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interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippokamp" title="Hippokamp – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hippokamp" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippokamp" title="Hippokamp – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hippokamp" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipocampo_(mitolog%C3%ADa)" title="Hipocampo (mitología) – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Hipocampo (mitología)" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8%E2%80%8C%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C_(%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%87)" title="اسب‌ماهی (افسانه) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="اسب‌ماهی (افسانه)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampe_(mythologie)" title="Hippocampe (mythologie) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Hippocampe (mythologie)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipocampo_(mitolox%C3%ADa)" title="Hipocampo (mitoloxía) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Hipocampo (mitoloxía)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" 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<div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Mythological creature in Phoenician and Greek mythology</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about a mythological creature. For the part of the brain, see <a href="/wiki/Hippocampus" title="Hippocampus">Hippocampus</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"Hippocamp" redirects here. For the moon of Neptune, see <a href="/wiki/Hippocamp_(moon)" title="Hippocamp (moon)">Hippocamp (moon)</a>.</div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg/300px-Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="294" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg/450px-Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg/600px-Hippocamp_and_Dolphins_Kansas_City-City_Hall.jpg 2x" data-file-width="880" data-file-height="861" /></a><figcaption>Winged hippocamp in an <a href="/wiki/Art_Deco" title="Art Deco">Art Deco</a> fountain, <a href="/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri" title="Kansas City, Missouri">Kansas City, Missouri</a>, (1937)</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>hippocampus</b>, or <b>hippocamp</b> or <i>hippokampos</i> (plural: hippocampi or hippocamps; <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Ancient Greek language">Ancient Greek</a>: <span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%B1%CF%80%CF%80%CF%8C%CE%BA%CE%B1%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἱππόκαμπος">ἱππόκαμπος</a></span>, from <span title="Ancient Greek-language text"><span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E1%BC%B5%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:ἵππος">ἵππος</a></span></span>, 'horse', and <span title="Ancient Greek-language text"><span lang="grc"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82" class="extiw" title="wikt:κάμπος">κάμπος</a></span></span>, 'sea monster'<sup id="cite_ref-dictionary.com_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dictionary.com-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), sometimes called a "<b>sea-horse</b>"<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in <a href="/wiki/English_language" title="English language">English</a>,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Legendary_creature" title="Legendary creature">mythological creature</a> mentioned in <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Etruscan mythology">Etruscan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phoenicia" title="Phoenicia">Phoenician</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-IAA_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Picts" title="Picts">Pictish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_mythology" title="Roman mythology">Roman mythologies</a> (though its name has a clear Greek origin), typically depicted as having the upper body of a <a href="/wiki/Horse" title="Horse">horse</a> with the lower body of a <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mythology">Mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Coins minted at <a href="/wiki/Tyre,_Lebanon" title="Tyre, Lebanon">Tyre</a> around the <a href="/wiki/4th_century_BC" title="4th century BC">4th century BC</a> show the <a href="/wiki/Tutelary_deity" title="Tutelary deity">patron god</a> <a href="/wiki/Melqart" title="Melqart">Melqart</a> riding on a winged hippocampus, accompanied by <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphins</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-IAA_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IAA-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Coins of the same period from <a href="/wiki/Byblos" title="Byblos">Byblos</a> show a hippocampus diving under a <a href="/wiki/Galley" title="Galley">galley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A gold hippocamp was discovered in a hoard from the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Lydia" title="Lydia">Lydia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Asia Minor</a>, dating to the <a href="/wiki/6th_century_BC" title="6th century BC">6th century BC</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Greek_and_Roman">Greek and Roman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Greek and Roman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Terracotta_bell-krater_(mixing_bowl)_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Terracotta_bell-krater_%28mixing_bowl%29_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg/170px-Terracotta_bell-krater_%28mixing_bowl%29_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Terracotta_bell-krater_%28mixing_bowl%29_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg/255px-Terracotta_bell-krater_%28mixing_bowl%29_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Terracotta_bell-krater_%28mixing_bowl%29_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg/340px-Terracotta_bell-krater_%28mixing_bowl%29_with_lid_MET_DP232622.