Hippocamp (Deity, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/hippocamp

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Hippocamp (en), hippocampe (fr), hipocampo (es), ippocampo (it), Hippokamp (de)Additional labels
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Hippocampus (en)

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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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