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History Greeting Card featuring the photograph Aspidochelone, Legendary Sea Monster by Photo Researchers

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Aspidochelone, Legendary Sea Monster Greeting Card

Photo Researchers

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Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.

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According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature. It is a great whale, that has what... more

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According to the tradition of the Physiologus and medieval bestiaries, the aspidochelone is a fabled sea creature. "It is a great whale, that has what appear to be beaches on its hide, like those from the seashore. This creature raises its back above the waves of the sea, so that sailors believe that it is just an island, so that when they see it, it appears to them to be a sandy beach such as is common along the sea-shore. Believing it to be an island, they beach their ship alongside it, and disembarking, they plant stakes and tie up the ships. Then, in order to cook a meal after this work, they make fires on the sand as if on land. But when the monster feels the heat of these fires, it immediately submerges into the water, and pulls the ship into the depths of the sea." It has also been credited as a Trolual and appeared in Genser's great zoological work, Historiae animalium, 16th century, inspired by the Carta Marina of Olaus Magnus. A trolual was a sea monster found in ancient stor...

 

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