Reaction Paper About Mermaids

Although some people don’t believe in mermaid’s there has been sightings. “Christopher columbus was sailing near the dominican republic, and claims to have seen female forms that rose high out of the sea but were not as beautiful as they are represented.” He wrote all of this in his log which is a primary source. Also “in 1614, English explorer John Smith went to the Caribbean and claimed to have seen a mermaid. he explained her as "Her long green hair imparted to her an original character by no means unattractive," he wrote in his journal, adding that he'd "begun to experience the first effects of love," she revealed her fish parts when she turned over which is proof she was a mermaid”(Experts: Sea cow 'sirens' fuel mermaid mythology; sailors'

Water calming to listen to, cooling to go in on a hot summers day, but what lies beneath the surface? The world has many myths from mermaids to sea monsters, but could any of these be true? In 1493 Christopher Columbus claimed he had seen a mermaid that was really a manatee or someone mistaking a giant octopus when really . Maybe I could prove that all of this is true with a story I heard a few years ago from a fisherman who learned about this while he lived in Norway. The story goes, in a small town in Norway called Larvik in 1770 a young girl had the most beautiful voice. She became vain from the beauty of her voice. One day an old woman knocked on her door. The old woman asked for some food because she had no money to buy it with. The young

Apart from the Greeks and Romans, all sea-faring cultures had some variety of water spirit. In Breton, people did not walk the shores alone at night for fear of coming upon a Morgane (Breton mermaid). Morganes were known to pull children out into the water and drowned. Morganes were used as an explanation for why people drowned in rip currents (“Myths and Legends”). In Gaelic Mythology, Merrow (Gaelic mermaids) were beautiful and enticing to young sailors (O’brien). In British folklore, the mermaid is viewed as a bad omen; but, in Warsaw she is worshipped as a protector and is a symbol of the city (Dziewnowska).

The Little Mermaid tells the story of the youngest daughter of the Sea King, the ruler of the sea. After saving a handsome prince from a ship wreck, the little mermaid decides that he is the love of her life. Desperate to be with the prince, she visits the infamous Sea Witch and gives up her life as a mermaid, her beautiful voice and the ability to be with her family for a human body. Not only does the little mermaid throw her life away for a chance to be with a hot guy, but she also agrees to endure unbearable pain with every step she takes on land. After meeting the prince, the little mermaid has no ability to speak for herself and therefore lets a man make every decision for her. She might be living in a palace, but she is being treated like a dog as the prince requires her to sleep at is door, on a cushion. Throughout the entire fairy tale, the little mermaid is tortured and treated unfairly whereas her male counterpart is rescued, admired and has made all decisions. This in no way portrays the value we hold so dear today. In the past 100 years, women have had to fight tirelessly for the rights we have today, such as the right to vote and for the overall

Many people are forced into this idea of what society classifies as a mermaid. According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, a mermaid is, “An imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and body and a fish's tail instead of legs,” (Mermaid 2015). In Hollywood, legends, and media, that is generally how mermaids are depicted. In the theory of evolution that is put into place by Darwin, an early scientist, there are two different competing theories for how’ humans came to be. There is the Savannah Theory (ST), and then there is the Aquatic Ape Theory (AAT). Both theories have strong standings with how history has unfolded (but there are issues within their own theories); however, the Aquatic Ape Theory also has an evolutionary theory into how it could be possible that mermaids exist (Bergman 2007). With the Aquatic Ape Theory, the evolutionary process has a possibility of leading to the existence of mermaids, because of the similarities in humans and aquatic animals, there is a gap in the evolutionary fossil record, and finally there are some mysterious findings and

After examining the “Star Cross’d Lovers”. The illustration demonstrated many physical differences that can be seen between the mermaid and the angel. Stating the obvious that the mermaid is covered in fishy scales while the angel is in human like form with beautiful wings. These differences have more meaning than just looking different. Due to the clarity of the water and clear visualization

Long ago under the sea, there lived a royal mermaid family in a beautiful kingdom. Queen Ryell bore six flawless daughters to King Adron, however, one was not ordinary. She was the youngest mermaid and never fit in with the rest of the girls. She possessed long blonde curly hair with bright blue eyes. She was unique in her own way and talked to everyone she caught sight of. Although she was curious of what was outside of the Kingdom gates, she obeyed her parents and never departed. Her name was Luna.

