2007-04-18 12:27:45 · 11 answers · asked by Giggly Giraffe 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
Although in legends it's a lot easier to find sirens, which were winged women who would sit by the sea and lure sailors to their deaths, or just plain ol' mermaids, there IS a woman European folklore called the melusine.
Usually melusines are just like mermaids (maybe with two tails) but in some stories have been referred to as having wings.
2007-04-18 20:12:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What would a mermaid need feathered wings for? They'd get all wet and icky in the water and not work properly.
2007-04-18 19:30:48 · answer #2 · answered by lupinesidhe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say sirens (greek mythology), since there are pictures maid of them where they have wings and are around a ship. Oddyseus his ship if I'm not mistaking.
Text:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren#Appearance
Pictures:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Odysseus_Sirens_BM_E440_n2.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/John_William_Waterhouse_-_Ulysses_and_the_Sirens_%281891%29.jpg
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:Bilibin_sirin_bi.JPG
2007-04-21 15:49:54 · answer #3 · answered by rynnde 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A birdmaid
2007-04-19 20:05:49 · answer #4 · answered by Fancy You 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A really cool tattoo, I'd call Her "Lucy Fur"!
2007-04-18 20:46:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A poor creature who got stuck while shape-shifting perhaps...
2007-04-18 21:28:02 · answer #6 · answered by 'llysa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd call her a flying fish.
2007-04-19 00:18:38 · answer #7 · answered by Fal 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A penguin.
2007-04-22 01:39:46 · answer #8 · answered by Logical Earthling 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a flying fish.
2007-04-18 19:55:05 · answer #9 · answered by freshblood5 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
nasty, since the wings would get all wet and gross
2007-04-18 19:33:36 · answer #10 · answered by rickyhunter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