They came to be used as heraldic insignia on bearings, especially as maritime symbols by dint of their connection with the sea. Hippocampi were known to be benevolent spiritual creatures who helped sailors from drowning, salvaged men from sea monsters as well as helped people overcome problems faced in the sea. Scandinavia folklore also boasts of a sea-horse creature like Hippocampi, however, with a negative connotation. Likewise, a similar-looking creature can also be found in Pictish stone carvings in Scotland. They are located near the hippocampus, which is crucial for memory formation. They have also been spotted in Etruscan civilization as reliefs and wall paintings. The cells also fired when the patients thought about the celebrities. Hippocampus appear as decorative motifs in mosaic displays, bronze-ware, silver-ware, statues, paintings and baths. Also, they are portrayed as extremely loyal, graceful, and agile creatures. They never fed on humans but on plants found at the bottom of the ocean. It was believed that the sea suds that formed when the waves crash was actually caused by their bounding movement beneath the sea.īy disposition, Hippocampus made for a secretive creature who lived deep in Poseidon’s raging seas but never a vicious one. They were also believed to be used as a means of conveyance for Nereids, the water nymphs. What is interesting to know is that Hippocampus was originally conceived as a horse and that its semi-fish and semi-equine depiction was a result of later artists and poets. In all hippocampal fields, the surface is formed by the alveus, a thin sheet of outgoing and incoming fibers. The hippocampus is divided into CA3, CA2, and CA1 regions. Poseidon had his favorites too, he was enamored of a stallion named Scylla and a mare called Sthenos. The dentate gyrus (DG) has three layers: the molecular layer (m) the granule cell layer (g) and the polymorphic cell layer (pi). This association seems cogent, since Poseidon was believed to be the god of the sea, earthquakes and horses. These fabled creatures first appeared in Homeric poems, where they are described as ‘brazen-hoofed’ and ‘swiftly-flying’ horses who would draw Poseidon’s chariot through the waves. Hippocampus was the ride of two most important deities of the Greek and Roman mythology – Poseidon and Neptune. In some of its depictions, it has also been featured with wings of a bird, the most popular being the Trevi Fountain in Rome. Despite its part equine appearance, it has often being depicted with flippers (webbed feet) than hooves. Often referred to as ‘sea horse’, these mythical creatures have a compound appearance – they derive some part of their appearance – the head and forelegs from horse, whereas it borrows its tail and hindquarter from either a serpent, fish (mostly dolphin) or a dragon.
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