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    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...
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    creature called the aspidochelone in the Physiologus. The Icelandic Physiologus contains two illustrations of the aspidochelone, one with its back overgrown...
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  • ('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...
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    feature on Neptune's largest moon Triton has been named Leviathan Patera. Aspidochelone Bahamut Bakunawa Book of Job in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts Cetus...
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    Turtle Island Turtles all the way down World Serpent World Tree Zaratan Aspidochelone Toke L. Knudsen, Indology mailing list. Locke, John (1689). An Essay...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • Cyclopes Feldgeister Kitsune Raijū Thunderbird Valkyrie Afanc Amefurikozō Aspidochelone Bloody Bones Buggane Bunyip Camenae Capricorn Cetus Charybdis Chinese...
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    spectral fire. Asobibi (Japanese) – Spectral fire from Kōchi Prefecture. Aspidochelone (Medieval Bestiaries) – Island-sized whale or sea turtle. Asrai (English)...
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