Category: Skye Research
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MATH 017 Monsters H
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: H AFGUFA an Icelandic monster. Found in the black depths of the Greenland Sea, this island-sized sea monster would follow the lead of our previous turtle-friend and disguise itself as a string of rocks when it rose from the sea at low tide. It was described in…
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MATH 017 Monsters G
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: GIANT SNAKE OF THE DEEP GLOBSTER atr modern monsters Usually washed-up carcasses. bleached organic masses that appear on coastlines and are instantly unrecognisable. GOBLIN SHARK a modern monster, seen in Japanese waters, off the coast of Florida, and Australia. It is the only member of the Mitsukurinidae…
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MATH 017 Monsters F
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: FRILLED SHARK found in Australia, it is a modern monster. It is a living fossil. Rarely sighted. It has 300 teeth. It is 6 feet in length. Eel shaped body.
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MATH 017 Monsters E
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: ERYTHEIA one of the Hesperides who were evening nymphs in Greek Mythology They were guarded by the daughters of Nyx and Atlas or Erebus. They were named Aigle, Arethusa, Erytheia, Hespere and Hesperethusa. One of the labors of Hercules was to capture the golden apples.ERYTHEIA one of…
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MATH 017 Monsters C
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: CADBOROSAURUS is a modern monster that looks like a sea serpent in the folklore of the region of British Columbia. A scientific name has been given as Cadborosaurus willsi. A serpent with a horse’s head and long neck, and small front flippers, and a pair of hind…
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MATH 017 Monsters A
Originally posted on Maritime Anthropology by Skye Research: 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. AHUIZOTL A water dog monster depicted in glyphs near Lake Texcoco, Mexico. Aztec mythology. Lures…
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MATH 017 Monsters B
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…
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MATH 015 Myths and Legendary Characters B
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…
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MATH 015 Myths and Legendary Characters D
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.
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MATH 017 Monsters Characters
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…
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