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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

TRITON

TRITON
"And the conches of the tritons gave weird blasts, and the nereids made strange sounds by striking on the grotesque resonant shells of unknown lurkers in black sea-caves."
H.P. Lovecraft, The Strange High House In the Mist

"This Is the name of a merman and, later, a class of mermen in the classical mythology of Greece and Rome."

"The Tritons are the sons of Neptune/ Poseidon and Amphitrite and are described as having humanoid bodies covered in scales with tails like those of a dolphin. Their heads have matted green or yellow hair, with gills behind their pointed ears, and their wide mouths have huge, fang-like teeth."
Carol Rose, Giants Monsters and Dragons


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