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Cypress of Kashmar, a mythical cypress tree of legendary beauty,Iranians considered Kashmir cypress as a relic of Zoroaster, and they believed that Vishtaspa ordered the planting of this cypress after accepting the Zoroastrianism. (Persian mythology) Ficus Ruminalis, a wild fig tree that had religious and mythological significance in ancient ...
Basan, a fire-breathing chicken from Japanese mythology; Cockatrice, a chicken-headed dragon or serpent, visually similar to or confused with the Basilisk. Gallic rooster, a symbolic rooster used as an allegory for France; Gullinkambi, a rooster who lives in Valhalla in Norse mythology; Rooster of Barcelos, a mythological rooster from Portugal
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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."
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Perceval arrives at the Grail Castle to be greeted by the Fisher King in an illustration for a 1330 manuscript of Perceval, the Story of the Grail.. The Fisher King (French: Roi Pêcheur; Welsh: Brenin Pysgotwir; Cornish: Pyscador Myghtern; Breton: Roue ar Peskataer) is a figure in Arthurian legend, the last in a long line of British kings tasked with guarding the Holy Grail.
A dandan or dendan is a mythical sea creature from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights (or Arabian Nights) appearing in the tale "Abdullah the Fisherman and Abdullah the Merman", where a merman describes the dandan as the largest and fiercest fish, capable of swallowing large animals in a single mouthful. The fat of the dandan, described as ...
A picture of a child with a fish expresses the wishes of having an "abundance of high-ranking sons". [3]: 124 Due to their association with wealth, fishes are eaten on Chinese New Year as they expresses the wishes of being affluent year by year [3]: 124 or "bring abundance of good wishes throughout the year".