"In weigh against, the pagan deities of the Old Headstone are far less familiar, coming as they do from long-dead civilizations. Possibly the most utter of them is Dagon, if a minute ago in the function of H. P. Lovecraft theoretical a modern-day "Out-of-the-way Expose of Dagon" in The Bloom done Innsmouth". In the Bible, Dagon is the main god of the Philistines -- who are the arch-enemies of the Israelites in unique Old Headstone books. In time 5 of the primitive book of "Samuel", the Philistines problem the Ark of the Bargain and place it at home the Summit of Dagon at Ashdod... someplace the Ark profits to wreak havoc on Dagon's statue! A range of centuries highly developed, the enormously Summit of Dagon was lately vanished in time 10 of the primitive book of "Maccabees "(as depicted in the accompanying tip from an engraving by Gustave Dor'e).
"Dagon" was similarly the name of an Assyrian god, who may or may not be the owner of been coupled with the Philistine god of the enormously name. The Assyrian Dagon had the head of a fish bait... which is apparently someplace HPL got his sway for the denizens of Innsmouth! This write of Dagon is directly joined to inexperienced Assyrian deity, Nisroch, who is depicted with the head of an eagle. Nisroch is mentioned in the Bible, in the context of the unlawful death of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (a historically known feast that occurred in 681 BC). According to "2 Kings" 19, the unlawful death took place what Sennacherib was praying to the god Nisroch.
Of all the references to pagan gods in the Bible, by far the most continually mentioned is Baal -- which was apparently unbiased a generic word for "pagan god" (the name sometimes appears in the plural, Baalim). But the plan for the most gods in one place goes to verses 30 and 31 of "2 Kings" 17: Succoth-benoth, Nergal, Ashima, Nibhaz, Tartak, Adrammelech and Anammelech. These deities come from a domestic of make equal cultures, all of which were approximately resettled by the Assyrians in Northern Israel voguish the deferred 8th century BC.
While most of the "imaginary" gods and goddesses mentioned in the Bible were simultaneous with outsiders, some of them were worshipped by the Hebrews themselves. Emperor Solomon is reported to be the owner of to be found idols of Ashtoreth, Chemosh, Milcom and Molech in the temple at Jerusalem ("1 Kings" 11), someplace they remained for centuries until they were vanished by Emperor Josiah ("2 Kings" 23).
The names of countless of the Bible's pagan deities -- such as Baal, Dagon, Ashtoreth, Nisroch, Molech, Chemosh, Nergal and Adrammelech -- were appropriated by mediaeval occultists as the names of demons, and they by and large characteristic in "demonologies" of the caste. Boss shockingly, countless of the names similarly turn up as "fallen angels" in "Illusion Irrecoverable", by the Puritan journalist John Milton. The English Puritans despicable idolatry (and they vanished remarkable works of art to try it), so one oblige expect them to drive out the things of idolatry as lying deities obtainable a minute ago in the minds of their barmy worshippers. Somewhat, Milton chose to hoard them standing by suggestive of they be the owner of a physical existence... albeit as Lords of Hell!
