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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* Dagān was an ancient Semitic fertility [[god]], who, due to being often depicted as part-fish, was adopted by [[H. P. Lovecraft]] as an undersea deity worshipped by his creations the Deep Ones, aquatic humanoids who are somewhat similar to the Sea Devils and with whom ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', as part of its overall crossover with the [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]], appears to conflate them. Though Lovecraft himself never identified his Dagon as a Great Old Man, other writers in the Mythos, such as Derleth, did. | * Dagān was an ancient Semitic fertility [[god]], who, due to being often depicted as part-fish, was adopted by [[H. P. Lovecraft]] as an undersea deity worshipped by his creations the Deep Ones, aquatic humanoids who are somewhat similar to the Sea Devils and with whom ''[[All-Consuming Fire (novel)|All-Consuming Fire]]'', as part of its overall crossover with the [[wikipedia:Cthulhu Mythos|Cthulhu Mythos]], appears to conflate them. Though Lovecraft himself never identified his Dagon as a Great Old Man, other writers in the Mythos, such as Derleth, did. | ||
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[[Category:Supposed deities from the real world]] | [[Category:Supposed deities from the real world]] | ||
