Do mermaids exist?

Answer 1

Yes but not in real life.

Answer 2

Mermaids are one of the most ancient myths of humanity. Everyone knows the basic template: She's a woman on top but a fish on the bottom. The classic image is that of an alluring, bare-breasted mermaid sitting on a rock, ready to disappear beneath the waves at a moment's notice.
First off, let's just make three things perfectly clear. 1) There are no mermaids. 2) There are no mermaids. 3) There are no mermaids. Only two kinds of people seriously claim that mermaids are real: Hoaxers and idiots.

While they aren't real, mermaids are interesting. Many myths can be traced directly back to one primal source, but the general concept of the mermaid seems to have a universal quality. The earliest and best-known references to mermaids are found in Syrian and Greek myth. The Sirens in the Odyssey are often believed to be mermaids, but that was a later tradition and not part of the original text. Homer didn't describe the sirens as having fishy bits; they were simply sea maidens whose beautiful songs lured men to their deaths.

Answer 3

well since you posted this in mythology, I think u know the answer...

how they may have been possibly originated from:
"has been widely suggested that manatees or dugongs could be behind the myth of the mermaid. These large aquatic mammals are notable for the way in which they carry their young, cradled in their arms much as a human would carry a baby. It is possible that sailors seeing these unfamiliar beasts for the first time, would assume that they had in fact stumbled across some sort of humanoid species, and consequently spread their accounts of the sightings through their homelands on their return from voyages. It has even been posited that the traditional image of a mermaid with long flowing hair could be attributed to manatees breaking the ocean surface underneath patches of seaweed, and giving the unfamiliar observer the impression of having long hair."

however, mermaid syndrome is real...

Answer 4

No way.
But there are certain types of sea mammals that look like them from far. I forgot what they were called...
If mermaids do exist, I will find Alice in Wonderland

Answer 5

yes i think they exist. there are parts of the world with the deepest oceans and i think thats were they are. mermaids are cerious creatures so it would be natural that they would come up and see what the hell that big shadow was on the water.

Answer 6

Yes, unfortuneatly they are caught, and sold under the chicken of the sea label. As you can see there is a mermaid on the can.

http://www.chickenofthesea.com/

I would rather loose a few dolphins then this senseless killing of mermaids!

Answer 7

No and I weren't want to meet one. I have 2 fairy myth books and they say that mermaids comb there hair on cliffs on purpose to kill sailers.

Answer 8

Did you just watch "the little mermaid" ??



Don't get your hopes high...

Answer 9

I thought you had to be 13 here? I can't imagine a 13 yr old questioning a myth!

Answer 10

Nope, but would you really want one anyway?? All of her "business" parts would be part of a fish tail.Her breath would reek of raw fish, she would be slimy,and if you kissed her you would be dragged off under the water for the next hundred years to be her slave.

Answer 11

They have fish tail with body like of human,the face is like a bat with teeth. the size is about a house cat. but only the sex of the fish is not known.