A Deep DIVE into the Underwater World of Mermaids (Episode #31)

Mysterious Pals

For thousands of years stories of mermaids have been told across the world. While each culture has its own twist to legend, the core story remains constant. Sometimes it's a cautionary tale about the dangers of the ocean, and sometimes it’s of a forbidden love between a human and a merfolk. In any case, the question of why the story has endured from through pre-recorded and recorded history remains challenging. So, where did the legend of mermaids come from and why is it so common throughout nearly all parts of the world?

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• “Telling Tails Throughout History: Mermaids and Sirens | Queen Anne’s Revenge Project.” Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge Project, Queen Anne’s Revenge Conservation Lab, 2020, https://www.qaronline.org/blog/2020-07-20/mermaids-and-sirens.
• “The Incredible Origins of the Mermaid Myth - Ocean Info.” Ocean Info, https://www.facebook.com/oceaninfosite/, 4 July 2021, https://oceaninfo.com/exploration/myths-and-legends/mermaid-origins/.
• “What Is a Mermaid? | Royal Museums Greenwich.” Royal Museums Greenwich | Home, https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/what-mermaid
• Magnani, Arianna (May 2022). "Searching for Sirenes in the 17th and 18th Centuries: Fantastic Taxonomies of Anthropomorphic Fish in Chinese and Jesuit Texts" (PDF). Sulla Via del Catai (26): 87–105.
• Wood, Juliette (2018). "Ch. 2: Lingering in sea caves: The world of the mermaid". Fantastic Creatures in Mythology and Folklore: From Medieval Times to the Present Day. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 49–92. ISBN 978-1-441-13060-0.
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