*Dactyls - In Greek mythology, they are demons believed to live on Mount Ida in Phrygia (Asia Minor), or on the Isle of Crete. They were considered to be the first metallurgists: they discovered iron and the art of working metals by fire. They belonged to the retinue of the goddess Cybele. The Dactyls are sometimes identified with the Cabiri, Curetes and Corybantes; mostly because of the mystery cults that surrounded those groups. Their name is derived from daktylos ("finger") and is probably based either on their skill with metals or on their small size.

*Daemons - A race of invisible beings. Assigned by Zeus to every mortal to attend to, protect, and guide. They were nameless unless they attended a god or goddess. To be watchful of your life, cheerful, and honorable, is to respect your daemon. To be reckless and ignore your conscience is to go against the daemon. The daemon would die with its assigned mortal. The Greeks believed that great heros and champions were possessed by daemons. Eventually this belief extended, and the Greeks believe that every hero died honorably was actually ascended to live with the gods.

*Daena - The goddess who personifies religion in Persian mythology. Her name means "that which was revealed". Daena is considered to be the daughter of Ahura Mazda and Armaiti. She is one of the Yazatas.

*Daevas - In ancient Persian mythology they are demons who cause plagues and diseases and who fight every form of religion. They are the male servants (or followers) of Angra Mainyu, also known as Ahriman. The female servants are called the Drugs. Together they fight Ahuru Mazda (Ormazd) and his Amesha Spentas. Originally, the Daevas, together with the Ahuras, were a classification of gods and spirits. In later Persian religion they were degraded to a lesser kind of beings, demons. The word 'devil' is derived from their name. The seven archdemons of the Daevas are: Aesma Daeva, Aka Manah, Indra, Nanghaithya, Saurva, Tawrich and Zarich.

*Dagda - The Irish-Celtic god of the earth and treaties, and ruler over life and death. Dagda, or The Dagda, ("the good god") is one of the most prominent gods and the leader of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He is a master of magic, a fearsome warrior and a skilled artisan. Dagda is a son of the goddess Danu, and father of the goddess Brigid and the god Aengus mac Oc. The Morrigan is his wife. His attributes are a cauldron with an inexhaustible supply of food, a magical harp with which he summons the seasons, and an enormous club, which can kill as well as restore men to life. One of his epithets is Ollathir, which means "All-father". He is identified with the Welsh Gwydion and the Gallic Sucellos.

*Dagon - the name means "corn", is an ancient Mesopotamian vegetation god, father of Baal in his father's attributes. He is the god of crop fertility and the inventor of the plough. He passed this knowledge to mankind to let them better till the soil and produce food. Dagon's temples were in Philistine for about 2000 years, although Baal took over in most parts of the Middle East. Dagon is one of the really old gods. The Ras Shamra texts describe Dagon as coeval with El, who is the most ancient and senior of all the Semitic gods. Dagon's temple at Ashdod still existed right up until the time of the Hasmoneans [who ruled parts of Palestine in Jesus' days]. Dagon was portrayed half man and half fish.

*Dagon (Philistine) - avenging devil of the sea

*Dagur - In Norse myth, Dagur is the personification of the day. He is the son of Delling, the personification of twilight, and Nott. The gods gave Dagur a chariot and put him in the sky. His chariot is pulled by the horse is Skinfaxi, whose shining mane illuminates the earth and the sky.

*Dahaka - An ancient Persian god of death and demon of deceit and mendacity. He loves destroying life. Dahaka is usually depicted with three heads, while scorpions and lizards crawl all over his body.

*Dahhak - An evil demon in Persian mythology.

*Daibosatsu - The Japanese Great bodhisattva, the Buddha-Elect or the Buddha in his previous world appearance. A gigantic statue of the meditating Buddha as world ruler can be found near Kamakura and is called Daibutsu.

*Daikoku - The Japanese god of wealth and protector of the soil and patron of farmers. He is one of the Shichi Fukujin. Called the Great Black One, he makes wishes of mortals come true. He is portrayed as a fat and prosperous man, standing or seated on two bags of rice and with a bag of jewels on his shoulder. On his chest he has a golden sun disk and in his hand he holds a magic mallet (with male and female symbols) which fulfils all wishes. His familiar is the rat, and he is a friend of children. Ebisu is his son. Sometimes the image is of a goddess, called Yasha.

*Dainichi - The Japanese Buddhist personification of purity and wisdom.

