| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| Deity name "Datin" | Arabic | A deity worshipped in pre-Islamic northern Arabia. Datin was an oracular deity also åśśociated with oaths and justice. Arabic |
| Goddess name "Daya (compåśśion)" | Hindu / Puranic / A SAKTI of Acyuta / never falling / , a minor aspect of the god VIS NU | Goddess. Decima... |
"Deluges" | Chinese | The principle ones are: the deluge of Fohi, Chinese. The Satyavrata, of the Indians; the Xisuthrus, of the Assyrians; the Mexican deluge; Noah's Flood and the Greek deluges of Deucalion and Ogyges. |
| Demon name "Demogorgon" | Christian | Often ascribed to Greek mythology, is actually an invention of Christian scholars, imagined as the name of a pagan god or demon, åśśociated with the underworld and envisaged as a powerful primordial being, whose very name had been taboo. |
"Demonåśśa" | Greek | 1. The wife of Irus, and mother of Eurydamas and Eurytion. (Argonautica) 2. A daughter of Amphiaraus and Eriphyle, was the wife of Thersander, by whom she became the mother of Tisamenus. 3. The mother of Aegialus by Adrastus. Greek |
| Goddess name "Derketo" | Chaldea | Goddess of the moon åśśociated with fertility. Chaldea |
| God name "Dhanvantari (traveling through an arc)" | Hindu / Vedic, Epic / Puranic | Sun god. In later tradition a minor incarnation or avatara of the god VISNU, also closely åśśociated with Medicine. In Vedic mythology Dhanvantari carried the ambrosia created from the primeval ocean of milk. He brought medical science to mankind. Only as the religion evolved did he become identified as an avatara. As KANTATMAN (PRADYUMNA), he is thought to be Kama reincarnated after his death at the hands of SIVA. Various other epithets and existences are attributed to this deity. Offerings are due to him at dusk in the northeastern quarter. He is the guardian deity of hospitals which are usually in the vicinity of a sanctuary of Visnu. Attributes: two bowls containing ambrosia. Also Kantatman.... |
| Goddess name "Dharmamegha (cloud of the law)" | Buddhist / Vajrayana | Minor goddess. One of twelve deified BHUMIS recognized as different spiritual spheres through which a disciple påśśes. Color: blue. Attributes: Book and staff.... |
| Goddess name "Dhisana" | Hindu / Vedic | Minor goddess of prosperity. Associated with the acquisition of wealth. Also the name given to a bowl of fermented drink or soma.... |
| Goddess name "Didi" | Thakrun | Hindu a plague goddess åśśociated with cholera |
| Goddess name "Didi Thakrun" | Hindu / northern India | Plague goddess. Associated with cholera. Worshiped locally at Bardvan.... |
| God name "Dikkumara" | Jain / India | A god åśśociated with Rain & thunder |
| God name "Dikkumara" | Jain / India | God. One of the groups under the general title of BHAVANAVASI (dwelling in places). They have youthful appearance and are åśśociated with Rain and thunder.... |
| God name "Dius Fidus" | Roman | God of oaths, åśśociated with Jupiter. Roman |
| Goddess name "Divona" | Celtic / Gallic | Fertility goddess. Associated with water and known only from inscriptions.... |
| Goddess name "Divonia" | Celtic / Gaelic | Goddess of fertility åśśociated with water. Celtic / Gaelic |
| God name "Donn" | Ireland | God of the underworld, the Dark One responsible for the påśśage of the dead to the underworld. Ireland |
| God name "Donn" | Celtic / Irish | Chthonic underworld god. According to legend, he lives on an island to the southwest of Munster and is responsible for the påśśage of the dead toward the otherworld.... |
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