<Sea Monsters Are Real

We are finding that some nasty stuff is down at the bottom of the seas. The piranha mouthed, large jawed fish are the rule rather than the exception. That they look decidedly more evil as they traverse the lightless realms is really not too surprising. Many creatures of darkness often have parasitic qualities, from bats to mosquitos.

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This link takes one to a cool deep sea monster page.

As for the minotaur/Centaur bit...almost all myths are based in quasi-truths or perceptions. It doesn't take that far of a leap to assume that at some time in human history, when sadly bestiality was far more rampant than the rare lonely farmer of today, some one in a billion freak of nature occurred allowing some strange things to be born - even if they died moments afterward creating some legend in some village in the middle of nowhere.

Not a pleasant thought - I know. But not entirely unfeasible.

Most legends, even the fantastic Bible stories, have some basis in historic events and perceptions.

The question to ask yourself is why were only certain animals more commonly created in these myths? Why not a man with the head of a chicken or an ant? Why not a fish-headed man? Why only the large farm animals? I tend to think that their is some basis in village legend somewhere down the line. The legend of Jupiter turning into a white bull and going after Europa....you think this wasn't an obvious cover for some poor Greek farm girls bestialism?

Again, when folks justified bestialism by saying "Gods" transformed themselves into animals...you know that it was far more rampant than we care to imagine.

I may be wrong, but time has a way of revealing legends' origins in actual events.

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