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"Oannes and Dag-on (the fish On) are identical. According to an ancient fable preserved by Berosus, a creature half man and half fish came out of “that part of the Erythræan sea which borders upon Babylonia,” where he taught men the arts of life, “to construct cities, to found temples, to compile laws, and, in short, instructed them in all things that tend to soften manners and humanize their lives;” and he adds that a representation of this animal Oannes was preserved in his day. A figure of him sporting in the waves, and apparently blessing a fleet of vessels, was discovered in a marine piece of sculpture, by M. Botta, in the excavations of Khorsabad."
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Sabine Baring-Gould  (1834–1924)  wikidata:Q1242472 s:en:Author:Sabine Baring-Gould q:en:Sabine Baring-Gould
 
Sabine Baring-Gould
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Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould
Description British cleric and writer
English Victorian hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. His bibliography lists more than 500 separate publications.
Date of birth/death 28 January 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 2 January 1924 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Exeter Lew Trenchard
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