Erika Layton
Studied mythology for years
27w ago
Legends of the half human, half fish creature goes back thousands of years. Now known as mermaids, these creatures were first “sighted” by Arabs and the Greek Pliny in 586 AD. Following this, many medieval sailors have claimed to have seen mermaids, these claims going all the way up to the 1900’s. It was later thought by scientists that these “sightings” were in fact marine creatures such as manatees, as they carry their young the same way as humans.
Beverley Davis
former Retired Teacher
26w ago
Lonely sailors at sea saw seals and imagined them beautiful women. Then stories start that someone actually did see a beautiful woman…..in Ireland there are actually people who can shed their seal skins and become humans (male and female) selkies.
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