Dagon, the Glossary
Dagon (דָּגוֹן, Dāgōn) or Dagan (𒀭𒁕𒃶; 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.[1]
Table of Contents
169 relations: Aštabi, Aelia Eudoxia, Akkadian Empire, Aleppo, Amar-Sin, Amorites, An = Anum, Anat, Annunitum, Anu, Apollo, Apotropaic magic, Aramaic, Arameans, Arcadius, Ark of the Covenant, Ashdod, Asherah, Ashurnasirpal II, Assyria, Baal, Baal Cycle, Baal I, Babylon, Babylonia, Belet Nagar, Berossus, Book of Joshua, Book of Judges, Books of Samuel, Canaan, Canaanite religion, Coronation, Cronus, Dagon (novel), Dagon (short story), Dagonodum, David Kimhi, Dilbat, Dingir, Dying-and-rising god, Eanna, El (deity), Emar, Enki, Enlil, Enmesharra, Eridu, Esagila, Esarhaddon, ... Expand index (119 more) »
- Book of Judges
- Eblaite deities
- Levantine mythology
- Samson
- West Semitic gods
Aštabi
Aštabi (𐎀𐎌𐎚𐎁, aštb), also known as Aštabil, was a god worshiped in the third millennium BCE in Ebla, later incorporated into Hurrian beliefs in locations such as Alalakh and Ugarit and as a result also into the religion of the Hittite Empire. Dagon and Aštabi are Eblaite deities and Ugaritic deities.
See Dagon and Aštabi
Aelia Eudoxia
Aelia Eudoxia (died 6 October 404) was a Roman empress consort by marriage to the Roman emperor Arcadius.
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.
Aleppo
Aleppo (ﺣَﻠَﺐ, ALA-LC) is a city in Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the most populous governorate of Syria.
See Dagon and Aleppo
Amar-Sin
Amar-Sin (𒀭𒀫𒀭𒂗𒍪: DAmarDSîn, "calf of Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine"), initially misread as Bur-Sin (c. 2046–2037 BC middle chronology, or possibly ca. 1982–1973 BC short chronology) was the third ruler of the Ur III Dynasty.
Amorites
The Amorites (author-link, Pl. XXVIII e+i|MAR.TU; Amurrūm or Tidnum Tidnum; ʾĔmōrī; Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant.
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Anat
Anat, Anatu, classically Anath (𐎓𐎐𐎚 ʿnt; עֲנָת ʿĂnāṯ;; translit; Egyptian: ꜥntjt) was a goddess associated with warfare and hunting, best known from the Ugaritic texts. Dagon and Anat are book of Judges, deities in the Hebrew Bible, Phoenician mythology and Ugaritic deities.
See Dagon and Anat
Annunitum
Annunitum (also romanized as Anunītu) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with warfare.
Anu
Anu (𒀭𒀭, from 𒀭 an "Sky", "Heaven") or Anum, originally An (𒀭), was the divine personification of the sky, king of the gods, and ancestor of many of the deities in ancient Mesopotamian religion. Dagon and anu are Mesopotamian gods.
See Dagon and Anu
Apollo
Apollo is one of the Olympian deities in classical Greek and Roman religion and Greek and Roman mythology.
See Dagon and Apollo
Apotropaic magic
Apotropaic magic or protective magic is a type of magic intended to turn away harm or evil influences, as in deflecting misfortune or averting the evil eye.
See Dagon and Apotropaic magic
Aramaic
Aramaic (ˀərāmiṯ; arāmāˀiṯ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, southeastern Anatolia, Eastern Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, where it has been continually written and spoken in different varieties for over three thousand years.
Arameans
The Arameans, or Aramaeans (𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀,,; אֲרַמִּים; Ἀραμαῖοι; ܐܪ̈ܡܝܐ), were a tribal Semitic people in the ancient Near East, first documented in historical sources from the late 12th century BC.
Arcadius
Arcadius (Ἀρκάδιος; 377 – 1 May 408) was Roman emperor from 383 to his death in 408.
Ark of the Covenant
The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites.
See Dagon and Ark of the Covenant
Ashdod
Ashdod (ʾašdōḏ,; ʾasdūd,, or label; Philistine:, romanized: *ʾašdūd) is the sixth-largest city in Israel.
