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Danu Bojîi
Danu is an ancient Scythian word meaning ''"river"''. The commonly proposed etymology of the names of the Danube River, Dnieper River, Dniester River, Don River, and Donets River. Danu may also refer to: Mythology * Danu (Indo European) a water goddess in the Indo-European religion * Danu (Irish goddess), reconstructed mother goddess of the ''Tuatha De Danann'' (Old Irish: "The peoples of the goddess Danu") * Danu (Asura), an Asura and Hindu primordial goddess of primeval waters * Dewi Danu, a Balinese Hindu water goddess People * Danu Innasithamby, a Sri Lankan media personality * Danu people, an ethnic group in Myanmar Places Iran Moldova * Danu, Glodeni, a commune in Glodeni district, Moldova Myanmar * Danu language, a Burmish language in Myanmar Popular culture * Danú, an Irish folk music group * The fictitious island setting of Timothy Mo's novel, '' The Redundancy of Courage'' based on the real-life nation of East Timor Acronym DANU * Doclean Academy of Sciences and Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scythian Languages
The Scythian languages are a group of Eastern Iranic languages of the classical and late antique period (the Middle Iranic period), spoken in a vast region of Eurasia by the populations belonging to the Scythian cultures and their descendants. The dominant ethnic groups among the Scythian-speakers were nomadic pastoralists of Central Asia and the Pontic–Caspian steppe. Fragments of their speech known from inscriptions and words quoted in ancient authors as well as analysis of their names indicate that it was an Indo-European language, more specifically from the Iranic group of Indo-Iranic languages. Most of the Scythian languages eventually became extinct, except for modern Ossetian (which descends from the Alanic dialect of Scytho-Sarmatian), Wakhi (which descends from the Khotanese and Tumshuqese forms of Scytho-Khotanese), and Yaghnobi (which descends from Sogdian). Alexander Lubotsky summarizes the known linguistic landscape as follows: Classification ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danu (Asura)
Danu (, ) is a Hindu primordial goddess. She is mentioned in the ''Rigveda'' to be the mother of the eponymous race known as the danavas. The word ''Danu'' described the primeval waters that this deity perhaps embodied. In later Hinduism, she is described as the daughter of the Prajapati Daksha and his spouse Panchajani, and the consort of the sage Kashyapa. Etymology As a word for "rain" or "liquid", ''dānu'' is compared to Avestan ''dānu'', "river", and further to river names like Don, Danube, Dnieper, Dniestr, etc. There is also a Danu river in Nepal. The "liquid" word is mostly neutral, but appears as feminine in RV 1.54. Literature Rigveda In the ''Rigveda'' (I.32.9), she is identified as the mother of Vritra, the asura slain by Indra. Padma Purana In the Padma Purana, the children of Danu are described: Brahmanda Purana In the Brahmanda Purana, it is stated that while Aditi is habitually righteous, and Diti was habitually strong, Danu habitually prac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danú
Danú is an Irish traditional music band. The founding members of Danú (Donnchadh Gough, Dónal Clancy, Daire Bracken, and Benny McCarthy) met in Waterford in Ireland in 1994, and consolidated as a band after performing in the Festival Interceltique de Lorient in 1995. Their second album, ''Think Before You Think'' (2000) was voted Best Overall Traditional Act by Dublin's magazine '' Irish Music''. They are the only band to have been voted Best Traditional Group twice in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, in 2001 and again in 2004 when their version of Tommy Sands's "County Down" also won Best Original Song. Members Benny McCarthy is a founding member of Danú; he manages and performs with the band and plays button accordion and melodeon. Benny won the All Ireland Oireachtas in 1994 on both button accordion and melodeon. He is the driving force of Danú and is a key member of several other bands includinRaw Bar CollectiveanCordeen Oisín McAuley, a previous member of Stockt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danu Language
Intha and Danu are southern Burmish languages of Shan State, Burma, spoken respectively by the Intha and Danu people, the latter of whom are Bamar descendants who migrated to Inle Lake in Shan State. Considered to be dialects of Burmese by the Government of Myanmar, Danu has 93% lexical similarity with standard Burmese, while Intha has 95% lexical similarity with standard Burmese. Intha and Danu differ from standard Burmese with respect to pronunciation of certain phonemes, and few hundred local vocabulary terms. Language contact has led to increasing convergence with standard Burmese. Both are spoken by about 100,000 people each. Phonology Both Danu and Intha are characterized by retention of the medial (for the following consonant clusters in Intha: ). Examples include:*"full": Standard Burmese () → (), from old Burmese *"ground": Standard Burmese () → (), from old Burmese There is no voicing with the presence of either aspirated or unaspirated consonants. For ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danu, Glodeni
Danu is a commune in Glodeni District, Moldova. It is composed of three villages: Camencuța, Danu and Nicolaevca. Notable people *Alexei Crăcan
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Danu People
