A good read.
It's hard to deny the giant nymph, split tail (and snarly look on the "Cetus" nymph), and resemblance to hare's ears, or to explain these features in other ways that are consistent with a common thread.
If this pans out, and I think it might, it's brilliant deduction.
I wonder... this is just a thought, since your proposed Cetus appears in conflict with the other nymph, could this be someone like Perseus who defeated Cetus by holding up Medusa's severed head and frightened the monster to death or turned it to stone? Could there be a myth combined with a Cetus constellation to cinch down the identification? Cetus is in the Perseus Group (along with Andromeda and Perseus) and the pulling of hair (or snake-like tendrils) in the image might be a reference to holding the severed Medusa head.
It's hard to deny the giant nymph, split tail (and snarly look on the "Cetus" nymph), and resemblance to hare's ears, or to explain these features in other ways that are consistent with a common thread.
If this pans out, and I think it might, it's brilliant deduction.
I wonder... this is just a thought, since your proposed Cetus appears in conflict with the other nymph, could this be someone like Perseus who defeated Cetus by holding up Medusa's severed head and frightened the monster to death or turned it to stone? Could there be a myth combined with a Cetus constellation to cinch down the identification? Cetus is in the Perseus Group (along with Andromeda and Perseus) and the pulling of hair (or snake-like tendrils) in the image might be a reference to holding the severed Medusa head.