does mermaids exists? Any information on them and real picutres?

Question

i want the information about the mermaids

Answer 1

A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' (as in maritime, the Latin mare, "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 plural is merfolk or merpeople. Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures.

Much like Sirens, mermaids in stories would sometimes sing to sailors and enchant them, distracting them from their work and causing them to walk off the deck or cause shipwrecks. Other stories would have them squeeze the life out of drowning men while trying to rescue them. They are also said to take them down to their underwater kingdoms. In Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid it is said that they forget that humans cannot breathe underwater, while others say they drown men out of spite.


A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse.The Sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like; in fact, some languages use the same word for both creatures. Other related types of mythical or legendary creature are water fairies (e.g. various water nymphs) and selkies, animals that can transform themselves from seals to humans.

Legend and myth

The Land Baby, by John Collier(1899)Legends of these half-human, half-fish humanoids have circulated for millennia, even as far back as 5,000 B.C.[1] It has been widely suggested or implied that manatees or dugongs could be behind the myth of the mermaid. An example supporting this theory would be that Christopher Columbus had logged that he had seen mermaids on his journey to the new world, but thought they would be more attractive. 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. Sightings from first-hand witnesses generally describe mermaids who do not talk and have green or black hair.[1]

Answer 2

I do not know if scientists can PROVE that mermaids do not exist, but I do know they have not been able to prove their existance. This would makes it easy to rule out the possible existance of mermaids... due to no historic or actual evidence. Some say they have seen mermaids and sold their stories for money to tabloids... but those same people are the ones saying that "Lindsay Lohan has a twin goat on page 23 with pictures!!"

dont belive all you read/here. but its good you asked about this

Answer 3

Mythological creatures like mermaids, centaurs or sartyrs, and other creatures who are a strange combination of human and animal characteristics, are symbolic representations of our own humanity. The human portion represents our ability to reason, while the animal portion represents the primal qualities of our bodies that are deeply connected to our passions, emotions, and desires. Inasmuch as you look at these creatures this way, they represent something that is true-- but the truth is about our humanity, not about the factual existence, at least in the material world, of something like a mermaid. So to answer your questions, mermaids exists as a symbol or as a metaphor, but they do not exist in our world as a living creature.

Answer 4

No they don't exist. One theory is that they were creations of the minds of exploring sailors who saw manatees or dugongs from their sailing ships.
Most sea going cultures have a version of the mermaid / man. The biggest legend is probably that of the undersea race of Atlantis which possibly pre-dates ancient Greece.

Answer 5

Mermaids are fictional Characters, but in foreign countries, they are like folktales. There beliefs say there really are mermaids, but here in the U.S, scientists have proved they are just fictional Characters.

Answer 6

Mermaids are fictional characters, similar to Unicorns.

Answer 7

Phone Ariel on: 555-3562 :)

Answer 8

You should not post while you're under the influence.

Answer 9

They exists in our imagination.

Answer 10

Yes they do