(Hebrew, dag On, the fish On) The idol of the Philistines; half woman and half fish (See Atergata ) "Dagon his name; sea-monster, upward man And downward fish; yet had his temple high Rear'd in Azotus dreaded through the coast Of Palestine, in Gath and Ascalon, And Accaron and Gaza's frontier bounds " Milton: Paradise Lost, book i 402 Dagonet (Sir) In the romance La Mort d' Arthure he is called the fool of King Arthur, and was knighted by the king himself "I remember at Mile-End Green, when I lay at Clement's Inn, I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthur's show " - Henry IV , iii 2 (Justice Shallow) "Dagonet" is the pen-name of Mr G R Sims
The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish
Pagoda in Yangôn (Rangoon) that is the centre of Burmese religious life. A Buddhist temple complex begun in the 15th century, the cone-shaped Shwe Dagon is constructed of brick and is completely covered with gold. Raised over a relic chamber, it was rebuilt several times and was brought to its present height of 326 ft (99 m) in 1841 by King Tharrawaddy. The pagoda sits atop a hill that rises 168 ft (51 m) above the city