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) with lid, late 5th century BC</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <i><b><a href="/wiki/Iliad" title="Iliad">Iliad</a></b></i>, <a href="/wiki/Homer" title="Homer">Homer</a> describes <b><a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a></b> (Roman: <a href="/wiki/Neptune_(mythology)" title="Neptune (mythology)"><b>Neptune</b></a>; god of horses, <a href="/wiki/Earthquake" title="Earthquake">earthquakes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ocean" title="Ocean">oceans</a>) driving a <a href="/wiki/Chariot" title="Chariot">chariot</a> drawn by <a href="/wiki/Brass" title="Brass">brazen</a>-hoofed <a href="/wiki/Equidae" title="Equidae">equids</a> over the ocean's surface;<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b><a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Rhodes" title="Apollonius of Rhodes">Apollonius of Rhodes</a></b> describes the horse of Poseidon as emerging from the sea and galloping across the <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libyan</a> sands.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This compares to the specifically "two (<a href="/wiki/Cloven_hoof" title="Cloven hoof">cloven</a>)-hoofed" hippocampi of <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Valerius_Flaccus" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaius Valerius Flaccus">Gaius Valerius Flaccus</a> in his <i><b><a href="/wiki/Argonautica" title="Argonautica">Argonautica</a></b></i>: "<a href="/wiki/Orion_(mythology)" title="Orion (mythology)">Orion</a>[,] when grasping his father’s <a href="/wiki/Rein" title="Rein">reins</a>[,] heaves the sea with the snorting of his two-hooved horses."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Hellenistic_period" title="Hellenistic period">Hellenistic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman</a> imagery, however, Poseidon often drives a "sea-chariot", drawn by hippocampi. Thus, hippocampi sport with this god in both ancient depictions and much more modern ones, such as in the waters of the <a href="/wiki/18th_century" title="18th century">18th-century</a> <a href="/wiki/Trevi_Fountain" title="Trevi Fountain">Trevi Fountain</a> in Rome, as surveyed by Neptune from his <a href="/wiki/Niche_(architecture)" title="Niche (architecture)">niche</a> above. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Roman_Baths,_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Roman_Baths%2C_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg/237px-Roman_Baths%2C_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg" decoding="async" width="237" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Roman_Baths%2C_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg/356px-Roman_Baths%2C_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Roman_Baths%2C_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg/474px-Roman_Baths%2C_Bath_-_Sea_Horse_Mosaic.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1296" data-file-height="972" /></a><figcaption>Hippocampus in Roman mosaic in the <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">thermae</a> at <a href="/wiki/Aquae_Sulis" title="Aquae Sulis">Aquae Sulis</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>)</figcaption></figure> <p>The appearance of hippocampi in both <a href="/wiki/Freshwater" class="mw-redirect" title="Freshwater">freshwater</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seawater" title="Seawater">saltwater</a> is counterintuitive to a modern audience, though not to an ancient one, as the Greek concept of the natural <a href="/wiki/Water_cycle" title="Water cycle">hydrological cycle</a> did not take into account the <a href="/wiki/Condensation" title="Condensation">condensation</a> of atmospheric water as <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> to replenish the <a href="/wiki/Water_table" title="Water table">water table</a>, but rather imagined the waters of the sea flowing back onto land through vast <a href="/wiki/Cavern" class="mw-redirect" title="Cavern">caverns</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aquifer" title="Aquifer">aquifers</a>, rising replenished and freshened in <a href="/wiki/Spring_(hydrology)" title="Spring (hydrology)">springs</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thus, it was natural for a temple at <a href="/wiki/Helike" title="Helike">Helike</a>, in the coastal plain of <a href="/wiki/Achaea" title="Achaea">Achaea</a>, to be dedicated to <i>Poseidon Helikonios</i>, or "the Poseidon of Helicon", the sacred spring of <a href="/wiki/Mount_Helicon" title="Mount Helicon">Boeotian Helikon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When an earthquake suddenly submerged the city, the temple's bronze Poseidon, accompanied by hippocampi, continued to snag fishermens' nets.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Likewise, the hippocampus was considered an appropriate decoration for <a href="/wiki/Mosaic" title="Mosaic">mosaics</a> in Roman <a href="/wiki/Thermae" title="Thermae">thermae</a> and <a href="/wiki/Public_bathing" title="Public bathing">public baths</a>, such as that seen at <a href="/wiki/Aquae_Sulis" title="Aquae Sulis">Aquae Sulis</a>, in modern-day <a href="/wiki/Bath,_Somerset" title="Bath, Somerset">Bath</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a> (<a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Britannia</a>). </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jonah_and_the_sea_monster,_from_Wilpert,_1903,_page_47_sharpened.