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Dagon
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Dagon in the Bible, a national deity of the ancient Philistines, represented as a fish-tailed man. The name comes via Latin and Greek from Hebrew
dāḡōn, perhaps from
dāḡān ‘corn’, but said (according to folk etymology) to be from
dāḡ ‘fish’.
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Appropriations of history, Gothicism, and Cthulhu: Fred Chappell's Dagon.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Mosaic (Winnipeg); 9/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; This essay considers Dagon's preliminary sources, the relationship...Alhazred, Lovecraft who wrote of Nug and Dagon, Old gods, Nyogtha and Cthulhu, And...Fred Chappell Has written a novel, Dagon.--R.H.W. Dillard, News of the...
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Milling around the Dagon Grain Museum
Newspaper article from: Cleveland Jewish News; 9/6/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...and science of bread-making, but the Dagon (Hebrew word for corn) Museum is the...grain. Given the subject matter, the Dagon could potentially be one of the most boring...opposite is true. Small in size, the Dagon Museum is one of the most fascinating in...
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 "Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)")
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Elsie M. "Jackie" Dagon
Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 12/9/2001; 416 words
; ...Preceded in death by her husband, Alfred "Pat" Dagon (1992); a son, Patrick H. Dagon Sr. (1983); a granddaughter, Nicole Adam (1971); a grandson, Patrick H. Dagon, Jr. (1989) and by a brother, Henry Bullen...
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Dagon
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 12/1/2003; ; 650 words
; 35 775 Dagon Dagon Spanien 2001 Produktion: Fantastic factory/Castelao Producciones Produzenten...Pragmatismus und Effizienz an der Kinokasse immer oberstes Gebot waren. "Dagon" scheint zu Beginn sogar noch gewisse Qualitten aufzuweisen: Im Vorspann...
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Swedish property company Dagon AB acquires former school property in Trelleborg.
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 5/19/2008; 487 words
; ...19 May 2008-Swedish property company Dagon AB acquires former school property in Trelleborg...www.m2.com Swedish property company Dagon AB (OMX Stockholm: DAG) said on Monday...school property in Trelleborg, Sweden. Dagon said that it initially intends to lease...
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Dagon.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Video Store; 6/9/2002; ; 576 words
; ...villagers sold their souls to the sea creature Dagon for gold and an everlasting fisherman's catch. Dagon demands human sacrifices, the skins of its...Destiny has drawn Paul to the priestess of Dagon, and it may cost his companions their lives...
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 "Des Plaines Times (IL)")
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Gordon debuts 'Dagon'
Newspaper article from: Des Plaines Times (IL); 8/29/2002; 700+ words
; ...short stories of H. P. Lovecraft, "Dagon" is a current direct-to-video and...off to Hollywood and shot it there." "Dagon' has been my next project for fifteen...isolated." Based on the Lovecraft stories "Dagon" and "Shadow Over Innsmouth," the film...
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Swedish property company Dagon AB acquires property in Gothenburg.
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 6/23/2008; 601 words
; ...23 June 2008-Swedish property company Dagon AB acquires property in Gothenburg(C...www.m2.com Swedish property company Dagon AB (OMX Stockholm: DAG) said on Monday...first property in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dagon acquired a 10,400-square metre property...
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University of South Florida psychiatrist wants to tackle depression, illness that can follow bereavement. (Eugene Dagon)
PR Newswire; 5/23/1990; 700+ words
; ...PRNewswire/ -- It was only when Dr. Eugene Dagon visited a patient's home that the depth...several clues to unresolved grief, said Dr. Dagon, an assistant professor at the University...people who've suffered a loss." Dr. Dagon argued that counseling for grief takes...
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Swedish property company Dagon AB acquires office property in Falun.
Newspaper article from: Nordic Business Report; 5/15/2008; 491 words
; ...15 May 2008-Swedish property company Dagon AB acquires office property in Falun...www.m2.com Swedish property company Dagon AB (OMX Stockholm: DAG) said on Wednesday...price for the property amounted to SEK40m. Dagon, headquartered in Malmo, Sweden, owns...
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Dagon
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
Dagon In the mythology of the ancient Near East, Dagon (or Dagan) was a major deity associated with fertility...built many temples dedicated to him. Some people believe that Dagon was worshiped as a fish god or a god of the sea, while others...
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Ashdod
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of the Philistine Pentapolis and a center for the worship of Dagon . The city was later ruled by Judah, Egypt, and Assyria...Maccabeus, took the city in 148 BC and destroyed the temple of Dagon. Ashdod was revived by the Romans and was an early Christian...
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Mermaids
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...Babylonian* texts mentioned a god named Oannes, who was part man and part fish and lived among humans. The Near Eastern god Dagon may have been portrayed as a merman, and the Syrian goddess Atargatis had the form of a mermaid. Ancient Greek and Roman sea...
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Semitic Mythology
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...An chief creator and sky god Ashur main god of Assyria, warrior god Baal Canaanite god associated with rain and fertility Dagon, Dagan god associated with fertility, vegetation, and military strength El, Elohim Canaanite father of the gods, most high...
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Alaungpaya
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...Mon control, Alaungpaya moved down the Irrawaddy Valley against the adversary, finally capturing in 1755 the river port of Dagon, which he renamed Rangoon ("end of the battle;" today Burma's capital). Completing the conquest of lower Burma in 1757...
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