Myth:
Mermaids
"A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transforms herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes depicted as perilous creatures associated with floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drowning. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition) they can be benevolent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans."
Mermaids have been a facination for centuries. They have been included in literature and art. In today's society, we are reminded of mermaids particularly through movies, such as "The Little Mermaid" which mermaids are kind and curious, but they also make appearances in movies like "The Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides" in which mermaids are dipicted as creatures to be feared and used to find the Fountain of Youth.
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