Mermaids Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-08 · 21 entries checked · 13 flagged · 35 issues confirmed · 13 corrected · 22 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Bunzi — The LORE section incorrectly states that Bunzi is the wife of Kuitikuiti, while the correct relationship is that Kuitikuiti is Mboze's husband and Bunzi's father.

Chernava — Chernava is not described as 'small, scrawny, and a young girl who works as a servant' in the widely-known Sadko bylina; in the canonical epic, she is simply the Sea Tsar's daughter (or niece) chosen by Sadko, with no such servant or physical description.

Chernava — The claim that 'Chernava transformed into a river while Sadko slept, helping him return to the human world' is not part of the established Sadko bylina; in the canonical story, Sadko is instructed by St. Nicholas (or a similar figure) to choose Chernava as a b

Dahut — The entry states Dahut first appeared in the third edition of Albert Le Grand's Vie des Saincts de la Bretagne Armorique (1680), but the 1680 edition is actually the second edition, not the third.

Dahut — The entry says 'In the Breton folktale Kristof (recorded 1870)', but the princess in that tale is Ahez, not Dahut, and the tale does not directly involve Ys's destruction.

Fiji mermaid — The entry states that Samuel Barrett Edes bought the mermaid from Japanese sailors in 1822 for $6,000, but historical records indicate he purchased it from Dutch sailors in Batavia.

Fiji mermaid — The entry says the mermaid was displayed in London in 1822, advertised in a publication by J. Limbird in the Mirror, but this specific attribution to Limbird's Mirror is unverified and may be a conflation.

Jengu — The term 'Longasse' is a minor factual inaccuracy; the correct term is 'Longassi' or 'Longase'.

Jengu — The term 'Earth priests' is not a standard or accurate translation for jengu specialists; they are more commonly referred to as 'jengu priests' or 'nganga'.

Hairen — The entry misattributes the description of two types of hairen to Giulio Aleni's *Zhifang waiji* (1623), when it actually appears in Ferdinand Verbiest's *Kunyu waiji* (c. 1670) and other later sources.

Hairen — The entry states that the detail about 'fleshy skin drooping from the waist like hakama trousers' comes from Kaibara Ekken's *Yamato honzō* (1709), but this detail is from later Japanese sources such as *Nagasaki kenbunroku* and *Honzōkōmoku keimō*.

Kannonshō-ji — The temple is the 32nd temple on the Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage, not the 31st.

Mermaid of Warsaw — The first clear mermaid representation dates to 1459, not 1622.

Mermaid of Warsaw — The inspiration from Physiologus is not supported by established historical canon.

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