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* '''Visigoths:''' one of the two main branches of the Goths, the [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "[[fall]]" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] (who fought together with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila Attila]) were defeated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/451 451 A.D.] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetius Aetius] and the Visigoths (king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorid Theodorid] ) in the [[battle]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons Catalaunian Fields]
 
* '''Visigoths:''' one of the two main branches of the Goths, the [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] being the other. Together these tribes were one of the loosely-termed "Germanic tribes" that disturbed the late Roman Empire. After the "[[fall]]" of the western Roman Empire, the Visigoths continued to play a major role in western European affairs for another 250 years. The [[Oystrygods|Ostrogoths]] (who fought together with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila Attila]) were defeated in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/451 451 A.D.] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aetius Aetius] and the Visigoths (king [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorid Theodorid] ) in the [[battle]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chalons Catalaunian Fields]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths Wikipedia]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visigoths Wikipedia]
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* '''fishgods''' → [[Spirits of the Water]]
 
* '''fishgods''' → [[Spirits of the Water]]
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* '''Dagon:''' a fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines
 
* '''Dagon:''' a fishgod worshipped by the ancient Philistines
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagon Wikipedia]
 
** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagon Wikipedia]
  
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* '''Fintan Mac Bóchra:''' one of several deities in Irish mythology who could assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); Fintan was the sole survivor of the Flood; see T. F. O'Rahilly, ''Early Irish History and Mythology'' (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject
 
* '''Fintan Mac Bóchra:''' one of several deities in Irish mythology who could assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); Fintan was the sole survivor of the Flood; see T. F. O'Rahilly, ''Early Irish History and Mythology'' (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject
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  • Adapa: a fishgod associated with the Seven Sages of ancient Mesopotamian mythology
  • ichthys (ιχθυς): (Greek) fish → acronym used by early Christians to denote their god Jesus Christ, from the Greek Ιησους Χριστος Θεου Υιος Σωτηρ ("Jesus Christ, Son of God [and] Saviour")
  • Fintan Mac Bóchra: one of several deities in Irish mythology who could assume the form of a fish (typically a salmon); Fintan was the sole survivor of the Flood; see T. F. O'Rahilly, Early Irish History and Mythology (Dublin 1946) for a fuller treatment of the subject