Dagon

Canaanite god of prosperity and father of gods
Person fertility_deity Q623065
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Dagon

Summary

Dagon is a fertility deity[1]. He draws 1,269 Wikipedia views per month (fertility_deity category, ranking #2 of 6).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dagon was married to Shalash[3].
  • A child of Dagon was Demaroon[4].
  • Dagon is recorded as male[5].
  • Dagon's instance of is recorded as fertility deity[6].
  • Dagon's instance of is recorded as agricultural deity[7].
  • Dagon's instance of is recorded as God[8].
  • Dagon's Commons category is recorded as Dagan[9].
  • Dagon's residence is recorded as Tell Bi'a[10].
  • Dagon's worshipped by is recorded as Canaanite religion[11].
  • Dagon's worshipped by is recorded as Phoenician religion[12].
  • Dagon's worshipped by is recorded as Ugaritic religion[13].
  • Dagon's worshipped by is recorded as Ancient Mesopotamian religion[14].
  • Dagon's worshipped by is recorded as mythology[15].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus[16].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[17].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[19].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as First Book of Samuel[22].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[23].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as The Catholic Encyclopedia[24].
  • Dagon's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work[25].
  • Dagon's different from is recorded as Dagon[26].
  • Dagon's significant place is recorded as Tell Bi'a[27].

Body

Personal Life

Dagon was married to Shalash[3]. A child of him was Demaroon[4].

Works and Contributions

Things named for Dagon include Fomalhaut b[28], an unconfirmed exoplanet[29].

Why It Matters

Dagon draws 1,269 Wikipedia views per month (fertility_deity category, ranking #2 of 6).[2] He has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] He is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for him include Fomalhaut b[28], an unconfirmed exoplanet[29].

FAQs

Who was Dagon married to?

Dagon's spouses include Shalash[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . article. persee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . article. persee.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . pt.wikisource.org. Retrieved . pt.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [4] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pt.wikisource.org. Retrieved . pt.wikisource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Krateven · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender male
    Described by source Bible Encyclopedia of Archimandrite Nicephorus, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, New Encyclopedic Dictionary +7
    Instance of fertility deity, agricultural deity, God
    Residence Tell Bi'a
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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