Donn
Irish · deity · mythic prehistoric · Recorded classification
Milesian ancestor and lord of the dead, drowned off the coast, who gathers the dead to Tech Duinn.
Domains
- death underworld
- storms
Powers
- Gather the dead to his island house
- raises storms and sickness from Tech Duinn against the living
Epithets
- Donn Tétscorach 'Donn of the furious horses', lord of the dead at Tech DuinnMetrical Dindshenchas, 'Tech Duinn'; cf. Acallam na Senórach (primary)
- Donn Fírinne Donn of (the hill) Knockfierna, lord of the dead in Munster folkloreDáithí Ó hÓgáin, Myth, Legend and Romance (1990), s.v. Donn (secondary)
Sources
- existence: Lebor Gabála Érenn; Metrical Dindshenchas, 'Tech Duinn' (primary)