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Dagon ((ヘブライ語:דגון'), Tib. ''Dāḡôn'') or Dagan (Ugaritic: ''Dgn'', ''Dagnu'', or ''Daganu''; Akkadian: ''Dagana'') was originally an East Semitic Mesopotamian (Akkadian, Assyrian, Babylonian) fertility god who evolved into a major Northwest Semitic god, reportedly of grain (as symbol of fertility) and fish and/or fishing (as symbol of multiplying). He was worshipped by the early Amorites and by the inhabitants of the cities of Ebla (modern Tell Mardikh, Syria) and Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syria). He was also a major member, or perhaps head, of the pantheon of the Philistines. == Name == In Ugaritic, the root ''dgn'' also means ''grain'': in Hebrew דגן ''dāgān'', Samaritan ''dīgan'', is an archaic word for ''grain''. The Phoenician author Sanchuniathon also says ''Dagon'' means ''siton'', that being the Greek word for ''grain''. Sanchuniathon further explains: "And Dagon, after he discovered grain and the plough, was called Zeus Arotrios." The word ''arotrios'' means "ploughman", "pertaining to agriculture" (confer ἄροτρον "plow"). It is perhaps related to the Middle Hebrew and Jewish Aramaic word ''dgnʾ'' 'be cut open' or to Arabic ''dagn'' (دجن) 'rain-(cloud)'. The theory relating the name to Hebrew ''dāg''/''dâg'', 'fish', based solely upon a reading of 1 Samuel 5:2–7 is discussed in ''Fish-god tradition'' below. According to this etymology: Middle English ''Dagon'' < Late Latin (Ec.) ''Dagon'' < Late Greek (Ec.) Δάγων < Heb דגן ''dāgān'', "grain (hence the god of agriculture), corn." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dagon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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