1.0Medievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.netMedievalists.nethttps://www.medievalists.net/author/charlemagne/Fact to fiction: how the Tuatha de Danaan of history became the fairies of contemporary fantasy - Medievalists.netrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="C23lhoYgaz"><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/fact-to-fiction-how-the-tuatha-de-danaan-of-history-became-the-fairies-of-contemporary-fantasy/">Fact to fiction: how the Tuatha de Danaan of history became the fairies of contemporary fantasy</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/fact-to-fiction-how-the-tuatha-de-danaan-of-history-became-the-fairies-of-contemporary-fantasy/embed/#?secret=C23lhoYgaz" width="600" height="338" title="“Fact to fiction: how the Tuatha de Danaan of history became the fairies of contemporary fantasy” — Medievalists.net" data-secret="C23lhoYgaz" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.medievalists.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Ireland_prev.jpeg350414I will show an evolution of the Tuatha de Danaan from historical people into the fairies commonly associated with Irish myth, how the Tuatha de Danaan have changed and morphed into the contemporary fairies of the fantasy genre, and why this change has occurred and been allowed to take its place among fantasy.