I don’t myself believe that there are celestial beings crowding the firmament, but I’ve always thought that if angels did exist they would look like sea lions in water: those sleek bodies, that broad-shouldered sweep of wings. (“Pinniped” does mean “feather-foot,” after all.)
What do your divine or supernatural beings look like? Do you envision stalk-eyed fly sprites or porcupine kobolds or cephalopod deities?
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(flips through dictionary to the letter k...)
Whoops--guess my misspent youth reading European fairy tales evinced itself there...
Interesting to wonder how many creatures out of myths, fairy tales, etc. were based on viewing sea creatures from afar. Without any sort of telescope to make their features clear.
Very good point! Certainly sailors have been known to mistake seals and manatees for mermaids (hence manatees' taxonomic order name of Sirenia), and I'm sure those sinuous whale backs became sea serpents. Ooohh... now I'm going to be thinking about this... Thanks, Patti!
The other day, as I was let out of negotiating prison for a brief stint, I watched dragonflies gather for their mysterious, as-yet-unrecorded migration. Not believing in angels but wanting to be taken out of myself, I saw them lit by the sun, looking exactly like fairies riding seahorses through the air.
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