Welcome to What The Heck's Creature Feature! These episodes release on Saturdays and look at folklore and cryptids from around the world! The same academic style is applied to these episodes, but they look at history and eyewitness reports before describing the creature of the week! A lot of the time, theories are a bit more scarce than the main episodes, but the content is still just as interesting.

This week we're looking at Hippocamp. Creatures from Greek Mythology, they were said to pull the chariot of Poseidon. They appeared in Argonautica as a symbol of adventure and received a makeover during the Renaissance. They even had special powers just in case they got into trouble. What is a Hippocamp? Did they hurt people? What's the plural? Listen in to find out!

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References:-

Athena, Alilia. “Hippocampus Mythology – Paleothea.” Paleothea – Greek Mythology, 21 Apr. 2024, https://paleothea.com/mythical-creatures/hippocampus-mythology/. 

Garstang, John. “Hybrid Creatures in Late Period Egypt: The Hippocampus | Garstang Museum of Archaeology.” Garstang Museum of Archaeology, 11 Apr. 2024, https://garstangmuseum.wordpress.com/2024/04/11/hybrid-creatures-in-late-period-egypt-the-hippocampus/. 

“HIPPOCAMPS (Hippokampoi) - Fish-Tailed Horses of Greek Mythology.” THEOI GREEK MYTHOLOGY - Exploring Mythology in Classical Literature & Art, https://www.theoi.com/Ther/Hippokampoi.html. Accessed 13 May 2025. 

You can email Glen at whattheheckpod3@gmail.com with any of your spooky stories, unexplained events, mysteries that you want him to look at, or anything you'd like him to correct or address.

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