2006-11-01 06:58:27 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Yes, I hang out with Ariel ALL the time! So hot!
2006-11-01 07:00:16 · answer #1 · answered by pda_tech_guy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
only The Little Mermaid, a statue in Copenhagen honoring Hans Christian Andersen.
A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish. The male version of a mermaid is called a merman; the gender-neutral collective noun is merfolk. Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures. They were known to sing sailors to their deaths, like the Siren, or squeeze the life out of drowning men, while trying to rescue them.
The Sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaids; in fact in some languages the name sirena is used interchangeably for both creatures. Other related types of mythical or legendary creature are water fairies (e.g. various water nymphs) and selkies.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaid#Legend_and_myth
2006-11-01 14:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they do. I have spent most of my life going to sea.
I always warned my skippers that if they witnessed me diving over the side it would mean I saw a mermaid and am joining her, and for them to not even bother slowing down the ship, coming about or attempt any rescue.
I still hope that day will come!
2006-11-01 15:07:24 · answer #3 · answered by ggordo594 C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, the myth of mermaids started during the sailing days, when, after having been at sea for weeks, sailors would see manatees or dugongs, which have breasts like a woman, and to a sex starved sailor, appear to be half fish and half woman.
2006-11-01 15:12:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. They still do. We call thems sirenians, sirens, furry seels, dolphins and all that swims in the sea and have mammals that is milk producing glands or breast to suckle their offprings. They have female breast and a fish tail from the waist following the medieval description. Yes, they do exist. Amitiés. Salut.
2006-11-01 16:31:27 · answer #5 · answered by Nicolette 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know, but sails have thought about dolphins and such as mermaids. Also a new study shows that we have a lot of DNA and such that are shared with dolphins.
2006-11-01 17:27:22 · answer #6 · answered by taffy_flinn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people like to think that they exist.
2006-11-01 15:08:42 · answer #7 · answered by 27ridgeline 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no actually, manatees were confused and the sailors (waaaay back in the 1500's) thought they were mermaids.
2006-11-01 15:34:42 · answer #8 · answered by User Name 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alas Santiago, it would appear they didn't, but were fishermen describing manatees and dolphins. Shame though, they would probably have been nice people to know, if they had existed.
2006-11-01 15:01:03 · answer #9 · answered by SteveUK 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope their was never mermaids alive just stories of them
2006-11-01 15:00:21 · answer #10 · answered by S_Q_R 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