Dagon
deity sea Syria corroborated · 3
Dagon is a significant deity in the religion and mythic beliefs of the people in the land of Canaan during approximately the first three millennia BCE.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 3000 BCE
- Attested period
- -3000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in Canaan during the first three millennia BCE.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Mnevis, White Elephant, Ljesche, Bijagos, satyr, Fauns, Atargatis, Dionysus, Crow, Pan, Silenus, Apis, Kumarbi, El, Baal, Astarte, Asherah, Anat
- sibling of
- Baitylos
- allied with
- Enlil
- syncretized with
- Ba'al-Ḥammon
Mentioned by
- satyr
- Fauns
- Atargatis
- Dionysus
- Crow
- Pan
- Silenus
- Apis
- Kumarbi
- El
- Baal
- Astarte
- Asherah
- Anat
- Baitylos
- Enlil
and 1 more
Sources
wikipedia (2)
encyclopedia (1)
- peer reviewed
Source passages
“They include lists of offerings to primary deities of the Canaanite pantheon (El, Baal and Dagon).”
#22641 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Dagon or Dagan (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁕𒃶, romanized: dda-gan; 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”
#26026 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Dagon seems to have been a fish‑god with human head and hands; his worshippers wore fish‑skins.”
#44122 · extracted by openai/gpt-oss-20b:free