*Daksha - probably began as one of the pre-Vedic deities of India. In Vedic and post-Vedic times he took on differing characteristics. He is named as one of the Prajapatis, the lords of creation, and is one of the children of Aditi. Later he became one of the Rishis, and is the son of Brahma, having been born of the creator-god's right thumb. He may have had aspects as a creator-god or sun god himself at one point, but these are only alluded to.

*Dakini (Hindu) - One of the Six Goddess Governing the Six Bodily Substances; the others being Hakini, Kakini, Lakini, Rakini and Sakini.

*Damgalnunna - The Mesopotamian mother-goddess, consort of the god Enki. She is often identified with the Sumerian earth-goddess Ninchursanga. Her Akkadian equivalent is Damkina (spouse of Ea).

*Damia - A Greek goddess of growth in nature. Possibly equal to Demeter.

*Damkina - An ancient Sumero-Babylonian goddess, consort of Enki, ruler of Apsu at Eridu.

*Damona - A Gallic goddess, known as the "Divine Cow". She is the spouse of Borvo.

*Dantalian - One of the 72 Spirits of Solomon.

*Danu - Celtic (Irish) goddess, the mother of The Dagda, god of the Tuatha de Danaan. Aspect of Morrigu. Considered to have been an early form of Anu, the Universal Mother. Patroness of wizards. Symbolizes rivers, water, wells, prosperity, magick, and wisdom.

*Danu - Hindu goddess of primordial waters.

*Darzamat - The goddess of gardens. One of “the mothers”, mentioned in 17 century texts describing Latvians and their life.

*Dea Dia - A Roman goddess of growth, identified with Ceres. Her priests were the Fratres Arvales who honored her in the feast of the Ambarvalia, held in May. During these days, the priests blessed the fields and made offerings to the powers of the underworld.

*Dea Matrona - The Celtic deity at the source of the river Marne (northeastern France).

*Dea Sequana - The Celtic deity at the source of the river Seine (northern France).

*Dea Tacita - The 'silent goddess'. A Roman goddess of dead.

*Decarabia - One of the 72 Spirits of Solomon.

*Decima - A Roman goddess of childbirth. Together with Nona and Morta she forms the Parcae (the Roman goddesses of Fate).

*Dedun - The Egyptian/Nubian god of wealth and incense. He is associated with the southern lands. Dedun (Dedwen) is usually depicted in human form but also as a lion.

*Dei Lucrii - The Roman gods of profit. In time they were superceded by Mercury.

*Dekla (Latvian) - a deity of fortune and destiny. She functions together with Laima but in general she is less mentioned and described. Her functions are not as clear and they double those of Laima. If Laima has more general power influencing human life and destiny, Dekla seems to be the goddess of beginning as it is etymologized through the verb deht having meaning "to make; to create". Still also this interpretation is hypothetical.

*Delepitorae, Delepitore (Unk) - demoness of sorcery enlightenment.

*Demeter - The Greek earth goddess par excellence, who brings forth the fruits of the earth, particularly the various grains. She taught mankind the art of sowing and ploughing so they could end their nomadic existence. As such, Demeter was also the goddess of planned society. She was very popular with the rural population. As a fertility goddess she is sometimes identified with Rhea and Gaia.

*Demogorgon, Gorgo (Greek) - name of the devil, it is said should not be known to humans.

*Dena - A Persian goddess. She is the daughter of Ahura Mazda.

*Dendrites - An epithet of Dionysus as fertility-god, literally meaning "he or the trees." He was the last god to come to Olympus. Homer didn¹t admit him. Thebes was his own city, where he was born, the son of Zeus and the Theban princess Semele.

*Deng - African sky god. Associated with rain, birth, and fertility.

*Deo - Originally, any one of the 33 great divinities of Hinduism.

*Dev - In Persian mythology, a demon of enormous power, a ruthless and immoral god of war.

*Deva - In Hinduism, the generic term for a divine being, degraded into an evil spirit in Zoroastrianism.

*Devaki - Hindu mother goddess. She bore Krishna and Balarama.

*Devapurohita - A Hindu astral god associated with the planet Jupiter.

*Devasena - A Hindu goddess, one of the consorts of Skanda.

*Devata - In Hindu mythology, a god. This term is usually applied to the inferior gods.

*Deverra - The Roman goddess who protects women in labor, and patroness of midwives.

*Devi - The Hindu mother goddess. She can be portrayed as a mild and loving goddess, holding pleasure and pain in her right hand, and life and death in her left. She can also be portrayed as a frightening and vicious death goddess, with a sword in one of eight arms. Also the goddess of women and creativity. Also known as Mahadevi.

