Dagan, god, [51];
confusion with Bel, [151], [154], [209], [225];
associated with Anu, [154], [209];
chiefly in Assyria, [208];
comparison with Dagon, [208];
probably Aramaic origin, [208];
god of earth, [209].
Damascius (or Damascenus), see Nicolas of Damascus.
Damascus, in Syria, cult of Ramman, [159].
Damkina,
consort of Ea, [64], [143], [231];
meaning of name, [143];
relationship to Ea and Marduk, [143];
in magical texts, [143];
Ea and Damkina grant long life, [153];
title Belit-ilâni, [231];
occasionally invoked in incantations, [276].
Damku,
god, associated with Sharru-ilu and Sha-nit(?)-ka, [232];
meaning of name, [232];
evidently a title, [232];
perhaps foreign deity, [232];
worshipped at Magganubba, [232].
Damu and Damu-gal, epithets of Gula, [166], [175].
Daniel, book of;
bearing upon B.-A. religion, [2], [3];
Daniel and Bab. religion, [3] (cf. [668]);
illustrative of Babylonian dream lore, [403];
authentic description of dedication of statue, [669].
Dead,
universal, [556];
location and names of the gathering place of the dead, [557] ff. (cf. Netherworld);
All-Souls' Day, [599], [605], [682];
under the special protection of the gods, [183], [558], [552], [592];
furnish oracles to the living, [559], [560], [582], [657];
deification of dead, [561], [582];
condition of dead, [563] ff.;
purified, [578], [602];
can hear lamentations, [575], [577];
cannot be brought back from Aralû, [576], [582];
suffer hunger, [598]-9;
tombs and burial, [595] ff.
Death and burial, life after death, [512], [514], [556] ff.;
cave burial, [557];
pyramid burial, [557].
Deborah, song of, among the "Battles of Yahwe," [534].