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Jonah_and_the_sea_monster%2C_from_Wilpert%2C_1903%2C_page_47_sharpened.jpg/350px-Jonah_and_the_sea_monster%2C_from_Wilpert%2C_1903%2C_page_47_sharpened.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Jonah_and_the_sea_monster%2C_from_Wilpert%2C_1903%2C_page_47_sharpened.jpg/525px-Jonah_and_the_sea_monster%2C_from_Wilpert%2C_1903%2C_page_47_sharpened.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Jonah_and_the_sea_monster%2C_from_Wilpert%2C_1903%2C_page_47_sharpened.jpg/700px-Jonah_and_the_sea_monster%2C_from_Wilpert%2C_1903%2C_page_47_sharpened.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1357" data-file-height="474" /></a><figcaption>Jonah and the sea monster, from Christian artwork in Roman catacombs at the end of 2nd century A.D. The sea monster drawn by the Roman Christians resembles a hippocampus. </figcaption></figure> <p>Poseidon's horses, which were included in the elaborate sculptural program of <a href="/wiki/Ormolu" title="Ormolu">gilt-bronze</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivory" title="Ivory">ivory</a> added by a Roman client to the temple of Poseidon at <a href="/wiki/Corinth" title="Corinth">Corinth</a>, are likely to have been hippocampi; later on, the Romanised-Greek geographer <a href="/wiki/Pausanias_(geographer)" title="Pausanias (geographer)">Pausanias</a> described the rich ensemble in the <a href="/wiki/2nd_century" title="2nd century">2nd century AD</a> (<i>Geography of Greece</i> ii.1.7-.8): </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>On the temple, which is not very large, stand bronze <a href="/wiki/Triton_(mythology)" title="Triton (mythology)">Tritons</a>. In the fore-temple are images, two of Poseidon, a third of <a href="/wiki/Amphitrite" title="Amphitrite">Amphitrite</a>, and a Sea, which also is of bronze. The offerings inside were dedicated in our time by <a href="/wiki/Herodes_Atticus" title="Herodes Atticus">Herodes Atticus</a>, four horses, gilded except for the hoofs, which are of ivory, and two gold <a href="/wiki/Triton_(mythology)" title="Triton (mythology)">Tritons</a> beside the horses, with the parts below the waist of ivory. On the car stand Amphitrite and Poseidon, and there is the boy Palaemon upright upon a <a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">dolphin</a>. These too are made of ivory and gold. On the middle of the base on which the car has been wrought a Sea holding up the young <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a>, and on either side are the nymphs called <a href="/wiki/Nereids" title="Nereids">Nereids</a>.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etruscan">Etruscan</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Etruscan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hippocampi appear with the first Oriental phase of <a href="/wiki/Etruscan_civilization" title="Etruscan civilization">Etruscan civilization</a>: they remain a theme in Etruscan tomb wall-paintings and reliefs,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they are sometimes provided with wings, as they are in the Trevi Fountain. <a href="/wiki/Katharine_Shepard" title="Katharine Shepard">Katharine Shepard</a> found in the theme an Etruscan belief in a sea-voyage to the other world.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pictish">Pictish</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Pictish"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The sea-horse also appears in <a href="/wiki/Pictish_Stones" class="mw-redirect" title="Pictish Stones">Pictish stone carvings</a> in Scotland. The symbolism of the carving (also known as "<a href="/wiki/Pictish_Beast" title="Pictish Beast">Pictish Beast</a>" or "<a href="/wiki/Kelpie" title="Kelpie">Kelpie</a>") is unknown. Although similar but not identical to Roman sea-horse images, it is unclear whether this depiction originates from images brought over by the Romans, or had a place in earlier <a href="/wiki/Pict" class="mw-redirect" title="Pict">Pictish</a> mythology.<sup id="cite_ref-Hilgarth_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hilgarth-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medieval,_Renaissance,_and_modern"><span id="Medieval.2C_Renaissance.2C_and_modern"></span>Medieval, Renaissance, and modern</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Medieval, Renaissance, and modern"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig364.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig364.png/250px-Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig364.png" decoding="async" width="170" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig364.png/255px-Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig364.