Hippocampus mythology

Hippocampus were the fish-tailed horses of the sea. They were depicted as composite creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine-tail of a fish.

The hippocampus is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology. It was also adopted into Etruscan mythology. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.

Hippocampus-mythological creature shared by Phoenician and Greek mythology, though the name by which it is recognised is purely Greek

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A kelpie was a shapeshifting water demon native to Great Britain and Ireland.[1] Able to take any form, a kelpie usually chose that of a horse with a bulrush mane. After luring unwary travellers onto their backs, they dragged them underwater and ate them, allowing the entrails to float to the surface of the water. A kelpie could be rendered docile and harmless by using the Placement Charm to put a bridle over the creature's head.[1] A bridled kelpie could be considered completely tamed if it…

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The word horse comes from Poseidon in greek mythology. He created this animal, a hippocampus, and the word horse came from hippo which is from hippocampus.

In Greek mythology Hippocamps were the fish-tailed horses of the sea. They were depicted as composite creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine-tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often had green scales and fish-fin manes and appendages.

Hippocampus

You are introvert, shy, quiet and very kind and caring to others. You feel a strong connection with nature.

"Reef Hippocampus" 1:12 scale seahorse sculpture by Kira Matrejek (artbykira.com)

Here we have a Kelpie, a monster that lives in the bottom of lakes and rivers that hides just under the soil. Its a man-eater according to legend...This is one of the more detailed scale drawings I've ever done--well recently! Colored pencil and ink on 8.5x11 paper.

Hippocampus

A fantasy seahorse, not like the real ones.