| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Damocles' Sword" | Greek | evil foreboded or dreaded. Damocles, the sycophant of Dionysius the elder, of Syracuse, was invited by the tyrant to try the felicity he so much envied. Accordingly he was set down to a sumptuous banquet, but overhead was a sword suspended by a hair. Damocles was afraid to stir, and the banquet was a tantalising torment to him. Related by Cicero |
| Goddess name "Damona" | Gaul | Goddess of cows, worshipped as the consort of Apollo Borvo. Gaul |
| Goddess name "Dan" | Benin / Mahi | Goddess of order and the Rainbow. Benin / Mahi |
| Goddess name "Dan" | Mahi / Benin | A goddess of order & the Rainbow |
| Goddess name "Dana/ Donu/ Don/ Ana" | Welsh / Irish | The mortal Celtic race are her descendants, she is a goddess |
"Danace" | Greek | A coin placed by the Greeks in the mouth of the dead to pay their påśśage across the ferry of the Lower world. |
| King name "Danae" | Greek | A daughter of king Acrisius of Argos and Eurydice (no relation to Orpheus' Eurydice). She was the mother of Perseus by Zeus. She was sometimes credited with founding the city of Ardea in Latium. Greek |
"Danaides" | Greek | Daughters of Danaus. They were fifty in number, and married the fifty sons of ?gyptos. They all but one murdered their husbands on their wedding-night, and were punished in the infernal regions by having to draw water everlastingly in sieves from a deep well. |
| Goddess name "Danaids" | Greek | The goddesses of fountains & water |
"Danaus" | Greek | A son of Belus and Anchinoe, and a grandson of Poseidon and Libya. He was brother of Aegyptus, and father of fifty daughters, and the mythical ancestor of the Danai. (Apollodorus. ii.) Greek |
"Dancing-water" | French | Which beautifies ladies, makes them young again, and enriches them. It fell in a cascade in the Burning Forest, and could only be reached by an underground påśśage. Prince Chery fetched a bottle of this water for his beloved Fair-star, but was aided by a dove. French Fairy Tale |
| Spirit name "Danhyang Desa" | Java | Each village has a Danhyang Desa which is a spirit who lives in a large tree near to or in the village. All blessings emanate from him. Any disasters occurring to the village are seen as a sign that he has been neglected. |
"Dannebrog or Danebrog" | Denmark | The old flag of Denmark. The tradition is that Waldemar II. of Denmark saw in the heavens a fiery cross which betokened his victory over the Esthonians (1219). |
| Demon name "Dano" | Indian | An Indian demon who is similar to the Bir. |
| Goddess name "Danu" | Greek | The Aegean mother goddess |
| Goddess name "Danu" | Ireland | major mother goddess ancestress of the Tuatha De Danann. She gave her name to the Tuatha De Dannan (People of the Goddess Danu). Another aspect of the Morrigu. Ireland |
| Goddess name "Danu / Danann/ Dana" | Irish | The major mother goddess |
"Dåñuś" | Greek | The father of the Danaids, 50 beautiful women |
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