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Zitiron

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A zitiron as represented in an illuminated manuscript of Jacob van Maerlant's poem "Der Naturen Bloeme", c. 1350

A zitiron, or sea knight, is a mythological creature that has an upper body in the form of an armed knight, fused with the tail of a fish.[1]

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  • Tralau, Johan; Kristiansson, Magnus (2012), "Hobbes's Hidden Monster: Rediscovering the Frontispiece of Leviathon" (PDF) (Paper presented at The Politics of Images: History and Change panel, IPSA, Madrid, 11 July 2012), archived from the original (PDF) on 11 November 2014, retrieved 5 September 2014