e1fica, sem que da\u00ed se possa concluir a exist\u00eancia de um <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conjunto das pr\u00e1ticas de venera\u00e7\u00e3o religiosa a uma divindade ou figura sagrada.\" tabindex=\"0\">culto<\/span> unit\u00e1rio.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b93f02b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b93f02b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0728b73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0728b73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Perfil funcional e classifica\u00e7\u00e3o no \u00e2mbito da ci\u00eancia das religi\u00f5es<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b28d1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b28d1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A partir do material das fontes, Danu pode ser descrita sobretudo como deusa fundadora e liminar. \u00c9 m\u00e3e da fam\u00edlia divina, sem se tornar ela pr\u00f3pria uma hero\u00edna ativa. Pertence, por isso, a uma s\u00e9rie que inclui a grega Gaia, a romana Terra Mater e a n\u00f3rdica Bestla, que constituem cada uma um n\u00f3 geneal\u00f3gico, mas n\u00e3o desempenham pap\u00e9is narrativos principais.<\/p>\n\n<p>A liga\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 \u00e1gua, em particular a nascentes e rios, n\u00e3o foi tratada de forma espec\u00edfica por Geoffrey of Monmouth nas suas vers\u00f5es de mat\u00e9rias lend\u00e1rias brit\u00e2nicas, mas a recep\u00e7\u00e3o posterior desenvolveu-a.<\/p><p>Marija Gimbutas tinha classificado Danu nos anos 1970 como exemplo de uma deusa-terra pr\u00e9-indo-europeia; esta interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e9 hoje considerada ultrapassada. Os estudos celtol\u00f3gicos atuais salientam o fundo indo-europeu e a <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A transmiss\u00e3o de conhecimentos e narrativas atrav\u00e9s das gera\u00e7\u00f5es.\" tabindex=\"0\">tradi\u00e7\u00e3o<\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c732946 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c732946\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ca7d6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6ca7d6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recep\u00e7\u00e3o no neopaganismo e na cultura popular<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee9a780 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee9a780\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Nas correntes neopag\u00e3s e neo-dru\u00eddicas desde o final do s\u00e9culo XX, Danu tornou-se uma figura central, invocada como m\u00e3e-terra, deusa ancestral ou fonte c\u00f3smica.<\/p><p>A reconstru\u00e7\u00e3o apoia-se mais na imagem de uma antiga deusa-terra tra\u00e7ada por investigadores como Marija Gimbutas do que nas fontes medievais. Helmut Birkhan assinalou criticamente, em v\u00e1rias ocasi\u00f5es, este distanciamento entre o testemunho das fontes e a pr\u00e1tica de venera\u00e7\u00e3o moderna.<\/p>\n\n<p>Na literatura fant\u00e1stica, como a de Marion Zimmer Bradley ou Juliet Marillier, Danu torna-se figura de fundo de uma vis\u00e3o do mundo celta de orienta\u00e7\u00e3o feminista. A investiga\u00e7\u00e3o sobre a recep\u00e7\u00e3o moderna da cultura celta, apresentada nomeadamente por Marion Bowman, classifica esta tradi\u00e7\u00e3o como um movimento religioso aut\u00f3nomo, apenas parcialmente ligado \u00e0s religi\u00f5es celtas hist\u00f3ricas.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-946a3e5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"946a3e5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0be96cf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0be96cf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Estado da investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e quest\u00f5es em aberto<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fddb4bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fddb4bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A quest\u00e3o central em aberto continua a ser se Danu era uma deusa aut\u00f3noma com um <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conjunto das pr\u00e1ticas de venera\u00e7\u00e3o religiosa a uma divindade ou figura sagrada.