[HPforGrownups] Re: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find them by Newt Salam...

[MadameSSnape at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 162299

 
In a message dated 12/3/2006 10:36:42 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
willsonkmom at msn.com writes:

>  3. Here are the creatures mentioned in "Fantastic beasts" (I tried
> not  to miss anybody, sorry if I did)...<snipping list of  beasts>
Hippocampus,Hip

Potioncat:
Hippocampus? Really?  That's a part of the brain. JKR is having fun 
with us. 


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Sherrie here:
 
It's also Hippocampus hippocampus, aka the short-snouted seahorse.   (The one 
we all know from aquariums.)  Hippocampus is the genus for all  seahorses.  
 
Hippocampus (campuses?  campii?) come from ancient Greek  mythology - among 
other things, they pulled Poseidon's chariot.
 
Sherrie
(possessed temporarily by her Inner Hermione)


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