Cosma / Communication / Knowledge / Realm / Mystical / 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 — 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
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)
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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
Here are links to pages about closely related subjects.
Hypothetical, Mythical, Celestial
Unicorn, Pegasus, Phoenix, Mermaid, Elf, Fairy, Muse, Athena, Angel
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