The Danu people () are a government-recognized ethnic group in Myanmar (Burma), predominantly populating the areas near the Pindaya Caves in Shan State. They speak the Danu language, which is closely related to Burmese. Etymology The name ''Danu'' derives from the Pali term , which means "archer" or "bow." The term is a reference to the legend of Prince Kumarabhaya, whose bow and arrow rescued seven princesses trapped in the caves by a giant spider. Origins Some oral traditions trace the ancestry of the Danu to the intermarriages of Burmese men and Shan women in the 16th century, coinciding with the expansionist policies of King Bayinnaung, who oversaw the establishment of Burmese administrative posts throughout the kingdom, including in Shan city-states. Notable Danu people * Aung Myat - former Chief Minister of Shan State Shan State (, ; , ) is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. Shan State borders China (Yunnan) to the north, Laos (Loua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danu Innasithamby
Savio Danushathan Innasithamby (born 13 October 1986), better known as Danu Innasithamby, is a Sri Lankan media personality, talk show host and Actor. Innasithamby is best known for his talk show programmes on Hi TV, ''Date with Danu'' and ''Danu on Fire'' for HI!! Online, as well as ''Danuta Kiyanna'' for Lankadeepa, where he conducts interviews with celebrities from or relevant to Sri Lanka. Innasithamby is also known for his earlier work on numerous shows for MTV, and his more recent work as the morning show host on Lite FM which was ranked No. 1. He was also hosting the morning show for RED FM. Personal life Danu Innasithamby was born on 13 October 1986 at Green Memorial Hospital in Manipay, Jaffna, located in the Tamil-majority north of Sri Lanka. His family is Tamil and followed Catholicism, which he practices to this day. He hails from a long line of doctors, including his father. He also has one sister, Thushara Innasithamby. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dewi Danu
Dewi Danu is the water goddess of the Balinese Hindus, who call their belief-system Agama Tirta, or ''belief-system of the water''. She is one of two supreme deities in the Balinese tradition. See also *Danu (Asura) External links *''Ulun Danu Batur Sacred Temple''* J. Stephen Lansing: ''A Thousand Years in Bali''. The Long Now Foundation ''The'' is a grammatical article in English, denoting nouns that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The .... *''Direct Water Democracy in Bali'' {{Hindu-myth-stub Hindu goddesses Indonesian goddesses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danu (Irish Goddess)
''*Danu'' () is a hypothesised entity in Irish mythology whose sole attestation is in the genitive in the name of the Tuatha dé Danann, which may mean 'the peoples of the goddess Danu' in Old Irish. Despite a complete absence from the primary texts, some later Victorian folklorists attempted to ascribe certain attributes to Danu, such as association with motherhood or agricultural prosperity. Etymology The hypothetical nominative form of the name, ''*Danu'', is not found in any medieval Irish text, but is rather a reconstruction by modern scholars based on the genitive ''Danann'' (also spelled ''Donand'' or ''Danand''), which is the only form attested in the primary sources (e.g. in the collective name of the Irish gods, ''Tuatha dé Danann'' "Tribe / People of Danu"). In Irish mythology, ''Anu'' (sometimes written as ''Anann'' or ''Anand'') is a goddess. She may be a distinct goddess in her own right or an alternative name for Danu, in which case ''Danu'' could be a contra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danube River
The Danube ( ; see also other names) is the second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea. A large and historically important river, it was once a frontier of the Roman Empire. In the 21st century, it connects ten European countries, running through their territories or marking a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. Among the many cities on the river are four national capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade. Its drainage basin amounts to and extends into nine more countries. The Danube's longest headstream, the Breg, rises in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, while the river carries its name from its source confluence in the palace park in Donaueschingen onwards. Since ancient times, the Danube has been a traditio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indo-European Religion
Proto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities associated with the Proto-Indo-Europeans, speakers of the hypothesized Proto-Indo-European language. Although the mythological motifs are not directly attested – since Proto-Indo-European speakers lived in preliterate societies – scholars of comparative mythology have reconstructed details from inherited similarities in mythological concepts found in Indo-European languages, based on the assumption that parts of the Proto-Indo-Europeans' original belief systems survived in the daughter traditions. The Proto-Indo-European pantheon includes a number of securely reconstructed deities, since they are both cognates—linguistic siblings from a common origin—and associated with similar attributes and body of myths: such as , the daylight-sky god; his consort , the earth mother; his daughter , the dawn goddess; his sons the Divine Twins; and and , a solar deity and moon deity, respectively. Some deities, like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
