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Black Rock – a fully rigged 19th-century British trading ship that was found shipwrecked on the Island and overgrown by the jungle, Lost; SS Bernice – cargo ship in the Doctor Who serial Carnival of Monsters; Black Pig – Captain Pugwash, UK children's TV cartoon series; Childish Tycoon – Community
Legendary ships (3 C, 1 P) M. ... Piracy in the Indian Ocean (5 C, 69 P) Piracy in the Pacific Ocean ... Mocha Island; Henry Morgan; Mother Carey; N.
Pages in category "Mythological ships" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Argo; B.
The names of some real islands re-emerged as distinct mythical islands with associated legends, e.g. capraria (the island of goats) and canaria (the island of dogs) are often found on maps separately from the Canary Islands (e.g. Pizzigani brothers, 1367). The Middle Ages saw the emergence of Christian versions of these tales.
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.
'island of Atlas') is a fictional island mentioned in Plato's works Timaeus and Critias as part of an allegory on the hubris of nations. In the story, Atlantis is described as a naval empire that ruled all Western parts of the known world, [1] [2] making it the literary counter-image of the Achaemenid Empire. [3]
A Klabautermann on a ship, from Buch Zur See, 1885. Traditionally, a type of kobold or mythical sprite, called a Klabautermann, lives aboard ships and helps sailors and fishermen on the Baltic and North Sea in their duties. He is a merry and diligent creature, with an expert understanding of most watercraft, and an irrepressible musical talent.
Little is known of the origin of umibōzu but it is a mythical sea-spirit creature and as such has multiple sightings throughout Japan. Normally, umibōzu appears to sailors on calm seas which quickly turn tumultuous. It either breaks the ship on emergence or demands a bucket or barrel from the sailors and proceeds to kiss them.