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Pronunciation: [mˈɜːme͡ɪdz] (IPA)

Mermaids, also known as sirens, sea nymphs, sea maidens, or ocean goddesses, have captivated human imagination for centuries. These mythical creatures are often depicted with long hair, fish tails, and enchanting voices that can lure sailors to their deaths. Other alternate terms for mermaids include naiads, undines, selkies, and water sprites. In some cultures, they are also known by names such as Rusalka, Mami Wata, and Ningyo. Despite their various names, mermaids are universally recognized as mysterious beings that possess both beauty and danger in equal measure. Whether depicted as monstrous or benevolent beings, mermaids remain an intriguing and enduring legend of the sea.
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    aquatic humanoids, mythical humanoids, mythical/folkloric creatures.

Usage examples for Mermaids

Captain Wiley says he has seen mermaids with the same long look in their eyes.
"The Maid of Maiden Lane"
Amelia E. Barr
They were spoken of as mermaids and Mermen, and as their lungs were not adapted for breathing under water, they had the extraordinary power of entering into the skin of some fish or sea animal, and in this way passing from their own abode to our upper world, where they held converse with mortal men, and, as often as not, tried to lure them to destruction.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson
But to-day Linnet no sooner recognized the opening of the story than she set her face defiantly; and when Annet reached that most pathetic passage where the little mermaid glances down sorrowfully at her fish's tail, and "Let us be merry," says the grandmother, "let us dance and play for the three hundred years we have to live," Linnet lifted her chin, stared hard at the horizon and said resolutely-albeit in a voice that trembled a little- "I don't believe there are any such things as mermaids!"
"Major Vigoureux"
A. T. Quiller-Couch

Famous quotes with Mermaids

  • I think every little girl is fascinated with mermaids.
    Joanna Noelle Levesque
  • Wake up, Caitlin, Mr. Lensing had said. But what he didn't under­stand was that this dreamland was preferable, walking through this life half-sleeping, everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids. I didn't care if they sang to me.All I wanted was to block out all the human voices as they called me name again and again, pulling me upward into light,to drown.
    Sarah Dessen
  • I grow old … I grow old ... I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.Do I dare to eat a peach?I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me.We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown.
    T. S. Eliot
  • Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the Devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind.
    John Donne
  • ‘Why, what can a man do when he takes to adoring one of you mermaids? He only neglects his work and runs up bills.’
    George Eliot

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