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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
It appears to be simply based on a sheep, although it might borrow its electric aspect from the way wool builds up static charges. It may be based | It appears to be simply based on a sheep, although it might borrow its electric aspect from the way wool builds up static charges. It may also be based of of the golden fleece in Greek and Roman mythology. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== | ||
Mareep's name appears to be a combination of the word ''Mary'' — as in the girl who owned a little lamb in the nursery rhyme — and ''{{wp|sheep}}''; ''Mareep'' is also an anagram of the word ''{{wp|ampere}}'', a unit of electric current. | Mareep's name appears to be a combination of the word ''Mary'' — as in the girl who owned a little lamb in the nursery rhyme — and ''{{wp|sheep}}''; ''Mareep'' is also an anagram of the word ''{{wp|ampere}}'', a unit of electric current. | ||