v_public_underworld_entities: 8
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| rowid | entity_id | canonical_name | tradition | category | earth_association_score | chthonic_flag | primary_domains | short_note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | ENT_CAN_DAGON | Dagon | Canaanite/Ugaritic | Fertility Deity | grain; agriculture; fertility; rain; underworld; Philistine cult | Major West Semitic deity; possibly the father of Baal in Ugaritic texts (KTU 1.5 VI: "Baal son of Dagon"); grain deity whose name may derive from Semitic dagan (grain) though also connected to daganu (cloud/rain); worshipped from Ebla (c. 2400 BCE) and Mari (c. 1800 BCE) through Ugarit and into Philistine-period Ashdod and Gaza (Judges 16:23; 1 Samuel 5); the most geographically widespread West Semitic deity before the Hellenistic period |