The Denyen may have split up after…

The Denyen may have split up after the retreat from Egypt, some entering the Jordan valley, then settling on the coast around Jaffa.

Some scholars argue for a connection with the Greek Danaoi—alternate names for the Achaeans familiar from Homer.

Greek myth refers to Danaos who with his daughters came from Egypt and settled in Argos.

Through Danaë's son, Perseus, the Danaans are said to have built Mycenae.

A minority view first suggested by Yigael Yadin attempted to connect the Denyen with the Tribe of Dan, described as remaining on their ships in the early Song of Deborah, contrary to the mainstream view of Israelite history.

It was speculated that the Denyen had been taken to Egypt, and subsequently settled between the Caphtorite Philistines and the Tjekker, along the Mediterranean coast with the tribe of Dan subsequently deriving from them.