what is the myths of the mermaids??

Answer 1

"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."

"It has been widely suggested or implied 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. "


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Answer 2

Wicca_dre is right, their based on Manatees, With their white skin and the way that they move under water . Sailors called them mermaids. The mermaid myth came from someone else as being half woman and fish....there are know such things as mermaids.

Answer 3

mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' + maid(en)) 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.

Answer 4

Check the Odyssey--Odysseus had his sailors plug their ears with wax and tie him to the mast of the boat so he could hear the Sirens sing but he wouldn't smash his ship into the rocks while getting closer.

Every now and then, they help sailors, but they usually just sing a hauntingly beautiful song, which lures sailors to smash their ships trying to get to the rocky islands where they live.

Kelpies are Northern British mermaid-types who wear seal skins and transform into seal-women. If you can nab their seal skins, they'll marry you (but they're not always happy about it.)

Some people say mermaids are manatee sightings. A crock. Manatees are cute--if you think blobby and really fat is cute. Nobody would think they looked like sleek, beautiful mermaids.

Magritte painted a mermaid who was fish on top, woman on the bottom. Weird.

Answer 5

Some include that if you eat mermaid flesh you live forever and that a mermaid's tears can capture your heart

Answer 6

They are half-fish, half-human who are sea dwelling creatures. They are portrayed as beautiful creatures who sits on a rock combing their hair and disappearing at the sight of a human. There's a lot of controversy about whether they exist or not.

Answer 7

All I know is theyre half human and half fish and theyre some sort of long ago pirate fantasy or something like that

Answer 8

for what i know she is a women and half human half fish
she can't come out from the sea

Answer 9

they are half women half fish