The female oceanids, nereids and naiads are mythical water nymphs or deities, although not depicted with fish tails. "Nereid" and "nymph" have also been applied to actual mermaid-like marine creatures purported to exist, from Pliny (cf. §Roman Lusitania and Gaul) and onwards.
A mermaid is a mythical sea-dwelling creature, often described as having the head and body of a woman and a fish's tail below the waist.
In European folklore, mermaids (sometimes called sirens) and mermen were natural beings who, like fairies, had magical and prophetic powers.
The word "merrow" has been used as a (possibly) gender-neutral for similar creatures. It is not actually as closely related to "mermaid" and "merman" as it might appear (although it is ultimately related).
Old English had equivalent merewif "water-witch" (see wife), meremenn "mermaid, siren" (compare Middle Dutch meer-minne, Old High German meri-min), which became Middle English mere-min (c. 1200) and was shortened to mere "siren, mermaid" (early 13c.); the later mermaid might be a re-expansion of this.
Mélusine (French: [melyzin]) or Melusina is a figure of European folklore, a female spirit of fresh water in a holy well or river. She is usually depicted as a woman who is a serpent or fish from the waist down (much like a lamia or a mermaid). She is also sometimes illustrated with wings, two tails, or both.
Kelpie. Kelpies is a rare form of Mermaid found in Scottland which can be found in a mixture of fresh and salt water. They are aquatic shapeshifters and can only look semi-human when in their mermaid form.
[the mythical fish-women (based on the Greek sirens) reputed to lure sailors to their doom] 1. a prostitute.
In Greek mythology, sirens (Ancient Greek: singular: Σειρήν, Seirḗn; plural: Σειρῆνες, Seirênes) are humanlike beings with alluring voices; they appear in a scene in the Odyssey in which Odysseus saves his crew's lives.
Sirens; the dark, edgy sisters of mermaids. Sirens are considered to be evil creatures who live in the sea. Generally, they are depicted as beautiful women with the tails of fish, but they can also be shown as scary, humanoid creatures with sharp teeth for tearing apart humans.
Today, Sirens are almost always represented as voluptuous mermaids, whose beauty and sexuality lure men to their deaths. But the Classical Greeks understood the Sirens differently: as bird-women, creatures that Mediterranean cultures traditionally associated with hidden knowledge.
How are mermaids born? Once again, assuming mermaids reproduce the way fish do, mermaid babies would be born by hatching from eggs. Though it is possible for mermaids to get pregnant and give live birth like dolphins.
A half-merpeople is the offspring of humans and Merpeople.
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The mermaid emoji depicts a mermaid, a mythical woman with the tail of a fish instead of legs. It is used in text messages and on social media to mark content dealing with the ocean, swimming, feminine beauty, and, well, mermaids. Related words: Ariel.
The pattern is described as: "Twisted Mermaids - They live in coral castles and sing deep in the ocean. But even deeper is their inner emotional world. They are endlessly entangled and communicating wordlessly. They have an intricate language that is known only to them. The mermaids have a very secret life."
Perhaps the most famous mermaid right now is Ariel, the star of Disney's animated version of "The Little Mermaid," by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The film may have been released in 1989 but Ariel remains one of the top-earning Disney princesses.
An en caul birth—where the baby is born inside an intact amniotic sac—is extremely rare. An estimated 1 in 80,000 are born en caul. What is a mermaid birth? A mermaid birth is another term for a baby born encased inside an intact amniotic sac.
Centuries ago manatees were mistaken for mermaids, the half-woman/half-fish creature of myth and legend. The confusion may seem absurd now, but back then little was known of the sea beasts that lived in the ocean (much of the ocean is still unexplored today).
Mermaids often pluck pearls from oysters and use them as decoration. They'll be attracted to the pearl's sheen and come up out of the water to investigate like a fish to a lure. Mermaids are actually quite vain. They love sitting atop rocks and staring down at their reflections.
What is a selkie? Also called the seal people, the sea people or the mermaid – a selkie is a marine legend that tells of people who are half fish, and half-human. In the water, they are seals, but on land, they shed their skin and take on human form.
Shirahoshi is one of the main protagonists of the Fishman Island Arc in One Piece. Princess Shirahoshi, also known as the Mermaid Princess, is a giant smelt-whiting mermaid and the youngest of King Neptune's children as well the only daughter.
The Old Norse Þiðreks saga proper calls the same mermaid a sjókona (siókona [sic.]) or "sea-woman".
The ceasg [kʲʰɛsk] is a mermaid in Scottish folklore with the upper body of a beautiful woman merging with the tail of a grilse (a young salmon).