Danius is a being in Celtic folklore, from Britain. Danius is attested in the supplied sources primarily as a personal name. It appears as the name of a legendary British king in Geoffrey of Monmouth's regnal listings (rendered Welshly as Daned map Saessyllt) and as a modern personal name/surname borne by real individuals (for example, Swedish scholar Sara Danius and various contemporary internet users). The sources do not present Danius as a supernatural being.
In the pseudo-historical regnal tradition recorded by Geoffrey of Monmouth (as summarized in the supplied Wikipedia excerpt), Danius (Welsh: Daned map Saessyllt) appears as a legendary king of the Britons who "came to power in 361BC," is named as son of Sisillius II, brother of Kinarius, and was succeeded by his illegitimate son Morvidus. Outside this regnal mention, the supplied materials treat Danius as a modern personal name or surname borne by real people; no mythic cosmogony or origin myth is provided in the sources.
The supplied sources offer no physical description or iconography for the legendary Danius. The name also appears as a modern surname or given name attached to living persons (e.g., Sara Danius), for whom photographic or biographical appearance details are not included in the provided excerpts.
No supernatural abilities, powers, or magical behaviours are attested in the supplied materials. The only behaviours recorded are ordinary historical/regnal information for the legendary king (genealogical and succession details) and mundane activities of modern name-bearers (academic, editorial, online forum participation).
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Community Record
- [1]Danius - Wikipedia. Wikipedia contributors, "Danius," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.wiki
- [2]Danius (Wikidata Q1164160). Wikidata entry Q1164160, "Danius" (classified as a male given name).other
- [3]Sara Danius - Wikipedia. Wikipedia contributors, "Sara Danius," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.wiki
- [4]Swedish Academy Secretary Sara Danius Resigns Over Harassment Scandal. Publishers Lunch, title article noting modern institutional events involving Sara Danius.other
- [5]Journalist from Belarus wins Nobel Prize for Literature (Archive item). Archive.org item including audio referencing Sara Danius by name and pronunciation.other
- [6]My Experiment — Danius Michaelides user pages. myExperiment user listing for Danius Michaelides; supplied as evidence of modern personal-name usage.other
- [7]Boring Like A Drill — The BLAD artist interviews, no.3: Danius Kesminas. Online interview page referencing an artist named Danius Kesminas.other
- [8]The Dark Space Initiative - Recruiting Now! - EVE Online Forums (mentions forum user Danius_Arbosa). EVE Online forum thread including a user named Danius_Arbosa (evidence of online/name usage).other
- [9]Mind the Semantic Gap — paper listing Danius T. Michaelides as author. Bibliographic entry listing Danius T. Michaelides as a contributor, supporting modern academic use of the name.academic