Mermaids or Sirens were seen as medieval emblems of vanity, and to represent everything that was bad about females. In Greek and Roman myths they were described as looking like women above the waist, and like birds below, with bird’s feet and talons. The 12th century writer Philip de Thaun, mentioned fish’s tails, and later, writers added two tails. The bird wings were also later changed to fins.
Mermaids were often pictured holding a fish, a mirror, a comb, and a harp. The Mermaid was said to sing such a sweet song that it lulled sailors to sleep, causing their ships to crash onto the rocks. This was meant to explain why so many ships were lost on the open sea.
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I think that mermaids would be a cool thing to learn about. But I think that Mermaids aren’t really bad; that is they are really out there…
mermaids arent real
Ilove mermen
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mermaids are heaps heaps cool i saw one on a beach
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i belive in mermaids!i saw one before!
memaids are soo cool i wish i were one because i could roam the sea as free and as long as i like . i totaly belive in them
they are real…so i,ve heard
mermaids are real not a scam promise! I saw 1!!!!
I Think Mermaids are real because when i went on holiday the other week i saw something what was a big orange tail pop up on the sufrface of the water
And i wish i was one so i could hold my breath for a long time but wouldnt be able to touch water because after 10 seconds of touching water i would have a tail.