| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
"Delling [Dayspring]" | Norse | The father of Day. Norse |
| Angel name "Dis plural Disir" | Norse | Attendant spirit or guardian angel. Any female mythic being may be called Dis. Norse |
| Goddess name "Disir" | Germanic | Collective name for guardian goddesses norse / germanic |
| King name "Draught of Thor" | Norse | The ebb of the sea. When Asa Thor visited Jotunheim he was set to drain a bowl of liquor. He took three draughts, but only succeeded in slightly reducing the quantity. On leaving Jotunheim, the king, Giant Skrymir, told him he need not be ashamed of himself, and showed him the sea at low ebb, saying that he had drunk all the rest in his three draughts. We are told it was a quarter of a mile of sea-water that he drank. Norse |
"Draupner or Draupnir" | Norse | Odin's ring from which every ninth night dropped eight rings equal in size and beauty to itself. It was put on Balder's funeral-pile. Skirner offered it to Gerd. Norse |
"Drome" | Norse | One of the fetters by which the Fenris-wolf was chained. Norse |
"Duergar" | Norse / Germany | Dwarfs who dwell in rocks and hills; noted for their strength, subtilty, magical powers, and skill in metallurgy. They are the personification of the subterranean powers of nature. According to the Gotho-German myth, the duergar were first maggots in Ymir's flesh, but afterwards åśśumed the likeness of men. The first duergar was Modsogner, the next Dyrin. Norse / Germany |
"Dunlyrr" | Norse | Harts that gnaw the branches of Ygdrasil. Norse |
"Durathror" | Norse | One of the four stags living in the branches of Yggdrasill. Norse |
"Durinn" | Norse | A dwarf, second in degree. Norse |
"Dvalinn" | Norse | A dwarf. Norse |
| King name "Dvergr" | Norse | A dwarf. In modern Icelandic lore dwarfs disappear, but remain in local names, as Dverga-steinn, and in several words and phrases. From the belief that dwarfs lived in rocks an echo is called dwerg-mal (dwarf talk), and dwerg-mala means to echo. The dwarfs were skilled in metal-working. Norse |
"Edda" | Norse | The literal meaning of the word is great-grandmother, but the term is usually applied to the mythological collection of poems discovered by Brynjolf Sveinsson in the year 1643. In the Rigsmal (Lay of Rig) Edda is the progenitrix of the race of thralls. Norse |
"Egill" | Norse | The father of Thjalfe; a giant dwelling near the sea. Thor left his goats with him when on his way to the giant Hymer to get a vessel in which to brew ale. Norse |
"Egoir aka Egder" | Norse | An eagle that appears at Ragnarok. Norse |
"Eikthyrnir aka Eikthyrner" | Norse | A hart that stands over Odin's hall (Valhal). From his antlers drops water from which rivers flow. Norse |
| Hero name "Einheri" | Norse | Plural Einherjar. The only or great champions; the heroes who have fallen in battle and been admitted into Valhal. Einherje. Norse |
"Eir" | Norse | An attendant of Menglod, and the most skillful of all in the healing art. The word signifies peace, clemency. Norse |
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