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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."
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]
Frog and Toad is a series of easy-reader children's books, written and illustrated by American author Arnold Lobel.. Each book contains five simple, often humorous, sometimes poignant, short stories chronicling the exploits of an anthropomorphic frog and toad.
Moss Man - A mysterious moss based humanoid creature that stalks the lands of Amphibia. Only Anne and One-Eyed Wally seem to have seen him, but his elusiveness have made it difficult for others to believe he exists. [106] It is later revealed that King Andrias captured him and used his DNA to improve Newtopia's medical technology and revive ...
Opera adaptation of Mark Twain's short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County." Jeremiah (Bullfrog) Joy to the World: Three Dog Night: Referred to in "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night: "Jeremiah was a bullfrog. Was a good friend of mine. Never understood a single word he said but I helped him drink his wine."
The story is thematically concerned with Christian redemption, though Kingsley also uses the book to argue that England treats its poor badly, and to question child labour, among other themes. Tom embarks on a series of adventures and lessons, and enjoys the community of other water-babies on Saint Brendan's Island once he proves himself a ...
The possibility of hybrids between humans and other apes has been entertained since at least the medieval period; Saint Peter Damian (11th century) claimed to have been told of the offspring of a human woman who had mated with a non-human ape, [3] and so did Antonio Zucchelli, an Italian Franciscan capuchin friar who was a missionary in Africa from 1698 to 1702, [4] and Sir Edward Coke in "The ...
The story is set in a seaside port in Argentina (filmed in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR [5]), largely among a community of pearl fishers. The protagonist, Ichthyander, is the adopted son of a doctor-scientist, Doctor Salvator, who saved the boy’s life by implanting him with shark gills, granting him the ability to live underwater.