In Irish Mythology the Tuatha Dé Danann are a people who invaded Ireland from Northern Europe before the Milesians. Said to descend from a Goddess named Dana or Danu.
British Israelism, and other theories, have sought to identify them with the Biblical Tribe of Dan. In my own theories I've come to prefer more specifically identifying Dan with Greece, Makedon, Ionia and maybe parts of Italy. And thus come to reject attempts to identify them with northern European tribes.
I still think the Tuatha De Danann came from Scandinavia and thus may be partly related to modern populations of Scandinavia and Germany. But where did they come from Biblically? Well the D-n element is used in The Bible of more then just children of Jacob. Lately I finally noticed something interesting.
TuathaDeDanann, as in Dedan.
There are two Dedans in Genesis, both have a brother named Sheba. Some might be tempted to identify the De Danann with the Dedan who's a grandson of Abraham. But Abraham's sons by Keturah were settled in Arabia, according to Josephus along the Red Sea, where the the Dedan of Abraham was also known as Lihyan.
The Tuatha De Danann are often identified with two other groups from other Indo-European mythologies. The Children of Don of Welsh Mythology, descended from the Goddess Dôn. And the Danavas of Hindu mythology who also descended from a Goddess named Danu. There is a state called Dedan in modern India.
I've already argued elsewhere that the Rama of the Ramayama was a deification of Raamah son of Cush of Genesis 10. Rama by his wife Sita has two children just like the Raamah of Genesis. And one of the sons of Rama and Sita was named Kusha, showing that the Ramayama has the genealogy changed a bit, but is definitely evidence of them being Kushite. Cush wasn't just in Africa. I think the Sheba son of Raamah was deified as the Hindu god Shiva.
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