Dagan
Dagan is a deity who was the center of cultic celebrations similar to those of Belet Nagar in the Mari and Shekhna region during the second millennium BCE. These celebrations involved cultic travels and festivals.
↻ synthesized from 17 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Centered in cultic celebrations involving travels in Mari and Shekhna region during second millennium BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ikshudum, Pidray, Manzat, Shullat, Hanish, Umshu, dšu-nir, Ninhursag, Ashur, Belet Ekallim, Ea, Addu, uridu-genies, lamassatum-genies, Athirat, Šaggar, Shapash, rephaim, Tannin, Tanit, Kubaba, Aštabi, Ḫabūrītum, Adad, Shala, Nisaba, Itūr-Mēr, Yakrub-El, Tishpak, Numushda, Ashtart, Mot, Shalim, Anat, Shahar, Kothar-wa-Khasis, Yarikh, Hauron, Tunnanu, Horon, Attapar, Ẓiẓẓu-wa-Kāmaṯu, Milku, Ba'al-Ḥammon, Hadda, Hadabal, Re’i-Malik, Ennai, Resheph of gunum, Resheph of Tunip, Resheph of the palace, Resheph of Adanni, Šauška, Ninkarrak, Allani, bašmu, ḫulmiẓẓu, Aya, Ningirsu, Nanshe, Gula, Ninmug, SI.A-tum, Ninsianna, Ninegal, Nabarbi, Shuwala, Hebat, dU.GUR, Shaushka of Tameninga, dNIN.URTA, Amaza, Alal, dNIN.KUR, Zababa, Papsukkal, Urash, Nabu, Enmesharra, Sebitti, Erimbinatuku, Inshushinak, Ishmekarab, Ipte-bit, Ikšudum, Ištaran, Ullikummi, Ḫalki, Sun goddess of the Earth, Ninlil, Belet Nagar, Lubadag, Šimige, Teshub, Nanaya, Belet-Šuḫnir, Belet-Terraban, Inanna, Nergal, Ninurta, Sin, Lotan, Yammu, El, Resheph, Yam, ʿAṯtar, Annunitum, Shara, Ištar, Allatum, Shamash, Marduk, Anu
- has aspect
- Tuttul Dagan
Mentioned by
- Belet Nagar
- Lubadag
- Šimige
- Teshub
- Nanaya
- Belet-Šuḫnir
- Belet-Terraban
- Inanna
- Nergal
- Ninurta
- Sin
- Lotan
- Yammu
- El
- Resheph
- Yam
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Išḫara were one and the same and should be understood as the spouse of Dagan...Shalash, the wife of Dagan, associated with the cities of Tuttul and Bitin”
#9225 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“she is mentioned alongside Dagan and Shalash in an account of the pagrā'um, a mourning ceremony combined with the offering of sacrificial animals to deities”
#9683 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Starting with the later part of the Old Babylonian period, rulers of the Kingdom of Ḫana came to worship Ilaba as their tutelary god. Multiple royal seals from this area are inscribed with a dedication to him and Dagan, though the formula varies, with known examples including "the beloved of Ilaba and Dagan,"”
#11734 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“One of the Ḫana texts mentions a house belonging to Itūr-Mēr, though he shared its nominal ownership with Dagan, Shamash and the local ruler, Išar-Lim. Kings of Ḫana continued to mention Itūr-Mēr in their documents as late as during the reign of Mitanni king Parattarna. A text from Ugarit that mentions “the great gods of the land of Mari” lists Addu, Dagan, and a third deity whose name is uncertain.”
#11762 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“While the principal deities of zukru were Dagan and Emar's city god whose name was represented logographically as dNIN.URTA, Saggar also had a role to play in it, and was apparently believed to be in charge of preparing the city's draft animals for the next season of work.”
#19431 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001