At an ancient Celtic site, this peculiar creature was discovered.
It is assumed to be a dolphin.
This is definitely a Celtic depiction of a dolphin,
with a man riding it.
Myrdhhin, or Merlin as we know him today,
was taught his magical skills "by the wise ones beneath the sea."
In the European Era, following the Roman Catholic church's insistence on Faith,
rather than knowledge, even such basic understandings
as the love of beautiful sounds by Whales and Dolphins was lost.
In this image, meant as a warning
the ship is making a "tintinabulation"
with a bell suspended from its foredeck,
and the sound is attracting the "dangerous monsters of the deep."
The very form of dolphins was forgotten,
with this weird, scaley, ugly creature reproduced widely, as a dolphin.
Here we see a European representation of the story of Arion, astride an ugly dolphin.
Again, even this potentially charming sculpture
is marred by the errors in the form and scales of the dolphin.
A typical town fountain, with its odd dolphins.
In painting, the weird bi-form beings of ancient legends,
such as Glaucus and his love for Scylla, is depicted with twisted realism.
A graphic design, including a barely recognizable dolphin.