See Dagon and Ashdod
Asherah
Asherah (translit; translit; translit; Qatabanian: 𐩱𐩻𐩧𐩩) was a goddess in ancient Semitic religions. Dagon and Asherah are deities in the Hebrew Bible, Levantine mythology, Phoenician mythology and Ugaritic deities.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashur-nasir-pal II (transliteration: Aššur-nāṣir-apli, meaning "Ashur is guardian of the heir") was the third king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 883 to 859 BCE.
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Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC.
Baal
Baal, or Baʻal (baʿal), was a title and honorific meaning 'owner' or 'lord' in the Northwest Semitic languages spoken in the Levant during antiquity. Dagon and Baal are deities in the Hebrew Bible, fertility gods, Phoenician mythology and west Semitic gods.
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Baal Cycle
The Baal Cycle is an Ugaritic text (c. 1500–1300 BCE) about the Canaanite god Baʿal ("Owner", "Lord"), a storm god associated with fertility. Dagon and Baal Cycle are Levantine mythology and Phoenician mythology.
Baal I
Baal I was a king of Tyre (680–660 BC).
See Dagon and Baal I
Babylon
Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.
Babylonia
Babylonia (𒆳𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠) was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria and Iran).
Belet Nagar
Belet Nagar ("Lady of Nagar") was the tutelary goddess of the ancient Syrian city Nagar (Tell Brak).
Berossus
Berossus or Berosus (translit; possibly derived from 𒁹𒀭𒂗𒉺𒇻𒋙𒉡|translit.
Book of Joshua
The Book of Joshua (סֵפֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: Sēp̄er Yŏhōšūaʿ; Ιησούς τουΝαυή; Liber Iosue) is the sixth book in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, and is the first book of the Deuteronomistic history, the story of Israel from the conquest of Canaan to the Babylonian exile.
Book of Judges
The Book of Judges (Sefer Shoftim; Κριτές; Liber Iudicum) is the seventh book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament.
Books of Samuel
The Book of Samuel (Sefer Shmuel) is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament.
Canaan
Canaan (Phoenician: 𐤊𐤍𐤏𐤍 –; כְּנַעַן –, in pausa כְּנָעַן –; Χανααν –;The current scholarly edition of the Greek Old Testament spells the word without any accents, cf. Septuaginta: id est Vetus Testamentum graece iuxta LXX interpretes.
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Canaanite religion
The Canaanite religion was the group of ancient Semitic religions practiced by the Canaanites living in the ancient Levant from at least the early Bronze Age to the first centuries CE. Dagon and Canaanite religion are Levantine mythology and Phoenician mythology.
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Coronation
A coronation is the act of placement or bestowal of a crown upon a monarch's head.
Cronus
In Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Cronus, Cronos, or Kronos (or, from Κρόνος, Krónos) was the leader and youngest of the first generation of Titans, the divine descendants of the primordial Gaia (Mother Earth) and Uranus (Father Sky). Dagon and Cronus are Agricultural gods and fertility gods.
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Dagon (novel)
Dagon is a novel by author Fred Chappell published in 1968.
Dagon (short story)
"Dagon" is a short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft.
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Dagonodum
Dagonodum is an extinct genus of ziphiid cetacean known from Tortonian age marine deposits in the Gram Formation in Denmark.
David Kimhi
''Cervera Bible'', David Kimhi's Grammar Treatise David Kimhi (ר׳ דָּוִד קִמְחִי, also Kimchi or Qimḥi) (1160–1235), also known by the Hebrew acronym as the RaDaK (רַדָּ״ק) (Rabbi David Kimhi), was a medieval rabbi, biblical commentator, philosopher, and grammarian.
Dilbat
Dilbat (modern Tell ed-Duleim or Tell al-Deylam) was an ancient Near Eastern city located 25 kilometers south of Babylon on the eastern bank of the Western Euphrates in modern-day Babil Governorate, Iraq.
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Dingir
Dingir ⟨⟩, usually transliterated DIĜIR, is a Sumerian word for 'god' or 'goddess'.
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Dying-and-rising god
A dying-and-rising god, life–death–rebirth deity, or resurrection deity is a religious motif in which a god or goddess dies and is resurrected.
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Eanna
E-anna (𒂍𒀭𒈾, house of heavens), also referred to as the Temple of Inanna, was an ancient Sumerian temple in Uruk.
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El (deity)
(also Il, 𐎛𐎍 ʾīlu; 𐤀𐤋 ʾīl; אֵל ʾēl; ܐܺܝܠ ʾīyl; إل or إله; cognate to ilu) is a Northwest Semitic word meaning 'god' or 'deity', or referring (as a proper name) to any one of multiple major ancient Near Eastern deities. Dagon and El (deity) are deities in the Hebrew Bible, Levantine mythology, Phoenician mythology, Ugaritic deities and west Semitic gods.
