Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality

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Main Author: Brito, Cristina
Publication Date: 2019
Language: eng
Source: Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)
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spelling Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or RealityInterconnected stories of mythological creatures and marine mammalsEnvironmental HumanitiesSea MonstersPerceptionsEarly Modern AgeMermaidsCetaceansBiologyOceans historySDG 14 - Life Below WaterUID/HIS/04666/2019 Copyright Year 2020Among other monstrosities and myths from the sea and aquatic bodies, the double-tailed mermaid has been profusely described and depicted in early modern literature, bestiaries and natural history treaties as in the iconography and cartography. Usually shown as a female form with one head and upper body and holding its two fish-like tails, it did represent the epitome of beautiful nature creations but also its strangeness and hybridity. With virtues and sins, love and danger within the same body, it could be the reflection of the moral and human acts’(dis)conformities. Besides the symbolic meaning of the mirror, or the twinning, could these mythical beings also be the result of non-understood observations of rare events in the sea? In this paper, more than providing answers, I am proposing some questions regarding early nature apprehension and natural knowledge production by relating the physicality of double-tailed mermaids with the real, yet highly obscure, occurrences of conjoined twins in sea animals. Conjoined or Siamese twins have, in fact, rarely been described in wild (marine) mammals but a couple of cases in cetaceans just came to light in recent years. Even though descriptions of monsters sometimes reveal more about people’s minds and perceptions than they do about the animals, the physical similarities between these two types of marine monsters, and the possibility of real observations resulting in imaginary animals will be discussed.CRC PressDepartamento de História (DH)CHAM - Centro de HumanidadesRUNBrito, Cristina2022-04-07T00:31:14Z2019-102019-10-01T00:00:00Zconference objectinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion6application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/95084eng978-0-367-27719-2PURE: 17777275https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429297755info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP)instname:FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiainstacron:RCAAP2024-05-22T17:44:26Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/95084Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireinfo@rcaap.ptopendoar:https://opendoar.ac.uk/repository/71602025-05-28T17:15:55.841942Repositórios Científicos de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (RCAAP) - FCCN, serviços digitais da FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologiafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
Interconnected stories of mythological creatures and marine mammals
title Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
spellingShingle Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
Brito, Cristina
Environmental Humanities
Sea Monsters
Perceptions
Early Modern Age
Mermaids
Cetaceans
Biology
Oceans history
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
title_short Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
title_full Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
title_fullStr Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
title_full_unstemmed Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
title_sort Fantasy, Cryptozoology and/or Reality
author Brito, Cristina
author_facet Brito, Cristina
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de História (DH)
CHAM - Centro de Humanidades
RUN
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Brito, Cristina
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Environmental Humanities
Sea Monsters
Perceptions
Early Modern Age
Mermaids
Cetaceans
Biology
Oceans history
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
topic Environmental Humanities
Sea Monsters
Perceptions
Early Modern Age
Mermaids
Cetaceans
Biology
Oceans history
SDG 14 - Life Below Water
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