Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales

The chronicle Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), written by Jesuit Diego de Rosales, provides an interesting catalogue of real and fabulous marine beings. One of them, the Pincoy, not only has features that relate it to the mermaid, but in a certain sense it seems like an A...

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spelling I28-R251-article-175472025-12-02T23:18:32Z Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales Sirenas y monstruos marinos en la Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), de Diego de Rosales Donoso Rodríguez, Miguel Jesuits Teratology Pincoy Jesuitas Teratología Pincoy The chronicle Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), written by Jesuit Diego de Rosales, provides an interesting catalogue of real and fabulous marine beings. One of them, the Pincoy, not only has features that relate it to the mermaid, but in a certain sense it seems like an American version of the Nicolao fish, known in European tradition. This reinforces the survival of the medieval heritage during the first stage of the America’s conquest, which continued well into the 17th century. The timid emergence of a precarious scientific method in this pre-Enlightenment era is not enough to eliminate problematic cases such as those presented in this work. On the other hand, European humanists tended to situate the setting for fabulous beings at the limits of the known world, and Chile, with its distance from the metropolis, its geographical isolation, and its proximity to terra incognita, was an extremely attractive territory for the location of this type of fabulous beings. La crónica Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), del jesuita Diego de Rosales, aporta un interesante catálogo de seres marinos reales y fabulosos. Uno de ellos, el pincoy, no solo presenta rasgos que lo relacionan con la sirena, sino que en cierto sentido parece una versión americana del pece Nicolao, conocido en la tradición europea. Lo anterior refuerza la pervivencia de la herencia medieval durante la primera etapa de la conquista de América, la cual perduró hasta bien entrado el siglo XVII. La tímida aparición de un precario método científico en esta época previa a la Ilustración no alcanza para deshacerse de casos problemáticos como los que se exponen en este trabajo. Por otra parte, los humanistas europeos tendían a situar en los límites del mundo conocido el escenario de los seres fabulosos, y Chile, con su lejanía de la metrópoli, su aislamiento geográfico y su cercanía con la terra incognita, era un territorio extremadamente atractivo para situar este tipo de seres fabulosos. Estudios e investigaciones 2025-12-02 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/payro/article/view/17547 Estudios e investigaciones; Núm. 17 (2022) 2618-4230 spa https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/payro/article/view/17547/15465 Derechos de autor 2025 Miguel Donoso Rodríguez
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topic Jesuits
Teratology
Pincoy
Jesuitas
Teratología
Pincoy
spellingShingle Jesuits
Teratology
Pincoy
Jesuitas
Teratología
Pincoy
Donoso Rodríguez, Miguel
Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales
topic_facet Jesuits
Teratology
Pincoy
Jesuitas
Teratología
Pincoy
author Donoso Rodríguez, Miguel
author_facet Donoso Rodríguez, Miguel
author_sort Donoso Rodríguez, Miguel
title Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales
title_short Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales
title_full Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales
title_fullStr Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales
title_full_unstemmed Mermaids and Monstrous Fishes in the Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), by Diego de Rosales
title_sort mermaids and monstrous fishes in the historia general del reino de chile, flandes indiano (1674), by diego de rosales
description The chronicle Historia general del reino de Chile, Flandes Indiano (1674), written by Jesuit Diego de Rosales, provides an interesting catalogue of real and fabulous marine beings. One of them, the Pincoy, not only has features that relate it to the mermaid, but in a certain sense it seems like an American version of the Nicolao fish, known in European tradition. This reinforces the survival of the medieval heritage during the first stage of the America’s conquest, which continued well into the 17th century. The timid emergence of a precarious scientific method in this pre-Enlightenment era is not enough to eliminate problematic cases such as those presented in this work. On the other hand, European humanists tended to situate the setting for fabulous beings at the limits of the known world, and Chile, with its distance from the metropolis, its geographical isolation, and its proximity to terra incognita, was an extremely attractive territory for the location of this type of fabulous beings.
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