Emar
Emar, is an archaeological site at Tell Meskene in the Aleppo Governorate of northern Syria.
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Enki
Enki (𒀭𒂗𒆠) is the Sumerian god of water, knowledge (gestú), crafts (gašam), and creation (nudimmud), and one of the Anunnaki. Dagon and Enki are fertility gods and Mesopotamian gods.
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Enlil
Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms. Dagon and Enlil are Mesopotamian gods.
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Enmesharra
Enmesharra (𒀭𒂗𒈨𒊹𒊏, "Lord of all mes") was a Mesopotamian god associated with the underworld. Dagon and Enmesharra are Mesopotamian gods.
Eridu
Eridu (𒆠|translit.
See Dagon and Eridu
Esagila
The Ésagila or Esangil (𒂍𒊕𒅍𒆷, "temple whose top is lofty") was a temple dedicated to Marduk, the protector god of Babylon.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (𒀭𒊹𒉽𒀸, also 𒀭𒊹𒉽𒋧𒈾, meaning "Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn) was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sennacherib in 681 BC to his own death in 669.
Etymologicum Magnum
Etymologicum Magnum (Ἐτυμολογικὸν Μέγα) (standard abbreviation EM, or Etym. M. in older literature) is the traditional title of a Greek lexical encyclopedia compiled at Constantinople by an unknown lexicographer around 1150 AD.
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Euphrates
The Euphrates (see below) is the longest and one of the most historically important rivers of Western Asia.
Fomalhaut b
Fomalhaut b, formally named Dagon, is a former candidate planet observed near the A-type main-sequence star Fomalhaut, approximately 25 light-years away in the constellation of Piscis Austrinus.
Fred Chappell
Fred Davis Chappell (May 28, 1936 – January 4, 2024) was an author and poet.
Gaia
In Greek mythology, Gaia (Γαῖα|, a poetic form of, meaning 'land' or 'earth'),,,. also spelled Gaea, is the personification of Earth.
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Gaza City
Gaza, also called Gaza City, is a Palestinian city in the Gaza Strip.
George Eliot
Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era.
Gerard Mussies
Gerard Mussies (born 1934 in the Hague) is a retired senior lecturer in the New Testament Hellenistic background at the Faculty of Theology at the University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Gordian III
Gordian III (Marcus Antonius Gordianus; 20 January 225 – February 244) was Roman emperor from 238 to 244.
H. P. Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (August 20, 1890 – March 15, 1937) was an American writer of weird, science, fantasy, and horror fiction.
Hadabal
Hadabal (also spelled 'Adabal) was a god worshiped in Ebla and its surroundings in the third millennium BCE. Dagon and Hadabal are Eblaite deities.
Hadad
Hadad (𐎅𐎄|translit. Dagon and Hadad are Levantine mythology, Mesopotamian gods, Phoenician mythology and west Semitic gods.
See Dagon and Hadad
Hauron
Hauron, Haurun or Hawran (from Egyptian ḥwrwnꜣ) was an ancient Egyptian god worshiped in Giza. Dagon and Hauron are deities in the Hebrew Bible, Ugaritic deities and west Semitic gods.
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Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. Hebrew), also known in Hebrew as Miqra (Hebrew), is the canonical collection of Hebrew scriptures, comprising the Torah, the Nevi'im, and the Ketuvim.
Hellenistic art
Hellenistic art is the art of the Hellenistic period generally taken to begin with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and end with the conquest of the Greek world by the Romans, a process well underway by 146 BC, when the Greek mainland was taken, and essentially ending in 30 BC with the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt following the Battle of Actium.
Hilarion
Hilarion the Great (291–371) was an anchorite who spent most of his life in the desert according to the example of Anthony the Great (c. 251–356).
History of Mesopotamia
The history of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity.
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Hurrian religion
The Hurrian religion was the polytheistic religion of the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of the Near East who chiefly inhabited the north of the Fertile Crescent.
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Išḫara
Išḫara was a goddess originally worshipped in Ebla and other nearby settlements in the north of modern Syria in the third millennium BCE. Dagon and Išḫara are Eblaite deities and Ugaritic deities.
