New Translations of Irish Myths Offer Insight into the Irish Gods

A collection of modern translations of older Irish material focusing on the Tuatha Dé Danann and Aos Sidhe, this book gathers these stories together into a single place and gives readers a more literal translation to work from.

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Tales of the Tuatha De Danann, Volume 1 by Morgan Daimler

Publication: 28th October 2025

A collection of modern translations of older Irish material focusing on the Tuatha Dé Danann and Aos Sidhe, this book gathers these stories together into a single place and gives readers a more literal translation to work from.

Focusing on shorter tales and excerpts from larger texts and offering a range of material that gives insight into who the Irish Gods are and how they have been perceived, stories include: How the Dagda Got His Magic Staff, The Treasures of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Oengus’s Dream, and others.

This text is presented in the source languages of Old and Middle Irish with new English translations by the author.

Many existing translations are around a hundred years old and often either exclude material or skew the translation to fit the mores of a more Victorian audience – while this one stays as true as possible to the source material.

Morgan Daimler teaches classes on Irish myth and magical practices, fairies, and related subjects in the United States and internationally. She has been published in multiple anthologies as well as articles in various magazines, and she is one of the world’s foremost experts on all things Fairy. Besides the titles available through Moon Books Morgan has a high fantasy novel ‘Into Shadow’ through Cosmic Egg and has an urban fantasy/paranormal romance series called Between the Worlds. Morgan has also presented papers on fairies and on fairies and witches at several university conferences.

For more details: https://www.collectiveinkbooks.com/moon-books/our-books/tales-tuatha-de-danann-volume-1

One response to “New Translations of Irish Myths Offer Insight into the Irish Gods”

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    Yan

    It is distressing to see more and more people blindly believing that the Tuath de Danaan were a myth or fiction, without taking the time to verify sources and facts.

    However, upon verification, it becomes evident that the Tuath de Danaan were a real people who came from ancient Eirean (Iran) and settled in Eirin (Ireland) around 1700 BC. They were a very evolved civilisation, as advanced as the ancient Egyptians, and excelled in the Arts and Sciences, especially astronomy, architecture, and music.

    They worshiped the Sun, which they called Budh or Buodh (they were budhists), but Budh could be spelled in different ways, such as Lugh, Fiodh or Tuath – each word meaning different aspects of the Sun, such as its splendor, divinity, or purity as in truth.

    The name Tuath de Danaan actually means “Sun god Priests” or the “Wise men of the Sun god“. There is an incredible amount of evidence to support this, which can be found in “The Round Towers of Ireland” by Henry O’Brien (1830).

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