In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Asia, and Africa.There are also some similar creatures like Mermaid.Such as siren.Siren is actually a half human and half animal creature..Now back to our topic,There are few kinds of mermaids.
Arctic Mermaid
Artic Mermaid lives in the poles.They are adapted to the extreme weather and has light coloured hair, skin and tails.Their Irises are larger as well.They are just as strong as Deep Sea Mermaids with claws fangs and other adaptions so they can hold their own against predators.Their tails are gray ,white or mostly white.They typically have counter shading.(There's a belief of their tails are lighter than the other mermaids' tail.)This is a fiction mermaid.
Now let's talk about the origin of Mermaids..
- There are 4 things....Deities,Mythical creatures ,Human Transformation and commercialized modern day .Deities are Some of the earliest mermaids were goddesses who represented fertility, beauty, sex, but also a very destructive force of nature that can be found at sea. Most famous examples are Assyrian goddess Astarte, Greek Aphrodite, and African Mami Wata. Mythical creatures are humans whom slowly learned how to survive in the sea, mermaids become part of the folklore and legends. They were no more gods, but spirits of the sea that brought both good and bad things to the sailors who encountered them.Next,Human transformation myths speak of the mermaids that could transform into human state. Irish folklore mainly protects this lore to this day, and famous Persian book "Arabian Nights" speak on multiple occasions of the human race of sea dwellers (without fishtails) that can live both in water and on dry.Lastly,Commercialized modern day. This is a Current pop-cultured view of mermaids was formed in Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale "The Little Mermaid", and its modern day adaptation in Disney's animated movie with the same name.
- Mermaids are Lovely, wise and very shy creatures of the sea that in stories often fall in love with sailors and bear them children.Sirens is a Dangerous spirits of the sea that can conjure storm and fog, foretell death, read minds and wreak havoc of every level. For a long time, they were one of the sources of blame for many shipwrecks and deaths on long sea journeys. Ship Savers known as Sirens that are bound to help guide ships trough rough waters filled with dangerous rocks. Some scientist and historians claim that they represented nothing.Then,Spell Singers is kinds pf Mermaids and Sirens who can lure the sailors to the sea, and the wandering isolated males to the shores where they are awaiting them. Sometimes with good intentions, sometimes not. The most interesting is the ShapeShifters .Several mermaid myths mention shape shifting sirens, which are able to transform into sea animals, fishes, snakes, and off course humans.
ALRIGHT!....So...what do you think about supernatural?Can you prove that there's no superstitious stuff on this world?or can you prove that there's superstitious stuff in this world????CAN YOU?!?!?!?A Belief which leaves no place
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