Dagan Languages
Dagan may refer to: * Dagan (god), a Semitic fertility god * Dagan languages Places * Dagan (), China, in Fujian's Shunchang County * Dagan, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province * Beth Dagan, two cities in ancient Israel * Beit Dagan, Israel People * Dagan (bishop), Irish bishop in the early 7th century * Hanoch Dagan, Israeli lawyer * Meir Dagan (1945–2016), former director of the Mossad * Dagan Yivzori (born 1985), Israeli basketball player Fictional characters * Dagan Gera, a character in the 2023 action-adventure video game '' Star Wars: Jedi Survivor'' See also * * Dagon (other) {{disambiguation, geo ...
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Dagan (god)
Dagon or Dagan (; ) was a god worshipped in ancient Syria, across the middle of the Euphrates, with primary temples located in Tuttul and Terqa, though many attestations of his cult come from cities such as Mari and Emar as well. In settlements situated in the upper Euphrates area, he was regarded as the "father of gods" similar to Mesopotamian Enlil or Hurrian Kumarbi, as well as a lord of the land, a god of prosperity, and a source of royal legitimacy. A large number of theophoric names, both masculine and feminine, attests that he was a popular deity. He was also worshiped further east, in Mesopotamia, where many rulers regarded him as the god capable of granting them kingship over the western areas. Attestations of Dagan from coastal areas are much less frequent and come mostly from the northern city of Ugarit, where Dagan's cult had a limited scope. According to the Hebrew Bible, Dagan was also the national god of the Philistines, with temples at Ashdod and Gaza, but the ...
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