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Ferocious but cute sea monster

Bryn talks about a ferocious but cute sea monster in Soldani Benzi’s Andromeda and the Sea Monster, 1710-16. From a tour at the Getty Center: The Supernatural in Art. Created by Getty Museum.

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Tejas
Posted 10 years ago. Direct link to Tejas's post “At 0:12, Bryn says Androm...”
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, Bryn says Andromeda's mom angered the sea god, Poseidon. Who is Andromeda's mom?
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John Lee
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Why are they called either monsters or demons?
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- Adele Varley
  Posted 9 years ago. Direct link to Adele Varley's post “Because they are beings t...”
  Because they are beings that humans are not used to seeing all of the time. Monsters and Demons are supposedly bad creatures, and there are legends about them. I hope this clears things up.
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Jason
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Did they just use a Godzilla sound effect ?
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- moffatp
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  they used the godzilla sound cause that's how monsters sound.
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Aiden Shepherd
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What exactly is so cute about the sea monster?
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- Noodlebasher
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  I thought it looked curious, kind of like a baby monster.
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javell.desalle
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how can you be ferocious and cute ?
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- Athene
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  Think baby tigers...lions...cheetahs...all those big cats that are born with eyes the size of tennis balls.
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Video transcript

- [Voiceover] I like this sculpture because it's got a lot going on. - [Voiceover] Yeah, I can't believe some artist thought to enshrine my most embarrassing moment. - [Voiceover] My name is Brynn. Andromeda's mom insulted the sea god, and she sent a sea monster to terrorize the coasts. (ominous music) Andromeda's parents, they chained her to a rock thinking that the sea monster would eat her and then leave them alone, but Perseus saw Andromeda and he showed the monster Medusa's head. Medusa was so ugly that the monster turned to stone. - [Voiceover] That's it, rub it in, add insult to injury. - [Voiceover] She's kinda edging back from the monster, but her arm's stretched out towards it in a way that kinda looks like she's trying to make it go away. I'm not sure if that would be very easy though. Sometimes smaller things actually seem a little more ferocious. - [Voiceover] You bet I'm ferocious. Check this out. (ominous music) - [Voiceover] It looks kinda like a dragon, but with wings and two tails, but he's really little and does not look very scary. I think he actually looks kinda cute and more like a pet than a sea monster. - [Voiceover] Say what?

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