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.

Rainbow the fish pony

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

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…

Commission art Hippocampus

The Hippocampus was a magical water beast with the head and forequarters of a horse, and the tail and hindquarters of a giant fish.[1] Originally from Greece, it was generally found in the Mediterranean, although a blue roan specimen was caught by Merpeople off the coast of Scotland in 1949 and domesticated. The Hippocampus laid large, semi-transparent eggs through which the baby hippocampus, known as a Tadfoal, could be seen.[1] Hippocampus is derived from the words "hippos" means "horse"…