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DAGDA - (Celtic) The king of the Celtic gods, who protects crops and livestock. He had a magical cauldron and a magical harp. He had an enormous appetite for both food and women, and there are many stories about the Dadga's (mis)adventures in search of poonani.

DAIROKU-TENMAOU - (Japanese/Buddhist) The sixth heavenly demon king of Buddhism. This was the heavenly demon king that lived in the World of Pleasure. When Oda Nobunaga was seeking to destroy the immense influence of Buddhism and the Buddhist monks, he took on this particular name as a personal title, to shift the name's power and significance to a living person.

DAKINI - (Hindu) A yakshini (female yaksha) that was a follower of Kali that flew through the air (the name means "sky dancer," apparently). She embodied some of the darker, Tantric aspects of Shakti (female divine energy); she lived in a graveyard and ate human flesh. This doesn't mean that she was an evil goddess; it simply implies that death and decay have no power over her, and, as such, she can protect her devotees from them. She was adopted into the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon, where she became a symbol of enlightenment and compassion. Somehow. >_> <_< In Chinese, dakini are known as K'ung-hsing fo-mu, cloud fairies. They are often portrayed with a white fox.

DARK ALICE - (original) A mysterious girl that is somehow related to Alice (see: Alice).

DARK ELF - (Celtic) Elves with an strong evil character. They are ugly and deformed in appearance.

DAWON - (Tibet) The tiger that the goddess Durga rides upon. It was originally a holy beast in the Tibetan tradition that was absorbed by Hinduism.

DEMETER - (Greek) The goddess of grain and agriculture, and one of Zeus' siblings. She had a daughter named Kore (maiden) who was later known as Persephone. Her daughter was abducted by the god of the underworld, Hades, and while she hunted for her daughter, crops did not grow and the people starved. Finally she took pity on mankind and taught a pigherd how to sow grain and save crops for the winter. She got her daughter back, but only for half the year, so the earth was fruitful for half a year, barren for the other half.

DJINN - (Arabian) The spirits of the departed becomes Djinn. There are both male and female Djinn; the females are called Djini. They usually fly free, but a wise and strong man can defeat a Djinn and harness its powers for himself. An evil Djinn is known as a Shaitan.

DOMINION - (Judeo-Christian) A second-rank angel, along with the Powers and Virtues.

DOPPELGANGER - (German) A Doppelganger (Double-Walker, Double-Goer) was a person's spiritual double that accompanied them invisibly, occasionally helping the person, but also capable of causing harm (think of Jekyll and Hyde). If you actually saw your doppelganger, you were probably about to die, and some people have seen doppelgangers right after a person's death. In Gothic literature, doppelgangers were not exact physical twins of the living person, but they often attached themselves to their twin and drove them mad.

DRIBBLER - (original) A unseen ghost that attacks you with a basketball. It's called a dribbler because all you can see is the basketball being dribbled.

DURGA - (Hindu) One of the forms of the goddess Parvati. Durga came into being to kill the demon Mahisha, who had a boon that he could not be killed by god, man, or beast. Therefore, the gods created an 18-armed, heavily-armed *goddess* to kick his ass. Whoops.

DURZI - (Zoroastrian) In Zoroastrian teaching, one of the commanders of the demon army - the devil that goverened falsehood (vanity). He spread illness, death, and pestilence throughout the world, and was generally in charge of breaking down order. He also took the form of Armaiti to tempt Zoroaster, but Zoroaster could see Durzi's true form through the disguise.

DVERGER - (Norse) The dwarves of Norse mythology. They were born of the body of the giant Ymir, and they live underground, creating beautiful weapons and jewelry for the gods.

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