Tribe of Dan
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 Deen among the nations of the world. There is every indication that the Danaoi 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. Their genetic marker is Y-chromosomal Haplogroup O common among Israelites now calling themselves Bnei Menashe. The name change is because the coasts of Dan came under the Hegemony of Manasseh whose name they eventually adopted. Their "totem animal" has always been the serpentine Dragon or Leviathan. It is probably thanks to Dan's trade missions that certain passover traditions came to appear in the Chinese spring-festival.
