Associated with rule and conquest of the seven seas and especially with the [[Phoenicians]] because of familiarity with the island of Phut (Bantu) in the Indian ocean. Probably the most active of all tribes with regards to the secular mission to spread [[דין|Deen]] among the nations of the world. There is every indication that the Danaoi of the Judges period were the children of Dan who brought the role of dean and the title of Don to the mediterranean. Under the rule of Solomon, the tribe was important in directing voyages through the Indian Ocean to Tarshish (from whom some Philipinians descend) from a port in Madagascar. The coasts of Dan came under the Hegemony of Manasseh. Their "totem animal" has always been the serpentine Dragon or Leviathan. It is possible that thanks to Dan's trade missions certain passover traditions came to appear in the Chinese spring-festival.