Da'go, Dag

ÕE, or DAGDEN, a Ru ian island in the Baltic, near the entrance of the Gulf of Finland, N. of the island of Esel; pop. 10,000. Dagobert I., a Frankish king of the Me roving i an line, son of Clothaire II., B. in 602. He subdued the Saxons, Gascons, and Bretons, but tarnished the lustre of his reign by his cruelty and licentiousne . D. in 638, and was buried in the abbey of St. Denis, which he had founded. DAGOBERT II., succeeded to the throne of Austrasia in 656; a a inated 679. DAGOBERT III., succeeded his father, Childebert II., 711, and D. 715. Dagon, ( daigon ,) was the national god of the Philistines. Its most famous temples were at Gaza and Ashdod. The latter temple was destroyed by Jonathan in the Maccabean War. Traces of the worship of D. likewise appear in the names Caphar Dagon (near Jamnia), Beth-Dagon in Judah ( Josh . xv. 41), and Asher ( Josh . xix. 27). D. was represented with the face and hands of a man, and the tail of a fish. In the Babylonian mythology, the name D. ( Odakon ) is applied to a fish-like being who rose from the waters of the Red Sea as one of the great benefactors of men. Niebuhr appears to identify this being with the Phoenician god, but Rawlinson regards them as fully distinct. In 1 Samuel v. we have an account of the fall and destruction of D. , before the ark of the Lord. Dags borough, in Delaware, a hundred of Su ex co., on Pepper Creek, abt. 50 m. S.S.E. of Dover; рор. 2,599. Fig. 761. DAGON. From Khors a bad. (Layard.)