Dagon, translated as "Dagon" or Dagon, is the god of the Philistines. Although he is in charge of agriculture, his image is half-fish and half-man.
Around the 13th century before the park, a group of mysterious "sea peoples" repeatedly invaded the eastern Mediterranean coast. Egypt, Hittites, Syria, etc. were all violated to varying degrees. This multi-ethnic group included the Philistines, Lykias, and Yaga. Yaren, Sikkur, etc. After being defeated by local residents, some settled on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean, some returned to western Anatolia, and some went to the western Mediterranean. It was the Philistines who invaded and settled in Syria and Palestine, and their gods followed. People on the sea interact with the ocean and live on the island. Their close connection with the sea gives their gods the breath of the ocean, that is, the image of half fish and half human. The record of Dagon in the "Bible" obviously involves the invasion of sea nations. The "Bible" records that "the next day, they got up early in the morning and saw the statue of Dagon lying down in front of the ark of the Lord, lying on the ground, Dagon's head. Both his hands and his hands were broken on the door, leaving only a fish-like body." It can be seen that the Philistines were finally defeated by the Israeli Jews. As a pagan god brought by the invaders, Dagon was regarded as a demon by the Israelites. The invasion of the Philistines promoted the emergence of the Jewish state, and later King David unified Israel and Judea and eliminated the invaders, as described in the Bible. In Milton's "Paradise Lost", Dagon is the identity of the fallen angel.
In the "Dungeon and Dragons" or "DND" system, Dagon is one of the few remaining powerful Obiris demons, and rules the 89th floor of the Bottomless Abyss "Shadow Sea", similar to the demon prince Demogogan Maintain a fragile alliance. The appearance is described as a "mixed creature of fish, mollusk and moray", and its beliefs prevail in coastal areas, using gold and fish to lure believers to defile the bloodline and mate with half-fish creatures.
Appeared in "Dagon" and "The Haze of Innsmouth" in "The Myth of Cthulhu". The description of "Dagon" is: "They have a normal human body shape, but they have webbed hands and feet, extremely wide and loose lips, transparent and protruding eyes like glass, and others that I am not big. I want to go back to the characteristics."
And "The Haze of Innsmouth" is a description of the followers of Dagon, and this movie is based on this. "She told me that the secret organization was rumored to be called the "Dagon Secret"... Most of the skin on the surface of their bodies is gray-green, only the belly is white; the skin is bright and smooth, but on the back of the spine But it is covered with scales; the appearance reveals the characteristics of the great apes, but the head is like a fish; the eyes are huge and swollen and cannot be closed; the sides of the neck are covered with fish gills that do not open and close; the claws are very long and covered with webs Membrane. They beat irregularly, sometimes with two legs, sometimes with four legs. I don’t know why, but I’m a little lucky that they only grow four legs, not more. Because the face is stiff and sluggish, The communication between them relies on a language similar to the sound of frogs and barking dogs to convey their vague and dark emotions. "The film is very faithful to the original book, and the protagonist in the book also chooses to go to the bottom of the sea to become one of them. .
Known as "Dagan" in "The Witcher 1", the background description "those dredging and brick-making workers near the lake are often attacked by the murlocs in the water, and at night, the indescribable person in their dreams The evil gods will come to communicate with them. These brick makers became crazy because of the nightmare, and even slowly worshiped this evil god who only appeared in their dreams. The villagers called themselves the sons of the deep sea, and they wrote that they were incomprehensible to others. With hymns of madness and despair, they often gather together on a specific day, and they continue to worship and praise the evil god in the dream. At the same time, the half-murlocs living in Lake Vikima are also affected, among them Some of them became ferocious and bloodthirsty, constantly fighting with land residents. The half-murlocs began to slaughter nearby villagers and used their blood to sacrifice to Dagan. Those half-murlocs who were affected by it and gradually fell worshiped the goddess in the lake An altar dedicated to Dagon was built on the Black Tern Island in China. From there, the altar can lead to the abyss of the dark water, and Dagan can wake up to the island through the altar; the evil god in the abyss worships by sucking The belief of the author is energy. When the legendary moment comes, it will be called by people to wake up and destroy the world. "In the world of Witcher 1, Dagan cannot be killed.
In "Devil May Cry 4", Dagon is the image of a frog, his back is covered with ice balls, and his head has female tentacles to lure prey. He is a close relative of Baal. What makes me strange is that in the book "Solomon's Key", the 72-pillar demon only has Baal and no Dagon. According to the close relationship in "Devil May Cry 4", it is speculated that Baal and Dagon in "Solomon's Key" may be The same thing, but Barr has another image in "Diablo" and "The Bible". The close relatives in "Devil May Cry 4" are probably an adaptation of the game creator.
In the "The Elder Scrolls" series, Dagon's full name is "Mehrunes Dagon", the Maharaja of Destruction and Transformation. He was originally a low-level demons. Later, it was calculated that Alduin was cursed, and the cult that worshiped it was called the "Dawn Myth."
The more orthodox image of Dagon is half fish and half human. It uses fish and gold to induce people to believe in its evil cult. Nowadays, under the background of being created many times, its appearance and attributes have also changed a lot. In "The Shape of Water" Described as a special creature, not only is it not evil, but like a god, and even has love.
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