Keywords: Sea fables explained (15563872046).jpg SEA FABLES EXPLAINED <br> he was worshipped in Chaldea at Erech the place of the <br> ark as the sacred and intelligent fish-god the teacher <br> of mankind the god of science and knowledge There he <br> was also called Oes Hoa Ea Ana Anu Ann and Oan <br> Noah was worshipped also in Syria and \Iesopotamia <br> and in Egj'pt at populous <br> No or Thebes so named <br> from Theba the ark <br> The history of the coffin of <br> Osiris is another version of <br> Noah's ark and the period <br> during which that Egyptian <br> divinity is said to have been <br> shut up in it after it was set <br> afloat upon the waters was <br> precisely the same as that <br> during which Noah remained <br> in the ark <br> Dagon also sometimes <br> called Odacon the great fish- <br> god of the Philistines and <br> Babylonians was another <br> phase of Cannes Dag in <br> Hebrew signifies a male <br> fish and Aun and Oan <br> were two of the names of <br> Noah Dag-aun or Dag- <br> oan therefore means the fish Noah He was portrayed <br> in two ways The more ancient image of him was that <br> of a man issuing from a fish as described of Oannes by <br> Berosus ; but in later times it was varied to that of a man <br> whose upper half was human and the lower parts those of <br> Nahum iii 8 <br> FIG 3 DAGOX From a bos <br> reluf Kiniroud 10985635 41337 10456 Page 4 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985635 1883 10 5962/bhl title 10456 International Fisheries Exhibition; Lee Henry NameFound Berosus NameConfirmed Berosus EOLID 13528 NameBankID 2606417 NameFound Dagon NameConfirmed Dagon EOLID 19042 NameBankID 3001483 NameFound Oannes NameConfirmed Oannes NameBankID 4262130 NameFound Theba NameConfirmed Theba EOLID 57947 NameBankID 2688802 Biodiversity Heritage Library Sea fables explained Mermaids Monsters Are Real Folklore Ocean Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 10985635 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985635 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween smithsonian libraries bhlmonstersrreal halloween Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-21 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15563872046 2015-08-25 17 53 48 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Sea fables explained Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script |