In ancient mythology, a Philistine or Semitic god associated with fertility and the sea, often depicted as part-human and part-fish.
From Hebrew 'Dāg' (fish) plus the suffix '-ōn,' indicating 'the fish' or 'fish god.' The term appears in ancient biblical and archaeological texts referring to Canaanite-Philistine religious practices.
Dagon represents one of humanity's earliest known hybrid gods—part fish, part human—which scholars think reflected ancient Mediterranean peoples' complex relationship with the sea as both food source and mysterious danger zone.
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