"Sea Monster Recovered From Baltic" Topic

A sea monster that lay hidden beneath the waves for five centuries has finally been recovered from the Baltic Sea.

The "monster" — a ship figurehead that may show a scowling dog or perhaps a fantastical sea dragon with a helpless human clutched in its jaws — was fixed atop the Gribshunden, a vessel that last sailed in 1495.

"I think it's some kind of fantasy animal — a dragon with lion ears and crocodilelike mouth," Johan Ronnby, a professor of marine archaeology at Södertörn University in Sweden, who recovered the figurehead, told BBC News."And there seems to be something in his mouth. There seems to be a person in its mouth, and he's eating somebody.''…

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Wow, very cool. I look forward to seeing more of the ship recovered.

A cool find! : )

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"There seems to be a person in its mouth, and he's eating somebody."

According to the professor:
1) There is a person in the monster's mouth and

2) That person is eating someone.

I now know the name of my incomplete Man o' War Bretonnian Galleon, which has languished partially-painted on my painting table for the past four months -- the Gribshunden!

Very Cool!

Yep, way cool.

Interesting. Hope they recover a lot more.

The Danish name sounds a lot like "Gripping Beast" which are canine-ish creatures often displayed grappling in pairs, used to illustrate pages, documents, clothing trim, etc., during the Middle Ages.