| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Dadimunda" | Sri Lanka | Treasurer of the god Upulvan and protector of Buddhism. Sri Lanka |
| God name "Dadimunda" | Singhalese Buddhist / Sri Lanka | Tutelary god. An attendant on the god UPULVAN to whom he acted as treasurer. The guardian of Buddhism in Sri Lanka. His sacred animal is an elephant. Also Devata bandara.... |
"Daedalos" | Crete | A Greek who formed the Cretan labyrinth, and made for himself wings, by means of which he flew from Crete across the Archipelago. He is said to have invented the saw, the axe and the gimlet. |
"Daeira" | Greek | the knowing, a divinity connected with the Eleusinian mysteries. A daughter of Oceåñuś, and became by Hermes the mother of Eleusis but others called her a sister of Styx. Greek |
"Daemones" | Greek | family of elementals who inhabit fields, Forests, mountains, oceans, streams, lakes, valleys, desert, some towns and they are immortal Greek |
| Goddess name "Daena" | Persia | Goddess of insight and revelation who meets the souls of the dead. Persia |
| God name "Daffodil" | Greek / Roman | Or "Lent Lily," was once white; but Persephone, daughter of Demeter, delighted to wander about the flowery meadows of Sicily. One spring, throwing herself on the gråśś, she fell asleep. The god of the Infernal regions, Pluto, fell in love with the beautiful maid, and carried her off for his bride. His touch turned the white flowers to a golden yellow, and some of them fell in Acheron, where they grew luxuriantly; and ever since the flower has been planted on graves. Greek / Roman |
| God name "Dagan" | Babylon / Akkadia / Canaan | A fertility & grain god who in the Ugatitic creation myth was the father of Baal |
| God name "Dagan" | Babylon / Akkadia / Canaan | Fertility and grain god who in the Ugatitic creation myth was the father of Baal. Babylon / Akkadia / Canaan |
| God name "Dagan (1)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Grain and fertility god. Generally linked with ANU in giving status to cities e.g. the dedications by the ninth-century BC Assyrian king Assur-nasir-apli at Kalakh. Cult centers existed at Tuttul and Terqa.... |
| Supreme god name "Dagan (2)" | Western Semitic / Canaanite / Phoenician | Grain and fertility god. The father of BAAL in Ugaritic creation epics. A major sanctuary was built in his honor at Mari [Syria] and he was recognized in parts of Mesopotamia where he acquired the consort Salas. Worshiped mainly at Gaza and Asdod, but also the supreme god of the Philistines. Known in biblical references as Dagon (Judges 16.23). Mentioned in the apocryphal Book of Maccabees. The cult is thought to have continued until circa 150 BC. Israelite misinterpretation of the Ugaritic root Dagan led to the åśśumption that he was a fish god, therefore attributes include a fish tail.... |
| Supreme god name "Dagan (3)" | Kafir / Afghanistan | Local supreme god. This god bears no relation to the Semitic god Dagan, but is known by several synonyms including Dagon, Doghan and Deogan. He has been identified in several villages in the south of the Kafir region [southern Nuristan]. Dagan may be less a proper name than a title of respect.... |
| God name "Dagda" | Ireland | God of the earth, death, rebirth and long life. He was famous as a warrior, harpist and he liked his porridge. Ireland |
| God name "Dagda/ Daghdha/ Eochaidh/ Ollathair" | Irish | The god of death, rebirth & long life |
| God name "Dagon" | Hebrew | A god of the Philistines whose worshippers made golden hemorrhoids as a trespåśś offering for stealing the ark of God. |
"Dagon" | Hindu | The fish avatar of Krishna. Hindu |
| 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 |
| God name "Dagr" | Norse | The god of the daytime, a son of Delling (god of twilight) and Nott. Dagr, the Bright and the Fair, drove across the sky in a chariot every day, pulled by a horse named skinfaxi. Norse |
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