ellauri499.html on line 281: He was also called upon during battle, showing that he was thought to intervene actively in the world of man, unlike the more aloof El. The Lebanese city of Baalbeck was named after Baal. Alternatively, Ba' al is a divine co-regent with El, where El was the executive while Ba' al was the sustainer of the cosmos. The Baʿal of Ugarit was the epithet of Hadad, but as time passed, the epithet became the god's name while Hadad became the epithet. Baʿal was usually said to be the son of Dagon, the funny fish god, but appears as one of the sons of El in Ugaritic sources. Both Baʿal and El were associated with the bull in Ugaritic texts, as they symbolized both strength and fertility. He held special enmity against snakes, both on their own and as representatives of Yammu (lit. "Sea"), the Canaanite sea god and river god. He fought the Tannin (Tunnanu), the "Twisted Serpent" (Bṯn ʿqltn), "Lotan the Fugitive Serpent" (Ltn Bṯn Brḥ, the biblical Leviathan)] and the "Mighty One with Seven Heads" (Šlyṭ D.šbʿt Rašm). Baʿal's conflict with Yammu is now generally regarded as the prototype of the vision recorded in the 7th chapter of the biblical Book of Daniel. As vanquisher of the sea, the Canaanites and Phoenicians regarded Baʿal as the patron of sailors and sea-going merchants. As vanquisher of Mot, the Canaanite death god, he was known as Baʿal Rāpiʾuma (Bʿl Rpu) and regarded as the leader of the Rephaim (Rpum), the ancestral spirits, particularly those of ruling dynasties. From Canaan, worship of Baʿal spread to Egypt by the Middle Kingdom and throughout the Mediterranean following the waves of Phoenician colonization in the early 1st millennium BC. He was described with diverse epithets, and before Ugarit was rediscovered, these were supposed to refer to distinct local gods. However, as explained by Day, the texts at Ugarit revealed that they were considered "local manifestations of this particular deity, analogous to the local manifestations of the Virgin Mary in the Roman Catholic Church". In those inscriptions, he is frequently described as "Victorious Baʿal" (Aliyn or Ảlỉyn Baʿal), "Mightiest one" (Aliy or ʾAly] or "Mightiest of the Heroes" (Aliy Qrdm), "The Powerful One" (Dmrn), and in his role as patron of the city "Baʿal of Ugarit. As Baʿal Zaphod, he was particularly associated with his palace atop Jebel Aqra (the ancient Mount Ṣapānu and classical Mons Casius). He is also mentioned as "Winged Baʿal" (Bʿl Knp) and "Baʿal of the Arrows" (Bʿl Ḥẓ). Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions describe "Baʿal of the Mace" (Bʿl Krntryš), "Baʿal of the Lebanon" (Bʿl Lbnn), "Baʿal of Sidon" (Bʿl Ṣdn), Bʿl Ṣmd, "Baʿal of the Heavens" (Baʿal Shamem or Shamayin), Baʿal ʾAddir (Bʿl ʾdr), Baʿal Hammon (Baʿal Ḥamon), Bʿl Mgnmt. Baʿal Hammon was worshipped in the Tyrian colony of Carthage as their supreme god. It is believed that this position developed in the 5th century BC following the severing of its ties to Tyre following the 480 BC Battle of Himera. Like Hadad, Baʿal Hammon was a fertility god. Inscriptions about Punic deities tend to be rather uninformative, though, and he has been variously identified as a moon god[citation needed] and as Dagan the grain god[citation sorely missed].
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xxx/ellauri186.html on line 358: Dagon tai Dagan oli merkittävä länsiseemiläinen viljan ja hedelmällisyyden jumala, jota palvottiin laajalti koko muinaisessa Lähi-idässä. Dagan merkitsi heprean ja ugaritin kielissä "vilja", ja Dagania pidettiin auran keksijänä. Dagan tunnettiin erityisesti Raamatun mainitsemien filistealaisten jumalana. Hänelle omistettuja pyhäkköjä oli muun muassa Bet-dagonissa Asherissa, Gazassa ja Asdodissa. Dagonin palvonnasta on todisteita jo noin vuodelta 2500 eaa. Muinaisen Ugaritin Ras Shamrasta löydettyjen tekstien mukaan hän oli sateen ja hedelmällisyyden jumala Baalin isä.
