What mermaids really are, still remains a mystery to people. Recently, a mermaid has been seen in a video going viral on social media

Many times we get to see something like this on social media. Which we never expected. We have never seen such a video. As soon as we watch these videos, our fingers and eyes remain fixed on one place. Today we are going to show you a similar video. After seeing this you will not be able to believe your eyes. 
Do water fairies really exist?

If you are told that mermaids also live on this earth. So you would think that this is seen only in films. However, there are no mermaids in real life. But proving this wrong, a video has surfaced, in which a mermaid is sitting on the bank of a river and is resting. The mermaid is seen sitting on a big stone. After some time, she goes back into the river, jumping on the stones. Seeing the mermaid from a distance, some person captured this scene in his camera which is now going viral on social media. However, India TV does not confirm this video. It is possible that this video may have been edited. 

This is how people reacted after seeing the mermaid

The video has been shared on Instagram by a user named @spsingh9613. Till the time of writing the video, millions of people have watched and liked it. While many people have also given their respective reactions by commenting on this video. While commenting, a user wrote – If there is a mermaid and it is like this, then I don’t want it. Another wrote – This video is a scene from a film. The third wrote – She looks less like a mermaid and more like a ghost fairy

Who saw the first mermaid?

Christopher Columbus

In January 1493, Christopher Columbus and his crew were sailing near the Dominican Republic when the famous explorer announced he saw something peculiar in the water

What do mermaids look like?

The concept of a mermaid typically describes a creature with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish. They are often depicted as having long hair, human-like facial features, and sometimes possessing scales or fins on their lower body

In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish.^[1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same traditions), 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. Although traditions about and reported sightings of mermen are less common than those of mermaids, they are in folklore generally assumed to co-exist with their female counterparts. The male and the female collectively are sometimes referred to as merfolk or merpeople.

The Western concept of mermaids as beautiful, seductive singers may have been influenced by the sirens of Greek mythology, which were originally half-birdlike, but came to be pictured as half-fishlike in the Christian era. Historical accounts of mermaids, such as those reported by Christopher Columbusduring his exploration of the Caribbean, may have been sightings of manatees or similar aquatic mammals. While there is no evidence that mermaids exist outside folklore, reports of mermaid sightings continue to the present day.

Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature in recent centuries, such as in Hans Christian Andersen‘s literary fairy tale“The Little Mermaid” (1836). They have subsequently been depicted in operas, paintings, books, comics, animation, and live-action films.

The English word “mermaid” has its earliest-known attestation in Middle English(Chaucer, Nun’s Priest’s Tale, c. 1390). The compound word is formed from “mere” (sea), and “maid

Mermaids aren’t real. Still, they have fascinated people for thousands of years. But what exactly is a mermaid? When most people hear the word “mermaid,” they think of a creature that’s half-human, half-animal. Specifically, they usually picture a woman whose legs have been replaced by the long tail of a fish.

Of course, the stories of mermaids also include male mermaids, known as mermen. Together, mermaids and mermen make up merfolk! There are many stories of creatures that are half-human, half-animal. Mermaids are just one of the most popular.

The history of mermaid legends and myths goes back a long time. It’s full of many versions of similar creatures all over the world. For example, the Babylonian fish god Era was a merman. Likewise, the Greek god Triton was a merman figure. Both have been around for many hundreds of years.

The first stories about mermaids, though, come from thousands of years ago. They’re from ancient Assyria. These stories say that the goddess Atargatis changed herself into a mermaid. She did so after she accidentally killed a human. This may be why many older mermaidlegends associated them with bad luck. Old stories often blame mermaids for storms and shipwrecks.

This view may also be the result of their connection with the mythological Greek creatures known as sirens. The sirenswere popularized in Homer’s Odyssey. They were known to lure sailors into dangerous waters. They did so with their beauty and singing.

In many other cultures, however, mermaids were seen as good creatures. They brought good luck. Some even fell in love with humans. These mermaids are the ones that have become popular in modern stories. This includes Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” and Disney’s musical version of the tale.

Where do mermaids live?

This is kind of a no brainer. Mermaids live in the sea and inhabit marine areas all around the world, according to legend. But there are also stories of mermaids living lakes and rivers.

Mermaids are also common as spiritual beings, or deities. These mermaids are more metaphysical and cannot be seen, but can be prayed to and communicated with.

Mermaids may also live in Atlantis. The Lost City of Atlantis is a fictional island that sunk and is now submerged. In some stories and movies mermaids live there.

What are the recorded mermaid sightings

Mermaid sightings have been reported by many sailors and pirates throughout history. The theory is that they actually were mistaking a manatee for a mermaid, but who knows? Here are a few historical accounts of mermaid sightings.

Christopher Columbus– Christopher Columbus was the first documented account of seeing a mermaid. He wrote that the mermaid was not as beautiful as legend, and had a masculine face. It is believed that it was really a dugong that he saw.

John Smith– There is a story that John Smith, of Jamestown, sighted a mermaid. He said she was graceful and “by no means unattractive.” It is debatable whether it is historically accurate or just the story of a writer.

Edward Teach – Edward Teach was an English pirate who sailed around the West Indies. He was famously known as Blackbeard. He was a huge man and one of the most dangerous pirates around. In a log book it is recorded that Blackbeard made an order to steer clear of a certain area that he believed was inhabited by merfolk.

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