Index 321
209, 218, 228, 234 n. 45, 235 and n. 47,
241, 245–251, 260 n. 178, 265 n. 203, 278
Dagron, Gilbert 89
Danube River 39, 42, 98, 110, 161, 166,
198 n. 118, 201 n. 129, 228, 265
Darkevich, Vladislav 66 n. 210, 112 and n. 440
Davletshin, Gamirzan 84, 157 n. 36
De Administrando Imperio, see Constantine
Porphyrogenitus
deer/doe 119–120, 122 and n. 499, 123–124,
193
Deilem/Deilemites 155, 156 n. 29, 158, 162
Denmark/Danes 148, 265 n. 205
Dennitsa/Danitsa (Morning Star) 109–110
Derbent 12, 15–16, 19 n. 12, 76, 150, 155–156,
205, 234, 245, 265 n. 203
Derbent-Name 45, 174 n. 17
Derestui castle 246 n. 99
Derkula River 197
Di Cosmo, Nicola 180, 273
Diana Nemorensis 102–103, 113
Dib Bakuy, son of Abulja Khan 45
Dibgashi 250
Dimashqi, Shams al-Din 143
Dimitrov, Dimitur 202 n. 136, 229 n. 24
Dimitrov, Khristo 201 n. 129, 228, 232 n. 34
Dindima Mountain 106
Dindimena, mother of Cybele 106
Diodorus 104, 106–107
Dionysus 70–71, 79, 106–107
djavshighar, Khazar title 97, 107
Dmitrievka hillfort/archaeological complex
8–9, 14, 131, 219 n. 223
Dnieper River 37, 127–128, 130, 132, 133 n. 28,
134–135, 147, 150, 154, 160–163, 168, 187,
189 n. 84, 190 and n. 87, 201 n. 129, 218
Dnieper Rapids 188, 190, 235
Dniester River 132, 190, 201 n. 129, 265
Dobrev, Petur 25, 42 n. 104, 122
Dobrudzha 197 notes 110–111, 220
Don River 136, 140, 144–145, 147, 149, 151,
153–154, 159–160, 166, 172–173, 176, 181,
186, 192–196 and n. 106, 209, 217, 219,
231, 257, 259, 262–264
Don Region 8, 31, 118, 127, 133, 145 n. 93,
154 n. 20, 196, 202, 206–208, 213, 218, 222
n. 1, 232 n. 33, 241, 245, 247, 254–255,
259–260 and n. 180, 261, 263 and n. 196
Lower Don 31, 81 n. 285, 128–129, 131, 132
n. 24, 139, 184, 189, 194–195, 207–208,
210
Upper Don 164, 200, 202, 207, 219, 259,
260 n. 178
Donets Range 195–197
Donets River, see Severski Donets
Doros, see Mangup
dragon 78 n. 271, 84–86, 112
Drustur (Silistra) 202 n. 136
Dudko, Dmitrii 119
Dulo, Bulgar dynasty 52
Dulu, Turkic tribal confederation 50, 52–53
Dunlop, Douglas 5, 36 n. 74, 39, 41, 48 and
n. 132, 51, 54, 64 n. 205, 67 n. 216, 80, 90,
156 n. 29, 168, 174, 206
Duqaq (Tuqaq), father of Seljuk 242
Dvina River 148
Dyurso necropolis 12, 173 and n. 13
Dzerassa, mother of Satána 120 n. 486
Dzhetyasar culture 14–17, 32–36 and n. 73,
37–38, 40, 134 n. 34, 240, 246 n. 93
Dzhetyasarians 33–36, 40, 63 n. 201early state 212, 222, 249, 270, 273
Ebstorf Mapa Mundi 40
Ecclesiastical Hystory, see Zacharias Rhetor
Egeria, water nymph 103, 107
Ekva-Pygris, son of Numi-Torum 121
Elburz Ridge 155
Eldad HaDani 42
Eliade, Mircea 73, 75, 84 n. 300, 86, 237
elteber 23 n. 25, 63, 232–233 and n. 36
Emesu, ancestress of the Magyars 97 n. 363
erkin 23 n. 25, 50
Erlik, Turkic god 79, 121
Ernakh, son of Attila 185 n. 65
Eriuzmek, Nart epic hero 117
Esegel, tribe in Volga Bulgaria 86
Etrek, Oghuz commander 242
Eurasia 25, 119, 126, 218, 281
Europe 21, 25 and n. 36, 27, 35–37, 39–40,
159–160, 164–166, 192, 216, 218, 249, 274
Central 166, 185 n. 65, 248
Eastern 1, 6, 21, 25 n. 36, 27–30, 37,
134–135, 147–149, 151–152, 154, 156–157,
160–161, 165, 166 n. 74, 169–170, 172,
180, 183 n. 58, 185 n. 65, 190 n. 87, 206,