See Dagon and Išḫara
Ibbi-Sin
Ibbi-Sin (𒀭𒄿𒉈𒀭𒂗𒍪), son of Shu-Sin, was king of Sumer and Akkad and last king of the Ur III dynasty, and reigned c. 2028–2004 BCE (Middle chronology) or possibly c. 1964–1940 BCE (Short chronology).
Iddin-Dagan
Iddin-Dagan (𒀭𒄿𒁷𒀭𒁕𒃶, Di-din-Dda-gan), fl. c. 1910 BC — c. 1890 BC by the short chronology or c. 1975 BC — c. 1954 BC by the middle chronology) was the 3rd king of the dynasty of Isin. Iddin-Dagan was preceded by his father Shu-Ilishu. Išme-Dagān then succeeded Iddin-Dagan.
Ilaba
Ilaba was a Mesopotamian god. Dagon and Ilaba are Mesopotamian gods.
See Dagon and Ilaba
Inanna
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. Dagon and Inanna are deities in the Hebrew Bible.
See Dagon and Inanna
Ishbi-Erra
Ishbi-Erra (Akkadian: diš-bi-ir₃-ra) was the founder of the dynasty of Isin, reigning from c. 2017 — c. 1986 BC on the middle chronology or 1953 BC — c. 1920 BC on the short chronology.
Ishme-Dagan
Ishme-Dagan (𒀭𒅖𒈨𒀭𒁕𒃶, Diš-me-Dda-gan, Išme-Dagān; fl. c. 1889 BC — c. 1871 BC by the short chronology of the ancient near east) was the 4th king of the First Dynasty of Isin, according to the "Sumerian King List" (SKL).
Isin
Isin (modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium Uruk period up until at least the late 1st millennium BC Neo-Babylonian period.
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Itamar Singer
Itamar Singer (November 26, 1946 – September 19, 2012) was an Israeli author and historian of Jewish-Romanian origin.
Itūr-Mēr
Itūr-Mēr was a Mesopotamian god worshiped in the kingdom of Mari, and after its fall in the kingdom of Khana, especially in Terqa. Dagon and Itūr-Mēr are Mesopotamian gods.
Itti-Marduk-balatu (king)
Itti-Marduk-balāṭu, inscribed mKI-dAMAR.UTU-DIN “with Marduk (there is) life,” 1135–1128 BC, was the 2nd king of the 2nd Dynasty of Isin that ruled over Babylon, and he was the son of its founder, Marduk-kabit-aḫḫēšu.
See Dagon and Itti-Marduk-balatu (king)
Jaffa
Jaffa (Yāfō,; Yāfā), also called Japho or Joppa in English, is an ancient Levantine port city now part of Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel, located in its southern part.
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Jeremy Black (Assyriologist)
Jeremy Allen Black (1 September 1951 – Oxford 28 April 2004) was a British Assyriologist and Sumerologist, founder of the online Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature.
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Jericho
Jericho (Arīḥā,; Yərīḥō) is a city in the West Bank, Palestine; it is the administrative seat of the Jericho Governorate of Palestine.
John Milton
John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant.
Joseph Fontenrose
Joseph Eddy Fontenrose (17 June 1903, Sutter Creek – July 1986, Ashland, Oregon) was an American classical scholar.
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Josephus
Flavius Josephus (Ἰώσηπος,; AD 37 – 100) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader.
Khabur (Euphrates)
The Khabur River is the largest perennial tributary to the Euphrates in Syria.
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King of Battle
The King of Battle, or šar tamḫāri, is an ancient Mesopotamian epic tale of Sargon of Akkad and his campaign against the city of Purušḫanda in the Anatolian highlands and its king, Nur-DaggalWhere the Hittite version, lNu-úr-da-aḫ-ḫi, mistakes the GAN in lZALAG-dda-gan for ḪÉ.
Kingdom of Khana
The Kingdom of Khana or Kingdom of Hana (late 18th century BC – mid-17th century BC) was the Syrian kingdom from Hana Land in the middle Euphrates region north of Mari, which included the ancient city of Terqa.
See Dagon and Kingdom of Khana
Kothar-wa-Khasis
Kothar-wa-Khasis (Kôṯaru-wa-Ḫasisu), also known as Kothar or Hayyānu, was an Ugaritic god regarded as a divine artisan. Dagon and Kothar-wa-Khasis are Phoenician mythology, Ugaritic deities and west Semitic gods.
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Kubaba (goddess)
Kubaba was a goddess of uncertain origin worshiped in ancient Syria. Dagon and Kubaba (goddess) are Ugaritic deities.
