Darkness and Blackness associated, [147–9]

David’s story has features belonging to the Solar Myth:

redness, beautiful eyes, throws stones, [109];

he kills Goliath as Thor kills Hrungnir, [430]

Dawn and Sunset expressed by the same words, [43]

Dawn flies, or is a bird, [116];

the name denotes ‘moving,’ [120];

it is in Aramaic ṣafrâ (Arab, aṣfar), ‘golden,’ [150–1];

its colour saffron, [152];

changes from red to white, [152];