Do you believe that MERMAIDS exist at all?
By go9999
@go9999 (818)
India
November 4, 2006 7:51am CST
A 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.
What do you say.Can all this be true?
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7 responses
@dreamsncharms (1340)
• United States
6 Nov 06
not sure but i love pics and graphics with mermaids in them.
If you like you can read about them in wikipedia.
@fiyahcreation (2140)
• United States
5 Nov 06
maybe once a long time ago, sometimes I do wonder where all that mythology came from, and maybe it was once real
@wrcurtisjr (376)
• United States
4 Nov 06
As a writer I ponder these things all the time. There are myths that amaze me, everything from the greek Gods themselves, to Unicorns, mermaids, dragons, titans. I'd have to say that some them could be true while others were made up to frighten or popularize. Mermaids are fascinating, as unicorns. As for sirens that one seems to be the evil equivelent of the mermaid. Who knows, maybe one day you or I might actually witness one of these myths being real...
