Merbishop

merbishop • Antropomorph fish that is mentioned by Cornelius Aurelius in 15171 and picked up again by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gesner in his chapter on merpeople2. Apparently, a merbishop was captured near Poland in 1431. Next to merbishops, Gesner also mentions mermonks living in the Baltic Sea.

English
Merbishop (pronunciation)

Portuguese
Bispo marinho

Norwegian
Havbiskop (literal translation; not known in Norwegian mythology)

Dutch
Zeebisschop (pronunciation)

German
Fischbischof (pronunciation)

French
Évêque marin (pronunciation)

Spanish
Obispo marino (literal translation)

Catalan
Bisbe marí

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

Greek
Ανθρωπόμορφo ψάρι που αναφέρεται από τον Κορνήλιο Αυρήλιο


A merbishop (Conrad Gesner, 1604: Historiae animalium, p. 439).

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. ↩︎