See Dagon and Kubaba (goddess)
Kulullû
Kulullû, inscribed 𒄩𒇽𒍇𒇻, "Fish-Man", was an ancient Mesopotamian mythical monster possibly inherited by Marduk from his father Ea.
Kumarbi
Kumarbi, also known as Kumurwe, Kumarwi and Kumarma, was a Hurrian god. Dagon and Kumarbi are Agricultural gods, Mesopotamian gods and Ugaritic deities.
Kura (deity)
Kura was a god worshiped in Ebla (modern Tell Mardikh in Syria) in the third millennium BCE. Dagon and Kura (deity) are Eblaite deities.
Lagamal
Lagamal or Lagamar (Akkadian: "no mercy") was a Mesopotamian deity associated chiefly with Dilbat (modern Tell al-Deylam). Dagon and Lagamal are Mesopotamian gods.
Mace (bludgeon)
A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful strikes.
Malachi Martin
Malachi Brendan Martin (23 July 1921 – 27 July 1999), also known under the pseudonym of Michael Serafian, was an Irish-born American Traditionalist Catholic priest, biblical archaeologist, exorcist, palaeographer, professor, and writer on the Catholic Church.
Manfred Hutter
Manfred Hutter (born 6 June 1957) is a professor at Bonn University.
Marduk
Marduk (Cuneiform: ᵈAMAR.UTU; Sumerian: "calf of the sun; solar calf") is a god from ancient Mesopotamia and patron deity of the city of Babylon who eventually rose to power in the First Millennium BC. Dagon and Marduk are deities in the Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamian gods.
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Mari, Syria
Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria.
Mark the Deacon
Mark the Deacon (Marcus Diaconus; Greek: Μάρκος ό Διάκονος) was a Roman Christian hagiographer.
Meqabyan
Meqabyan (Mek'abiyan, also transliterated as or), also referred to as Ethiopian Maccabees and Ethiopic Maccabees, are three books found only in the Ethiopian Orthodox Old Testament Biblical canon.
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.
Middle Babylonian period
The Middle Babylonian period, also known as the Kassite period, in southern Mesopotamia is dated from and began after the Hittites sacked the city of Babylon.
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Middlemarch
Middlemarch, A Study of Provincial Life is a novel by English author George Eliot, the pen name of Mary Ann Evans.
Naram-Sin of Akkad
Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narām-Sîn or Naram-Suen (𒀭𒈾𒊏𒄠𒀭𒂗𒍪: DNa-ra-am DSîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" a determinative marking the name of a god), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.
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Nergal
Nergal (Sumerian: dKIŠ.UNU or dGÌR.UNU.GAL;; Aramaic: ܢܸܪܓܲܠ; Nirgal) was a Mesopotamian god worshiped through all periods of Mesopotamian history, from Early Dynastic to Neo-Babylonian times, with a few attestations indicating that his cult survived into the period of Achaemenid domination. Dagon and Nergal are deities in the Hebrew Bible and Mesopotamian gods.
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Nikkal
Nikkal (logographically dNIN.GAL, alphabetically 𐎐𐎋𐎍 nkl) or Nikkal-wa-Ib (nkl wib) was a goddess worshiped in various areas of the ancient Near East west of Mesopotamia. Dagon and Nikkal are Ugaritic deities.
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Ninegal
Ninegal (also spelled Ninegalla) or Belat Ekalli (Belet-ekalli) was a Mesopotamian goddess associated with palaces. Dagon and Ninegal are Ugaritic deities.
Ninhursag
Ninḫursaĝ (𒀭𒎏𒄯𒊕 Ninḫarsang), sometimes transcribed Ninursag, Ninḫarsag, or Ninḫursaĝa, also known as Damgalnuna or Ninmah, was the ancient Sumerian mother goddess of the mountains, and one of the seven great deities of Sumer.
Ninlil
Ninlil (DNIN.LÍL; meaning uncertain) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of Enlil.
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Nippur
Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.
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Nisaba
Nisaba was the Mesopotamian goddess of writing and grain.
See Dagon and Nisaba
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608–1674).
Peshitta
The Peshitta (ܦܫܺܝܛܬܳܐ or ܦܫܝܼܛܬܵܐ) is the standard version of the Bible for churches in the Syriac tradition, including the Maronite Church, the Chaldean Catholic Church, the Syriac Catholic Church, the Syriac Orthodox Church, the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, the Malabar Independent Syrian Church (Thozhiyoor Church), the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church, the Assyrian Church of the East and the Syro-Malabar Church.
