Dagon

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ancient Semitic deity deity

Dagon is an ancient Semitic deity, often associated with grain, fertility, and sometimes the sea, worshipped across regions including Phoenicia and Mesopotamia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dagon canonical	4
Dagon (possible identification)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Semitic deity ⓘ deity ⓘ
appearsIn	1 Samuel 5 narrative ⓘ
associatedWith	agriculture ⓘ fertility ⓘ grain ⓘ harvest ⓘ
conflictWith	Ark of the Covenant ⓘ
cultCenters	Ashdod ⓘ Beth-dagon ⓘ Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza
culture	Canaanite religion ⓘ Northwest Semitic religion ⓘ Philistine mythology ⓘ
depictedAs	seated god ⓘ
hasTempleAt	Ashdod ⓘ Gaza City ⓘ surface form: Gaza
languageOfName	Northwest Semitic ⓘ surface form: Northwest Semitic languages
mentionedIn	1 Samuel ⓘ surface form: Book of 1 Samuel Judges ⓘ surface form: Book of Judges Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible
possibleEtymology	from Semitic root dgn meaning grain ⓘ
region	Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ Fertile Crescent ⓘ
religion	Semitic religion ⓘ
role	protector of crops ⓘ provider of agricultural abundance ⓘ
scholarlyConsensus	primarily a grain and fertility god rather than a sea god ⓘ
sometimesAssociatedWith	sea ⓘ
sometimesMisinterpretedAs	fish god ⓘ
title	fertility god ⓘ god of grain ⓘ
typeOfDeity	agricultural deity ⓘ fertility deity ⓘ
worshippedBy	Amorites ⓘ Canaanites ⓘ Philistines ⓘ
worshippedIn	Levant region ⓘ surface form: Levant Mesopotamia ⓘ Phoenician civilization ⓘ surface form: Phoenicia Syria ⓘ ancient Near East ⓘ
worshipPeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician religion → hasDeity → Dagon ⓘ

Philistines → worshipedDeity → Dagon ⓘ

Canaanite religion → mainDeity → Dagon ⓘ

Dagan → equivalentForm → Dagon ⓘ

Dok → hasAlternativeName → Dagon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dagon (possible identification)