List of piscine and amphibian humanoids
Piscine and amphibian humanoids (people with the characteristics of fish or amphibians) have made appearances throughout mythology, cryptozoology, folklore and fiction.
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 whose name means "endlessness".
- Iaras from Brazilian mythology
- Oannes from Babylonian mythology
- Pincoys and La Sirena chilota, princess of the sea from Chilote mythology
- Rusalki from Slavic mythology
- Siyokoy in Philippine mythology
- Vodyanoy from Slavic mythology
- Yacuruna from the indigenous people of the Amazon
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
- The Kappa from Japanese 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, were associated with mermaids in later folklore
In cryptozoology
- The Bishop-fish in Poland
- Fiji mermaid: a hoax exhibited by P. T. Barnum
- The Loveland Frog, in Loveland, Ohio
- The sea monk in Denmark
In fiction
- Abe Sapien and the "frog monsters" from the Hellboy comics
- Argonians from Elder Scrolls
- Aulbath (aka Rikuo) from the video game series, Darkstalkers, by Capcom
- The Aquaphibians from the Stingray TV series
- The Battletoads, from the videogame of the same name
- Molly, Gil, Goby, Deema, Oona and Nonny from Bubble Guppies
- Deep Ones from H. P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth
- The Fishmen are a race of fish-like humans from the anime One Piece.
- The Fish People from the radio broadcast Alexei Sayle and the Fish People
- Frog-Man and the Ani-Men version of Frog-Man from Marvel Comics
- Gill-man from The Creature from the Black Lagoon
- Grendel and Grendel's mother from Beowulf
- Gungans from Star Wars
- The titular creatures from "Humanoids from the Deep"
- Hynerians from Farscape
- Ichthyander from Amphibian Man by Alexander Belyayev
- Kermit the Frog and Robin the Frog from The Muppets
- The Little Mermaid, from the tales of Hans Christian Andersen
- Mer-Man from the Masters of the Universe franchise
- Michigan J. Frog, star of the Loony Tunes short One Froggy Evening and onetime mascot of The WB.
- Murloc are a species of amphibious creatures which live in tribes in World of Warcraft
- Namor, the Sub-Mariner from the Marvel Universe
- Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
- The Newts in War with the Newts by Karel Čapek
- The Rokea from the roleplaying game Werewolf: the Apocalypse
- Sahuagin from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game setting
- Salarians, a race in the Mass Effect series
- Sil, from Doctor Who
- The TigerSharks in the cartoon series of the same name
- Zoras from The Legend of Zelda
See also
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