Dagon or Dagan (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁕𒃶, romanized: d da-gan; [2] Phoenician: 𐤃𐤂𐤍, romanized: Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria, across the middle of the Euphrates, with …

Dagan, West Semitic god of crop fertility, worshiped extensively throughout the ancient Middle East. Dagan was the Hebrew and Ugaritic common noun for “grain,” and the god Dagan was …

One entire quarter of Ebla and one of its gates were named after Dagan. Dagan is also called ti-lu ma-tim ("dew of the land") and Be-ka-na-na (possibly "Lord of Canaan "). He was the patron …

Male deity of a possibly West Semitic origin with a focus on the Middle and Upper Euphrates, most commonly attested in Mesopotamia in the late 3rd and early 2nd millennia BCE. In …

DAGAN (Dag ā n) was a West Semitic god, well known in ancient Syria and ancient Palestine. He is mentioned in texts from Ebla (Tell Mard īḫ, in Northern Syria) dating to the mid-third …

Jan 31, 2025 · Dagon played a prominent role in religious beliefs, as he was seen as an agricultural god associated with fertility and abundance, and had a close association with rain …

Dagon under his Amorite form Dagan was venerated from before 2000 b.c. His temple in Ugarit has been dated to c. 2000 b.c., and he was widely worshiped among Amorites in …

Dec 19, 2024 · Dagan is a significant figure in Canaanite mythology, representing the god of fertility, agriculture, and grain. This ancient deity was worshipped primarily in the regions of …

Aug 1, 2025 · Dagon, also known as Dagan, was a fertility deity who eventually became an important Semitic god. The Philistines, a community of Canaanites, were an Aegean people …

Dagon or Dagan (Sumerian: 𒀭𒁕𒃶, romanized: d da-gan; [2] Phoenician: 𐤃𐤂𐤍, romanized: Dāgān) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria, across the middle of the Euphrates, with …