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Daglas
Variations: Duglas
The Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, book
two, names Daglas among the sixty-five SERVITORS OF KORE AND MAGOTH.

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 103; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 107;
Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 256.

Dagon
Variations: Be-Dingir-Dingir (“Lord of the
gods”), Bekalam (“Lord of the land”), Be-ka-nana (“Lord of Canaan”), Dagan, Dagana, Dagn
(“rain-cloud”), Dagon Marnas, Daguna, Dgn
(Dagnu), Digan, Siton, Ti-lu ma-tim (“dew of
the land”), Zeus Arotrios
Dagon (“fish” or “fishlike”) was originally a
Philistines and Semitic god of grain and agriculture. His consort was called Belatu (“Lady”), although some sources claim his wife to be the
goddess Shala or the goddess Ishara. He was the
primary god of the cities of Ma-Ne, Irim, Sipishu, Siwad, Tuttul, Uguash, and Zarad. Dagon
was a powerful and war-minded protector as a
god; he was described as having the lower body
of a fish.
Dagon was later demonized during the introduction of Christianity; he was said to have been
one of the FALLEN ANGELS, formerly of the
Order of Archangels. He was ranked with various
titles, both grand and superfluous, such as grand
pantler of the royal household, judge of the dead,

master baker of Hell, and prison guard of the
seven children of Emmesharra. There is a story
that says when the Philistines captured the Ark
from the Israelites they placed it in a temple of
Dagon’s. The Ark then destroyed the statue of
Dagon by destroying its upper half, leaving only
its lower fish half intact.
Sources: Chambers, Book of Days, 723; Hastings,
Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Part 18, 843–890–
1; Melton, Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology,
315; Rudwin, Devil in Legend and Literature, 86.

Dagular
Variations: Daguler
In the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage,
Dagular is one of the fifty-three SERVITORS OF
ASHTAROTH AND ASMODEUS (see ASHTAROTH
and ASMODEUS).

Sources: Belanger, Dictionary of Demons, 104; Mathers, Book of the Sacred Magic of Abramelin the Mage, 106;
Von Worms, Book of Abramelin, 248.

Daha-Ata Sanniya
Sinhalese demonology utilized a dance ritual
in their rites of exorcism known as the Daha-Ata

Sanniya. An extremely colorful and energetic
dance, the performers wear one of eighteen different masks to exorcise one of the eighteen different types of diseases that they believe can
affect the human body. The Daha-Ata Sanniya
will also lift the curse of the Evil Eye from anyone

watching the dance while simultaneously blessing
those who witness the performance. Because the
cost of the ceremony is very expensive and the
dance is extremely long and exhausting to perform, it is seldom done anymore.
The dance was created to counter the eighteen
different demonic diseases that were brought into
the world. The original story of the Daha-Ata
Sanniya says that while King Sankapala was away
at war his wife realized she was pregnant. The
wife craved to eat a certain type of mango, and
when it was acquired for her, her handmaiden
asked for some. The queen refused and the overly
vengeful maid told the king upon his return that
his wife was unfaithful to him and that the child
she carried was not his own. The king believed
the lie the handmaid told and ordered his wife
hung and her body cut in two. Due to the magic
of the unborn child she carried, the mother’s body
reformed and carried the child to full term.
When the child turned 16 years old he suddenly
remembered the events of his birth. Using medicines and herbs he affixed to tablets, he created
eighteen devils and led them to his father’s kingdom where they spread diseases. The Daha-Ata
Sanniya was created to counter these devils.
See also AMUKU SANNIYA, BIHIRI SANNIYA,
DEMALA SANNIYA, DEVA SANNIYA, GINIJAL
SANNIYA, GOLU SANNIYA, GULMA SANNIYA,
KALA SANNIYA, KANA SANNIYA, KAPALA SANNIYA, KORA SANNIYA, MARU SANNIYA, MURTA
SANNIYA, NAGA SANNIYA, PITA SANNIYA,
SLESMA SANNIYA, VADI SANNIYA, and VATA
SANNIYA.

Sources: Goonatilleka, Masks and Mask Systems of
Sri Lanka, 24, 30, 33; Illes, Encyclopedia of Spirits, 875;
Malik, Mind, Man, and Mask, 163–4; Wirts, Exorcism
and the Art of Healing in Ceylon, 44.

Dahaka
Variations: Azi Dahaka, Dahak, Z AHHAK,
Zohak
From ancient Persian and Zoroastrian mythology comes the demon Dahaka (“stinging”). Originally a god, Dahaka was later demonized and
made into the demon of death, deceit, lies, and
mendacity who takes pleasure in destroying all
living things. He is depicted as having three
heads; his body is covered with crawling lizards
and poisonous scorpions.

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