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Indra – schooner, Secret Sea by Robb White, 1947; HMS Iphigenia – frigate, The Fighting Temeraire by John Winton, 1971; The Iron Pirate (The Nameless Ship) in the 1893 novel The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea by Max Pemberton. The ship's captain, Captain Black, has a submarine in Pemberton's 1911 sequel.
Ships that are part of the mythology of particular cultures. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. N. Noah's Ark (3 C, 18 P)
Ship of Theseus, the ship Theseus rode on his trip to kill Minotaur. He set off with a black sail, promising to his father, Aegeus , that if successful he would return with a white sail. Theseus forgot to put up the white sails instead of the black ones, however, so Aegeus, believing his son was dead, committed suicide by throwing himself into ...
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 ...
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In Greek mythology, the Argo (/ ˈ ɑːr ɡ oʊ / AR-goh; Ancient Greek: Ἀργώ, romanized: Argṓ) was the ship of Jason and the Argonauts. The ship was built with divine aid, and some ancient sources describe her as the first ship to sail the seas. The Argo carried the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece from Iolcos to Colchis.
Legendary ghost ships (1 C, 17 P) M. Māori waka (57 P) Mythological ships (2 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Legendary ships" This category contains only the following page.
In poetry, Amphitrite's name is often used for the sea, as a synonym of Thalassa. Seven ships of the Royal Navy were named HMS Amphitrite; Amphitrite (1802 ship), which wrecked in 1833 with heavy loss of life while transporting convicts to New South Wales; Three ships of the United States Navy were named USS Amphitrite.