Hippocampus - "The Hippocampus or Hippocamp is a sea creature from classical mythology, which had the front parts of a horse and the back parts of a fish or dragon. The sea god Poseidon's chariot was drawn by Hippocampi." - excerpt from The Element Encyclopedia of Magical Creatures by John & Caitlin Matthews, copyright 2005.
Magical creature, indeed! I am a big mythology and fantasy fiction fan. Which means, from time to time, I'll drop in a little snippet from the world fantastic in an attempt to convert more to the cause. I've gained many hours of enjoyment over the years from fantasy fiction (both in written and movie form) and feel duty-bound to share the joy with others!
On a pratical note - reading the above description and then thinking about how the sheer mechanics of how that would work boggles the mind - doesn't it?
~SMB
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