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Complete_Guide_to_Heraldry_Fig364.png 2x" data-file-width="310" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>The "sea-horse" in medieval heraldry was a legendary creature that was part horse and part fish, not to be confused with the later heraldic <i>hippocampus</i>, which was a natural <a href="/wiki/Seahorse" title="Seahorse">seahorse</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The mythic hippocampus has been used as a <a href="/wiki/Charge_(heraldry)" title="Charge (heraldry)">heraldic charge</a>, particularly since the Renaissance, most often in the <a href="/wiki/Armorial_bearings" class="mw-redirect" title="Armorial bearings">armorial bearings</a> of people and places with maritime associations. However, in a <a href="/wiki/Blazon" title="Blazon">blazon</a>, the terms <i>hippocamp</i> and <i>hippocampus</i> now refer to the real animal called a <a href="/wiki/Seahorse" title="Seahorse">seahorse</a>, and the terms <i>seahorse</i> and <i>sea-horse</i> refer to the mythological creature. The above-mentioned fish hybrids are seen less frequently. In appearance, the heraldic sea-horse is depicted as having the head and neck of a horse, the tail of a fish and webbed paws replacing its front hooves. Its mane may be that of a horse or it may be replaced with an additional fin. Sea-horses may be depicted with wings, and winged sea-horses with a horn were part of the armorial bearings granted to Sir <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> in 2018 by the <a href="/wiki/Lord_Lyon_King_of_Arms" title="Lord Lyon King of Arms">Lord Lyon King of Arms</a>, the head of Scotland's heraldic authority. <sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg/220px-Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg/330px-Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg/440px-Piazza_di_trevi_-_fontana_di_trevi_hippocampus_crop.jpg 2x" data-file-width="573" data-file-height="379" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Triton_(mythology)" title="Triton (mythology)">Triton</a> and a winged hippocampus in the <a href="/wiki/Trevi_Fountain" title="Trevi Fountain">Trevi Fountain</a>, Rome</figcaption></figure> <p>The sea-horse is also a common image in Renaissance and Baroque art, for example, in the <a href="/wiki/Trevi_Fountain" title="Trevi Fountain">Trevi Fountain</a>, dating to 1732. </p><p>A winged hippocampus has been used as a symbol for <a href="/wiki/Air_France" title="Air France">Air France</a> since its establishment in 1933 (inherited from its predecessor <a href="/wiki/Air_Orient" title="Air Orient">Air Orient</a>); it appears today on the engine <a href="/wiki/Nacelle" title="Nacelle">nacelles</a> of Air France sea craft </p><p>Bronze hippocampi appear in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leinster" title="Leinster">Leinster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> on lampposts next to a statue of <a href="/wiki/Henry_Grattan" title="Henry Grattan">Henry Grattan</a> and on <a href="/wiki/Grattan_Bridge" title="Grattan Bridge">Grattan Bridge</a>. </p><p>The English football club <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_United_F.C." title="Newcastle United F.C.">Newcastle United</a> has two hippocampi depicted on its crest. They appear to the left and right of the shield in the middle. The Civic Centre in <a href="/wiki/Newcastle-upon-Tyne" class="mw-redirect" title="Newcastle-upon-Tyne">Newcastle-upon-Tyne</a> is also adorned with hippocampi at the top of its central tower. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Capricornus_and_related_mythical_animals">Capricornus and related mythical animals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Capricornus and related mythical animals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Quinotaur" title="Quinotaur">Quinotaur</a></div> <p>Closely related to the hippocampus is the "sea goat", represented by <a href="/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" title="Capricorn (astrology)">Capricorn</a>, a mythical creature with the front half of a <a href="/wiki/Goat" title="Goat">goat</a> and the rear half of a fish. Canonical figures, most of which were not themselves <a href="/wiki/Cult_image" title="Cult image">cult images</a>, and coins of the <a href="/wiki/Caria" title="Caria">Carian</a> goddess associated with <a href="/wiki/Aphrodite" title="Aphrodite">Aphrodite</a> as the <i><a href="/wiki/Aphrodisias" title="Aphrodisias">Aphrodite of Aphrodisias</a></i> through <i><a href="/wiki/Interpretatio_graeca" title="Interpretatio graeca">interpretatio graeca</a></i>, show the goddess riding on a sea-goat.<sup id="cite_ref-Imhoof-Blümer_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Imhoof-Blümer-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brody describes her thus:<sup id="cite_ref-brody_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brody-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712" /><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>... a semi-nude female figure appears riding on a sea-goat, accompanied by a dolphin and a Triton. This is the goddess Aphrodite herself, shown here not in her distinctive local guise but in a more traditionally Hellenistic style. She is the marine aspect of Aphrodite, known to the Greeks as <i>Aphrodite Pelagia</i> .... She rides on a fantastic marine creature with the body and tail of a fish and the forepart of a goat. This sea-goat moves to the right and turns his head back to look at the goddess. This group also appears on Aphrodisian coins from the 3rd century A.D.</p></blockquote> <p>Aside from <i>aigikampoi</i>, the fish-tailed goats representing Capricorn,<sup id="cite_ref-Imhoof-Blümer_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Imhoof-Blümer-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> other fish-tailed animals rarely appeared in Greek art, but are more characteristic of the Etruscans. These include <i>leokampoi</i> (fish-tailed <a href="/wiki/Lion" title="Lion">lions</a>), <i>taurokampoi</i> (fish-tailed <a href="/wiki/Bull" title="Bull">bulls</a>) or <i>pardalokampoi</i> (fish-tailed <a href="/wiki/Leopard" title="Leopard">leopards</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The combination of a horse and a fish was also evoked in the concept of an <a href="/wiki/Ichthyocentaur" title="Ichthyocentaur">Ichthyocentaur</a>, which replaced the head and neck of the horse portion with the upper body of a man, akin instead to the more widespread <a href="/wiki/Hippocentaur" class="mw-redirect" title="Hippocentaur">hippocentaur</a>. Icthyocentaurs appeared in ancient visual art from the 2nd century onward, though the name was not coined until the Middle Ages.