One goddess who sometimes appeared as this animal was born from an egg hatched by doves; that goddess, Atargatis, is sometimes thought to be the mother of Semiramis.
One goddess who sometimes appeared as this animal was born from an egg hatched by doves; that goddess, Atargatis, is sometimes thought to be the mother of Semiramis. The Polynesian god Tangaroa originally created humans in this image. The Ammonite princess Naamah found an item that Asmodeus had stolen inside one of these creatures in a story that echoes the episode of Dushyanta's ring in The Recognition of Shakuntala. Manu saved one of these creatures before realizing that it was Matsya, an avatar of Vishnu. Dagon was often depicted as being half this creature. One of these creatures named Fintan feasted on hazelnuts before being consumed by Finn mac Cool, resulted in Finn's acquisition of this creature's wisdom. For 10 points, name this type of animal form which forms the lower half of the bodies of Glaucus and Triton.  
One goddess who sometimes appeared as this animal was born from an egg hatched by doves; that goddess, Atargatis, is sometimes thought to be the mother of Semiramis.
fish [or mermaids or merman or equivalents; or salmon] 