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The Celts regarded them as Gods from the Green Land, the Island of the Four Masters,This is probably Greenland, followed by Ireland, the Emerald Isle the legendary Thule. Ancient masters of Ireland, the Tuatha Dé Danaan are the People of the Great Goddess.
Formerly, in Ireland and Wales, the most important ceremony was a ritual march called the Challenge of the Elves. The Celtic lords took this title since - as they said - they came from the Elves. Who are the Elves? Are they humanlike? Are they mythical beings, out of romantic imagination of some writers? Are they different but real? Who knows? Celtic myths are a sacred part of history. According to them, the Elves, called Tuatha De Danaan, are the giants who once ruled over Ireland.

Half historical and half legendary, the Tuatha erected the large stones.See page They had genius' power, gods' wisdom and giants' strength, these worthy descendants of the Elohim, ie gods. They represent our divine sonship; on the other hand, no one can say wether they belong to another species than ours. They could have been men of great power, men of highest knowledge, but men anyway. Or did they belong to another species from another star system? For Celtic mythology of Ireland, "the Tuatha De Danaan (People of the Goddess Dana) are gods from four northern islands, Falias, Gorias, Findias and Murias. From there, they bring five talismans: the lance of Lugh, the sword of Nuada, the cauldron and the club of Dagda and the Stone of Fal. " (source)Wikipedia

The Stone of Fal called "stone of destiny" is long and narrow. About a man's height, the stone had to be touched by the pretenders to the throne, and she roared to designate the future king. They kept it at Temuir.Tara Another stone alike was playing the same role in Scotland. It was stolen by Edward 1st of England, who brought it to London. "When people come to Dana Ireland, the island is occupied by the Fir Bolg who will be defeated at the Battle of Mag Tuireadh or Tuired.

The Tuatha Dé DanaanBetween them Cuchulain, son of Lugh, is the most famous are the mythical ancestors of the Celts in Ireland, but not only that. They left their mark throughout the Celtic world. Presented as gods and goddesses, heroes and witches, they mastered Knowledge, Science and Research under the protection of the Three Primordial Druids: Eoloas, Fiss and Fochmarc." (source)Wikipedia

"Using magical means, the Tuatha enjoyed immortality.See Gilgamesh But facing the Celt invaders, they got to back into the Sidhe. The gods faded out before men, the Tuatha leave the place to the Gaels." (source)Wikipedia The Tuatha backed into the Sidhe, the legend said. It forgot to tell where the Sidhe is, this inaccessible land but for Tuatha. Sidhe is a place, said the celtic legends. Is it a real place or a virtual one, as pointed by CastanedaSee page who called it "inner place" or "conscience place".

First, the Sidhe means mounds, gates of the underworld forever inhabited by Tuatha of the Goddess Dana. It is said that the night of Samhain, the Sidhe are opening to allow everyone to communicate with the spirits of the great ancestors. But the Sidhe is more.
Sometimes the Sidhe evokes a western paradise beyond the water, an bountiful and beautiful Edenic land with fine weather throughout the year, where the sun shines every day, where flowers and fruit are ever growing. Didn'it look like the lost paradise of Atlantis, did it? Sometimes the Sidhe refers to a different level, where everything is perfect, calm and voluptuous. And sometimes, the Sidhe is peace. And sometimes, the Sidhe names the caverns inhabited by the Tuatha, where crystal artificial lightSee L'étrange quête de l'agartha gives them eternal life.

It also said that the Sidhe is under hills or mounds where the Tuatha live. We recognize the habitat of Hobbits invented by Tolkien.See La fin des orques It is finally said that the Sidhe is in the singing caverns, in the bottom of the deep blue sea, in this world of eternal peace that Jacques Cousteau has called the Silent World. A misnamed world: the deep sea is rather noisy. As for the eternal peace, forget it. This is rather fight for survival.See page

This mysterious people left, like the gods. But they left us their inspiration:
"Divine and far, she remains in the woods, dressed in purple with gold, armed with a coat of mail. Both sovereign and goddess, mother and warrior, a healer and a Pope, as is Dana, the Mother GoddessSee Pleine de grâces of the Tuatha Dé Danaan, demigods of pre-Celtic Ireland. " (source)Dean Morrisey, author of the opposite picture. See his site
Dana is a perfect symbol for the ancient worship of Mother Earth, such is GaiaSee Le règne de Cronos in Greek mythology.
We find this religion in Egypt with that of Isis,See le don d'Isis another personification of Mother Earth. And at the same time, the Turkish Isis is a goddess-mother in splendid shape, a warrior in a space suit,Voir Isis d'Anatolie in the heart of a sensual and warlike cult of femininity, which combines the fertile female items with deer horns and trophies.
In French, we have the homophonic equation mater = ma terre, and in English we got mater = matter. They both tune in our unconscious.

In Celtic land, the worship of Mother Earth has not disappeared with the divine Tuatha. The Gauls had continued to worship her under the name of Belisama, the Great Goddess. And the Britons still worship as Sainte Anne. The Mother Goddess is still here, her name only has changed. A light change in French: Danaan became Dame Anne.Our Lady Ann The homophony is puzzling. Dana also survived in the form of the Virgin Mary. The Marian cult, very present in Catholicism, could be reminiscent of Mother Goddess.See page
For Jacques Bonvin, most of ancient black virgins,See opposite though dating from medieval times are earlier to Christianity.See page They represent our Mother Earth, carrying the Man standing on her knees.See page Mother Earth, Gaia, Dana, Kwang Lin, Isis,See page Holy Lady or whatever her name is the Great Mother Goddess. Blind and deaf, she sends his unconditional love to everyone at any time. It flows by wide avenues, fresh and invigorating energy rivers, the sacred stream.See page