<sup id="cite_ref-brills-new-pauly-triton_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-brills-new-pauly-triton-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Astronomy">Astronomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Astronomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Hippocamp_(moon)" title="Hippocamp (moon)">Hippocamp (moon)</a></div> <p>A small moon of <a href="/wiki/Neptune" title="Neptune">Neptune</a>, discovered in July 2013, was named for the mythological creature in February 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_horses_in_mythology_and_folklore" title="List of horses in mythology and folklore">List of horses in mythology and folklore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_hybrid_creatures_in_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="List of hybrid creatures in mythology">List of hybrid creatures in mythology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capricorn_(astrology)" title="Capricorn (astrology)">Capricorn (astrology)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_goat" title="Sea goat">Sea goat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catoblepas" title="Catoblepas">Catoblepas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kelpie" title="Kelpie">Kelpie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Water_horse" title="Water horse">Water horse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sea_horse" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea horse">Sea horse</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hippocampus_(mythology)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-dictionary.com-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dictionary.com_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hippocampus">Word origin of <i>Hippocampus</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Reference.com" title="Reference.com">reference.com</a>; compare the monster <a href="/wiki/Campe" title="Campe">Campe</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The hyphen distinguishes from the <a href="/wiki/Seahorse" title="Seahorse">seahorse</a>, a real <a href="/wiki/Fish" title="Fish">fish</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-IAA-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-IAA_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-IAA_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Israel Antiquities Authority, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.antiquities.org.il/hoards_eng.asp">Yizre'el Valley silver hoard</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201201141656/http://www.antiquities.org.il/hoards_eng.asp">Archived</a> 2020-12-01 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> (retrieved Jan 10 2013)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/stater-of-byblos-with-galley-3024">Stater of Byblos with galley | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.coinarchives.com/a/results.php?results=100&search=Byblos">Byblos at NumisBids</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sharon Waxman, <i>Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World,</i> Chapter 6; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081210070246/http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/Loot-Chasing-the-Lydian-Hoard.html">excerpt in <i>Smithsonian</i></a>, Nov. 14, 2008 (retrieved Jan 10 2013).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Homer, <i><a href="/wiki/Iliad" title="Iliad">Iliad</a></i> xiii. 24, 29;</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Apollonius_of_Rhodes" title="Apollonius of Rhodes">Apollonius of Rhodes</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Argonautica" title="Argonautica">Argonautica</a></i> (iv.1353ff)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Valerius Flaccus, <i>Argonautica</i> 2.507.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This made credible the mythic undersea passage of the fountain nymph <a href="/wiki/Arethusa_(mythology)" title="Arethusa (mythology)">Arethusa</a> from Greece to <a href="/wiki/Sicily" title="Sicily">Sicily</a>. The summary given of the ancients' view of the hydrological cycle is outlined by the Roman Epicurean <a href="/wiki/Lucretius" title="Lucretius">Lucretius</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/On_the_Nature_of_Things" class="mw-redirect" title="On the Nature of Things">De rerum natura</a></i> (vi.631-38).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>: "The sea was raised by an earthquake and it submerged <a href="/wiki/Helike" title="Helike">Helike</a> and also the temple of Poseidon Helikonios..." (<i>Geography</i> 8.7.2).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">According to <a href="/wiki/Eratosthenes" title="Eratosthenes">Eratosthenes</a>, noted by Strabo (<i>loc. cit.</i>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Etruscan sea creatures, including a range of hippocampi, are set in cultural context and ordered by typology in Monika Boosen, <i>Etruskische Meeresmischwesen: Untersuchungen zur Typologie u. Bedeutung</i> (<i>Archaeologica</i> 59) (Rome:Bretschneider) 1986.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Katharine Shepard, <i>The Fish-Tailed Monster in Greek and Etruscan Art</i>, 1940, pp 25ff; the thesis was, exceptionally, reviewed (by G.W. Elderkin) in <i>American Journal of Archaeology</i> <b>45</b>.2 (April 1941), pp. 307-308: available on-line through JSTOR.