What is the mermaid?

A mermaid is a mythical marine creature with the head and torso of a human woman and a tail of fish. The male version is known as Merman and the general term is Merfolk . Mermaid appears in folklore from around the world, including Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean, Western and Central Africa and Japan. As expected from any mythical figure with such a wide geographical range, the mermaid has many variations of appearance. For example, European Melusin often has a snake or two tails except the wings.

Mermaids also differ in their reported behavior. Some are dangerous, such as the Greek sirena that sings charming songs from the coast to annoy sailors or lure them to their death. Others are benevolent and can provide the wishes of those who see them. In Japan, it is said that the consumption of the meat of the mermaid provides immortality. First known Mermaid Lore, announcement from the first century BC, sea paNNA is a goddess who jumped into the sea in grief above the lover she accidentally killed.

Mermaids are extensively in the literature and art of many cultures and era. He is the subject of one of Hans Christian Andersen's most famous fairy tales, The Little Mermaid and Disney from 1989. Numerous films, cartoons and television shows also had a mermaid as their theme.

It is generally believed that the stories of sea virgins have their root in observing manatets, water mammals who can resemble people from a distance. The way Manatees mainly carry their young people is said to resemble the way the human mother holds her child. Manatees often sun on rocks, as well as mermaids in many accounts. Alternatively, seaweed could trigger the legends of the mermaid, because it joined that ULD sailors like long hair of sea virgins floating underwater.