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 and picked up again by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner in his chapter on merpeople. 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

Ανθρωπόμορφo ψάρι που αναφέρεται από τον Κορνήλιο Αυρήλιο