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Dark Tower, Jasconius is the name of the Fish guardian, one of the twelve who guard the beams that support the Tower. The name Jasconius is used for the...

crew. Notable examples of these include the aspidochelone, Fastitocalon, Jasconius, Lyngbakr, Hafgufa, and various accounts of the kraken. The phrase is...

lantern Jaculus (Medieval Bestiaries) – Winged serpent or small dragon Jasconius (Medieval folklore) – Island-sized fish Jasy Jaterei (Guaraní) – Nature...

landing on an island which turned out to be a giant sea monster named "Jasconius". The earliest extant version of the Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis...

(including Medusa) (Greek) Hoop snake Indus worm Hydra (Greek) Jaculus/Jaculi Jasconius Jörmungandr (the Midgård serpent) Lamia Lindworm Madame White Snake Meretseger...

of in the legend of Brendan's voyage, though the giant fish is named Jasconius/Jaskonius. Hans Egede writing on the kracken (kraken) of Norway equates...

stars in the Milky Way or to be the Mother Goddess of all the stars. Jasconius An enormous fish in the story of Saint Brendan Leviathan A biblical sea...

with the Irish saints, Columcille and St. Brendan. This fish has a name: Jasconius. Hugo also produced an ink and wash sketch of the octopus. Pennant, Thomas...

while (as several scholars note) his "Fastitocalon" resembles the tale of Jasconius the whale. John D. Rateliff notes that Tolkien stated that when he read...