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Hilgarth-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Hilgarth_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Nigella Hillgarth, Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130217101638/http://scrippsblogs.ucsd.edu/onboard/2010/01/08/seahorses-in-myth-legend-art/Seahorses">in Myth, Legend & Art</a>, January 8, 2010 (retrieved January 10, 2013)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-16">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://courtofthelordlyon.scot/Beasts5Seabeasts.pdf">"Gruesome Beast 5: The Sea-Beasts"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Jack, London, 1909, 202, <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxduoft">https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxduoft</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Imhoof-Blümer-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Imhoof-Blümer_18-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Imhoof-Blümer_18-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Imhoof-Blümer, <i>Kleinasiatische Müntzen</i> plate IV, no 14, noted in Elderkin 1941:307</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-brody-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-brody_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Lisa R. Brody, under the direction of Christopher Ratté, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030923074738/http://www.geocities.com/lisa_brody/diss.htm">"The Iconography and Cult of the Aphrodite of Aphrodisias"</a> (dead link- archive version <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030923074738/http://www.geocities.com/lisa_brody/diss.htm">here</a>), New York University, Institute of Fine Arts, 1999. (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Iconography_and_Cult_of_the_Aphrodit.html?id=FIyNHAAACAAJ">google books link</a>)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Hippokampoi.html"><i>Ippokampoi</i></a> at Theoi Project (retrieved Jan. 11, 2013); see also Booson 1986.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-brills-new-pauly-triton-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-brills-new-pauly-triton_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1">"Triton". <i>Brill's New Pauly: Encyclopaedia of the Ancient World. Antiquity</i>. Vol. 14. 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title="Tyger (heraldry)">Tyger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unicorn" title="Unicorn">Unicorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winged_lion" title="Winged lion">Winged lion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_man" title="Wild man">Woodwose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wyvern" title="Wyvern">Wyvern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yale_(mythical_creature)" title="Yale (mythical creature)">Yale</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Plants</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fleur-de-lis" title="Fleur-de-lis">Fleur-de-lis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurel_wreath#As_used_in_heraldry" title="Laurel wreath">Laurel wreath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak#Regional_and_state" title="Oak">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quatrefoil" title="Quatrefoil">Quatrefoil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldry)" title="Rose (heraldry)">Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shamrock#Symbol_of_Ireland" title="Shamrock">Shamrock</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Trefoil" title="Trefoil">Trefoil</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thistle#Heraldry" title="Thistle">Thistle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turnip#Heraldry" title="Turnip">Turnip</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seeblatt" title="Seeblatt">Waterlily/Seeblatt</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Heraldic_knot" title="Heraldic knot">Knots</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bourchier_knot" title="Bourchier knot">Bourchier</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Cavendish/Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dacre_knot" title="Dacre knot">Dacre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harrington_knot" title="Harrington knot">Harrington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hastings/Hungerford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heneage_knot" title="Heneage knot">Heneage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hinckaert_knot" title="Hinckaert knot">Hinckaert</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hungerford_knot" title="Hungerford knot">Hungerford knot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacy_knot" title="Lacy knot">Lacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Ormonde/Wake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savoy_knot" title="Savoy knot">Savoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stafford_knot" title="Stafford knot">Stafford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowen_knot" title="Bowen knot">Tristram/Bowen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wake_knot" title="Wake knot">Wake</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Tinctures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rule_of_tincture" title="Rule of tincture">Rule of tincture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricking" title="Tricking">Tricking</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatching_(heraldry)" title="Hatching (heraldry)">Hatching</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Metals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background: