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Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: BAKUNAWA a monster of the Philippines. This sinuous sea dragon was large. Its movements could cause natural events and disasters, like eclipses, earthquakes and monsoons. Ancient Filipino shaman often included references to this monster in their rituals. Historical records depict the monster with a single horn and…

Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: BENTHESICYME (Benthesikyme) One of the sea nymphs, a daughter of the god Poseidon. Her name means “deep wave” and she was the wife an Ethiopian king named Enalos “the man of the sea.” BRIAREUS Briareos) The god of violent sea-storms. He was one of the Hecatoncheires, three…

Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: Dione was the mother of Aphrodite/Venus. Doris n Greek mythology was the Oceanid-nymph wife of the sea-god Nereus. The mother of the fifty Nereids.  dove in Judeo-Christian myth the animal tha brings evidence of receding waters after the great flood.

A AFANC is a Welsh, Celtic monster. That lives in a lake near Betws-y-Coed. It looks like a combination of a beaver and a crocodile. When seen, it hunches on all four legs. ARCHITEUTHIS A genus of giant squid that includes as many as 8 different species. Greek translates to ‘chief squid’. Many of the…

Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: Castor and Pollux are Greek twins that were sailors among the Argonauts. They are traditionally noted as the Constellayiom Gemini. Ceos Cephallenia Charon is the ferryman on the River Styx that leads to the underworld. He must be provided a coin in order to pronide passage. Thus…

Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: Acestes. Acetes Adonis Aeneas Amphitrite Anchises Anteros Aphrodite Aphros Ashtart