Dagon (,
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.