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
Pesce vescovo; Vescovo marino (literal translation; not known in Italy)
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.
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