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List of piscine and amphibian humanoids

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List of piscine and amphibian humanoids

Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) have made appearances throughout mythology, cryptozoology, folklore and fiction.

Contents

In mythology

  • Mami Wata from the mythology of the Southern Africa
  • Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
  • Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
  • Dagon in Semitic mythology
  • Ea from Babylonian mythology
  • Glaucus: a mortal transformed into a merman in Greek mythology
  • Heqet: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess of fertility.
  • Huh: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed god whose name means "endlessness".
  • Iaras from Brazilian mythology
  • Matsya, an avatar of Vishnu in piscine form
  • Nommo fish-like amphibian spirits in Dogon mythology.
  • Oannes from Babylonian mythology
  • Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
  • Rusalki from Slavic mythology
  • Siyokoy in Philippine mythology
  • Triton, the son of Poseidon
  • Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
  • Yacuruna from the indigenous people of the Amazon

    • In folklore

  • The Amabie from Japanese folklore
  • The ceasg in Scottish folklore
  • Finfolk from the folklore of Orkney
  • Melusine in European folklore
  • The Neck from Scandinavian folklore
  • The Ningyo from Japanese folklore
  • Merrows from Irish folklore
  • The Umibōzu from Japanese folklore
  • Sirens, while initially described as birdlike, were associated with mermaids in later folklore

    • In cryptozoology

  • The Bishop-fish of Poland
  • The fish-man of Liérganes, Spain
  • The Loveland Frog, of Loveland, Ohio
  • The sea monk of Denmark

    • Hoaxes

  • Fiji mermaids, taxidermic hoaxes exhibited by P. T. Barnum and others

    • In fiction

  • Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
  • Argonians from Elder Scrolls
  • Aulbath (aka Rikuo) from the video game series, Darkstalkers, by Capcom
  • The Aquaphibians from the Stingray TV series
  • The Battletoads, from the videogame of the same name
  • Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona and Nonny from Bubble Guppies
  • Bullywug from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
  • The race of Cabira (one of Chilled's henchmen) is a race of fish-like humanoids.
  • Crazy Frog
  • Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
  • The Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from the anime One Piece.
  • The Fish People from the radio broadcast Alexei Sayle and the Fish People
  • Frog-Man and the Ani-Men version of Frog-Man from Marvel Comics
  • The Frogman, a character from the Oz novel series
  • Gill-man from The Creature from the Black Lagoon
  • Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
  • Gungans from Star Wars
  • The harbor master, from Robert W. Chambers's 1904 short story The Harbor-Master
  • The titular creatures from "Humanoids from the Deep"
  • Hynerians from Farscape
  • Ichthyander from Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyayev
  • Kanassans are a race of fish-like humanoids from Planet Manassas. They are said to possess psychic abilities, including being able to read minds and see into the future. They featured in the special Dragon Ball Z: Bardock - The Father of Goku.
  • Kermit the Frog and Robin the Frog from The Muppets
  • Marsh-wiggles from The Chronicles of Narnia
  • The Little Mermaid, from the tales of Hans Christian Andersen
  • Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
  • Michigan J. Frog, star of the Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB.
  • Murloc are a species of amphibious creatures which live in tribes in World of Warcraft
  • Namor, the Sub-Mariner from the Marvel Universe
  • Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
  • The Newts in War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
  • Pepe the Frog, comic character and Internet meme
  • The Rokea from the roleplaying game Werewolf: the Apocalypse
  • Sahuagin from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
  • Salarians, a race in the Mass Effect series
  • Sea Devils from Doctor Who
  • Sil, from Doctor Who
  • In the Dragon Ball Z series, the alien race of Sūi' (one of Frieza's foot soldiers) is a race of humanoid fish-like aliens, who worked in the Galactic Frieza Army.
  • The TigerSharks in the cartoon series of the same name
  • Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows
  • Zoras from The Legend of Zelda

    • References

    List of piscine and amphibian humanoids Wikipedia
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