\" tabindex=\"0\">culto<\/span> ativo ou se o seu nome cumpre primariamente uma fun\u00e7\u00e3o geneal\u00f3gica.<\/p><p>Bernhard Maier, John Carey e Helmut Birkhan defendem a segunda interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o e situam o <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"O conjunto das pr\u00e1ticas de venera\u00e7\u00e3o religiosa a uma divindade ou figura sagrada.\" tabindex=\"0\">culto<\/span> ativo sobretudo em figuras locais como Anu, Brigid ou as Matronae. Wolfgang Meid considera o conjunto de testemunhos t\u00e3o escasso que uma decis\u00e3o definitiva n\u00e3o \u00e9 poss\u00edvel.<\/p>\n\n<p>A investiga\u00e7\u00e3o arqueol\u00f3gica n\u00e3o identificou at\u00e9 ao momento nenhum santu\u00e1rio que possa ser inequivocamente designado como <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Um edif\u00edcio destinado \u00e0 venera\u00e7\u00e3o de uma ou mais divindades.\" tabindex=\"0\">templo<\/span> de Danu. Faltam igualmente inscri\u00e7\u00f5es que mencionem o seu nome.<\/p><p>A discuss\u00e3o permanece assim imanente ao texto e apoia-se em escassos passos medievais, cujo valor hist\u00f3rico para a hist\u00f3ria da religi\u00e3o pr\u00e9-crist\u00e3 \u00e9 controverso. Quanto \u00e0 hist\u00f3ria da recep\u00e7\u00e3o, Danu \u00e9, pelo contr\u00e1rio, uma figura extraordinariamente produtiva, que continua a exercer influ\u00eancia entre a investiga\u00e7\u00e3o, a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o popular e o neopaganismo moderno.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02749a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"02749a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33ee40a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33ee40a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mitologia comparada indo-europeia<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b3f7cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3b3f7cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A mitologia comparada indo-europeia relacionou repetidamente Danu com outras deusas fundadoras de tradi\u00e7\u00f5es afins. No Rigveda aparece uma deusa D\u0101nu, cujo filho Vritra cai no combate cosmog\u00f3nico contra Indra. Aqui, por\u00e9m, D\u0101nu n\u00e3o \u00e9 m\u00e3e fundadora dos deuses, mas m\u00e3e dos Asuras, um grupo advers\u00e1rio.<\/p><p>O paralelismo fica assim ao n\u00edvel do nome. Calvert Watkins reconstituiu em &#8220;How to Kill a Dragon&#8221; (1995) o tipo do combate com o drag\u00e3o numa perspetiva indo-europeia, sem colocar a irlandesa Danu nessa linha. N\u00e3o \u00e9 poss\u00edvel estabelecer uma correspond\u00eancia funcional direta.<\/p>\n\n<p>No interior das divindades aqu\u00e1ticas indo-europeias podem identificar-se rela\u00e7\u00f5es estruturais com a eslava Mokosch, com a b\u00e1ltica \u017demyna e com a germ\u00e2nica Nerthus, tal como Anna-Birgitta Rooth as elaborou em estudos comparativos.<\/p><p>A liga\u00e7\u00e3o \u00e0 nascente corrente, \u00e0 m\u00e3e presa \u00e0 terra e \u00e0 divindade aqu\u00e1tica c\u00f3smica tem uma pondera\u00e7\u00e3o diferente em cada um destes casos, pelo que de uma &#8220;Grande Deusa&#8221; unit\u00e1ria s\u00f3 se pode falar como construto de investiga\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p><p>Estudos recentes sobre a hist\u00f3ria das religi\u00f5es indo-europeias, como os de Martin L. West (&#8220;Indo-European Poetry and Myth&#8221;, 2007), consideram Danu uma figura plaus\u00edvel, mas reconstrutivamente pouco documentada.