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  2. Siren (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    The siren was illustrated as a woman-fish (mermaid) in the Bern Physiologus dated to the mid-9th century, even though this contradicted the accompanying text which described it as avian. [25] An English-made Latin bestiary dated 1220–1250 also depicted a group of sirens as mermaids with fishtails swimming in the sea, even though the text ...

  3. Mermaid - Wikipedia

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    The conception of the siren as both a mermaid-like creature and part bird-like persisted in Byzantine Greece for some time. [185] The Physiologus began switching the illustration of the siren as that a mermaid, as in a version dated to the ninth century. [75] The tenth century Byzantine Greek dictionary Suda still favored the avian description ...

  4. Merfolk - Wikipedia

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    Merfolk, Merpeople, or simply Mer refers to humanoid creatures that live in deep waters like Mermaids, Sirens, Cecaelia etc. In English, female merfolk are called mermaids, although in a strict sense, mermaids are confined to beings who are half-woman and half-fish in appearance; male merfolk are called mermen. Depending on the story, they can ...

  5. Are mermaids real or a fin-tastic fable? The history and ...

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    As Dr. Compora highlights, the 1989 Disney movie “The Little Mermaid” included elements “reminiscent of the Greek sirens, from which much of the Western idea of mermaids originates ...

  6. List of aquatic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Neptuna, the mermaid-like boss in Croc: Legend of the Gobbos; The Rokea from the roleplaying game Werewolf: the Apocalypse; The sahuagin from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game [20] The Salarians, a race in the Mass Effect series; The tritons from the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game [18] [21] Zoras from The Legend of Zelda

  7. Mami Wata - Wikipedia

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    The appearance of her hair ranges from straight, curly to wooly black and combed straight back. [4] [5] Most scholarly sources suggest the name "Mami Wata" is a pidgin English derivation of "Mother Water", reflecting the goddess's title ("mother of water" or "grandmother of water") in the Agni language of Côte d'Ivoire, [6] although this etymology has been disputed by Africanist writers in ...

  8. Mermaids in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    This whimsical, four-minute-long film is the first to feature mermaids. Siren of the Sea (or The Mermaid) 1911: Silent film starring Annette Kellerman as the first mermaid to actually swim in a costume tail in a film. Neptune's Daughter: 1914: Starring Annette Kellerman. A Daughter of the Gods: 1916: Starring Annette Kellerman. Queen of the Sea ...

  9. Sirenuse - Wikipedia

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    In ancient stories, the sirens were depicted as having bodies of a bird and human heads, but the medieval interpretations of the stories depicted them as mermaids. The terms Sirenai and Sirenusai , from the Latin Sirenusae , meaning indicate both the sirens themselves and their residence.

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