Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Delos" | Greek | A floating island made fast to the bottom of the sea by Poseidon. Apollo having become possessor of it by exchange, made it his favourite retreat. It is one of the Cyclades. |
God name "Descended into hell" | Greek | Means the place of the dead. (Anglo-Saxon, helan, to cover or conceal, like the Greek "Hades," the abode of the dead, from the verb a-cido, not to see. In both cases it means "the unseen world" or "the world concealed from sight." The god of this nether world was called "Hades" by the Greeks, and "Hel" or "Hela" by the Scandinavians. In some counties of England to cover in with a roof is "to hell the building," and thatchers or tilers are termed "helliers." |
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 |
Goddess name "Dhumravati" | Hindu / Puranic | Terrible goddess. Attributes: skull in the hand and garland of skulls, sword and tusks.... |
Goddess name "Dia Griene" | Scotland | Goddess of war Scotland |
"Dicilla" | s | One of Logistilla's handmaids, famous for her chastity. Orlando Furioso |
Goddess name "Disir" | Nordic / Icelandic / / Germanic | Collective name for guardian goddesses. They were the subject of a sacrificial ritual in autumn and have strong fertility connotations as vegetation and fertility deities. They are identified in the Sigr drifumal (Poetic Edda) and include the Valkyries and Norns of Germanic mythology.... |
Goddess name "Djila'qons" | Haida Indian / Queen Charlotte Island, Canada | Sea goddess. An old woman who lives at the head of a major inlet in Haida territory and controls all the creatures of the sea.... |
"Dobby's Walk" | Ireland | The goblin's haunt or beat. Dobby is an archaic word for a goblin or brownie. |
God name "Doh Yenisi" | Siberia | a rather good magician that could fly over the waves, become weary, then create islands to rest on, almost god like |
"Dolops" | Greek | A son of Hermes, who had a sepulchral monument in the neighbourhood of Peiresiae and Magnesa, which was visible at a, great distance, and at which the Argonauts landed and offered up sacrifices. (Argonautica) Greek |
Goddess name "Domnu" | Ireland | Goddess of the Formorians Ireland |
Goddess name "Don" | Welsh | Goddess who is called a god of death Ireland / Welsh |
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.... |
Goddess name "Duan Luteh" | Ireland | Goddess of the moon Ireland |
Goddess name "Dubh Lacha" | Ireland | Early goddess of the sea Ireland |
"Durandana or Durindana" | s | Orlando's sword, given him by his cousin Malagigi. It once belonged to Hector, and was made by the fairies. It could cleave the Pyrenees at a blow. |