Deity South Asian traditions
Danu
दनु (भारत) hi தனு (தானவர்கள்) ta
Daughter of Daksha in Indian mythology
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Danu
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 10
Kinship in an account 9
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (father) Daksha Hindu celestial being -
parent of (child) Chandra lunar god in Hinduism -
parent of (child) Hayagriva Hindu deity - parent of (child) Puloman male given name
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parent of (child) Surya solar god in Hinduism - parent of (child) Vala mythological demon from the Vedas
- parent of (child) Vritra mythological serpent in Vedic myth, slain by Indra
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partner of (spouse) Kashyapa legendary Vedic sage, linked to Kashmir - sibling of list of Daksha's daughters list of Hindu goddesses
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a shared religious affiliation
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
9 statements on this record
- 9 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 9 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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