• weps@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    They drew stories of sailors as accurately as possible. whales, sea lions etc

    they also thought the sea had everything that land had so they invented some monsters like sea dogs

    they put the monsters where people saw the real animals, where the water was dangerous and where they didn’t want other people to go like their secret fishing spots

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      21 hours ago

      where they didn’t want other people to go like their secret fishing spots

      If I were a sea monster this is exactly the rumor I’d be spreading. “It’s just an awesome fishing spot! Not my home or anything.”