A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse.

A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' (as in maritime, the Latin mare, "sea") + maid(en)) is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish. The male version of a mermaid is called a merman; gender-neutral plurals could be merpeople or merfolk. Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures. Look up mermaid in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (550x792, 151 KB) [edit] Summary Picture of A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse, 1905. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (550x792, 151 KB) [edit] Summary Picture of A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse, 1905. ... John William Waterhouse. ... Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066 and the mid-to-late 15th century, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided by the... Ocean (Okeanos, a Greek god of sea and water; Greek ωκεανός) covers almost three quarters (71%) of the surface of the Earth. ... Look up mare in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A legendary creature is a mythological or folkloric creature (often known as fabulous creatures in historical literature). ... An aquatic animal is an animal which lives in water for most or all of the time. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

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 cause shipwrecks. Other stories would have them squeeze the life out of drowning men while trying to rescue them. They are also said to take them down to their underwater kingdoms. In Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid it is said that they forget that humans cannot breathe underwater, while others say they drown men out of spite. In Greek mythology, the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were sea nymphs who lived on an island called Sirenum scopuli which was surrounded by cliffs and rocks. ... For other uses, see Hans Christian Andersen (disambiguation). ... For the 1989 Disney animated film, see The Little Mermaid (1989 film). ...

The Sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaid-like; in fact, some languages use the same word for both creatures. Other related types of mythical or legendary creature are water fairies (e.g. various water nymphs) and selkies, animals that can transform themselves from seals to humans. This article is about the bird-women of Greek myth. ... The bust of Zeus found at Otricoli (Sala Rotonda, Museo Pio-Clementino, Vatican) Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the Ancient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Mythology (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Legend (disambiguation). ... Water fairy is a general term for a legendary creature, an ephemeral spirit associated with water. ... In Greek mythology, a nymph is any member of a large class of female nature entities, either bound to a particular location or landform or joining the retinue of a god or goddess. ... A Faroese stamp depicting the capture of a seal woman Selkies (also known as silkies or selchies) are mythological creatures in Irish, Icelandic, and Scottish mythology. ...

Prior to the mid 19th century, mariners referred to Manatee and Dugongs as mermaids. For other uses, see Manatee (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (Müller, 1776) Natural range of . ...

Legend and myth

The Land Baby, by John Collier (1899)

Image File history File links Size of this preview: 471 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1000 × 1273 pixel, file size: 340 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) +/- File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mermaid John Collier... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 471 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1000 × 1273 pixel, file size: 340 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) +/- File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Mermaid John Collier... In the Venusberg Tannhauser (1901), oil John Maler Collier (January 27, 1850–April 11, 1934) was a British writer and painter in the Pre-Raphaelite style. ...

Ancient Near East

Tales of mermaids are nearly universal. The first known mermaid stories appeared in Assyria, ca. 1000 BC. Atargatis, the mother of Assyrian queen Semiramis, was a goddess who loved a mortal shepherd and in the process killed him. Ashamed, she jumped into a lake to take the form of a fish, but the waters would not conceal her divine beauty. Thereafter, she took the form of a mermaid — human above the waist, fish below — though the earliest representations of Atargatis showed her as being a fish with a human head and legs, similar to the Babylonian Ea. The Greeks recognized Atargatis under the name Derketo, they have been proven to be real and seen very often Prior to 546 BC, the Milesian philosopher Anaximander proposed that mankind had sprung from an aquatic species of animal. He thought that humans, with their extended infancy, could not have survived early on. This idea does not appear to have survived Anaximander's death. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see Assyria (disambiguation). ... Centuries: 12th century BC - 11th century BC - 10th century BC Decades: 1050s BC 1040s BC 1030s BC 1020s BC 1010s BC - 1000s BC - 990s BC 980s BC 970s BC 960s BC 950s BC Events and trends 1006 BC - David becomes king of the ancient Israelites (traditional date) 1002 BC - Death... Atargatis, in Aramaic ‘Atar‘atah, was a Syrian deity, more commonly known to the Greeks by a shortened form of the name, Derceto or Derketo (Strabo 16. ... Semiramis is depicted as an armed Amazon in this eighteenth century Italian illustration. ... Babylonia was a state in southern Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq, combining the territories of Sumer and Akkad. ... Enki ( DEN.KI lord of the earth) was a deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in Babylonian mythology, originally chief God of the city of Eridu. ... There are two peoples referred to as Milesians: In Irish mythology, the Milesians were the descendants of Míl Espáine, the final invaders of Ireland who defeated and displaced the semi-divine Tuatha Dé Danann. ... This article is about the Pre-Socratic philosopher. ... A human infant The word Infant derives from the Latin in-fans, meaning unable to speak. ...

