La historia del Peix Nicolau
El Peix Nicolau es una criatura mitad humano y mitad pez que recuerda mucho a los tritones. Se cuenta que Nicolau era un niño que amaba nadar, y se pasaba largo tiempo en el mar.
Su madre, al principio, no le daba importancia a los gustos acuáticos de su hijo. Sin embargo, al ver que pasaba el tiempo y Nicolau no cambiaba el agua por nada en el mundo, lanzó una frase de la que se arrepentiría para siempre: "Hijo, ojalá te conviertas en pez". Lo que parecía un dicho sin importancia, pronto se convirtió en una maldición, que hizo que el pequeño, de repente, perdiera sus piernas por una inmensa cola que recordaba a las sirenas.
Pesce Cola, the postman of the seas
«This Nicholas, born of humble parents in the City of Catania, by inclination gave himself a lot to swimming since he was a child. The exercise showed him, and at the same time increased, the native ability which he had for him; and his ability and inclination, accompanied by poverty, easily induced him to search the waters for a way to live. He found him fishing for oysters and coral. Continuing in this kind of farming, he became so accustomed to the water that something violent was already living on the land. Tamed with that ferocious Element, he equally reveled in its serenity, which despised its fury. With the same freedom he navigated both the restless and calm sea. Hardly any fish more daringly penetrated his deep breasts, or more quickly ran his spacious campaigns. Deity of the sea would believe the gentle superstition. What at first was just delight, became a necessity. The day that he did not enter the water, he felt such anguish, such fatigue in his chest, that he could not calm down.»
His expertise in the maritime environment was such that.
Like a Fish to Water
'I wish you could swim. Like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim. ' [LPDS/Wombo Art]