The Truth Behind the Mermaid Myth

Do mermaids really exist? How do these half-human half-fish mythical sea creatures look? Does Aquaman live among mermaids?
Anyway, one of the interesting things about legends is that entirely different parts of the world describe seeing the exact same thing for centuries! Believe it or not, scientists and historians have been interested in the mermaid’s existence for years.

TIMESTAMPS:
The first mermaid 2:14
Mermaids in Japanese folklore 3:28
Mermaids in African folklore 3:46
Mermaids in Russian folklore 4:15
Unconfirmed sightings in the past years 5:30
Christopher Columbus’s mermaid sighting 6:32
Why manatees could be mistaken for mermaids 6:55
Could mermaid body function? 8:31


SUMMARY:
- The first mermaid, according to legends, is Atargatis, the ancient Syrian goddess of the sea. She didn’t start out as a mermaid, though.
- Like most legends, that of the mermaid spans across cultures. In Japanese folklore, there’s the Ningyo, which is a giant fish with a human face and a monkey’s mouth.
- In Russia, they have the Rusalka, a water nymph in Slavic mythology that’s been portrayed as both good and evil.
- In Norway and parts of Scotland, they have the Finfolk, who were shape-shifters of the sea. They have an affinity for silver and tend to make humans their slaves.
- The hype continues even today. Unconfirmed (and probably false) sightings have been reported all over the world in the past years.
- One thing’s for sure, no one has actually seen, met, or caught a real mermaid, alive or not. Even Christopher Columbus’s mermaid sighting in 1493 was debunked by experts.
- From afar, manatees are about the size of a human, their front flippers could resemble an arm from a distance, and their neck vertebrae allow them to turn their heads around like we do.
- The human part of the mermaid wouldn’t be able to withstand a life in cold oceanic waters. That is, not unless mermaids have a thick layer of hair like sea otters or blubber like other marine mammals.

#mermaids #marinemammals #syrian

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[BRIGHTSIDEOFFICIAL]

Guys, do you believe in something beyond here, something mystical?

[cherrywolf]

In Human YouTube: are mermaids real?

In mermaids YouTube: HUMAN CAUGHT ON CAMERA! [PROOF]

[hubartrajan]

I believe in Mermaids, who's with me 🙋🏻‍♀️

[saltlifegull]

For decades, I owned commercial fishing vessels that fished the Gulf of Mexico. Between the 1980s-90s, I had two different reports from highly disturbed crew who caught 'something' they could not explain, were horrified at, and threw off the deck asap in fright--hoping not to get savagely bitten. Every one said the two large creatures were not fish/not human. btw, commercial fishermen are serious and not easily frightened. They reported the creatures were not beautiful.

[stancrackheads]

I still think mermaid could be real because we yet haven't seen the whole ocean
Maybe they must live under depth of the sea where no sunlight and human can come and come up at night
We still dont know !

[nguyennam]

What I learn in school: 10%


What I learn on YouTube: 90%

[snowyiqra]

Leave a like if u r interested in learning more about mermaids

[bombshell]

I love their approach of open discussion for the video. They laid out facts, told us stories and instead of giving a sure-shot conclusion and instead of disappointing the other half of the audience, just left it open-ended & for us to decide! Kudos, smart work there.

[yohiniekana]

I am from jaffna, sri lanka. We have a temple name "Nainativu Nagapooshani Amman" . The goddess is very famous for fertility. Few of my friends and relatives who had issue with fertility went to her temple to worship. Within few months they were conceived. She is a miraculous goddess. And yes she is the goddess of indian ocean. She is also called as Manimekhala. In south-east Asian stories she is potrayed as mermaid.

[trishaleguiab]

*in land...*

man: "Are mermaids real?"


*while in water...*


mermaid: "Are humans real?"

[zilch]

They are hiding in the 95% of the ocean we haven't explored

[fzred]

There's a YouTube post somewhere here that consists of the submitted story of a teenage paraplegic, who says in his letter that he was staying with his uncle and family on the Oregon coast one summer. During their stay he reported enjoying wheelchair access to a fishing dock. To keep this story short he tells in detail about being assaulted by a creature that swam up to the dock and hoisted itself up, which was a large female upper body, yet monstrous in appearance and scale-less fish bodied in the lower half. He said it beat and pummeled him viciously until it was chased off by his uncle.
I have no idea if the guy was telling the truth in his letter to a YouTube channel, but as a longtime Oregon resident it was very interesting to listen to.

[xXMcMauliXx]

I do believe that there are a lot of creatures at the unmapped parts of the ocean's that we probably never will know about and that look so much different from everything we could imagine. And I also believe that there is a species with a human like body with some kinds of fins. Definitely more like the mermaids from Harry Potter than the Ariel but still a mermaid to me.

[hereschica]

Humans: What if mermaids were real?
Mermaids: What if humans were real?
Me: What if chickens became YouTubers?

[jinkyescoto]

I believed there are still more things that are undiscovered in this world.

[marleneleckie]

In Jamaica she is called Riva Mumah. The Flat bridge in St. Catherine regularly known for person's saying that "they have seen mermaids".

[Tea_with_fonts]

‘Sorry for ruining your childhood, ANYWAY’ had me in tears

[raeluvirgo]

Meanwhile I haven't heard of any new sightings of big foot. Man I hope he's okay

[weirdo]

I think under the Bermuda triangle is a bunch of sirens that sings songs and bringing all the ships and then the kraken pulls them down

[MonkeyDLuffy-yely]

Yes because there is only 5% of the ocean discovered there is still more ocean out there that we need to explore before we can say mermaids ain’t real