ID: 901001312 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001312	Record Type: Character/Person

	Dagon (ancient Semitic deity)

Note: Ancient Semitic crop fertility god. Worshipped by early Amorites and inhabitants of Ebla and Ugarit, syria; also part of the Philistine pantheon. Legendary inventor of the plow. In some traditions, father of the god Baal. In some traditions, a fish from the waist down. His cult is attested as early as about 2500 BCE.

Display Date: known by 2500 BCE

Names:

	Dagon (ancient Semitic deity) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Dagan (ancient Semitic deity) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
		....<Semitic iconography> (P)
		........<Semitic characters> (P)
		............Dagon (ancient Semitic deity) (I)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... deity
	.....(people in religion, people in religion and related occupations, people in the humanities, people by occupation, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Semitic (culture)
	.....(Near Eastern (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	flourished/active in .... Middle East
	..... ULAN Candidate

Sources:

	Dagon (ancient Semitic deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	................British Museum [online] (1999-)
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) referenced in 71F83511 statue of Dagon in Ashdod falls down
	Dagan (ancient Semitic deity)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ British Museum [online] (1999-)