Another Hidden Creatures Event to help you along with your souvenirs!
BCW = Bring Coffee With
HIPPOCAMP: the mythical sea-horse, which, according to the description of Pausanias, was a horse, but the part of its body down from the breast was that of a sea monster or fish.
HIPPOKAMPOI (Hippocamps) were the fish-tailed horses of the sea. They were depicted as composite creatures with the head and fore-parts of a horse and the serpentine-tail of a fish. In mosaic art they were often had green scales and fish-fin manes and appendages.
The ancients believed they were the adult-form of the small fish we call the "sea-horse". Hippokampoi were the mounts of Nereid nymphs and sea-gods, and Poseidon drove a chariot drawn by two or four of the creatures.
Info. courtesy from: http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Hippokampoi.html
MERMAIDS:a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish.
Similar divine or semidivine beings appear in ancient mythologies (e.g., the Chaldean sea god Ea, or Oannes). In European folklore, mermaids (sometimes called sirens) and mermen were natural beings who, like fairies, had magical and prophetic powers. They loved music and often sang. Though very long-lived, they were mortal and had no souls.
Many folktales record marriages between mermaids (who might assume human form) and men. In most, the man steals the mermaid’s cap or belt, her comb or mirror. While the objects are hidden she lives with him; if she finds them she returns at once to the sea. In some variants the marriage lasts while certain agreed-upon conditions are fulfilled, and it ends when the conditions are broken.
Though sometimes kindly, mermaids and mermen were usually dangerous to man. Their gifts brought misfortune, and, if offended, the beings caused floods or other disasters. To see one on a voyage was an omen of shipwreck. They sometimes lured mortals to death by drowning, as did the Lorelei of the Rhine, or enticed young people to live with them underwater.
Info. courtesy from: https://www.britannica.com/topic/mermaid
Date: Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Time: 06h45 to 07h30
Place: Bryanston Park, Between Westview, Roux & Gaunt Roads, Beverley Gardens
Dress warmly and bring along a flask of coffee or hot choc. We'll gather at the bench (at the listed co-ords), have a quick chat and then head off to work.
We look forward to seeing you there!