Isonade

English 2023 February 11 thumb|An illustration of the Isonade by Takehara Shunsensai, published in the ja 絵本百物語 (Ehon Hyaku Monogatari or Picture Book of a Hundred Stories, 1841 1). Etymology en ja 磯撫で いそなで, Isonade shore stroker. Pronunciation en /ˌiːsəʊˈnɑːdeɪ/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Isonade.wav Southern England en /ˌisoʊˈnɑdeɪ/ GA en Iso na de Proper noun en Japanese mythology A mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark, said to live off the coast of western Japan. en Marios Christou Introduction Fully Nonlinear Computations of Waves and Wave-structure Interaction unpublished Ph.D. thesis London Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Imperial College London June 2009 25 10.25560/5488 930656006 With more than 70% of the Earth's surface submerged beneath water, it comes as no surprise that throughout history mankind has been fascinated with the seas and oceans. In earlier years this fascination manifested itself in the form of fear and mystery; in Japanese stories, fierce winds would blow whenever Isonade, a shark-like sea monster, appeared. en Gene Helfman; Bruce Collette Fishes in Stories and Literature Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide Baltimore, Md. w:Johns Hopkins University Press 2011 131 https://www.google.com/books?id=G8jLeHpIoMcC&pg=PA131 978-1-4214-0222-2 Another Japanese giant fish is Isonade, a sharklike sea monster that causes strong winds and also capsizes boats or catches unwary fishermen with the hooks on its huge tail. en Jonathan Maniscalco Seven Entries from The New Book of Imaginary Beings Jonathan Maniscalco; Frances Gossen Clarion https://web.archive.org/web/20220716160102/https://www.bu.edu/clarion/17/imaginary-beings.htm Boston, Mass. The Pen & Anvil Press; Boston University Literary Society summer 2014 17 section iii (The Isonade) 107 2150-6795 430944393 Nipponese sailors traveling along the western coast of Japan are warned to keep a weather eye open for the Isonade, akin in form to a huge shark with hook-like barbs on its tail. Much as the giant namazu catfish of Japanese legend is associated with earthquakes, the movements of the gigantic Isonade are said to be the source of sudden changes in sea currents and winds from the north. Translations mythological monster that resembles an enormous shark said to live off the coast of western Japan Arabic: ar إيسونادي Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 磯龍捲 Jīlóngjuǎn Finnish: fi Isonade Japanese: ja 磯撫で いそなで, Isonade Macedonian: mk Исона́де Persian: fa ایسناده Russian: ru Исонадэ Further reading en Mythological creatures