mere-min(c. 1200) and was shortened tomere"siren, mermaid" (early 13c.); the latermermaidmight be a re-expansion of this. Tail-less in northern Europe; the fishy form is a medieval influence from the classicalsiren, and mermaids sometimes were said to lure sailors to destruction with ...
鲸鱼(jīngyú whales) are mammals, not fish. Neither are 鲍鱼 (bàoyú abalone) and 鱿鱼 (yóuyú squids, or calamari in Italian). And of course, neither are mermaids, or 美人鱼 (měirényú), which the Chinese dubbed “beauty fish”. 鱼鳍(yú qí) are fins. 鲜(xiān) or 新鲜 (xīnx...
鲸鱼(jīngyú whales) are mammals, not fish. Neither are 鲍鱼 (bàoyú abalone) and 鱿鱼 (yóuyú squids, or calamari in Italian). And of course, neither are mermaids, or 美人鱼 (měirényú), which the Chinese dubbed “beauty fish”. 鱼鳍(yú qí) are fins. 鲜(xiān) or 新鲜 (xīnx...
Last night at the French conversation group, we were discussing mermaids and sirens, as you do, and discovered that in French, they are both referred to assirènes. This got me wondering what the differences are between them, if any. According toWikipedia, amermaidis “an aquatic creature w...
Filled with heavy symbolism, the sculptures feature mermaids, animals with two bodies and lion devouring people, to symbolize tensions between good and evil. The space, while physically open is more concerned with opening the mind and letting in Christ’s teachings in a self-guided way. Similar...