List of aquatic humanoids

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The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century Merman.jpg
The bishop-fish, a piscine humanoid reported in Poland in the 16th century

Aquatic humanoids appear in folklore and fiction. [1]

Contents

Myth

Legend

Hoaxes

Fiction

Literature

Comics

Films

Games

Television

See also

Citations

  1. Bane, Theresa. (2016-05-04). Encyclopedia of giants and humanoids in myth, legend and folklore. McFarland. ISBN   9781476663517. OCLC   918874339.
  2. Debus 2016, p. 231-232.
  3. 1 2 3 Joshi 1999, p. 163.
  4. Bleiler 1990, pp. 46–47.
  5. Debus 2016, p. 235.
  6. Debus 2016, p. 230.
  7. Debus 2016, pp. 230–231.
  8. 1 2 Debus 2016, p. 237.
  9. Mitchell, Charles P. (2001). The complete H.P. Lovecraft filmography. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. p. 19. ISBN   9780313316418.
  10. Bainbridge, William Sims (2012). The Warcraft Civilization: Social Science in a Virtual World. MIT Press. p. 96. ISBN   978-0-262-28837-8.

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