Jenny Haniver

En Jenny Haniver. Större delen av "vingarna" (bröstfenorna) har skurits bort, bukfenorna har lämnats kvar som "ben" och "ögonen" är egentligen rockans näsborrar.
En rocka sedd underifrån, utgångsmaterialet för en Jenny Haniver.
Huvudet på en klorocka sett underifrån liknar ett ansikte.

En Jenny Haniver är ett kadaver av en rocka som modifierats och sedan torkats, för att ge ett groteskt konserverat exemplar.[1][2][3]

Namn

En hypotes om namnets ursprung är att det kommer från franskans jeune d'Anvers (en ung person från Antwerpen) och att brittiska sjömän gjort om detta till personnamnet "Jenny Haniver". De har ofta också kallats "Jenny Haviers".[1][3][4]

Historia

Jenny Hanivers har tillverkats för att likna djävlar, änglar och drakar.[4] Vissa författare har föreslagit att sjömunken kan ha varit en Jenny Haniver.[1][4]

Den tidigast kända bilden förekommer i Konrad Gesners Historia Animalium vol. IV från 1558. Gesner varnade för att dessa bara var vanställda rockor och inte skulle misstagas för miniatyrdrakar eller monster, vilket var en allmän missuppfattning vid den tiden.[3][5][6] Ulisse Aldrovandi beskriver i De piscibus libri V, et De cetis lib. unus (utgiven postumt 1613) en Draco effectius ex raia ("en drake gjord av en rocka").[4]

Den vanligaste vanföreställningen var att de var basilisker. Eftersom basilisker dödade vid blotta anblicken visste ingen hur en sådan såg ut.[7][6]

I Veracruz anses Jenny Hanivers ha magiska krafter och används av curanderos i deras ritualer[8] Den här traditionen kan ha sitt ursprung i Japan där förfalskade ningyo, som påminner om Fiji-sjöjungfrur (framdelen av en apa som sytts fast vid bakdelen av en fisk och sedan torkats), förvaras i tempel.[9]

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Den här artikeln är helt eller delvis baserad på material från engelskspråkiga Wikipedia.

Referenser

  1. ^ [a b c] ”Journal of the Bizarre”. Arkiverad från originalet den 6 juli 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150706222617/http://journalofthebizarre.blogspot.ae/2012/05/jenny-hanivers-mermaids-devil-fish-and.html. Läst 15 november 2014. 
  2. ^ Roger G-S. ”Roles, Rules, and Rolls: Monster Monday: Jenny Haniver, Sea Clergy, and Morkoths”. http://rolesrules.blogspot.ae/2012/10/monster-monday-jenny-haniver-sea-clergy.html. Läst 15 november 2014. 
  3. ^ [a b c] ”jenny hanivers - Poems Underwater”. http://poemsunderwater.wordpress.com/tag/jenny-hanivers/. Läst 15 november 2014. 
  4. ^ [a b c d] Leo Ruickbie, 2016, The Impossible Zoo: An encyclopedia of fabulous beasts and mythical monsters sid. 169 ff. ISBN 9781472136459.
  5. ^ ”Jenny Haniver”. Wondercabinet. http://www.wondercabinet.net/2012/04/25/jenny-haniver/. Läst 15 november 2014. 
  6. ^ [a b] William F. Williams, 2013, Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience: From Alien Abductions to Zone Therapy, sid. 196. ISBN 9781135955229.
  7. ^ Peter Dance, 1976, Animal Fakes and Frauds, sid. 17 ff.
  8. ^ ”FOTOS El diablo, un pez para la magia negra - El Universal Veracruz” (på spanska). Arkiverad från originalet den 28 maj 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140528070634/http://www.eluniversalveracruz.com.mx/veracruzanos-personajes/2013/pez-del-diablo-mitologia-veracruzana-19598.html. Läst 15 november 2014. 
  9. ^ ”Tenshou-Kyousha Shrine Mermaid Mummy”. Atlas Obscura. http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fujinomiya-mermaid-mummy. Läst 15 november 2014. 

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Title: Ocean wonders: a companion for the seaside
Year: 1879 (1870s)
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n any other direction. It is vivipa-rous. I have never succeeded in placing it in the aquariumalive, though I have made thorough and repeated efforts todo so. Whether they die from fright, or whether the eyes,which are in such an exposed position, and are organicallyconnected with the brain, get injured by contact with thecan or vessel in which they are transported, it is difficult totell; but it is certain they do not make an effort to liveafter capture. They are sometimes found in Long IslandSound. Their range is from Brazil to Cape Cod, and exceptby accident they are not found north of the latter. SOME CUKIOUS DENIZENS OF THE SEA. 117 The Skate or Rat (genus Raid) contains many varieties,such as the clear-nose, the spotted, the whip, the prickly-tailed or sting ray, and the smooth skate (Rata lazvis). Speci-mens of all these kinds of rays may frequently be seen hungup in the markets to attract attention, which they do fromthe ludicrous, serio-comic facial expression. They are often
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The Under-sipe of Skate. taken in company with the cod, and are occasionally eatenby the buyers of cheap food, though their substance is chieflygelatinous and the flavor disagreeable. Some observers haveimagined that the under-side of the head bears a resemblanceto the human countenance, but we think no one would care 118 THE OCEAN. to claim relationship with these nondescript-looking subjects.The whip-ray is so named from the use he makes of his verylong, narrow tail, from five to six feet in length, which heslashes around in fine style when excited. The tail of theprickly or sting ray is beset with fine spines. The smoothskate or ray is distinguished by a nearly total absence ofthese spines. The eggs of the ray are of a curious shape—a sort of oblong, with four ribbon-like threads attached, one

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Dragon made of thornback ray (Raja clavata, Linnaeus, 1758). Dermoplastic dissection, 17th-18th centuries, lenght 65 cm. Strahov Library - Cabinet of Curiosites, no Inv. No. Exhibit in: Collections of Archbishopric Museum in Olomouc.
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"Jenny Haniver " little dragon form. Former Jules Berdoulat collection. Obtained from one Guitarfish - Two views of same specimen.You actually see a stingray. 18-th century sailors, especially Dutch, were masters to transform this stuffed fishes, they sold as evidence of the existence of sea monsters. This specimen dates from this period. It owes its preservation to the multiple layers of varnish. This fraud continues even today, with android forms (see article quoted above). The "Little Dragon" form is extremely clever and very difficult to do. Human imagination has no limit.
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A en:Jenny Haniver, i.e. a dried fish that has been intentionally, and possibly deceitfully, shaped into a grotestque figure.
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