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e1207b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2e1207b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-866bcd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"866bcd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ind\u00edcios arqueol\u00f3gicos<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f247cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f247cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A investiga\u00e7\u00e3o arqueol\u00f3gica na Irlanda n\u00e3o identificou at\u00e9 ao momento nenhum santu\u00e1rio inequ\u00edvoco que possa ser associado a Danu. Os &#8220;Da Ch\u00edch Anann&#8221;, as proeminentes colinas duplas no Kerry, s\u00e3o reconhec\u00edveis como refer\u00eancia paisag\u00edstica, mas ostentam o nome de Anu, n\u00e3o o de Danu.<\/p><p>A investiga\u00e7\u00e3o de Ronald Hutton (&#8220;The <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"Sin\u00f3nimo de pag\u00e3o; pertencente a uma religi\u00e3o pr\u00e9-crist\u00e3.\" tabindex=\"0\">Pagan<\/span> Religions of the Ancient British Isles&#8221;, 1991) sublinha que as fontes para a religi\u00e3o irlandesa pr\u00e9-crist\u00e3 s\u00e3o arqueologicamente escassas e que a informa\u00e7\u00e3o mais relevante prov\u00e9m de textos medievais redigidos por monges crist\u00e3os.<\/p>\n\n<p>Os testemunhos epigr\u00e1ficos s\u00e3o quase inteiramente ausentes na Irlanda, porque o sistema de escrita Ogam foi utilizado quase exclusivamente para nomes de pessoas.<\/p><p>No continente, algumas inscri\u00e7\u00f5es em nascentes apresentam refer\u00eancias te\u00f3nimas a divindades aqu\u00e1ticas e de nascentes, que na investiga\u00e7\u00e3o moderna s\u00e3o por vezes associadas a Danu, sem que uma leitura inequ\u00edvoca seja poss\u00edvel. Danu permanece assim primariamente uma figura transmitida pelos textos, cujos vest\u00edgios materiais s\u00e3o reconstrutivos e indiretos.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa58d34 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa58d34\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aaf6c1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aaf6c1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hidron\u00edmia e o legado indo-europeu das \u00e1guas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17c9292 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17c9292\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A rela\u00e7\u00e3o etimol\u00f3gica de Danu com a palavra aqu\u00e1tica indo-europeia *deh\u2082-nu- &#8220;corrente, curso de \u00e1gua&#8221; foi sistematicamente elaborada por Julius Pokorny no seu &#8220;Indogermanisches etymologisches W\u00f6rterbuch&#8221; (1959, entrada &#8220;*d\u0101-nu-&#8220;).<\/p><ul><li>Os nomes de rios derivados estendem-se do Ocidente celta por todo o territ\u00f3rio de difus\u00e3o indo-europeu: Dan\u00fabio (em latim Danuvius em C\u00e9sar, &#8220;De bello Gallico&#8221; VI 25).<\/li><li>Don, Dniepre (Bor\u00edstenes na Antiguidade, mais tarde Danapris).<\/li><li>Dniestre (Danastris).<\/li><li>o Dheune do norte de Fran\u00e7a, o Garona do sudoeste franc\u00eas com o seu afluente Save, e na \u00cdndia a deusa aqu\u00e1tica v\u00e9dica D\u0101nu, m\u00e3e de Vritra no &#8220;Rigveda&#8221; I 32. Patrice Lajoye argumentou em &#8220;L\u2019arbre du monde&#8221; (2016) e nos seus artigos sobre as <span class=\"iwg-fachbegriff\" data-tooltip=\"A ci\u00eancia que estuda as religi\u00f5es de forma comparativa e sem vincula\u00e7\u00e3o confessional.\" tabindex=\"0\">Ci\u00eancias da Religi\u00e3o<\/span> que este conjunto de nomes n\u00e3o \u00e9 casual, mas remonta a uma camada arcaica de numina femininos das \u00e1guas e das correntes, que se manteve continuamente produtiva no dom\u00ednio celta, indo-iraniano e cita.<\/li><\/ul>\n<p>Wolfgang Meid tinha por sua vez alertado em &#8220;Die Religion der Kelten&#8221; (Innsbruck 1991, 2.\u00aa ed. 2007) para a cautela metodol\u00f3gica com que deve ser efetuada uma equipara\u00e7\u00e3o direta da m\u00e3e fundadora insular-celta com o nome fluvial continental.