MAKE A MEME View Large Image Curious creatures in zoology (15565912981).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 209 <br> preserved delineations in the temple of Belus at <br> Babylon <br> But undoubtedly the earliest representation of the <br> real Merman half-man half-fish comes to us ...
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Keywords: Curious creatures in zoology (15565912981).jpg CURIOUS CREATURES 209 <br> preserved delineations in the temple of Belus at <br> Babylon <br> But undoubtedly the earliest representation of the <br> real Merman half-man half-fish comes to us from the <br> uncovered palace of Khorsabad On a portion of its <br> sculptured walls is a representation of Sargon the father <br> of Sennacherib sailing on his expedition to Cyprus <br> B C 720 on which occasion he had wooden images of <br> the gods made and thrown overboard in order to ac- <br> company him on his voyage Among these is Hea or <br> Cannes which I venture to assert is the first representa- <br> tion of a Merman <br> In Hindoo Mythology one of the incarnations or <br> avatars of Vishnu represents him as issuing from the <br> mouth of a fish The God Dagon Dag in Hebrew <br> signifying fish was probably Cannes or Hea and Ater- <br> gatis was depicted as a Mermaid half-woman half-fish 23574964 76213 32031 Page 209 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574964 1890 10 5962/bhl title 32031 Ashton John NameFound Ater NameConfirmed Ater NameBankID 5088001 NameFound Belus NameConfirmed Belus EOLID 49462 NameBankID 4089440 NameFound Dagon NameConfirmed Dagon EOLID 19042 NameBankID 3001483 Biodiversity Heritage Library Curious creatures in zoology; with 130 illus throughout the text Mermaids Monsters Are Real Animals University of California Libraries archive org bhl page 23574964 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/23574964 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween mermaid university of california libraries archive org bhlmonstersrreal Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-19 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15565912981 2015-08-25 20 50 25 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Curious creatures in zoology Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script
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