Anu
Anu (Danu) is the principal ancient Celtic goddess associated with fertility and considered to be the mother of all the gods.

In the ancient Celtic world Anu was the mother goddess and considered to be the mother of all the gods; the Tuatha de Danann.  Other references say that she is the mother earth goddess or the Goddess of fertility. On the Cork Kerry border are two mountains called the Paps of Anu (pap is another word for breast.)   On the top of each mountain are stone structures or cairns that when viewed from a distance make the two mountains look like a pair of breasts (see video clip). The story goes that these are the breasts of Anu the goddess of Munster, the mother earth goddess, mother of all.  My take on this archeological wonder that dates back to the people of Newgrange is that this ancient culture went to a lot of trouble to haul those rocks to the top of the two mountains.  They must have known that breasts and the milk that they produced was absolutely crucial to the survival of their babies and thus their own existence.  So, they essentially created this huge monument to honour and illustrate how vitally important breastfeeding is! 

What’s in a name? - Anulife

 I love this connection of the Goddess Anu to mothering and breastfeeding.  In choosing a name for this website I wanted something that captured both the beauty of being a mother as well as well as the gift that breastfeeding is for both mother and baby.  The concept “Anulife” has several interpretations.  Firstly, the word Anu is the connection to the goddess and all that she represents, mother, goddess, fertility, breastfeeding.  Secondly, is that the word Anulife can be interpreted as “a new life”.  With that and there are two new lives, obviously the baby is a new life, and then there is the other new life, that of the woman who has embarked on her new life as a mother.  To me Anulife is the combination of all three ideas, breastfeeding, baby and mother.