Philistine captivity of the Ark
The Philistine captivity of the Ark was an episode described in the biblical history of the Israelites, in which the Ark of the Covenant was in the possession of the Philistines, who had captured it after defeating the Israelites in a battle at a location between Eben-ezer, where the Israelites encamped, and Aphek (probably Antipatris), where the Philistines encamped.
See Dagon and Philistine captivity of the Ark
Philistines
The Philistines (Pəlīštīm; LXX: Phulistieím; Philistaei) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan during the Iron Age in a confederation of city-states generally referred to as Philistia.
Philo of Byblos
Philo of Byblos (Φίλων Βύβλιος, Phílōn Býblios; Philo Byblius; – 141), also known as Herennius Philon, was an antiquarian writer of grammatical, lexical and historical works in Greek.
Phoenician language
Phoenician (Phoenician) is an extinct Canaanite Semitic language originally spoken in the region surrounding the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
See Dagon and Phoenician language
Portus
Portus was a large artificial harbour of Ancient Rome located at the mouth of the Tiber on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
See Dagon and Portus
Purushanda
Purushanda (also variously Puruskhanda, Purushhattum, Purushhatum or Burushattum) was an Anatolian kingdom of the early second millennium prior to the common era.
Rashi
Shlomo Yitzchaki (רבי שלמה יצחקי; Salomon Isaacides; Salomon de Troyes; 13 July 1105), commonly known by the acronym Rashi, was a French rabbi who authored comprehensive commentaries on the Talmud and Hebrew Bible.
See Dagon and Rashi
Saint Porphyrius
Porphyrius (Porphyrius; Πορφύριος, Porphyrios; Slavonic: Порфирий, Porfiriy; –420) was bishop of Gaza from 395 to 420, known, from the account in his Life, for Christianizing the recalcitrant pagan city of Gaza, and demolishing its temples.
See Dagon and Saint Porphyrius
Samson
Samson (Šīmšōn "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution of the monarchy.
See Dagon and Samson
Samson Agonistes
Samson Agonistes (from Greek Σαμσών ἀγωνιστής, "Samson the champion") is a tragic closet drama by John Milton.
See Dagon and Samson Agonistes
Sanchuniathon
Sanchuniathon (Ancient Greek: Σαγχουνιάθων or Σαγχωνιάθων; probably from translit, "Sakkun has given"), also known as Sanchoniatho the Berytian, was a Phoenician author. Dagon and Sanchuniathon are Phoenician mythology.
Sargon of Akkad
Sargon of Akkad (𒊬𒊒𒄀|Šarrugi), also known as Sargon the Great, was the first ruler of the Akkadian Empire, known for his conquests of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th to 23rd centuries BC.
Saul
Saul (שָׁאוּל) was a monarch of ancient Israel and Judah and the first king of the United Monarchy, according to the Hebrew Bible and Old Testament.
See Dagon and Saul
Septuagint
The Septuagint, sometimes referred to as the Greek Old Testament or The Translation of the Seventy (Hē metáphrasis tôn Hebdomḗkonta), and often abbreviated as LXX, is the earliest extant Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible from the original Hebrew.
Shalash
Shalash (Šalaš) was a Syrian goddess best known as the wife of Dagan, the head of the pantheon of the middle Euphrates area. Dagon and Shalash are Eblaite deities.
Shamash
Shamash (Akkadian: šamaš), also known as Utu (Sumerian: dutu "Sun") was the ancient Mesopotamian sun god. Dagon and Shamash are Mesopotamian gods.
Shamshi-Adad I
Shamshi-Adad (Šamši-Adad; Amorite: Shamshi-Addu), ruled 1808–1776 BC, was an Amorite warlord and conqueror who had conquered lands across much of Syria, Anatolia, and Upper Mesopotamia.
Sharon plain
The Sharon plain (translit) is the central section of the Israeli coastal plain.
Shibtu
Shibtu (reigned 1775 BC – 1761 BC) was the wife of Zimrilim and queen consort of the ancient city-state of Mari in modern-day Syria.
See Dagon and Shibtu
Shuwala
Shuwala (Šuwala) was a Hurrian goddess who was regarded as the tutelary deity of Mardaman, a Hurrian city in the north of modern Iraq. Dagon and Shuwala are Ugaritic deities.
