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Dagon (Hebrew: דָּגוֹן, Dāgōn) or Dagan (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁕𒃶, romanized: d da-gan; [1] Phoenician: 𐤃𐤂𐤍, romanized: Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and Emar as well.
Articles relating to the god Dagon (Dagan), a god worshiped in ancient Syria across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and Emar as well. He is often identified in ancient sources with the gods El, Enlil, and Kumarbi.
Worship of Dagon later appeared in Lovecraft's tale "The Shadow over Innsmouth". [13] The creature that appears in the story is often identified with the deity Dagon, but the creature is not identified by that name in the story "Dagon", and seems to be depicted as a typical member of his species, a worshipper rather than an object of worship.
The Oxford History of Christian Worship is a 2006 nonfiction book published by Oxford University Press. Edited by Geoffrey Wainwright and Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, it comprises scholarly essays on Christian worship practices. Coverage is primarily historical, spanning from the origins of Christian worship to the modern era, with reference to ...
' Golden Dagon Pagoda '), and also known as the Great Dagon Pagoda and the Golden Pagoda, is a gilded stupa located in Yangon, Myanmar. The Shwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa .
Fan illustration of a Deep One from Lovecraft's story "Dagon" The Deep Ones are creatures in the Cthulhu Mythos of H. P. Lovecraft. The beings first appeared in Lovecraft's novella The Shadow over Innsmouth , but were already hinted at in the early short story "Dagon". The Deep Ones are a race of intelligent ocean-dwelling creatures ...
Dagon (Dagan) god of crop fertility and grain, father of Ba'al Hadad. El, also called ' Il or Elyon ("Most High"), god of creation, husband of Athirat. [c] [d] Eshmun, god, or as Baalat Asclepius, goddess, [citation needed] of healing. Gad, god of fortune. Gupan and Ugar, messenger gods of the weather god Baal, who always appear as a pair.
Gérard Dagon (4 April 1936, Strasbourg - 22 May 2011, Gandrange) [1] was a French evangelical pastor, teacher, author, publisher and long-time Christian countercultist. Early life and education [ edit ]