>>21048389(While this figure is (probably) not Dagon, the resemblance with fish is clear.
why would wear that hat, clearly resembling a fish head, they when there was
already the (probably) myth that it was associated with Dagon? (What are the
other origin stories of the "mitre hat", and for how long have they been
worn?).
> The first to cast doubt on the "fish" etymology was Hartmut Schmökel [de] in> his 1928 study of Dagan, though he initially nonetheless suggested that while> Dagon was not in origin a "fish god", the association with dâg "fish" among> the maritime Canaanites (Phoenicians) would have affected the god's> iconography.[113] However, later he correctly identified it as a medieval> invention. - Wikipedia