Danu Promo Card P4

Perna Studios is very excited to announce our third trading card set entitled Classic Mythology II (release date April of 2014). This set will focus on 5 timeless Classic Mythologies that we have all come to love and enjoy during our lifetime. The mythologies spotlighted in this set are Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Celtic and Native American.

Our fourth promo card for Classic Mythology II will be of Danu from Celtic Mythology drawn by artist Samantha Johnson - These will be given away to attendees at the Fall 2013 Philly Non-Sports Card Show from September 21st - 22nd 2013 phillynon-sportscardshow.com


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Danu (Dana) – Celtic Mythology – Danu was the mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann. As the mother of the gods, Danu has strong parallels with the Welsh literary figure (or goddess) Dôn, who is the mother figure of the medieval tales in the Mabinogion. Danu was considered as the mythic mother goddess of the Tuatha Dé Danann, the Celtic tribes that first invaded Ireland. The Celts, also on the continent, had several goddesses, also of war. "Apart from these goddesses of war, there were other Amazonian figures who led armies into battle. Often they were also endowed with legendary sexual prowess. The Celts included the cult of the mother goddess in their rites, as archeological evidence testifies. Indeed, the Tuatha Dé were the descendants of the goddess Danu, and in some local instances, the ruler of the otherworld was a goddess, rather than a god, just as some folktales represented the otherworld as 'the Land of Women'.


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