List of piscine and amphibian humanoids
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Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) have made appearances throughout mythology, cryptozoology, folklore and fiction.
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In mythology
- Adaro from the mythology of the Solomon Islands
- Atargatis from Assyrian mythology
- Dagon in Semitic mythology
- Ea from Babylonian mythology
- Glaucus: a mortal transformed into a merman in Greek mythology
- Heqet: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed goddess of fertility.
- Huh: Ancient Egyptian frog-headed god who's name means "endlessness".
- Iaras from Brazilian mythology
- Matsya, an avatar of Vishnu in piscine form
- Oannes from Babylonian mythology
- Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
- Rusalki from Slavic mythology
- Triton, the son of Poseidon
- Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
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In folklore
- The Amabie from Japanese folklore
- The ceasg in Scottish folklore
- The each uisge or "water horse" from Scottish folklore, could assume the form of a man
- Finfolk from the folklore of Orkney
- The Grindylow from the folklore of Yorkshire
- Jenny Greenteeth from English folklore
- Peg Powler from English folklore
- The Kappa from Japanese folklore
- Melusine in European folklore
- The Neck from Scandinavian folklore
- The Ningyo from Japanese folklore
- Merrows from Irish folklore
- Selkies in Scottish folklore
- Sirens, while initially described as birdlike, were associated with mermaids in later folklore
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In cryptozoology
- The Bishop-fish in Poland
- Fiji mermaid: a hoax exhibited by P. T. Barnum
- The fish-man of Liérganes in Spain
- The Loveland Frog, in Loveland, Ohio
- The sea monk in Denmark
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In fiction
- Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
- Aquaman, from the DC Comics Universe
- Crazy Frog
- Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- Frog-Man and Frog-Man (Ani-Men) from the Marvel Comics Universe
- The Frogman, a character from the Oz novel series
- Gill-man from The Creature From the Black Lagoon
- Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
- Gungans from Star Wars
- Hynerians from Farscape
- Ichthyander (Ichtiandr) from Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyayev
- Kermit the Frog from the Muppets
- The Little Mermaid, from the tales of Hans Christian Andersen
- Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
- The TigerSharks in the cartoon series of the same name.
- Mr. Toad from The Wind in the Willows
- Neptuna, the seductive mermaid queen in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos.
- Sil, from Doctor Who
- Zoras from The Legend of Zelda
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See also
- List of fictional extraterrestrials
- List of reptilian humanoids
- List of avian humanoids
- Jenny Haniver
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