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She stands regally, alone in the woods, clad in both
chain-mail armor and red robes embellished with gold. The dual nature
of her character is evident; she is both sovereign and goddess,
mother and warrior, priestess and protectress.
She is Danu, the Celtic mother goddess of the Tuatha
Dé Danann, a tribe of gods and demi-gods in pre-Christian Ireland.
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