Dagan

Anunnaki deity, god of agriculture and fertility, prominent in Mesopotamian and Canaanite traditions.

Core Themes

• Agriculture and divine provision.
• Linked to Mesopotamian Mythology.

Related Concepts & Sources

Baal (similar deity), Sumerian Mythology (context), Lahar (agriculture deity)

Scholarly entry: Dagan (god), Ancient Mesopotamian Gods and Goddesses (Oracc, University of Pennsylvania).

Attestations in Cuneiform Corpora

• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
• The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
• The Corpus of Ancient Mesopotamian Scholarship
• Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (search)

References

• Crowell, B. 2001. "The development of Dagan: a sketch." Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 1 : 32-83.
• Feliu, L. 2003. The God Dagan in Bronze Age Syria . Leiden; Boston: Brill.
• Hilgert, Markus. 1994. "Erubbatum im Tempel des Dagan: eine Ur III-Zeitliche Urkunde aus Drehim." Journal of Cuneiform Studies 46 : 29-39.
• Pettinato, G. and H. Waetzoldt. 1985. "Dagan in Ebla und Mesopotamien nach den Texten aus dem 3. Jarhtausend." Orientalia 54 : 234-256.
• Singer, I. 2000. "Semitic Dagān and Indo-European *Dhheĝhhom: related words?" In Y. Arbeitman (ed.), The Asia Minor Connexion: Studies on the Pre-Greek Languages in Memroy of Charles Carter. , pp. 221-232. Leuven: Peeters.