A half-fish, half-man being recorded in the mythology of the Babylonians and Sumerians as appearing out of the Persian Gulf and teaching humans the alphabet, sciences and arts - architecture, theology, law, geometry and agriculture. It is believed by some that these were extraterrestrials responsible for uplifting humans in the area by sharing knowledge with us - an implausible theory claiming to account for the enigmatic explosion of knowledge and technology in the area.