<\/p><p>Bernhard Maier segue esta linha na segunda edi\u00e7\u00e3o da sua &#8220;Religion der Kelten&#8221; (Munique 2012) e distingue entre um parentesco etimologicamente plaus\u00edvel, mas n\u00e3o obrigat\u00f3rio do ponto de vista da hist\u00f3ria das religi\u00f5es.<\/p><p>Joseph Falaky Nagy acrescentou no &#8220;Cambridge Companion to the Celts&#8221; (2015) que os pr\u00f3prios eruditos medievais irlandeses n\u00e3o fazem qualquer tentativa de associar Danu a cursos de \u00e1gua europeus; a liga\u00e7\u00e3o seria um construto da indogerman\u00edstica comparada dos s\u00e9culos XIX e XX.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b184dfd e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b184dfd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60c401a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"60c401a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Recep\u00e7\u00e3o medieval nos anais irlandeses<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81572a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a81572a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Al\u00e9m do &#8220;Lebor Gab\u00e1la \u00c9renn&#8221;, Danu aparece apenas indiretamente na tradi\u00e7\u00e3o anal\u00edstica irlandesa.<\/p><p>Nos &#8220;Annala Rioghachta Eireann&#8221; (&#8220;Anais do Reino da Irlanda&#8221;, compilados entre 1632 e 1636 pelos Quatro Mestres em torno de M\u00edche\u00e1l \u00d3 Cl\u00e9irigh), os Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann aparecem como uma popula\u00e7\u00e3o anterior historicizada, cuja m\u00e3e fundadora \u00e9 referida sob o nome Danann, sem que sejam transmitidos epis\u00f3dios pr\u00f3prios.<\/p><p>Tamb\u00e9m os &#8220;Dindshenchas \u00c9renn&#8221;, as tradi\u00e7\u00f5es m\u00e9tricas e em prosa de top\u00f3nimos dos manuscritos &#8220;Rennes&#8221;, &#8220;Bodleian&#8221; e &#8220;Book of Lecan&#8221;, se limitam \u00e0 indica\u00e7\u00e3o de que os pares de montes designados &#8220;Da Ch\u00edch Anann&#8221; no Kerry receberam o nome da deusa.<\/p><p>John Carey mostrou no volume coletivo &#8220;The Land of Promise&#8221; (Aberystwyth 2018) e em &#8220;A New Introduction to the Lebor Gab\u00e1la&#8221; (Irish Texts Society 1993) que estas notas s\u00e3o vest\u00edgios de fios tradicionais mais antigos, fortemente abreviados na reda\u00e7\u00e3o crist\u00e3.<\/p>\n<p>Uma descoberta metodologicamente importante nas fontes encontra-se no &#8220;Sanas Cormaic&#8221;, o gloss\u00e1rio do bispo Cormac mac Cuilenn\u00e1in de Cashel (falecido em 908), que glosa Anu como &#8220;m\u00e3e dos deuses irlandeses&#8221;. Whitley Stokes assinalou j\u00e1 na sua edi\u00e7\u00e3o (Calcut\u00e1 1868) que a glosa de Cormac constitui o testemunho dat\u00e1vel mais antigo da fun\u00e7\u00e3o de Anu\/Danu como m\u00e3e fundadora divina.<\/p><p>Proinsias Mac Cana apoia em &#8220;Celtic Mythology&#8221; (Londres 1970) a interpreta\u00e7\u00e3o de que o gloss\u00e1rio espelha a tradi\u00e7\u00e3o oral dos s\u00e9culos VIII e IX e, nesse sentido, permite aceder ao complexo dos Tuatha D\u00e9 Danann na sua fase liter\u00e1ria inicial.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dbc0306 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dbc0306\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-581a54c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"581a54c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Afinidade com Brigid e a s\u00edntese crist\u00e3<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9f1dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae9f1dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Uma das linhas de recep\u00e7\u00e3o mais importantes conduz de Danu a Brigid, filha de Dagda, que era ela pr\u00f3pria venerada como deusa da poesia, da arte de curar e do trabalho do ferreiro. 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