A popular Greek legend has Alexander the Great's sister, Thessalonike, turn into a mermaid after her death.^[1] She lived, it was said, in the Aegean and when sailors would encounter her, she would ask them only one question: "Is Alexander the king alive?" (Greek: Ζει ο βασιλιάς Αλέξανδρος;), to which the correct answer would be "He lives and still rules" (Greek: Ζει και βασιλεύει). Any other answer would spur her into a rage, where she transformed into a Gorgon and meant doom for the ship and every sailor onboard. For the film of the same name, see Alexander the Great (1956 film). ... Thessalonice or Thessalonike (in Greek Θεσσαλονικη), a Macedonian princess, was a daughter of king Philip II of Macedon, by his wife or concubine, Nicesipolis of Pherae. ... Look up Aegean Sea in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the Greek mythological monster. ...

Lucian of Samosata in Syria (2nd century AD) in De Dea Syria ("Concerning the Syrian Goddess") wrote of the Syrian temples he had visited: For other uses, see Lucian (disambiguation). ...

"Among them - Now that is the traditional story among them concerning the temple. But other men swear that Semiramis of Babylonia, whose deeds are many in Asia, also founded this site, and not for Hera Atargatis but for her own Mother, whose name was Derketo"

"I saw the likeness of Derketo in Phoenicia, a strange marvel. It is woman for half its length, but the other half, from thighs to feet, stretched out in a fish's tail. But the image in the Holy City is entirely a woman, and the grounds for their account are not very clear. They consider fishes to be sacred, and they never eat them; and though they eat all other fowls, they do not eat the dove, for she is holy so they believe. And these things are done, they believe, because of Derketo and Semiramis, the first because Derketo has the shape of a fish, and the other because ultimately Semiramis turned into a dove. Well, I may grant that the temple was a work of Semiramis perhaps; but that it belongs to Derketo I do not believe in any way. For among the Egyptians, some people do not eat fish, and that is not done to honor Derketo."^[2]

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Arabian Nights

The Arabian Nights include several tales featuring "Sea People", such as Djullanar the Sea-girl. Unlike the depiction in other mythologies, these are anatomically identical to land-bound humans, differing only in their ability to breathe and live underwater. They can (and do) interbreed with land humans, the children of such unions inheriting the ability to live underwater. Queen Scheherazade tells her stories to King Shahryar. ...

British

The Fisherman and the Syren, by Frederic Leighton, c. 1856–1858

Mermaids were noted in British folklore as both ominous, foretelling disaster, and provoking it.^[3] Several variants of the ballad Sir Patrick Spens depict a mermaid speaking to the doomed ships; in some, she tells them they will never see land again, and in others, she claims they are near shore, which they are wise enough to know means the same thing. They can also be a sign of rough weather.^[4] Image File history File links Size of this preview: 385 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1400 × 2180 pixel, file size: 436 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) العربية | Česky | Deutsch | English | Ελληνικά | Español | فارسی | Français | עברית | Indonesian | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Magyar | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Românǎ | Русский | Slovenščina | Српски | Sunda | 简体中文 | 正體中文 | Türkçe | Русский | Українська +/- File... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 385 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1400 × 2180 pixel, file size: 436 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) العربية | Česky | Deutsch | English | Ελληνικά | Español | فارسی | Français | עברית | Indonesian | Italiano | 日本語 | 한국어 | Magyar | Nederlands | Polski | Português | Românǎ | Русский | Slovenščina | Српски | Sunda | 简体中文 | 正體中文 | Türkçe | Русский | Українська +/- File... Frederic Leighton, 1st Baron Leighton (December 31, 1830 - January 25, 1896) was an English painter and sculptor. ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham of the ballad The Twa Corbies A ballad is a story, usually a narrative or poem, in a song. ... Sir Patrick Spens is one of the most popular of the Child Ballads (No. ...

Some mermaids were described as monstrous in size, up to 160 feet.^[3]

Mermaids could also swim up rivers to freshwater lakes. One day, in a lake near his house, the Laird of Lorntie saw, as he thought, a woman drowning, and went to aid her; a servant of his pulled him back, warning that it was a mermaid, and the mermaid screamed after that she would have killed him if it were not for his servant.^[5] A lord is a male who has power and authority. ...

