Dictionary of ichthyology

OANNES

Oannes: translation

the foremost of the the fish men who brought civilisation to the Babylonians. Lived on land during the day but had to return to water at night. Had a human form but wore a cap resembling a fish head and a long fish-skin cape. Became the fish god Dagon later. See also Atargatis

  1. oannesOannes bersetzung isi das erste von den sieben berufenen Thieren in der chaldischen Mythologie die man fr Halbgtter ausgiebt und Annedoten nennet. Abyden. ap. Syncel. p. ...Grundliches mythologisches Lexikon