*Deving Isching - The Latvian god of horses.

*Dewi - An old Celtic (Welsh) god represented by a red serpent or dragon.

*Dhanistha - Another malevolent Hindu goddess of misfortune.

*Dhanvantari - Hindu physician of the gods, teacher of medicine to humans. He was originally a sun god.

*Dhara - In Hinduism, one of the eight vasu deities who attended the god Indra.

*Dharani - A Hindu goddess of minor importance, an avatara of the goddess Lakshmi and consort of Parasurama.

*Dharma - A Hindu god, the personification of the divine inner 'law' (dharma). He was originally a creator god and the son of Brahma, but he is also considered as an avatara of Vishnu.

*Dharti Mata - Puranic Hindu mother goddess.

*Dhatara - A Hindu sun god.

*Dhatri - In Hindu myth, one of the Adityas, guardian deities of the months.

*Dhisana - A Hindu goddess of prosperity.

*Dhruva - Hindu god of the pole star.

*Dhumavati - A Hindu goddess. She is one of the ten mahavidyas personifying the Sakti of Shiva.

*Dhumorna - A Hindu goddess, consort of Yama.

*Dhumravati - A Hindu demonic goddess.

*Dhurjati - A Hindu god, a manifestation of Shiva.

*Diabolus-(Greek) "flowing downwards".

*Diana / Cynthia - The classical moon goddess, Diana, is still worshipped by neopagans today. Long after Christianity's triumph over classical paganism, her worship is still going strong. Diana was the personification of the positive aspects of lunar forces. She was also believed to have led groups of nightriders (known as the "Wild Hunt" or the "Furious Horde") who flew through the air. The "Wild Hunt" was comprised of "people taken by death before their time, children snatched away at an early age, victims of a violent end." The goddess would accompany her followers as they wandered at night among the houses of the well-to-do. Whenever they would arrive at a home that was particularly well-kept, Diana would bestow her blessings upon it. Diana was intrinsically linked with several other witch deities, including Abonde, Abundia, Aradia, Hecate, Herodias, Holda, Perchta, Satia, and Venus.

*Dian Cecht - The great god of healing and the physician of the Tuatha Dé Danann. He made the silver hand for his brother king Nuada to replace the one he lost in battle. Dian Cecht had blessed the well Slane in which the wounded Tuatha Dé bathed. It healed all their wounds so they could resume their fighting.

*Di-guan - The Ruler of the Earth in religious Taoism. One of the three San-guan. He plays an important part in the religious life of the Chinese. Di-guan forgives sins and transgressions.

*Dike - Greek goddess of justice for humanity. Her mother, Themis, was the goddess of divine justice. Dike was born a human and put on earth to keep justice. When Zeus, her father, saw that was impossible, he brought her up to the gods and goddesses to sit on the opposite side of her mother, next to him. Among the gods and goddesses she was the best of all the virgins. She then, with all the other gods and goddesses, watched down on the humans from Mt. Olympus.

*Dione - Greek nature and earth goddess, daughter of Uranus and Gaia. Mother of Aphrodite. Associated with divination, predictions, love, prophecy.

*Dionysus / Zagreus (Greek) - Son of Zeus and Semele. His escort was satyrs and marginally sane gods. He did not respect laws or customs, loved disguises, wild screaming, licentious dances and wild places. He was a drunken god with no home, living in the wild and eating raw meat. He encouraged excesses of all kinds. Hera hated Dionysus because of Zeus's infidelity and hounded him. She caused him to be killed by the Titans, but he was resurrected through the efforts of Athena, Zeus, Apollo, and Rhea. She drove him mad, but through Cybele he gained mastery of it. He drove many people mad for various reasons.

*Dis - The name Caesar gave to the supreme god of the Celts he encountered in Gaul. It is uncertain which Celtic deity this refers to.

*Discordia - Roman goddess of discord and strife, known as Eris to the Greeks. The other gods employed her to stir up feuds and rivalry amongst men. Root of Erisian/Discordian beliefs. Mother of Enyo.

*Disen - The name for a group of goddesses of fate and fertility in old-Scandinavian mythology. The female members of the Aesir and the Vanir, as well as the Valkyries, are often called Disen. The goddess Freya is referred to as the 'Dis of the Vanir'.

*Dis Pater - Celtic (Gaulish) god, originally of death and the underworld, eventually the chief of gods. It is said that Dis Pater is the ancestor of all the Gauls.

