Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter/Magic/Hippocampus

Hippocampus
Muggles' Guide to Harry Potter - Magic
Type	Magical Creature
Features	Head, forequarters horse, hindqaurters, tail giant fish
First Appearance	Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Overview

Hippocampi are the equine equivalent of Muggle "mermaids": forequarters and head of a horse, and tail of a fish.

Extended Description

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The Hippocampus is largely a Mediterranean beast, though a single example was caught off the coast of Scotland by Mermen in 1949.

Analysis

While the Hippocampus does not appear in the main story, it does appear in the stated form in Muggle mythology. The name has also been used to identify a part of the structure of the brain which is apparently somehow involved with the creation and storage of memories.

Questions

Study questions are meant to be left for each student to answer; please don't answer them here.

Greater Picture

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