Hippocampes - Hippocamps - Gatineau, Québec - Epic Beings and Creatures on Waymarking.com

L’hippocampe, ou « cheval marin », est, dans la mythologie grecque, une créature fantastique dont la partie antérieure est celle d'un cheval, soit la tête, l'encolure et les deux jambes antérieures, et la partie postérieure celle d'un poisson, d'un serpent, ou d'un monstre marin.

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The hippocampus or hippocamp, often called a sea-horse in English, is a mythological creature shared by Phoenician, Etruscan, Pictish, Roman and Greek mythology, though its name has a Greek origin. The hippocampus has typically been depicted as having the upper body of a horse with the lower body of a fish.

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Time Period: Ancient Approximate Date of Epic Period: 760 - 710 BC Epic Type: Mythical Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art

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