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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Great Old One
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 NERFINISHED
Deep Ones NERFINISHED
Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED
Mother Hydra NERFINISHED
deep-sea trenches
ocean depths
sea
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
creator H. P. Lovecraft NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceYear 1919
firstPublishedIn The Vagrant NERFINISHED
genre cosmic horror
hasAdaptation board and card games
film "Dagon" (2001) NERFINISHED
various tabletop role-playing games
video games
hasCult Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED
hasForm colossal humanoid-fish hybrid
monstrous sea creature
hasTheme forbidden knowledge
insanity
insignificance of humanity
influenced later Lovecraftian sea deities in fiction
inspiredBy ancient sea-god motifs
biblical deity Dagon (name only)
languageOfWork English
medium literature
partOf Mythos pantheon of Great Old Ones NERFINISHED
power control over sea creatures
granting hybrid forms to humans
influence over dreams
relatedWork "The Call of Cthulhu" NERFINISHED
"The Dunwich Horror" (mythos context) NERFINISHED
"The Shadow over Innsmouth" NERFINISHED
setting Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Pacific Ocean NERFINISHED
universe Cthulhu Mythos NERFINISHED
worshippedBy Deep Ones NERFINISHED
Esoteric Order of Dagon NERFINISHED
human cultists
hybrid human–fish beings

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