| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Burlond" | Britain | A giant whose legs Sir Tryamour cut off. Britain |
| Goddess name "Campestres aka Matres Campestris" | Britain | Campestres aka Matres Campestris, the Three Mothers, triple goddess of fertility and abundance usually depicted as holding bread and fruits and personifying the ancestor mothers of a family. Britain |
| God name "Camulos" | Britain | war God from the region of Colchester. Britain |
| God name "Camulos" | Britain | 'the powerful one' God of war. Also worshipped in Germany. Britain |
| Goddess name "Cathubodia" | Britain / Pan-Celtic | Breton version of the Ireland goddess of the earth Banbha. Britain / Pan-Celtic |
"Cauld Lad" | Britain | The Brownie of Hilton Hall. Britain |
| God name "Cocidius" | Britain | A major cult centre of this Hunter god in Britain was at Bewcastle in Čú𝔪bria, known in Roman times as Fanum Cocidi or 'The Temple of Cocidius'. |
| King name "Dagonet" | Britain | In the romance La Mort d' Arthure he is called the fool of king Arthur, and was knighted by the king himself. Britain |
| Goddess name "Dahud Ahes/ Dahut" | Britain | A goddess of debauchery |
| Goddess name "Dahud-Ahes aka Dahut" | Britain | Goddess of earthly pleasure. Britain |
"Dame du Lac" | Britain | A fay, named Vivienne, who plunged with the infant Lancelot into a lake. This lake was a kind of mirage, concealing the demesnes of the lady "en la marche de la petite Bretaigne." Britain |
| Goddess name "Deae Matres" | Britain | The mother goddesses, a triune of earth goddesses |
| God name "Deo Qui Vias Et Semitas" | Britain | Deo Qui Vias Et Semitas Commentus Est. 'The God who Invented Roads and Pathways' is mentioned on a single altarstone in Britain. |
"Devil's Arrows" | Britain | Three Druid stones near Boroughbridge. Britain |
| Monster name "Devonshire" | Britain | A corruption of Debon's-share. This Debon was one of the heroes who came with Brute from Troy. One of the giants that he slew in the south coasts of England was Coulin, whom he chased to a vast pit eight leagues across. The monster trying to leap this pit, fell backwards, and lost his life in the chasm. When Brutus allotted out the island, this portion became Debon's-share. Britain |
| Monster name "Dragon of Wantley" | Britain | warncliff, in Yorkshire. A monster slain by More, of More Hall, who procured a suit of armour studded with spikes; and, proceeding to the well where the dragon had his lair, kicked it in the mouth, where alone it was vulnerable. Britain |
"Dragon's Hill" | Britain | Berkshire is where the legend says St. George killed the dragon. A bare place is shown on the hill, where nothing will grow, and there the blood of the dragon ran out. Britain |
"Dun Cow" | Britain | The dun cow of Dunsmore heath was a savage beast slain by Sir Guy, Earl of warwick. A huge tusk, probably that of an elephant, is still shown at Harwich Castle as one of the horns of the dun-cow. The fable is that this cow belonged to a giant, and was kept on Mitchell Fold (middle fold), Shropshire. Its milk was inexhaustible; but one day an old woman who had filled her pail, wanted to fill her sieve also. This so enraged the cow, that she broke loose from the fold and wandered to Dunsmore heath, where she was slain by Guy of warwick. Britain |
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