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

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    Take, for example, Disney’s 2023 remake of “The Little Mermaid,” the 2023 Netflix documentary “MerPeople” and Fairgrounds St. Pete, an immersive art and tech experience home to ...

  3. Mermaid - Wikipedia

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    A mermaid with two tails is referred to as a melusine. Melusines appear in German heraldry, and less frequently in the British version. [387] A shield and sword-wielding mermaid is on the official coat of arms of Warsaw. [390] Images of a mermaid have symbolized Warsaw on its arms since the middle of the fourteenth century. [391]

  4. 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 ...

  5. Mami Wata - Wikipedia

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    Mami Wata, Mammy Water, or similar is a mermaid, water spirit, and/or goddess in the folklore of parts of Western Africa, Eastern Africa, and Southern Africa. Historically, scholars trace her origins to early encounters between Europeans and West Africans in the 15th century, where Mami Wata developed from depictions of European mermaids.

  6. What it's like to be a 'real life' mermaid - AOL

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    "No matter what the government says, mermaids are real," Lauren says with a twinkle in her eye. More to See: 'Most disastrous wedding pic ever' goes viral 69 years later, woman returns to find ...

  7. 'Real-life' mermaid swims with tiger sharks to promote ... - AOL

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    You could call her a professional mermaid of sorts. One woman risked her life to swim with some of the most dangerous sea creatures in the world. Dressed in only a tiny costume with no diving gear ...

  8. Fiji mermaid - Wikipedia

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    The Fiji mermaid (also Feejee mermaid) was an object composed of the torso and head of a juvenile monkey sewn to the back half of a fish. It was a common feature of sideshows where it was presented as the mummified body of a creature that was supposedly half mammal and half fish, a version of a mermaid. The original had fish scales with animal ...

  9. Ningyo - Wikipedia

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    Ningyo (人魚, "human fish"), as the name suggests, is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.. Though often translated as "mermaid", the term is technically not gender-specific and may include the "mermen".