#echeneis

The echeneis is a creature that appears in some Medieval bestiaries. Usually depicted as a giant fish, it is said to latch onto ships, preventing their passage. They were believed to live in the Indian Ocean.

Pliny the Elder described the echeneis as a reptile which could be used in the brewing of love potions and in medicines to assist with pregnancy and childbirth.

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Summoner Saga - Various Little Critters

(Hellenistic Natural Philosophy)

A collection of three little creatures that could be combined for ease's sake.

Ichneumon - A mongoose or otter-like creature which covers itself in mud. The enemy of asps, crocodiles, and dragons, the latter of which the ichneumon kills from the inside out.

Echeneis - A remora which is able to arrest the movement of ships by clinging to their bottoms.

・触媒となった宝物は「氷蛇の鱗」

・能力は「周囲を凍りつかせる」

An echeneis of every other modifier, including one unique’s (Cthonic). Note: the colors are completely random; they’re just many of pre-existing palettes. Some were given abilities before and after being fused with another demon, or after being successfully recruited. Also, given their natural weakness to electric attacks, it is impossible for them to have the charged (electricity) modifier. Maybe I could have screenshotted the stats instead, but the abilities alone generally reflect them.

Name: Echeneis

Alternate Names: Remora

Mythology: Medieval European Folklore

Size: Small to Medium, Dire Echeneis are large the size of a shark

Environment: Cold and Warm Oceans

In Mythika: Almost alien remora-fish that are weak spare for their powerful magical ability to slow down time and even temporary stop it. They are an annoyance for ships of all sizes and also large predators of the oceans hate them with passion. Adaro and Siyokoy often team up with these sneaky fish and use them to slow down boats so they can easily raid them. Their suckers have magical properties to slow down time and even after they are death this still functions, so their suckers catch a high prize on the black magic market. It can be used to slow down child-birth and slow down diseases if eaten.  

The Echeneis was said to be a tiny fish - a mere 6 inches long - but despite this small size, it was able to stop boats in their tracks. The Echeneis would cling onto a ship’s hull and the ship would stay still, seemingly anchored to the ocean.

Mora or Echeneis is a tiny fish six inches long that was mentioned in medieval bestiaries. Despite its small size, the creature had the ability to stop a boat in its tracks when it attached itself to the hull. This is only possible because the Mora had a sucker located on its head. It lived in the polar seas and could freeze the air with its breath. These beasts caused the Roman general Mark Anthony to lose a navy battle when the creature caught hold of their ships, immobilizing them. In order to remove the Mora from the ship, sailors commonly scraped it against a nearby rock. The Mora's description suggests that the creature could have easily had a relationship with the real, current-day fish known as the remora, which it was also known as at the time. The remora is known for clinging onto other, much bigger water animals such as sharks. The beast was also mentioned in a book, Historia Naturalis, by Pliny the Elder in 77 CE:

“The echeneis is a small fish that is often found on rocks. It has the ability to slow the passage of ships by clinging to their hulls. It is also the source of a love-charm and a spell to slow litigation in courts, and can be used to stop fluxes of the womb in pregnant women and to hold back the birth until the proper time. This fish is not eaten. Some say this fish has feet; Aristotle says it does not, but that its limbs resemble wings.”