The sources identify Dayak Bahau as a sub-ethnic group within the Apo Kayan (Apokayan) family of peoples in Borneo, inhabiting areas of East Kalimantan (including a documented presence in West Kutai Regency). Scholarly and ethnographic materials treat the group in terms of ethnic classification, territorial distribution, and cultural practices rather than ascribing a mythic cosmogony for a named supernatural entity called 'Dayak Bahau.'
No physical description of a supernatural being called 'Dayak Bahau' is present in the supplied sources. The referenced visual culture of Dayak communities that include Dayak Bahau comprises carved wooden masks associated with Hudoq ritual performance, material objects such as child carriers (documented in auctions), and other ritual paraphernalia discussed in ethnographic and conservation-related literature.
The supplied materials do not document powers or supernatural behaviors attributed to an entity named 'Dayak Bahau.' They do, however, describe communal ritual practices—most notably Hudoq, a masked ritual connected with agricultural activity around the Mahakam River—and local traditions such as Apang Aruq, which are presented as symbolic-philosophical cultural practices among Dayak Bahau communities.
Daughters of Danaus
A collective of fifty royal daughters of Danaus in Greek mythology who flee forced marriages and, save one (Hypermnestra), obey their father's command to kill their husbands; later mythic tradition depicts them as condemned to an eternal, futile labor of carrying water in sieves or perforated vessels.
Daulis
Daulis is a local Naiad nymph of a well or fountain associated with the town of Daulis/Daulia in central Greece. She is attested in secondary classical reference works as a daughter of the river-god Kephisos (Cephisus) and as the eponymous figure after whom the town is said to be named.
Daunus
Daunus is attested in the provided sources as a named, eponymous regional ruler invoked in Latin poetic geography (not as a developed supernatural being). Most directly cited in Horace's Odes (III.30), the name marks the Daunians and parts of Apulia — especially the Aufidus/Ofanto river region — as a literary-place reference and emblem of local identity.
David
David is presented in the supplied sources primarily as a personal name whose principal referent is the biblical King David (Biblical Hebrew: דָּוִד, Dāwīḏ, 'beloved one'), a historical‑literary human leader of ancient Israel famed as a shepherd, harpist, warrior, and the second king of a united Israel. Other occurrences of the name in the materials are secular biographical usages for various modern individuals; no source treats David as a supernatural or folkloric being.
Davāzdah Rokh
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Dawn deities
A cross-cultural category of divine figures associated with dawn, morning, or the morning star; these figures personify the transition from night to day and may be integrated into local pantheons or syncretized with solar deities in some traditions.
Dayan (Daayan, Ḍāin, Ḍāini)
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Dayan Deerh
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Dayang Bandir and Sandean Raja
Siblings in Simalungun folklore from Sumatera Utara, involved in family dynamics, ambition, power struggles, and loyalty within a kingdom. (Note: 1. Power tier: Based on the source material, Dayang Bandir and Sandean Raja's abilities are more deity-level (Ancient) as they exhibit human-like abilities but have significant influence over kingdoms)
Dazhbog
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Daʻat
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De Divinatione
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