Mermaid

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Introduction1

See U in History & Mythology (YouTube Channel)

Dictionary

mermaid : a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish — Merriam-Webster   See also   OneLook

Thesaurus

Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

Encyclopedia

Mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and 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. The male equivalent of the mermaid is the merman, also a familiar figure in folklore and heraldry. — Wikipedia

Mermaid (Encyclopædia Britannica)

Mermaid (Encyclopedia Mythica)
Sea People (Encyclopedia Mythica)

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Preservation

History

Mermaid (World History Encyclopedia)

Museum

International Mermaid Museum

Library

DDC: 398.45 Paranormal Beings of Human and Semihuman Form (Library Thing)
Subject: Mermaids (Library Thing)

Subject: Mermaids (Open Library)

LCC: GR 910.G33 Mermaids (UPenn Online Books)
Subject: Mermaids (UPenn Online Books)

LCC: GR 910.G33 Mermaids (Library of Congress)
Subject: Mermaids (Library of Congress)

Subject: Mermaids (WorldCat)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

News

Mermaid (JSTOR)
Mermaid (NPR Archives)

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Related

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Knowledge Realm

Mystical

Hypothetical, Mythical, Celestial
Unicorn, Pegasus, Phoenix, Mermaid, Elf, Fairy, Muse, Athena, Angel
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Notes

1.   The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.