Sidon
Sidon or Saida (Ṣaydā) is the third-largest city in Lebanon.
See Dagon and Sidon
Snakebite
A snakebite is an injury caused by the bite of a snake, especially a venomous snake.
Stele
A stele,From Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai; the plural in English is sometimes stelai based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles.) or occasionally stela (stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.
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Stratum (linguistics)
In linguistics, a stratum (Latin for "layer") or strate is a historical layer of language that influences or is influenced by another language through contact.
See Dagon and Stratum (linguistics)
Sumer
Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
See Dagon and Sumer
Syncretism
Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.
Targum
A targum (תרגום 'interpretation, translation, version') was an originally spoken translation of the Hebrew Bible (also called the Tanakh) that a professional translator (מְתוּרגְמָן mǝturgǝmān) would give in the common language of the listeners when that was not Biblical Hebrew.
See Dagon and Targum
Tell Brak
Tell Brak (Nagar, Nawar) was an ancient city in Syria; its remains constitute a tell located in the Upper Khabur region, near the modern village of Tell Brak, 50 kilometers north-east of Al-Hasaka city, Al-Hasakah Governorate.
Terqa
Terqa is the name of an ancient city discovered at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the middle Euphrates in Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria, approximately from the modern border with Iraq and north of the ancient site of Mari, Syria.
See Dagon and Terqa
Teshub
Teshub was the Hurrian weather god, as well as the head of the Hurrian pantheon. Dagon and Teshub are Ugaritic deities.
See Dagon and Teshub
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow over Innsmouth is a horror novella by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written in November–December 1931.
See Dagon and The Shadow over Innsmouth
Theophoric name
A theophoric name (from Greek: θεόφορος, theophoros, literally "bearing or carrying a god") embeds the word equivalent of 'god' or God's name in a person's name, reflecting something about the character of the person so named in relation to that deity.
Third Dynasty of Ur
The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.
See Dagon and Third Dynasty of Ur
Tiberian Hebrew
Tiberian Hebrew is the canonical pronunciation of the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh) committed to writing by Masoretic scholars living in the Jewish community of Tiberias in ancient Galilee under the Abbasid Caliphate.
Tribe of Asher
According to the Hebrew Bible, the Tribe of Asher was one of the Tribes of Israel descended from Asher, the eighth son of Jacob.
Tribe of Judah
According to the Hebrew Bible, the tribe of Judah (Shevet Yehudah) was one of the twelve Tribes of Israel, named after Judah, the son of Jacob.
Tuttul
Tuttul (Akkadian: tu-ut-tu-ulki, Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎚𐎍 –) was an ancient Near East city.
See Dagon and Tuttul
Tyre, Lebanon
Tyre (translit; translit; Týros) or Tyr, Sur, or Sour is a city in Lebanon, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, though in medieval times for some centuries by just a small population.
Ugarit
Ugarit (𐎜𐎂𐎗𐎚, ʾUgarītu) was an ancient port city in northern Syria about 10 kilometers north of modern Latakia.
See Dagon and Ugarit
Ugaritic
Ugaritic is an extinct Northwest Semitic language, classified by some as a dialect of the Amorite language.
Ugaritic alphabet
The Ugaritic writing system is a cuneiform abjad (consonantal alphabet) with syllabic elements used from around either 1400 BCE or 1300 BCE for Ugaritic, an extinct Northwest Semitic language.
See Dagon and Ugaritic alphabet
Ugur (god)
Ugur was a Mesopotamian god associated with war and death, originally regarded as an attendant deity (sukkal) of Nergal. Dagon and Ugur (god) are Mesopotamian gods.
Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.
See Dagon and Ur
Uraš
Uraš (dUraš), or Urash, was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the personification of the earth.
See Dagon and Uraš
Uranus (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Uranus (also), sometimes written Ouranos (sky), is the personification of the sky and one of the Greek primordial deities.
See Dagon and Uranus (mythology)
Urash (god)
Urash (Uraš) was a Mesopotamian god who was the tutelary deity of Dilbat. Dagon and Urash (god) are Agricultural gods and Mesopotamian gods.
Weather god
A weather god or goddess, also frequently known as a storm god or goddess, is a deity in mythology associated with weather phenomena such as thunder, snow, lightning, rain, wind, storms, tornadoes, and hurricanes.
West Semitic languages
The West Semitic languages are a proposed major sub-grouping of ancient Semitic languages.
