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# The sea giant Jasconius in a medieval miniature, travellers light a fire on its back
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/odno-iz-predstavlenii-morskogo-giganta-iaskontiia-spinu-kotorogo-ustavshie-putniki-oshibochno-prinimali-za-dolgozhdannuiu-zemliu-a-kogda-razvodili-kostior-tot-ukhodil-pod-vodu/
- Published: 2017-05-14T07:56:38.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T19:06:54.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Observations, Nature, Humour

One depiction of the sea-giant Jasconius, whose back weary travellers mistook for the long-awaited land, only for him to sink beneath the waves when they lit a fire. Something about renovation came to mind