Dagon

Dagon was a god worshipped in Ancient Syria, who was a very popular deity since a lot of people were named after him at the time. He was also worshipped in Mesopotamia, and was considered to have control over giving people divine rule. [1]

Character

While it is very difficult to know about Dagan since not many people made myths about him, we do know that Emar, Aleppo and Mari believed he was known as a "father of gods", and that he was generally one of the first Mesopotamian gods. [2] He was also known to guarantee a plentiful harvest of grain. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Emanuel, Jeffrey P. (2016-06-04). "'Dagon Our God': Iron i Philistine Cult in Text and Archaeology". Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions. 16 (1): 22–66. doi:10.1163/15692124-12341278. ISSN 1569-2116.
  2. ↑ Feliu, Lluís; Watson, Wilfred G. E. (2003). The god Dagan in Bronze Age Syria. Culture and history of the ancient Near East. Leiden ; Boston, MA: Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-13158-3.
  3. ↑ Schwemer, D. (2007). "EDZARD, D. O.: Sumerian Grammar". Kratylos. 52 (1): 153–157. doi:10.29091/kratylos/2007/1/26. ISSN 0023-4567.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.