List of piscine and amphibian humanoids explained

Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) appear in folklore and fiction.^[1]

Folklore

Myth

See also: Merman, Mermaid and Merfolk.

• Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
• Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
• Blue men of the Minch ("na fir ghorma": Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [nə fiɾʲ ˈɣɔɾɔmə])
• Dagon, Philistine god, wrongly identified as a fish-god^[2]
• Ea from Babylonian mythology
• Kulullû from Babylonian mythology
• Glaucus, 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".
• Iara and Ipupiara from Brazilian mythology
• Mami Wata from the mythology of the Southern Africa
• Matsya, avatar of Vishnu in piscine form
• Nommo fish-like amphibian spirits in Dogon mythology.
• Oannes from Babylonian mythology
• Pania and Ponaturi from Māori mythology
• Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
• Rusalki from Slavic mythology
• Siyokoy in Philippine mythology
• Triton, son of Poseidon
• Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
• Yacuruna from the indigenous people of the Amazon

Legend

• The Amabie from Japanese folklore
• The ceasg in Scottish folklore
• Finfolk from the folklore of Orkney
• Kappa from Japanese folklore
• 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, but have become associated with mermaids in later folklore.
• The Loveland Frogman.

Hoaxes

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

Fiction

Literature

• Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
• The Little Mermaid, from Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales (1837)
• The underwater people from H. G. Wells's story "In the Abyss" (1896)
• The harbor master from Robert W. Chambers's story "The Harbor-Master" (1899)
• Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows (1908)
• The fish man from Irvin S. Cobb's story "Fishhead" (1913)
• The Frogman from L. Frank Baum's The Lost Princess of Oz (1917)
• Ichthyander from Alexander Belyayev's Amphibian Man (1928)
• The Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth (1936)
• The Newts from Karel Čapek's War with the Newts (1936)
• The Myposans from Edgar Rice Burroughs's "Slaves of the Fish Men" (1941)
• Marsh-wiggles from C. S. Lewis's The Silver Chair (1953)
• Swimmers from C. M. Kosemen's All Tomorrows (2006)

Comics

• The Fish Men from Buck Rogers comic strips
• The Shark Men from Flash Gordon comic strips
• Namor the Sub-Mariner, from the Marvel Universe
• Aquaman from DC Comics
• The Water People from Carl Barks's story "The Secret of Atlantis"
• Frog-Man and the Ani-Men version of Frog-Man from Marvel Comics
• Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
• Pepe the Frog, a comic character and Internet meme
• The Trench in DC Comics.

Films

• The frog people from The Mysterious Island (1929)
• The Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954)
• The Gill-man from The She-Creature (1956)
• The Gill-man from The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1958)
• The Gill-men from City Under the Sea (1965)^[3]
• The titular creatures from Humanoids from the Deep (1980)
• The mutant from Leviathan (1989)
• The aquatic aliens from The Abyss (1989)
• The Killer from Split Second (1992)
• Chocki, the shark-man from Cabin Boy (1994)
• The "Mariner" from Waterworld (1995)
• The Gungans from Star Wars (1999)
• The Amphibian Man from The Shape of Water (2017)

Games

• The Argonians from Elder Scrolls
• Aulbath (a.k.a. Rikuo) from the video game series, Darkstalkers, by Capcom
• The Battletoads from the video game series of the same name
• Bullywug from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
• The Rokea from the roleplaying game
• The Sahuagin from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
• The Salarians, a race in the Mass Effect series
• The Murloc are a species of amphibious creatures which live in tribes in World of Warcraft
• The Naga are a species of aquatic humanoids under the command and leadership of Queen Azshara in World of Warcraft
• The tritons from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
• Zoras from The Legend of Zelda
• Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in
• The Melusines from the nation of Fontaine in Genshin Impact

Television

• The characters of Amphibia, a world of anthropomorphic frogs and other amphibians.
• The Aquaphibians from the Stingray TV series
• The race of Cabira (one of Chilled's henchmen) is a race of fish-like humanoids from Dragon Ball
• Crazy Frog
• The Fish People from the radio broadcast Alexei Sayle and the Fish People
• The Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from the anime One Piece. They are modeled after different aquatic lifeforms. The Fishmen can breed with Giants to create Wotans.
• Gill (aka Gil Moss) from "Kim Possible"
• Goo from Gumby
• Hippocampus from Krapopolis is a piscine humanoid. The episode "Prince Hippo" revealed that he is part of a race of Atlantean fish-men with his mother being the unnamed Queen of Atlantis.
• The Hynerians from Farscape
• Kermit the Frog and Robin the Frog from The Muppets
• Some characters in are humans having the ability to breathe underwater (called Ena)
• The Kanassans are a race of fish-like humanoids from the 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
• Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
• Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona and Nonny from Bubble Guppies
• Michigan J. Frog, star of the Looney Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB
• Rayza from A.T.O.M.
• Queen Oona from Disenchantment belongs to a race of amphibious humanoids called Salamanders.
• Sil and the Sea Devils 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

See also

• Selkie
• Undine
• Jenny Haniver
• List of avian humanoids
• List of reptilian humanoids
• Insectoids in science fiction and fantasy

References

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• Book: Bleiler . E. F. . Science-fiction : the Gernsback years : a complete coverage of the genre magazines ... from 1926 through 1936 . 1998 . Kent State University Press . Kent, Ohio . 9780873386043.
• Book: Debus . Allen A. . Dinosaurs ever evolving : the changing face of prehistoric animals in popular culture . 2016 . Jefferson, North Carolina . 978-0786499519.
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Notes and References

1. Book: Bane, Theresa.. Encyclopedia of giants and humanoids in myth, legend and folklore. 9781476663517. 918874339. 2016-05-04. McFarland .
2. Singer . Itamar . Towards the Image of Dagon the God of the Philistines . Syria . 1992 . 69 . 3/4 . 431–450 . 0039-7946.
3. Book: Mitchell . Charles P. . The complete H.P. Lovecraft filmography . 2001 . Greenwood Press . Westport, Conn. . 9780313316418 . 19.