Mermaid

Panel "Mermaid" by John William Waterhouse John William Waterhouse

Mermaids or brides sea ( in English : Mermaid) Is a fictional mythical nymphs live in the seas and lakes .

Depicting mermaids objects compilation of recipes humans and fish , فالقسم top - a section of human - enjoy full qualities of human beings the top of the head to the navel , while the lower section - a section of fish - has the body of fish from the navel to the tail , and there are a couple male and female . Mermaids usually not beautiful witches and their tales of many inherited among several generations.

Panel The Land BabyThe artist John Collier, John Collier

Contents 1 History 1.1 Ancient Near East 1.2 in stories 1.3 in the modern era 2 allegations Vision

History

Ancient Near East

The first stories appeared sea nymphs the year 1000 BC.., when she loved gods Otarjatis ( English: Atargatis) - Or the Assyrian Queen Semiramis - a human and then killed him unintentionally, Fajgelt did casting herself in the lake to become a fish-shaped. But the water did not conceal her divine beauty, I took a picture nymph - a human being above the waist and fish under it.

In stories

Containing a thousand and one night on some anecdotes about people offshore (such as: Gelnar girl sea ). While those persons different from nymphs in the Navy they are like ordinary human beings (Terrans), but - as in the story - are able to breathe and live underwater, in addition to mating with ordinary mortals.

In the modern era

Famous in the late sixteenth century story seas French Cameron Aledonieldazo which happens off the coast of an island of Cyprus fairy floats in the water so he threw the sheet towards it and could Asidiadha ففتن beauty and hid from people and taken concubine to him, and fathered 7 children before the killing out of fear that he gains by others after his death.

Vision claims

There are some sporadic allegations in the world see nymphs freely, from countries such as Javaand British Columbia . it facing two Canadians from the Vancouver and Victoria , one between 18 70 and 1890 and the other in 19 67 ^[1] [2] .

In August 2009 , offered the city of Kiryat Yam Israeli prize of one million dollars to people who can prove the existence of mermaid on the coast, after being informed of dozens of people from seeing mermaid out of the water like a dolphin , and carrying out several acrobatic movements before returning to the water ^{[3] [ 4]} .