The Church got in on the act of course. Their view was that mermaids were lustful creatures, vain sexual predators, and the worst of a woman. The FrenchBestiaire Divin, written by Guillaume, le Clerc de Normandie, in 1210 told of the mermaid’s sinfulness, calling them prostitutes and wh...
mermaid, a fabled marine creature with the head and upper body of ahuman beingand the tail of afish. Similar divine or semidivine beings appear in ancient mythologies (e.g., the Chaldean sea god Ea, or Oannes). In Europeanfolklore, mermaids (sometimes called sirens) and mermen were natura...
The Greeks imagined lots of creatures that were part human and part animal, like harpies (bird and human) and centaurs (horse and human). Sometimes their mermaids were good, like the Greek goddess Atargatis, who protected humans, but others were dangerous, like the Sirens, who sang beautiful...
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According to Greek mythology, sirens were known to be the less favored creatures when compared to mermaids. Due to their presumed dangerous characteristics, this may have been the reason why designers decided to enhance the femininity and softness of the siren icon. ...
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Mermaids, 1990 (dir. Richard Benjamin) Au revoir les enfants, 1987 (dir. Louis Malle) Uncle Buck, 1989 (dir. John Hughes) The Postman Always Rings Twice, 1946 (dir. Tay Garnett) Sorry, Wrong Number, 1948 (dir. Anatole Litvak) The Big Knife, 1955 (dir. Robert Aldrich) Kansas City ...