He says that the history of mermaid start seven million years ago in Africa. Human ancestors left their shelter to find food, and there were curious about what’s in the ocean. Because of the instinct of human, the ancestors went to the ocean and adapt. Some of them drawn to the sea, but the rest adapted very well even their body change and adapt as

Do you know that manatees are considered the foundation of the mermaid legend? They are considered the basis of the mermaid legend because it is believed manatees are responsible for sailors’ tales of mermaids and sirens. That must have been a long time at sea because the manatee’s also known as the sea cow. Manatees are marine mammals that breathe air through their nostrils. They are a few species of manatees: the West African, the Amazonian, and the West Indian. They are settled in rivers, in the ocean, and the shoreline of the islands. The name manatee comes from the Taino, a pre-Columbian people of the Caribbean, meaning, and “beast”. The manatees are critically endangered due to human conflicts and red tide; however, concerned

The documentary "Mermaids the body found" released in May 2012, produced by Josh Wilkins and Theresa Ryan discusses the possibilities of real-life mermaids and how they came to form. In 2004 the NOAA team also known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration claimed that there was a group of boys who saw a weird animal that appeared human-like and lived underwater. This theory was reported to the navy for investigation when a bunch of whales appeared dead on the beach, the whales and sharks had serve force to their ear, that caused internal bleeding. The question was what caused it?

However, because childhood and adulthood never exist completely separate from the influence of one another, the sea kingdom of innocence and joy is tinged with glimpses into the adult domain – glimpses which grow in frequency and intensity of curiosity as the Little Mermaid grows older. The Little Mermaid has shaped her garden to look like the sun; the sun has connotations with the over-world as well as with “son” or man (Dahlerup). The statue of a young man in her garden verifies this semblance. Such indications of another world are not given birth on its own, but rather are spurred by the figure of the grandmother, who serves as both an otherworldly messenger, as well as an embodiment of the sea world. The grandmother acts as a mother figure to the mermaids, as a center and a sustainer of a child world; however, the twelve oysters on her tail shows her to be “a little too proud of her rank” and instantly places her as an adult with desires and manifestations of such desires that extend beyond the simplicity and ignorance of childhood (Andersen 218). The grandmother’s stories and descriptions of an ulterior reality power both imagination and curiosity – and the Little Mermaid longs for the day she is “old enough” to give tangible form to her

Thus far, the mermaid has been referenced as both a seductress, as per the devil and as a sister by Adrian. The nature of their connection is inherent in both suggestions, but chiefly this verbal fluctuation perhaps could symbolize Adrian’s own inner temptations between lusty artistic ambition and the quest for soul salvation.

A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks and drownings. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans.Mermaids are associated with the mythological Greek sirens as well as with sirenia, a biological order comprising dugongs and manatees. Some of the historical sightings by sailors may have been

Mermaids are legends that have been among us for years; moreover, to understand the legends, one must look at their history, their mystical powers and their distinct descriptions. Mermaids, Mermen, and Merbabys are making more of an appearance in our waters than they ever have. These mystical creatures are swimming back into our world.

Phillpotts analyzes the different influences that mermaids have on a culture, including: the first mermaids, mermaids and their relations to sex and religion, mermaid marriages, sea sightings, historical hoaxes, folk heroine and creative muse, and the modern interpretation of mermaids. The earliest record of a mermaid is Atargatis, a Semitic mood goddess, worshipped by the Philistines, Syrians and Israelites. She was represented as the fertility goddess who also personified a darker aspect: love as a destructive force. This is an element integral to the mermaid legend throughout history. Phillpotts connects the ancient goddess to Aphrodite and the Greek culture. I will be using this connection to analyze the connection between mermaids as goddess