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A fierce dragon figurehead was thought to protect sailors from evil #317175370
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A figurehead is a large carved object usually displayed on the bow of a ship and is used to depict ownership or type of ship (e.g., country or military) and was thought to curry favor with the ocean gods and ward off evil. In the Middle Ages, roughly 80% of the European population was illiterate, so a simple figure made it easy to determine a ship's origin and purpose.