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Post by pickinduck on Jun 4, 2016 15:31:26 GMT -6
Bifurcated Mermaids would be good to look into and talk about.
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 4, 2016 18:53:53 GMT -6
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 4, 2016 21:11:44 GMT -6
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 4, 2016 21:20:57 GMT -6
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 4, 2016 21:41:52 GMT -6
Had to add this one just for fun.  Mr. Bill of the SeaAlso, although the author of this article used the word undine to describe the mermaid figure, according to Wikia, undines and mermaids are not the same. Undines |
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Post by pickinduck on Jun 5, 2016 5:44:11 GMT -6
Don't forget how Merlin and the Sea People relate to mermaids and their verity?
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Post by pickinduck on Jun 5, 2016 5:55:21 GMT -6
I get the feeling that what started this wasn't the misinterpretation of manatees and dugongs but the misinterpretation from witnessing advanced technology. The ancients may have seen people in wet suits with flippers.
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 5, 2016 7:25:04 GMT -6
Especially the bifurcated form of the merpeople.
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 5, 2016 7:45:28 GMT -6
Don't forget how Merlin and the Sea People relate to mermaids and their verity? As in Merlin and the Lady of the Lake? |
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Post by pickinduck on Jun 5, 2016 7:54:50 GMT -6
No.
Merlin is an abbreviation of merlion.
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 5, 2016 8:41:31 GMT -6
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Post by pickinduck on Jun 5, 2016 14:36:32 GMT -6
Isn't the merlion used as a symbol for some of the worlds aquatic forces?
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Post by sherlew99 on Jun 5, 2016 16:44:47 GMT -6
I don't know. Can't really find anything more on it than I already have.
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