“I think their predominant color was a greyish-green, thought they had white bellies. They were mostly shiny and slippery, but the ridges of their backs were scaly. Their forms vaguely suggested the anthropoid, while their heads were the heads of fish, with prodigious bulging eyes that never closed. At the sides of their necks were palpitating gills and their long paws were webbed. They hopped irregularly, sometimes on hind legs and sometimes on four… their croaking, baying voices… held all the dark shades of expression which their staring faces lacked."
- H.P.Lovecraft, “The Shadow over Innsmouth”.
"Creo que el color que predominaba en ellos era el gris verdoso, aunque sus panzas eran blancas. La mayor parte de su cuerpo tenía un aspecto brillante y resbaladizo, pero sus espinazos eran escamosos. Su figura era vagamente antropoide, mientras que sus cabezas eran como las de los peces, con unos ojos sorprendentemente saltones que jamás parpadeaban. En los lados de su cuello había unas branquias palpitantes, y sus largas manos estaban palmeadas. Caminaban a saltos de forma irregular, a veces con sus patas posteriores, y a veces a cuatro patas… su croar, su aullante voz… tenía todos los siniestros tonos expresivos de los que carecían sus rostros”.
“La Sombra sobre Innsmouth”, por H.P.Lovecraft. |
