Dagon
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Dagon is a monstrous, ancient sea deity from H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos, often associated with deep-sea cults and hybrid human-fish worshippers.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Great Old One
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Lovecraftian entity ⓘ fictional deity ⓘ |
| alignment | malevolent ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
"The Call of Cthulhu" (mythos background)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
"The Shadow over Innsmouth" NERFINISHED ⓘ Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ short story "Dagon" ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Cthulhu
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Deep Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED ⓘ Mother Hydra NERFINISHED ⓘ deep-sea trenches ⓘ ocean depths ⓘ sea ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearanceYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | The Vagrant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | cosmic horror ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
board and card games
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film "Dagon" (2001) NERFINISHED ⓘ various tabletop role-playing games ⓘ video games ⓘ |
| hasCult | Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasForm |
colossal humanoid-fish hybrid
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monstrous sea creature ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
forbidden knowledge
ⓘ
insanity ⓘ insignificance of humanity ⓘ |
| influenced | later Lovecraftian sea deities in fiction ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
ancient sea-god motifs
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biblical deity Dagon (name only) ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | literature ⓘ |
| partOf | Mythos pantheon of Great Old Ones NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| power |
control over sea creatures
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granting hybrid forms to humans ⓘ influence over dreams ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
"The Call of Cthulhu"
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"The Dunwich Horror" (mythos context) NERFINISHED ⓘ "The Shadow over Innsmouth" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlantic Ocean
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Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| universe | Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| worshippedBy |
Deep Ones
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Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED ⓘ human cultists ⓘ hybrid human–fish beings ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.