Quote:This is a great example for how translations are misinterpreted. It's not vessels, it's merchandise. Vendors were strolling throughout the holy courtyards hawking their wares much like vendors at a sports stadium, "Prayer beads, get your ice cold prayer beads!"
Dog's tongues. Otter's noses. Occelot spleens.
For the rest; are we talking about wrong translations of writings by people that probably have never even seen a likely fictional character? Not much basis for a discussion based on hard facts if you ask me.