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The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century. Aquatic humanoids appear in legend and fiction. [1] " Water-dwelling people with fully human, fish-tailed or other compound physiques feature in the mythologies and folklore of maritime, lacustrine and riverine societies across the planet."
Kalavinka – a fantastical immortal creature in Buddhism, with a human head and a bird's torso and long flowing tail; Karura – divine creature with human torso and birdlike head; Kinnara – Half-bird musicians; Lamassu (Mesopotamian) – goddess with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings
Water god in an ancient Roman mosaic. Zeugma Mosaic Museum, Gaziantep, Turkey. A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.Water deities are common in mythology and were usually more important among civilizations in which the sea or ocean, or a great river was more important.
A sea turtle who is 150 years old in the film. He has a son named Squirt. Gamera: Daiei Motion Picture Company: A giant, flying, fire-breathing turtle. Giant sea turtle The Bermuda Depths: A supernatural sea monster. Grand Master Oogway Kung Fu Panda: An aged giant tortoise, who was the kung fu master of Shifu. Granny Pearl Pajanimals: Howard ...
Sea monsters are beings from folklore believed to dwell in the sea and are often imagined to be of immense size. Marine monsters can take many forms, including sea dragons, sea serpents, or tentacled beasts. They can be slimy and scaly and are often pictured threatening ships or spouting jets of water.
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a fictional creature native to the northern regions of North America. Ikaroa: Māori Mythology: A long fish said to have given birth to all the stars in the Milky Way or to be the Mother Goddess of all the stars. Jasconius: An enormous fish in the story of Saint Brendan: Leviathan: A biblical sea creature from Talmud. Namazu: Catfish: Japanese ...
Umibōzu (海坊主, "sea priest") is a giant, black, human-like being and is the figure of a yōkai from Japanese folklore. Other names include Umihōshi (海法師, "sea priest") or Uminyūdō (海入道, "sea priest"). Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a mythical sea-spirit creature and as such has multiple sightings ...