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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 ...
Mermaid Saga - A manga series by Rumiko Takahashi, which tells that when a person eats the flesh of a mermaid, he can gain immortality, but chances are that the mermaid's flesh will either kill him or transform him into a horrible creatures called "Deformed Ones". Two types of mermaids are shown in the manga.
In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. [1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. In other folk ...
Why do we believe in mermaids? Despite the lack of evidence indicating mermaids are, well, under the sea, some people continue to hold the opinion that mermaids are real.
Finmen – (Scottish) Mermaid like beings from Orkney lore. Fomorians – Army of monstrous troll-like/goblin-like humanoid beings. Furies – Roman goddesses of vengeance. Gargoyle – Carved or formed grotesques said to scare away demons. German – (Slavic) a farm protective spirit. Mock burials of an effigy of it were held to summon rain or ...
A self-taught photographer used 10,000 plastic bottles and one human mermaid for a photoshoot to raise awareness about pollution caused by plastic.
Pat Carroll, who voiced Ursula in "The Little Mermaid," died Saturday at 95. The role defined Disney's queer canon — and helped launch a renaissance.
The mermaid in Irish folklore (sometimes called merrow in Hiberno-English) has been regarded as a seal-woman in some instances. In a certain collection of lore in County Kerry , there is an onomastic tale in Tralee that claimed the Lee family was descended from a man who took a murdúch ('mermaid') for a wife; she later escaped and joined her ...