The abilities and behaviors of De Divinatione are those related to prediction and guidance through divination practices (augury, auspices, etc.). The gods or supernatural forces are seen as providing omens and signs that humans interpret in various ways.
Interpretatio germanica
Process by which Germanic peoples identified Roman gods with their own deities, facilitating cultural exchange and syncretism. (Note: - Power tier should be Ancient (deity-level) instead of Primordial (cosmic), as it's a cultural exchange process rather than an otherworldly power. - Appearance and sensory cues sections are missing; )
Roman Theology of Victory
A concept in ancient Roman culture that legitimates political power and divine right to rule through victory, often invoked to support a political authority in cases of traditional institution failure or absence. (Note: - Power tier should be Primordial, not Greater (it's a concept that underpins an entire system of belief and legitimates power on a large scale) - Sensory cues should include "triumphal processions" i)
Dayan (Daayan, Ḍāin, Ḍāini)
A North and East Indian folkloric figure: a malevolent female revenant or vengeful spirit commonly associated with women who died in traumatic or unresolved circumstances. Dayans are described in popular sources as powerful life-draining entities with distinctive physical markers and as a label that also functions in social witch‑hunt practices.
Dayan Deerh
Dayan Deerh (also Dayan Degereki) is a locally venerated shamanic and protective divinity of Khövsgöl Province, Mongolia, associated with fertility (granting cattle and children), shamanic patronage, and communal protection. His cult occupies a syncretic position between indigenous shamanism and Tibetan Buddhist (Yellow) practice and is centered around sites such as Tsagaannuur, a cave shrine near the Russia–Mongolia border, and communities around Lake Khövsgöl.
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
Dazhbog is a major figure in reconstructed pre-Christian Slavic religion most commonly identified in medieval East Slavic texts as a solar deity, described in one passage as "the Sun" and named as a son of the smith/sky god Svarog. Linguistic evidence of his name also supports a role as a dispenser of wealth or good fortune.
Daʻat
Daʻat (Hebrew: דַּעַת, "knowledge") is a Kabbalistic locus or mystical state on the Tree of Life in which the sefirot are united; it functions as a mediating point between the transcendent Keter and the manifest sefirotic structure and as a correlate of certain human cognitive-emotional capacities.
DeSaad
DeSaad is a fictional New God from DC Comics' Fourth World mythos, serving as Darkseid's master torturer, inventor of torture devices, and a manipulative agent of Apokolips. Presented across multiple comic continuities and media adaptations, he functions as a technological and psychological practitioner of cruelty rather than a mystical folkloric entity.
Dea Dia
Dea Dia is an ancient Roman agricultural goddess associated with fertility, growth, and daylight; her cult was maintained by the priestly college the Fratres Arvales, who performed a three-day festival in May in a sacred grove (lucus) and chanted the archaic Carmen Arvale to secure crop success. Her name is interpreted as 'Goddess of Daylight' or 'Bright Goddess' and she is sometimes identified with Ceres/Demeter.
Dea Matrona
A Gaulish river-associated mother goddess whose name (Mātr-on-ā / Matrŏna) identifies the river now called the Marne; attested as part of the wider Matres/Matronae mother-figure tradition in northern Europe and interpreted as a localized tutelary maternal presence.
Deacon Frost
Deacon Frost is a fictional vampiric antagonist originating in Marvel Comics (first appearance: The Tomb of Dracula #13, 1973) and adapted across film and anime media. Portrayed variably as an older, 19th-century–styled vampire in the comics and as a youthful revolutionary vampire leader in the 1998 Blade film and later adaptations, he is notable for scientific knowledge and (in comics) the unique ability to create mind-controlled vampiric duplicates.
Deacon Joseph Blackfire
Deacon Joseph Blackfire is a fictional charismatic cult leader and antagonist in DC Comics' Gotham setting. Portrayed across multiple continuities as a power‑crazed con man, long‑lived agitator, and occasional supernatural menace (reanimated corpse or possessing force), he organizes the disenfranchised into violent movements and has on occasion broken Batman's will.
Community Record
- [1]De Divinationeliterary
- [2]Wikipedia: De Divinatione. online encyclopediawiki