| Title: | Baal-Gad or Bagad or Begad |
| Original Title: | Baal-Gad, ou Bagad, ou Begad |
| Volume and Page: | Vol. 2 (1752), p. 3 |
| Author: | Denis Diderot (biography) |
| Translator: | E.M. Langille [St. Francis Xavier University] |
| Subject terms: |
Ancient history
Mythology
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| Citation (MLA): | Diderot, Denis. "Baal-Gad or Bagad or Begad." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by E.M. Langille. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2020. Web. [fill in today's date in the form 18 Apr. 2009 and remove square brackets]. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.799>. Trans. of "Baal-Gad, ou Bagad, ou Begad," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, vol. 2. Paris, 1752. |
| Citation (Chicago): | Diderot, Denis. "Baal-Gad or Bagad or Begad." The Encyclopedia of Diderot & d'Alembert Collaborative Translation Project. Translated by E.M. Langille. Ann Arbor: Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2027/spo.did2222.0003.799 (accessed [fill in today's date in the form April 18, 2009 and remove square brackets]). Originally published as "Baal-Gad, ou Bagad, ou Begad," Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers, 2:3 (Paris, 1752). |
Baal-Gad or Bagad or Begad. Syrian idols. Their name is made up of baal , lord, and gad , chance or good fortune. Hence gods of chance or good fortune . After the god of thunder, the god of chance is one of those to whom men must have raised the first altars.