Merbishop

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A merbishop (Conrad Gesner, 1604: Historiae animalium, p. 439).

merbishop • Antropomorph fish that is mentioned by Cornelius Aurelius in 1517 [1] and picked up again by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner in his chapter on merpeople[2]. Apparently, a merbishop was captured near Poland in 1431. Next to merbishops, Gesner also mentions mermonks living in the Baltic Sea.


English

Merbishop
Portuguese
Bispo marinho
Norwegian
Havbiskop (literal translation; not known in Norwegian mythology)
Dutch
Zeebischop
German
Fischbischof
French
Évêque marin
Spanish

Italian

Greek

Creole

References

  1. Cornelius Aurelius, 1517. Die cronycke van Hollandt Zeelandt ende Vrieslant. Leiden, Jan Seversz., p. 275. Den Haag, Koninklijke Bibliotheek: KW 1084 A 6.
  2. Conrad Gesner, 1604: Historiae animalium, p. 439.