For the pagan Celts, the essence of the universe and all its creativity was female. Danu (also known as Anu) was the earth goddess from whom all life emerged. She is considered the mother goddess of all Celtic gods and mother of Ireland’s original mythical inhabitants, the Túatha Dé Danaan, or fairy-folk. Danu embodied the earth, rivers and sea and she offered fertility, abundance, regeneration and nurturing. She is symbolised by two raised earthworks in the landscape which resemble breasts known as ‘the Paps of Anu’, in Co.Kerry. The Ancient Irish made sure that we couldn’t fail to notice Danu’s sensual beauty by erecting mounds of stones which they positioned on the hills to represent her nipples.