On occasion, mermaids could be more beneficient, giving humans means of cure.^[6]

Some tales raised the question of whether mermaids had immortal souls to answer it in the negative.^[7] The figure of Liban appears as a sanctified mermaid, but she was originally a human being transformed into a mermaid; after three centuries, when Christianity had come to Ireland, she came to be baptized.^[8]

Mermen were also noted, as wilder and uglier than mermaids, but they were described as having little interest in humans.^[9]

Other

Among the Neo-Taíno nations of the Caribbean the mermaid is called Aycayía.^[10] Her attributes relate to the goddess Jagua, and the hibiscus flower of the majagua tree Hibiscus tiliaceus.^[11] Examples from other cultures are the Mami Wata of West and Central Africa, the Jengu of Cameroon, the Merrow of Ireland and Scotland, the Rusalkas of Russia and Ukraine, and the Greek Oceanids, Nereids, and Naiads. One freshwater mermaid-like creature from European folklore is Melusine, who is sometimes depicted with two fish tails, and other times with the lower body of a serpent. It is said in Japan that eating the flesh of a mermaid can grant unaging immortality. In some European legends mermaids are said to grant wishes. // neo-Taíno nations Introduction Some scholars consider it important to distinguish the Taíno from the neo-Taíno nations of Cuba, the Lucaya of the Bahamas, Jamaica, and to a lesser extent from Haiti and Quisqueya (approximately the Dominican Republic). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Binomial name Hibiscus tiliaceus L. A large shrub or tree (Hibiscus tiliaceus ) of the family Malvaceae. ... This poster of a Samoan snake charmer inspired the common image of Mami Wata in Africa. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... A jengu (plural miengu) is a water spirit and deity in the traditional beliefs of the Sawa ethnic groups of Cameroon, particularly the Duala, Bakweri, and related Sawa peoples. ... Merrow (from Gaelic murúch) or Murrough (Galloway) is the Scottish and Irish Gaelic equivalent of the mermaid and mermen of other cultures. ... This article is about the country. ... Rusalka may refer to: Rusalkas, Slavic water nymphs. ... In Greek and Roman mythology, the Oceanids were the three thousand children of the Titans Oceanus and Tethys. ... In Greek mythology, the Nereids (NEER-ee-eds) are sea nymphs, the fifty daughters of Nereus and Doris. ... A Naiad by John William Waterhouse, 1893. ... Melusines secret discovered, from One of sixteen paintings by Guillebert de Mets circa 1410. ... For other uses, see Serpent (disambiguation). ... The Fountain of Eternal Life in Cleveland, Ohio Immortality (or eternal life) is the concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time, or in a state of timelessness. ... For other uses, see Europe (disambiguation). ...

Also, some people claim they have seen dead or living mermaids in places like Scotland, Malaysia^{[citation needed]} and British Columbia. Two recent Canadian reports took place in the Strait of Georgia. ^{[12] [13]} This article is about the country. ... Motto: Splendor sine occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor Steven Point Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 36 Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area  Ranked 5th Total 944... Strait of Georgia at sunset The Strait of Georgia (also known as Georgia Strait and the Gulf of Georgia) is a 240 km (150 mi)-long strait between Vancouver Island (as well as its nearby Gulf Islands) and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ...

Mermaids and mermen are also characters of Philippine folklore, where they are locally known as sirena and siyokoy, respectively.^[14] Mermen are an influential surf band from San Francisco, CA. The lineup is Jim Thomas on guitar, Jennifer Burns on bass and Martyn on drums. ... ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Mermaids are said to be known for their vanity, but also for their innocence. They often fall in love with human men, and are willing to go to great extents to prove their love with humans (see mermaid problem). Unfortunately, especially younger mermaids, often tend to forget humans cannot breathe underwater. Their male counterparts, mermen, are rarely interested in human issues, but in the Finnish mythology mermen are able to grant wishes, heal sickness, lift curses and brew magic potions^{[citation needed]}. The Mermaid problem is an observation occasionally mentioned in literature, concerning the difficulty of having sexual intercourse with a mermaid. ... Mermen are an influential surf band from San Francisco, CA. The lineup is Jim Thomas on guitar, Jennifer Burns on bass and Martyn on drums. ... Finnish mythology has many features that it shares with other Finnic mythologies, like the Estonian mythology, and also elements similar with non-Finnic neighbours, especially the the Balts and the Scandinavians. ...

