Berosus tells us, speaking of the ancient days of Chaldea, "In the first year there appeared, from that part of the Erythræan Sea which borders upon Babylonia, an animal endowed with reason, by name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the fish's tail.
And when the sun set, this being, Oannes, retired again into the sea, and passed the night in the deep, for he was amphibious.
After this there appeared other animals like Oannes."
Vishnu became a fish; and after the Deluge, when the waters had subsided, he recovered the holy books from the bottom of the ocean." Berosus, speaking of the time before the Deluge, says: "Oannes wrote concerning the generations of mankind and their civil polity." The Hebrew commentators on Genesis say, "Our rabbins assert that Adam, our father of blessed memory, composed a book of precepts, which were delivered to him by God in Paradise." (Smith's "Sacred Annals," p.
Witches and warlocks, mermaids and mermen, are part of the mythology of the American tribes, as they were of the European races.
79.) The mermaid of the Ottawas was "woman to the waist and fair;" thence fish-like.
This full moon lunar eclipse occurs with the Sun in Virgo and the Moon in Pisces.
Virgo’s energy represents process, integration, and healing, while Pisces symbolizes spirituality and the unconscious.
Traits: Undines are typically portrayed as beautiful and graceful beings, often female in form, such as mermaids or water nymphs.
Early human forms evolved from aquatic life and resembled what we know today as mermaids.
When one's cellular memory is activated, they will inherently know if they were part of the mermaid lineage.
And, um, through these waterways in the temple, the mer-people could come in, and even dolphins, and they talked telepathically with the dolphins and the mermaids, and they communicated, and they kind of lived with them together and shared and exchanged knowledge."
Demuzid, or Tammuz, later known as the consort of Ishtar, also appears, reminding us of Oannes coming up from the sea, giving divination, etc.
This new era, which will last 2,160 years, marks a significant shift from the Age of Pisces and aligns with the completion of a 25,920-year cycle known as the Samsara.
Age of Aquarius: We are transitioning from the Age of Pisces to the Age of Aquarius, a period lasting 2,160 years as the solar system moves through the Aquarius constellation.
Oannes is often associated with the Apkallu, a group of wise beings or demigods believed to have imparted knowledge to humanity.
Historical Emanation: During the time of Göbekli Tepe, expected to have emanated from the direction of Capricornus–Aquarius–Pisces, with less dispersion than today.
Oannes and other fish-civilizers are labeled parallels.
Fish-form / amphibious teachers: Oannes; Dagon in popular reception
Mermaid / water-mother figures: Atargatis; also Yemaya, Sedna, Melusine in the wider survey
Oannes is the strongest fish-civilizer on this page.
In the first year there appeared, from that part of the Erythræan sea which borders upon Babylonia, an animal destitute of reason, by name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish; that under the fish’s head he had another head, with feet also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the fish’s tail.
And when the sun had set, this Being Oannes, retired again into the sea, and passed the night in the deep; for he was amphibious.
Meaning: advanced culture arrives from the waters in fish-man form.
Oannes is not a character inside Plato.
Later reception often shows her in mermaid form.
Visually he neighbors Oannes as fish-form.
She keeps Mesopotamian continuity with Oannes.
Then the labeled parallel: Oannes is not a character inside Critias.
Oannes as fish-civilizer feeds Aessir / Anunnaki.
High-signal names on this page include Oannes, Dagon (popular fish reception), Atargatis, Matsya, Poseidon, Neptune, Amphitrite, Triton, Nammu, and Nun.
Oannes is the amphibious fish-man in Berossus who rises from the Erythraean Sea to teach letters, cities, temples, laws, and sciences, then returns to the deep at night.
Oannes feeds Aessir / Anunnaki.
Aessir / Anunnaki: soft paleo-contact / civilizer neighbor beside Oannes.
Oannes, in Mesopotamian mythology, an amphibious being who taught mankind wisdom.
Oannes, as described by the Babylonian priest Berosus, had the form of a fish but with the head of a man under his fish’s head and under his fish’s tail the feet of a man.
Oannes was probably the emissary of Ea, god of the freshwater deep and of wisdom.
Oannes is the fish-man of Mesopotamian tradition who, in the account of the Babylonian priest Berossus, rose from the sea to teach humanity.
In the cuneiform lists of the seven sages, the Apkallu, the first sage is called Uanna, and Oannes is a Greek form of that name.
Berossus describes Oannes as having the body of a fish, with a man's head beneath the fish's head.
Parts survive in later writers such as Alexander Polyhistor, Apollodorus, Abydenus, Josephus and Eusebius, whose Chronicon preserves the passage on Oannes.
In the first year there appeared, from that part of the Erythræan sea which borders upon Babylonia, an animal destitute of reason, by name Oannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the fish's tail.
Berossus says Oannes came from the sea and taught people writing, science, building, law and farming.
The passage goes on to say that other creatures like Oannes appeared later, and that Oannes wrote about the origin of mankind.
According to Berossus, Oannes taught the creation story known as the Enūma Eliš.
He tells the story of Oannes in Mesopotamia, Quetzalcoatl in Central America, and other cultural heroes who brought civilization and then disappeared, promising to return.
There are various types of mer-people, some looking more amphibian or humanoid.
The speaker is identified as being of the humanoid type, similar to the depictions in "The Little Mermaid".
He suggests that we are transitioning from the Pisces era, characterized by utopian dreams and imagination, into the Aquarius era, which calls for innovation, the active creation of paradise, and a profound integration with technology.
He was also known to the Babylonians as “Oannes,” and to the Egyptians as “Ptah.” He was the god of wisdom and knowledge, and throughout time his symbol has been the snake.
Oannes (Babylonian)
Fairy tails -> Hathor tribe: mermaids
The constellation that is sometimes referred to as "fish-men" is Pisces.
In Greek mythology, Pisces represents two fish, who were placed in the sky by the goddess Aphrodite to honor their bravery and devotion.
In some cultures, Pisces is also associated with fish-tailed deities or mermaids, which may have led to the reference to "fish-men".
Pisces