Esoteric Order of Dagon

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The Esoteric Order of Dagon is a sinister fictional cult in H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos that worships the sea deity Dagon and is closely tied to the dark secrets of the town of Innsmouth.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Oannes Society 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional cult
fictional religious organization
organization in the Cthulhu Mythos
appearsIn Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED
The Shadow over Innsmouth NERFINISHED
associatedWith Cthulhu NERFINISHED
Deep Ones NERFINISHED
basedInFictionalUniverse Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED
controls Innsmouth civic institutions
Innsmouth economy
creator H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED
fictionalLocation Innsmouth NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYear 1936
genre cosmic horror
weird fiction
goal alliance with Deep Ones
immortality through transformation
hasInfluenceOn horror films
horror video games
later Cthulhu Mythos authors
tabletop role-playing games
hasMemberType Innsmouth residents
human–Deep One hybrids
hasPrimarySetting Innsmouth, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
hasSymbol stylized image of a fish or sea deity
hasTheme degeneration
forbidden knowledge
human–nonhuman hybridization
occultism
xenophobia
inspiredBy New England coastal folklore NERFINISHED
real-world secret societies
introducedInWork The Shadow over Innsmouth NERFINISHED
languageOfFictionalDepiction English
notableEvent federal government raid on Innsmouth
operatesInMedium film adaptations
literature
role-playing games
opposedBy United States federal authorities NERFINISHED
protagonist of The Shadow over Innsmouth
religiousType occult society
pagan cult
ritualPractice human sacrifice
interbreeding with Deep Ones
sea-based ceremonies
secretHeadquarters refurbished Masonic Hall in Innsmouth
settingTimePeriod early 20th century
worships Dagon NERFINISHED
Mother Hydra NERFINISHED

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Langdon Everett Caul associatedWith Esoteric Order of Dagon
this entity surface form: Oannes Society
The Shadow over Innsmouth featuresCult Esoteric Order of Dagon