xxx/ellauri186.html on line 360: Dagania tai Dagonia palvoivat myös kanaanilaiset. Dagania palvottiin lisäksi Mesopotamiassa. Useat Akkadin ja Babylonian kuninkaat kuten Hammurabi ja Assurnasirpal II julistivat olevansa Dagonin poikia. Vanhassa testamentissa Dagon on filistealaisten pääjumala (Tuomarien kirja 16:23). Simson tuhoaa Daganin temppelin Gazassa kaatamalla sen kaksi pylvästä. Dagan on saattanut olla lisäksi meren jumala, ja hänet esitettiin kalanpyrstöisenä. Hänen nimensä merkitsee ”tähkä” mutta israelilaiset sekoittivat sen heprean kielen sanaan dag (kala) – tästä johtuvat kuvat kalanpyrstöisestä jumalasta. On kuitenkin epäselvää, ovatko Dagan ja Dagon sama jumala. Ido Dagan oli söpön punatukkaisen Ulriken kalansilmäinen juutalainen kolleega IBM:llä. Siitä tuli Hararin näköinen iso kala tietokonelingvistiikan alalla.
xxx/ellauri186.html on line 364: Dagonilla oli Ugaritissa suuri temppeli 1300 eaa., ja hänen nimensä oli jumalten listalla kolmantena. Hammurabin lain esipuheessa kuningas Hammurabi kutsuu itseään ”Eufratin varren astutuksen pellonraivaajaksi Dagonin, tämän luojansa avulla”.
xxx/ellauri186.html on line 366: Kanaanilaiset toivat Daganin kultiin Mesopotamiaan, jossa hänen puolisonsa oli Šalas. Joidenkin tekstien perusteella on päätelty, että Dagon rinnastettiin myös Enliliin. Dagonilla oli erityinen asema amorilaisten uskonnossa Marissa. Raamatussa Dagon mainitaan useita kertoja filistealaisten yhteydessä, mutta se voi olla juutalaisten misinformaatiota. Ensimmäinen Samuelin kirja kertoo, miten juutalaisten liitonarkki varastetaan ja viedään Dagonin temppeliin Asdodiin. Seuraavana aamuna Dagonin patsas oli kasvoillaan arkin edessä. Patsas nostetaan pystyyn, ja taas sitä seuraavana aamuna se löytyy taas kaatuneena arkin edestä mutta pää ja kädet katkenneina. Juutalaisilla oli epäilemättä lusikkansa sopassa.
xxx/ellauri186.html on line 368: Dagon on poliisin vanha tuttu, sen mainizee de Vigny misogyynisessä Simpson runossaan (albumi 146), se löytyy Kanaanin jumalien aakkosellisesta listasta (albumi 171), ja Samuli Kukon kirjan resymeestä (albumi Dagon">185). H. P. Lovecraftin kertomuksissa Dagon esiintyy syyläisten Syväläisten valtiaana ja pahana olentona. Tulija ojentaa sielunsa Dagonille kuin mudun sen tutuissa mutaisissa vesissä.
xxx/ellauri250.html on line 858: They were powerful, kulturnyje, and possessed iron. They were the high-tech people of the day and did all they could to prohibit neolithic Israel from gaining iron and access to their technology (1 Sam. 13:19) They worshipped many false gods. Among them was the worship of Baal and Dagon. Mutta nyt mikki Sammelille:
xxx/ellauri416.html on line 434: Like David and Goliath, the story of Samson and Delilah are well-known stories of right and wrong, good and evil, goys and jews. These findings help tell the story of the Philistines on their own terms, in a way that complements (rather than negating) what the biblical writers said about them. Think of them as ancient Vikings. According to the Bible, the Philistines were polytheists. Polytheist means you worship multiple gods, unlike the Nazirite Samson. The biblical story of Samson suggests that he destroyed the temple of Dagon in Gaza. Present-day Samsons specialize in childrens' hospitals.
xxx/ellauri416.html on line 444: The Ark of the Covenant was the equivalent of the Israelites’ cult statue, so it is no wonder that the writers of the Old Testament reserved great scorn for the Philistines and their primary god, Dagon after their “cult statue" was taken. Little is known about the god Dagon, except he looked like a fish, not unlike Jeshua, but modern scholars believe he was a male variant of an Indo-European earth goddess. It is important to note that unlike Bal and some other Canaanite and Semitic gods, the Old Testament never mentions renegade Israelites worshipping Dagon. The Philistines and their culture were anathemas to the Israelites.
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xxx/ellauri446.html on line 249: Esimerkkejä profeetoista ja heidän poliittisista rooleistaan: Aamos: Profeetta, joka puhui sosiaalista epätasa-arvoa ja Israelin pohjoisen kuningaskunnan korruptiota vastaan. Miika: Profeetta, joka tuomitsi eteläisen Juudan valtakunnan epävanhurskauden ja ennusti sen tuhon. Elia: Profeetta, joka kyseenalaisti kuningatar Iisebelin ja kuningas Ahabin peukuttaman Dagonin, Ishtarin ja niiden pojan Baalin perheyxikön ja korosti Jehovan inseliyden tärkeyttä. Nathan: Profeetta, joka nalkutti kuningas Daavidille ja vaikutti Daavidin hiusmuotoiluun.
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