Mermaid

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Mermaid

A Mermaid by John William Waterhouse
Creature
Grouping Mythological
Sub grouping Water spirit
Similar creatures Merman
Siren
Ondine
Data
Mythology World mythology
First reported c. 1000BC
Country Worldwide
Habitat Ocean, sea
Mermaid and merman, 1866. Anonymous Russian folk artist.

A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a human head and torso and the tail of an aquatic animal such as a fish or do...


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