The Merman .. He is male mermaids .. He has a human body from the top and the tail of a fish from the bottom .. Exorcist and forgotten .. He has never received any fame .. Unlike his nymphs Although I see that his personality and his stories More interesting than mermaids.

Unlike mermaids , the Merman were portrayed as unattractive and ugly creatures. However, in some modern drawings and sculptures, they were depicted as objects, attractive and seductive.

In Greek mythology, the Merman is described as having green seagrass hair, a heavy beard and a large-headed shaft.

In Irish mythology, they are often described as ugly beings with small eyes and red nose. The Merman in Europe were a harbinger of deadly storms and the drowning of people and ships. It was also said that he was a teacher of great wisdom.

The common thing between The Merman and mermaids is their ability to seduce people with their beautiful and tempting voices and songs.

The most famous The Merman

Perhaps the world's most famous Merman is Triton, the son of both Poseidon and Imphitrite, the god of the sea in Greek mythology. Triton was known as the sea urchin.

The myth of The myth of Merman was not confined to a single geographic area. It was spread in many civilizations, such as the Babylonian myth of Adaba and the myth of Anki of Sumerian. One of the most famous Merman in Greek mythology is Glakos, who was not born as a genus of water at all. He was a normal human being, a hunter and hunter. One day he caught a fish and the fish jumped from the grass to the sea. In the eating of that grass for his belief that he is an oxir and has magical properties .. Then he felt a strong desire to live in the sea and the transformation of one of his beings .. Jump to the ocean and refused to return .. And prayed until the goddess of the sea listened to his prayers .. Veraft and turned it into A sea god, Ovid (a Roman poet) described him as blue and possessed a fish tail. The Merman could mating with humans.


In fact, The Merman occupied a very small area of ​​literature and popular stories. One of the most famous literary writings on this subject was written by Matthew Arnold, who wrote a poem called "Forsaken Merman" The sea which his human wife abandoned with his children.

One of the most famous works is a man from Atlantis ... where actor Patrick Duffy was the only Merman survivor of Atlantis.

I have always heard stories of mermaids ... but I never heard stories of these beings .. What attracted me more is that it is a myth of the pariah and unknown to most people.

This was what I had in mind for you .. I hope that the topic has won your admiration.





Sources

The Merman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Triton (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Glaucus - Greek Mythology