Symbolism

According to Dorothy Dinnerstein’s book, The Mermaid and the Minotaur, human-animal hybrids such as the minotaur and the mermaid convey the emergent understanding of the ancients that human beings were both one with and different from animals and that, as such, humans' "nature is internally inconsistent, that our continuities with, and our differences from, the earth's other animals are mysterious and profound; and in these continuities, and these differences, lie both a sense of strangeness on earth and the possible key to a way of feeling at home here".^[15] Dorothy Dinnerstein (born April 4, 1923; died December 17, 1992) was an American feminist academic and activist, best known for her book The Mermaid and the Minotaur (1976). ...

Representations in Art and Literature

One influential image was created by John William Waterhouse, from 1895 to 1905, entitled A Mermaid, (see the top of this article). An example of late British Academy style artwork, the piece debuted to considerable acclaim (and secured Waterhouse's place as a member of the Royal Academy), but disappeared into a private collection and did not resurface until the 1970s. It is currently in the collection of Andrew Lloyd-Webber. John William Waterhouse. ... The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. ... Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber (born March 22, 1948) is a highly successful British composer of musical theatre. ...

16th Century Zennor mermaid chair

The most famous in more recent centuries is Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale The Little Mermaid (1836), which has been translated into many languages. Andersen's portrayal, immortalized with a famous bronze sculpture in Copenhagen harbour, has arguably become the standard and has influenced most modern Western depictions of mermaids since it was published. (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... Zennor Quoit, about a mile southeast of Zennor village. ... For other uses, see Hans Christian Andersen (disambiguation). ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... For the 1989 Disney animated film, see The Little Mermaid (1989 film). ... Year 1836 (MDCCCXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see Copenhagen (disambiguation). ...

The most famous musical depictions of mermaids are those by Felix Mendelssohn in his Fair Melusina overture and the three "Rhine daughters" in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. A more recent depiction in contemporary concert music is The Weeping Mermaid by Taiwanese composer Fan-Long Ko. Portrait of Mendelssohn by the English miniaturist James Warren Childe (1778-1862), 1839 Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, born and generally known as Felix Mendelssohn (February 3, 1809 – November 4, 1847) is a German composer, pianist and conductor of the early Romantic period. ... Richard Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as they were later called). ... Der Ring des Nibelungen, (The Ring of the Nibelung), is a cycle of four epic music dramas by the German composer Richard Wagner. ... Apo Hsu conducts the NTNU Symphony Orchestra and Formosa Festival Choir in Dream of the Year 2000 by Fan-Long Ko. ...

Representations in Heraldry

Coat of arms of Warsaw

In heraldry, the charge of a mermaid is commonly represented with a comb and a mirror, and blazoned as a 'mermaid in her vanity.' Merfolk were used to symbolize eloquence in speech. Image File history File links POL_Warszawa_COA_1. ... Image File history File links POL_Warszawa_COA_1. ... Heraldry in its most general sense encompasses all matters relating to the duties and responsibilities of officers of arms. ...

A shield and sword-wielding mermaid (Syrenka) is on the official Coat of arms of Warsaw, the capital of Poland. The city of Norfolk, Virginia also uses a mermaid as a symbol, and a civic art project with variously decorated mermaid sculptures has been displayed all over the municipal area. The capital city of Hamilton, Bermuda has the mermaid in its coat of arms, displayed across the city. This article is about the bird-women of Greek myth. ... Grand Coat of Arms of Warsaw Coat of Arms of Warsaw The Coat of Arms of Warsaw consists of a syrenka in a red field. ... Motto: Crescas (Latin for, Thou shalt grow. ... City Hall in Hamilton. ...

The personal coat of arms of Michaëlle Jean, Canada's Governor General, features two Simbi, mermaid-like spirits from Haitian Vodou, as supporters. Michaëlle Jean, CC CMM COM CD , (born September 6, 1957, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is the current Governor General of Canada. ... The Governor General of Canada (French (feminine): Gouverneure générale du Canada, or (masculine): Gouverneur général du Canada) is the vice-regal representative in Canada of the Canadian monarch, who is the head of state. ... In Haitian Vodun, Simbi (also Simbi, Simbi dleau) is one of the three cosmic serpents, and is the water snake loa. ... This article is about the West African religion. ... The Coat of Arms of Prince Edward Island uses two foxes as supporters. ...