white; color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Argent" title="Argent">Argent</a> (white)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:background-color: white; background-image: radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0), radial-gradient(black 20%, transparent 0); background-size: 10px 10px; background-position: 0px 0px, 5px 5px;); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">Or</a> (gold)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Colours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:red; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Gules" title="Gules">Gules</a> (red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:black; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">Sable</a> (black)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:blue; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, white 0, white 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Azure_(heraldry)" title="Azure (heraldry)">Azure</a> (blue)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:green; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Vert_(heraldry)" title="Vert (heraldry)">Vert</a> (green)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(-45deg, black 0, black 1px, white 1px, white 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Purpure" title="Purpure">Purpure</a> (purple)<sup><small>1</small></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Tincture_(heraldry)#Furs" title="Tincture (heraldry)">Furs</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/7px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png" decoding="async" width="7" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/11px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg/14px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Hermine.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="110" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermine</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Ermines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminois</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Erminites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ermine_(heraldry)#Variations" title="Ermine (heraldry)">Pean</a></li></ul></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/15px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/23px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg/30px-Fourrure_h%C3%A9raldique_Vair.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="188" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Vair" title="Vair">Vair</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vair#Potent" title="Vair">Potent</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Stains</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#8b004b; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(135deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Murrey" title="Murrey">Murrey</a> (mulberry)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:FireBrick; color:white;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sanguine_(heraldry)" title="Sanguine (heraldry)">Sanguine</a> (blood red)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#c67000; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(45deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px), repeating-linear-gradient(90deg, transparent 0, transparent 4px, black 4px, black 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Tenn%C3%A9" title="Tenné">Tenné</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rare metals<sup><small>1</small></sup></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CDA8A5; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Copper_(heraldry)" title="Copper (heraldry)">Copper</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E0AB76; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buff_(color)#U.S._Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Buff (color)">Buff</a> (metal in the United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Rare colours<sup><small>1</small></sup></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:skyblue; color:black;"> </span><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:white; background-image: repeating-linear-gradient(35deg, transparent 0, transparent 5px, white 5px, white 6px, transparent 5px, transparent 7px, white 7px, white 8px), repeating-linear-gradient(0deg, black 0, black 1px, transparent 1px, transparent 5px); color:;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bleu_celeste" title="Bleu celeste">Bleu celeste</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:sienna; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Brun%C3%A2tre" class="mw-redirect" title="Brunâtre">Brunâtre</a> (brown)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#E0AB76; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Buff_(color)#In_Canadian_heraldry" class="mw-redirect" title="Buff (color)">Buff</a> (color in Canada)</li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:grey; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Cendr%C3%A9e" title="Cendrée">Cendrée</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CC7722; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ochre#In_heraldry" title="Ochre">Ochre</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Orange; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Orange_(heraldry)" title="Orange (heraldry)">Orange</a></li> <li><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:HotPink; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Rose_(heraldic_tincture)" title="Rose (heraldic tincture)">Rose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span style="font-weight: 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