According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature, variously described as a large whale or vast...

creature called the aspidochelone in the Physiologus. The Icelandic Physiologus contains two illustrations of the aspidochelone, one with its back overgrown...

('heather-back'). The aspidochelone of the Physiologus is identified as the potential source for the hafgufa lore. Although the original aspidochelone was a turtle-island...

folklore) Turtles all the way down World Serpent World Tree Zaratan Aspidochelone Toke L. Knudsen, Indology mailing list. Locke, John (1689). An Essay...

feature on Neptune's largest moon Triton has been named Leviathan Patera. Aspidochelone Bahamut (This name is thought to derive from the biblical Behemoth.)...

are not to be broken." Turtles in North American Indigenous Mythology Aspidochelone Abya Yala – a name used by the Guna people and others to refer to the...

story of the Zaratan without the incredulity found in the earlier work. Aspidochelone World Turtle "Saratan". A Book of Creatures. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2018-05-30...

spectral fire. Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture. Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle. Asrai (English)...

found in Indonesia, and also published an alleged photograph of "it." Aspidochelone, a giant turtle or whale that appeared to be an island and lured sailors...

Environmental Turtle Islands (disambiguation) Turtle Mountain (disambiguation) Aspidochelone, a fabled sea creature, said to be mistaken for an island This disambiguation...

submersing itself, drowning the crew. Notable examples of these include the aspidochelone, Fastitocalon, Jasconius, Lyngbakr, Hafgufa, and various accounts of...

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as a small island (somewhat similar to the turtle variation of the Aspidochelone). Alice and the Knave of Hearts end up on it after being dropped by...

Character Origin Notes Aspidochelone A giant turtle sea monster Br'er Turtle (Br'er Tarrypin) Uncle Remus's folk tales Genbu Japanese Mythology Kappa...

herald of Poseidon. Tritones, fish-tailed spirits in Poseidon's retinue. Aspidochelone, colossal sea monster from the medieval bestiary Physiologus. Morana...

"Fastitocalon" echoes a second-century Latin tale in the Physiologus of the Aspidochelone ("round-shielded turtle"); it is so large that sailors mistakenly land...

island of Krakoa had become a single monstrous mutant, similar to the Aspidochelone of legend. (Godzilla and Monster Island are also likely influences,...

shield. The suffix "-aspis" is used to describe armored fish. Examples: Aspidochelone ("shield turtle"); Cephalaspis ("head shield"); Sacabambaspis ("shield...

Physiologus. The second-century Latin Physiologus tells of a sea-monster, the Aspidochelone. This is retold in the Old English poem "The Whale", where the monster...