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From: Andreas Freise <adf@mpq.mpg.de>
Subject: Re: [pic] what is it?
Date: 1997/09/14
Message-ID: <341BCC8E.32A0@mpq.mpg.de>#1/1
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To: Spunk1111 <spunk1111@aol.com>
Organization: Rechenzentrum der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft in Garching
Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art


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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