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  2. Mermaid - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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

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    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.

  4. Mermaids in popular culture - Wikipedia

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    A boy named Nagasumi Michishio is saved by a mermaid named Sun Seto, but it is the mermaids' law, when a human sees a mermaid's true form, the human or the mermaid has to be killed. The only way to solve this problem for him is to marry her. My Parents are Aliens: 1999–2006: In an episode "The Tail of the Knitted Map", Sophie morphs into a ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Mythic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Top half human, bottom half fish, able to control and predict the weather and travel between the human world and the underworld through water. Anishinaabeg myth refers to one trying to take a human husband, the act of bringing him to their world and going through with the marriage turning him into one of them. Sasquatch – see Bigfoot.

  7. The Little Mermaid of Maine: Meet the woman behind the tail ...

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    All summer long, beachgoers have seen a mermaid named Lavinia sunning herself on the jetty at Wells Beach or frolicking in the waves.

  8. Are werewolves real? The facts and history behind the myth

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    Long before "Twilight" put Jacob on the map, werewolves have been the subject of countless movies, books and monster tales.. In fact, much like ghosts, witches and vampires, the werewolf has been ...

  9. List of aquatic humanoids - Wikipedia

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    Cecaelia – Half-human, half-octopus, the term was coined by fans in the late 2000s to describe characters such as Ursula from The Little Mermaid (1989). [2]: 37 Cecaelia is a half human, half octopus. The Killer from Split Second (1992) Chocki, the shark-man from Cabin Boy (1994) The "Mariner" from Waterworld (1995) The Gungans from Star Wars ...