Post by Nickolla on Nov 20, 2008 15:25:19 GMT -5
A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature that is half human, half aquatic creature (e.g. a fish or dolphin). Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures. The word is a compound of mere, the Old English word for "sea," and maid, which has retained its original sense. Mermaids appear to have the torso of a fish and the body of a woman.
Much like sirens, mermaids would sometimes sing to sailors and enchant them, distracting them from their work and causing them to walk off the deck or run their ships aground. Other stories have them squeezing the life out of drowning men while attempting to rescue them. They are also said to take humans down to their underwater kingdoms.
~The male counterpart to mermaids are mermen
Merfolk appear to have the body of a human and the torso of any aquatic animal/fish.
Examples:
human/octopus
human/shark
human/eel
human/orca
~You came make any merfolk combination you desire.
Much like sirens, mermaids would sometimes sing to sailors and enchant them, distracting them from their work and causing them to walk off the deck or run their ships aground. Other stories have them squeezing the life out of drowning men while attempting to rescue them. They are also said to take humans down to their underwater kingdoms.
~The male counterpart to mermaids are mermen
Merfolk appear to have the body of a human and the torso of any aquatic animal/fish.
Examples:
human/octopus
human/shark
human/eel
human/orca
~You came make any merfolk combination you desire.