See Dagon and West Semitic languages
Wilfred G. Lambert
Wilfred George Lambert FBA (26 February 1926 – 9 November 2011) was a historian and archaeologist, a specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern Archaeology.
See Dagon and Wilfred G. Lambert
Yam (god)
Yam (𐎊|translit. Dagon and Yam (god) are deities in the Hebrew Bible, Phoenician mythology and Ugaritic deities.
Yarikh
Yarikh (Ugaritic: 𐎊𐎗𐎃,, "moon"), or Yaraḫum, was a moon god worshiped in the Ancient Near East. Dagon and Yarikh are deities in the Hebrew Bible, Mesopotamian gods, Phoenician mythology and Ugaritic deities.
See Dagon and Yarikh
Yasmah-Adad
Yasmah-Adad (Yasmah-Addu, Yasmakh-Adad, Ismah-Adad, Iasmakh-Adad) was the younger son of the Amorite king of Upper Mesopotamia, Shamshi-Adad I. He was put on throne of Mari by his father after a successful military attack following the assassination of Yahdun-Lim of Mari in 1796 B.C.E. He was responsible for the southwestern section of his father's kingdom (of which Mari was the capital), including the Balikh River, Habur River, and Euphrates River.
Zeus
Zeus is the sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus.
See Dagon and Zeus
Zimri-Lim
Zimri-Lim (Akkadian: 𒍣𒅎𒊑𒇷𒅎 Zi-im-ri Li-im) was king of Mari c. 1767–1752 BCE.
1 Maccabees
1 Maccabees,translit also known as the First Book of Maccabees, First Maccabees, and abbreviated as 1 Macc., is a deuterocanonical book which details the history of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire as well as the founding and earliest history of the independent Hasmonean kingdom.
See also
Book of Judges
- Abel-meholah
- Anat
- Asherah pole
- Baal Berith
- Baal-Hermon
- Battle of Mount Tabor (biblical)
- Bochim
- Book of Judges
- Dagon
- En Harod
- Esthaol (Bible)
- From Dan to Beersheba
- Givat HaMoreh
- Helbah
- Hivites
- Jabesh-Gilead
- Jezreel Valley
- Kamon (Bible)
- Kirjath Sepher
- Meroz
- Micah's Idol
- Mizpah in Gilead (Judges)
- Mount Tabor
- Nazirite
- Tel Hazor
- Textual variants in the Book of Judges
Eblaite deities
- Šumugan
- Aštabi
- Adamma (goddess)
- Ammarik
- Barama (goddess)
- Dagon
- Hadabal
- Išḫara
- Kura (deity)
- Ninkarrak
- Resheph
- Saggar (god)
- Shalash
- Siris (goddess)
Levantine mythology
- Adonis
- Afqa
- Anra scarab
- Asherah
- Asherah pole
- Astarte
- Baal Berith
- Baal Cycle
- Canaanite religion
- Dagon
- Danel
- Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible
- Dumuzid
- El (deity)
- Hadad
- Ishtarat
- Legend of Keret
- Leviathan
- Lotan
- Mot (god)
- Phoenician mythology
- Puġat
- Queen of Heaven (antiquity)
- Shapshu
- Tale of Aqhat
- Tannin (monster)
- Yahwism
Samson
- Cultural depictions of Samson
- Cultural references to Samson
- Dagon
- Delilah
- HMS Sampson
- HMS Sampson (1781)
- Judges 13
- Judges 14
- Judges 15
- Judges 16
- Lehi (Bible)
- Manoah
- Manoah's wife
- Naso (parashah)
- Rock of Etam
- Samson
- Samson in rabbinic literature
- Samson's riddle
West Semitic gods
- Adon
- Aglibol
- Azizos
- Ba'al Hermon
- Baal
- Baal Berith
- Baal Hammon
- Baal Marqod
- Baalshamin
- Chemosh
- Dagon
- El (deity)
- Elohim
- Elyon
- Eshmun
- Hadad
- Hauron
- Kothar-wa-Khasis
- Malakbel
- Melqart
- Milcom
- Moloch
- Monimos
- Mot (god)
- Pummay
- Qos (deity)
- Resheph
- Saggar (god)
- Sakkun
- Satrapes
- Shadrafa
- Shahar (god)
- Shalim
- Sydyk
- Turmasgade
- Yahweh
- Yarhibol
- ʿAṯtar
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagon
Also known as Dagan (god), Dagnu, Dagon in popular culture, Dāgān, Marnas, Marneion, דגון.
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