DANU (ASUR)

Danu (Asura) :

Danu In-universe information :

Family :

Father : Daksh

Mother : Panchajani

Spouse : Kashyap

Children : Viprachitti, Hayagriv, Samvar, Namuchi, Poloman, Kapata, Kupat, Asiloman, Kesi, Durjay, Ayassiras, Aswasiras, Aswasanku, Gaganamrdhan, Vegavat, Ketumat, Swarbhanu, Aswa, Aswapati, Vrishaparvan, Ajak, Aswagriva, Suksham, Tuhund, Ekapad, Ekachakra, Virupaksh, Mahodar, Nichandra, Nikumbh, Sarabh, Sulabh, Surya, Chandramas (not the celestial sun and moon) and six others.

Danu, a Hindu primordial goddess, is mentioned in the Rigved, mother of the Danavs. The word Danu described the primeval waters which this deity perhaps embodied. In the Rigved (I.32.9), she is identified as the mother of Vritra, the demonic serpent slain by Indra. In later Hinduism, she becomes the daughter of the god Daksh and his spouse Panchajani, and the consort of the sage Kashyap.

Rig Ved Mandala 1, Sukt 32, Mantra / Hymn 9

English Translation : H.H. Wilson & Bhasya of Sayancharya

Name :

As a word for "rain" or "liquid", danu is compared to Avestan danu, "river", and further to river names like Don, Danube, Dnieper, Dniestr, etc. There is also a Danu river in Nepal. The "liquid" word is mostly neutral, but appears as feminine in RV 1.54.

Source :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danu_(Asura)