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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." [2]: 6
Though his company has produced replicas of numerous varieties of fish, sailfish remain the top selling mount. Douglas' portfolio of mounts includes a replica of a 13-pound bonefish landed by Andy Mill, Jim Holland, Jr.'s 202.5-pound tarpon (certified as the first tarpon over 200 pounds caught on fly), a replica of Alfred C. Glassell Jr.'s 1,560-pound black marlin, a replica of Louis Marron's ...
The human-fish were also known as "child-fish" or haieryu (孩 兒魚; 孩儿鱼). [22] [30] The other type, called the niyu (鯢魚) is elaborated in a separate section. [33] It has been noted by Li Shizhen that the character for the Niyu (Ni 鯢 fish) consists of the "fish" indexing component (魚) and "child" (兒) radical. [32]
The Nommo or Nummo are primordial ancestral spirits in Dogon religion and cosmogony (sometimes referred to as demi deities) venerated by the Dogon people of Mali. [1] The word Nommos is derived from a Dogon word meaning "to make one drink." Nommos are usually described as amphibious, hermaphroditic, fish-like creatures. Folk art depictions of ...
Fresh Water Octopus [10] Lake Tota Boyacá Colombia: South America: Diablo Ballena (Devil Whale), Monster of Lake Tota: A huge black fish, bigger than a whale, with the head of a bull. [11] 1652– Lake Elsinore California USA: North America: Elsie, Hamlet, Lake Elsinore Monster Cross between a plesiosaur and a sea serpent [12] 1884–1994 ...
Legendary fish (3 C, 21 P) K. ... Water Babies This page was last edited on 31 December 2024, at 19:07 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Winged hippocamp in an Art Deco fountain, Kansas City, Missouri, (1937). The hippocampus, or hippocamp or hippokampos (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; Ancient Greek: ἱππόκαμπος, from ἵππος, 'horse', and κάμπος, 'sea monster' [1]), sometimes called a "sea-horse" [2] in English, [citation needed] is a mythological creature mentioned in Etruscan, Greek, Phoenician, [3 ...
Jengu – A water spirit with the tail of a fish. Ketu – An Asura who has the lower parts of a snake and said to have four arms. Lamia – A female with the lower body like that of a snake and is also spelled as Lamiai. This should not be confused with the Greco-Roman Lamia. Matsya – An avatar of Lord Vishnu that is half-man half-fish.