Jenny Haniver
As Jenny Haniver refers to dried and preserved specimens of the family of Rajiformes ( rays ) which alleged sea creatures are to represent. The preparations are characterized by their grotesque design. The design has several main motifs, mostly these are devil figures, angels and dragons and other mythical creatures.
The origin of the name is not entirely clear, it is probably derived from the French jeune d'Anvers (girl from Antwerp ). The name was then personalized to Jenny Haniver by British seafarers.
Traditionally, Antwerp sailors made such figures. By selling these figures to tourists and ships passing by, they earned extra income. The earliest representation of a Jenny Haniver appears in Conrad Gessner's Historia Animalium Volume 4 in 1558. He specifically pointed out that these figures were not small dragons or monsters , as was often assumed at the time, but rather prepared rays. Perhaps some stories about dragons and other mythical animals in the Middle Ages can be traced back to Jenny Hanivers. The sea bishop is probably also a Jenny Haniver. This may also apply to the sea monk .
Chance jenny haniver are also used by ufologists output as extraterrestrial beings.
Web links
literature
- Richard Ellis: Sea Monsters . Myths, Fables and Facts. Springer-Verlag, Basel 1997, ISBN 978-3-0348-6082-6 , p. 85 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Jenny Hanivers, Mermaids, Devil Fish, and Sea Monks. Journal of the Bizarre, May 24, 2012, accessed April 14, 2016 .
- ^ CGM Paxton and R. Holland: Was Steenstrup Right? A new interpretation of the 16th century sea monk of the Øresund. In: Steenstrupia 29 (1), 2005. pp. 39-47.
- ↑ Ulrich Magin: The sea snake from Lake Como . BoD, 2008, ISBN 978-3-941122-03-1 , pp. 199 ff . ( limited preview in Google Book search).