Re: [pic] what is it?

I don't know what everyone's problem with this is.  It is obviously a mare-maid.

Andreas Freise <ad...@mpq.mpg.de> wrote in article <341...@mpq.mpg.de>...
> Spunk1111 wrote:
> > I'm still trying to figure out the last pic...  I looked at the jpg of the
> > hippocampus that VK posted-- it's too sea-horselike.  Chimera
> > will work until we can be more specific.
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> 
> Maybe we cannot decide with only seeing one representation made by a
> 'fantasy'-
> painter. ;)  I think it is actually a hippocampus, 'cause the
> description
> is more general than the picture :
> From Alt.mythology.mythic-animals FAQ 
> (http://www.ecis.com/~ddragon/amma-faq.html)
> 
> Hippocampus: Portrayed as a literal sea-horse, with gills and other
>              features to help it adapt to the water. Often seen as
> steeds for
>              sea-elves or merrow.
> 
> (I can't figure out what they mean by 'often seen'. I can only find two 
> pictures in the net and I havn't seen one before either. Looking at the
> wrong stationary I guess.)
> 
> A 'literal' sea-horse! Pictures of chimeras look totally different. And 
> just because a lot of people call every monster a chimera it's still 
> something else. Atleast this looks like a seamonster to me.
> 
> I'll save it as 'hippocampus' on my site. Like it or not. ;)
> (BTW : I like it - the picture!)
> 
> 
> :)
> Andreas   
> 
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