The Quinotaur is a strange mythical beast of the sea, which is described as a hybrid half bull and half fish. Its bull half has two front legs with hooves and the head of a bull with five horns. Three of the horns on its head forms a large trident shape. These horns could impale their enemies with such ferocity. It's lower body is strong and fishlike with scales and fins. Able to survive underwater for long periods, it can swam at great speed.
Believed to belong to the sea god Neptune, the Quinotaur is mentioned as the monstrous ancestor of the Merovingian kings. This happened when the Quinotaur raped a woman while she was swimming in the sea. She got pregnant and then had a son named Meroveus who became a Frankish chieftain. This is mentioned in the 7th century Chronicle of Fredegar.
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Chronicle of Fredegar Wikipedia page HERE.
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