Fastitocalon

Fastitocalon was a likely fictitious creature who was said to be the last of the mighty Turtle-fish of Middle-earth.The Adventures of Tom Bombadil, Fastitocalon
Fastitocalon is described in the Hobbit poem of the same name, and not mentioned elsewhere. Fastitocalon was said to have been mistaken many times for an island by many sailors, who were soon drowned when he submerged into the sea.
==Etymology==
In coining the name Fastitocalon in Hobbit-speech (rendered in English), the Hobbit versifier took Astitocalon, an alteration or corruption of the High-Elven Aspido-chelōne (rendered in Greek, meaning 'turtle with a round shield (of hide), and added an F to the beginning in order to "simply to make the name alliterate".The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, Letter 255
==External links==
*Fastitocalon
*Tolkien and the medieval
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Amharic 	ፋስቲቶካሎን
Arabic 	فاستيتوكالون
Armenian 	Ֆաստիտոկալոն
Bengali 	ফাস্টিটোক্যালন
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Истукитолин
Chinese 	法西托卡隆
Georgian 	ფასტიტოკალონი
German 	Fastitokalon
Gujarati 	ફાસ્ટીટોકેલોન
Hebrew 	קפריצב
Hindi 	फास्टिटोकैलॉन
Japanese 	ファスティトカロン
Korean 	패스티토칼론
Kurdish 	فاستیتۆکالۆن (Sorani)
Macedonian Cyrillic	Фаститокалон
Maithili 	फास्टिटोकैलोन
Malayalam 	ഫാസ്റ്റിറ്റോകലോൺ
Marathi 	फास्टिटोकॅलॉन
Nepalese 	फास्टिटोकालोन
Punjabi 	ਫਾਸਟੀਟੋਕਾਲੋਨ
Russian 	Фаститокалон
Sanskrit 	फास्टिटोकालोन्
Serbian 	Фаститокалон (Cyrillic) Fastitokalon (Latin)
Tatar 	Фаститокалон
Telugu 	ఫాస్టిటోకాలోన్
Urdu 	فاسٹیٹوکالون
Yiddish 	פאַסטיטאָקאַלאָן
== References ==
Category:Characters in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
Category:Creatures
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