Results for dagon

Definitions of dagon:

The national god of the anc. Philistines, & c., represented with the face and hands of a man and the tail of a fish.

Usage examples for dagon:

• I must come back; on this journey I have already seen so much on the way here- some day I will come out direct and paint this one scene, and perhaps one or two in the Shwey Dagon Pagoda-" if I'm spaired," as they say in the lowlands, instead of knocking under the table. "From Edinburgh to India & Burmah", William G. Burn Murdoch

• If any one wants to have the wrinkles rolled out of his soul- let him go and rest in the quiet, and sun, and simple beauty of the Shwey Dagon Pagoda, with its tapering golden spire and the blue sky above. "From Edinburgh to India & Burmah", William G. Burn Murdoch

• It is a Dagon that falls upon its worshipers and crushes them to death. "Around The Tea-Table", T. De Witt Talmage

• There are besides temples and fanes, many solid bell- shaped pagodas of the Shwey Dagon type. "From Edinburgh to India & Burmah", William G. Burn Murdoch