Representations in Popular Culture

Main article: Mermaids in popular culture

Like many creatures from mythology and folklore, mermaids appear regularly in popular media. The two most ubiquitous images are surely the Disney character based on the tale by Andersen (see "Art and Literature," above) and the logo for the Starbucks coffee chain, which features a twin-tailed mermaid wearing a crown under a star. In Disney the two-fold nature of mermaids is exploited to tell a coming-of-age story in which the sea represents childhood and land represents adult life--a place where one stands on one's "own two feet."^{[original research?]} For most of the story the adolescent heroine is torn between the two worlds. The Starbucks mermaid echoes the nautical implications in the name of the franchise (drawn from the famous Starbuck character in Herman Melville's Moby-Dick) while the representation itself is indebted to the pictures of mermaids often encountered on the "Star" card in Tarot decks. Mermaids, like many creatures of mythology and folklore, are regularly depicted in literature and film, especially fantasy fiction. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... For other uses of Starbuck, see Starbuck. ... It has been suggested that Coming of Age (Unitarian Universalism) be merged into this article or section. ... Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. ... Moby-Dick book cover Moby-Dick - the official title of the first edition - is a novel by Herman Melville. ... This article is about the general history, iconography, and uses of tarot cards. ...

Hoaxes

During the Renaissance and Baroque eras, dugongs, frauds and victims of sirenomelia were exhibited in wunderkammers as mermaids. This article is about the European Renaissance of the 14th-17th centuries. ... For other uses, see Baroque (disambiguation). ... Binomial name (Müller, 1776) Natural range of . ... Newborn Milagros Cerrón Sirenomelia or Mermaid Syndrome is a very rare disorder in which the legs are fused together, giving the appearance of a mermaid. ... For the 2002 novel by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child, see The Cabinet of Curiosities Musei Wormiani Historia, the frontispiece from the Museum Wormianum depicting Ole Worms cabinet of curiosities. ...

In the 19th century, P. T. Barnum displayed in his museum a taxidermal hoax called the Fiji mermaid. Others have perpetrated similar hoaxes, which are usually papier-mâché fabrications or parts of deceased creatures, usually monkeys and fish, stitched together for the appearance of a grotesque mermaid. In the wake of the 2004 tsunami, pictures of Fiji "mermaids" were passed around on the internet as something that had washed up amid the devastation, though they were no more real than Barnum's exhibit.^[16] Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Phineas Taylor Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum by Mathew Brady 1856 newspaper advertisement for Barnums American Museum Parody of Jenny Linds first American tour for P.T. Barnum, New York City, October 1850 Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: P. T. Barnum Phineas Taylor Barnum (July 5... A mounted snow leopard. ... P.T. Barnums Feejee mermaid from 1842 A common feature of sideshows, a Fiji mermaid (also Feejee mermaid) is a mummified body of something, supposedly a creature that was half mammal and half fish (like a grotesque version of normal mermaid stories). ... Papier-mâché around a form such as a balloon to create a pig. ... -1...

Sirenomelia

Sirenomelia, also called "mermaid syndrome", is a rare congenital disorder in which a child is born with his or her legs fused together and the genitalia are reduced. This condition is about as rare as conjoined twins and is usually fatal within a day or two of birth because of kidney and bladder complications. Four^[17] survivors are known to be alive today, with two of them – 19 year-old^{[citation needed]} and 2 year-old girls – having undergone successful operations to separate their legs. Newborn Milagros Cerrón Sirenomelia or Mermaid Syndrome is a very rare disorder in which the legs are fused together, giving the appearance of a mermaid. ... A congenital disorder is a medical condition or defect that is present at or before birth (for example, congenital heart disease). ... This article is about the medical term. ... A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined, is any of the anatomical parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a complex organism; in mammals, these are: Female: Bartholins glands, cervix, clitoris, Fallopian tubes, labia, ovaries, Skenes... A painting of Chang and Eng Bunker, circa 1836 Siamese twins redirects here. ... The kidneys are the organs that filter wastes (such as urea) from the blood and excrete them, along with water, as urine. ... This article is about the urinary bladder. ...

See also

• Aquamarine (film)
• Cecaelia
• Cryptid
• Cryptozoology
• H2O: Just Add Water
• Merman
• Mermaid Series
• Mermaid Problem
• Melusine
• Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch
• Mermaid Saga
• Ningyo
• Nix
• Rusalkas
• War with the Newts
• Weeki Wachee Springs
• The Little Mermaid
• The Mermaid and the Boy
• The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
• The Sea-Maiden
• Sirens

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References

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• Mermaid History
• "The Mermaid" by Heinz Insu Fenkl, from the mermaid-themed Summer 2003 issue of the Journal of Mythic Arts
• The mermaid goddess Derketo from Lucian of Samosata's On the Syrian God (2c. AD)
• Coney Island Mermaid Parade mermaids on parade
• 17th century pamphlet telling the story of an alleged sighting of a mermaid near Pendine, Wales, in 1603