*Diti - Hindu earth and mother goddess, in Hinduism, an ancestor of demons and giants.

*Dius Fidus - The Roman god of oaths. Dius Fidus is of Sabine origin.

*Di-ya - Di-ya and Tian-long are Chinese deities and the servants of Wen Chang, the god of literature. Another myth mentions them as the primordial pair of gods from whom all creatures came forth.

*Djebauti - An Egyptian local god, also known as Zebauti.

*Djinns - An Arab term usually translated as meaning approximately Elementals although the djin are fearsome and usually portrayed as monstrous Demons. It is likely that the word Genii comes from djin.

*Domiduca - The Roman goddess who escorts the child safely back home.

*Domiducus - The Roman god who guides a bride to her new home.

*Domitius - The Roman god who kept a woman in the house of her husband.

*Don - Celtic (Welsh) Queen of the Heavens and Goddess of air and sea. Ruled over the land of the dead. Corresponds to the Celtic (Irish) goddess Danu. Symbolizes control of the elements, the moon.

*Doris - Greek sea goddess.

*Dosojin - Japanese Shinto god who protected the roads and travelers, was invoked to ensure an abundant harvest. Symbolized by the phallus. Agriculture, sex, fertility.

*Dou-mu - The Chinese goddess who supervises the register in which the life and death of each person is recorded. She is venerated by those who wish a long life and personal compassion. Her name means "Mother of the Great Wagon". Dou-mu is portrayed sitting on a lotus throne and has four heads, with three eyes in each, and eight arms -- four on each side of her body. In Taoist temples a hall is often dedicated to her. She is also venerated by Chinese Buddhists.

*Drug - An ancient Iranian female demon, the representation of the lie. Together with horny men she causes much evil. She is the eternal opponent of Asha vahishta.

*Dryads - In Greek mythology, the dryads are female spirits of nature (nymphs), who preside over the groves and forests. Each one is born with a certain tree over which she watches. A dryad either lives in a tree, in which case she is called a hamadryad, or close to it. The lives of the dryads are connected with that of the trees; should the tree perish, then she dies with it. If this is caused by a mortal, the gods will punish him for that deed. The dryads themselves will also punish any thoughtless mortal who would somehow injure the trees.

*Druantia - "Queen of the Druids". Celtic Fir Goddess and Mother of the tree calender. Symbolizes protection, knowledge, creativity, passion, sex, fertility, growth, trees and forests.

*Drvaspa - The ancient Persian goddess who protects cattle, children, and friendship. The fourteenth day of the month is dedicated to her.

*Dua - The Egyptian god of toiletry.

*Duamutef - god of Egyptian mythology. He was the guardian of the East and one of the four Sons of Horus. Duamutef was represented as a mummified man with the head of a jackal. He was a funerary god. Duamutef protected the stomach of the deceased. The stomach was kept in a canopic jar after mummification. On the lids of these jars was a picture of the head of Duamutef. The goddess Neith protected him.

*Duellona - A Roman goddess.

*Dumuzi - The Sumerian form of Tammuz. A god of vegetation and fertility, and also of the underworld. He is called 'the Shepherd' and 'lord of the sheepfolds'. As the companion of Nigizzida 'to all eternity' he stands at the gate of heaven. In the Sumerian Descent of Inanna he is the husband of the goddess Inanna, the Sumerian counterpart of Ishtar. According to the Sumerian King-List Gilgamesh was descended from 'Dumuzi a shepherd'.

*Durga - Hindu goddess who represents the power of the Supreme Being which stands for morals and ethics. She protects mankind from misery by destroying evil forces such as jealousy, anger, and prejudice. She is symbolized by the tiger, the conch, and weapons. She is often shown with many weapons in her hands to represent how evil cannot be killed with just one weapon, but takes many. Also associated with sorcery, fertility, leo magic, the moon, general magic.

*Dwyn - The Celtic god of love.

*Dyau Pita - Hindu sky and rain god. Originally the chief Hindu god, he eventually forfeited his position to his son Indra, the father of the gods. Also known as Dyaus.

*Dyaush - An ancient Vedic sky god of minor importance. Also called Dyaush-Pitir (the name possibly means "sky-father").

*Dyavaprthivi - the embodiment of the whole cosmos, the sky above and earth below who set the universe in order. At one point, the god Varuna separated the two into separate deities, Dyaus Pita and Prthivi.

*Dylan - Celtic (Welsh) sea god and brother of Lleu. Son of the wave, god of the sea. His symbol is a silver fish.