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9. In was a sent by to for the of her The killed Cetus who was placed in the as a reminder of and as a against or
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7. In the is a giant that would wrap its large around the and pull them to the bottom of the devouring the drowning as the ships sank to the sea bed.
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5. In was a of the and leader of the 50 Her son was to be but to die She did all she could to him; that son was
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4. In a is an with the head and upper body of a and the of a Mermaids appear in the folklore of many and in some they and in others they with them
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3. In were half bird, half woman creatures who lived by the They lured into crashing their ships into jagged rocks with their beautiful
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2. In and were of the empty and dark They came to the surface, lured onto their back before returning to the and drowning them. Occasionally they took form.
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Dagon was a Phoenician fertility god of sea and farms, who brought storms and bounty. Appearing as a merman, he fascinated the author H.P. Lovecraft, who turned him into a monstrous Old One, a god of the sea that predated mankind on Earth and served the stars.

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Water is no impediment to Djinni, who can be found in shadows and caves beneath the waves and come up to trick and taunt sailors of any kind. Tales speak of bandit djinn who steal from sailors or else sink their ships, but also djinn who save them.

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Utopiec was a dangerous Slavic water demon born of the soul of a drowned man or a miscarried foetus.
They had a green, slimy, mud-covered skin and they liked to pull people under water to drown them.

Art by Paweł Zych

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"And no one has a right to say that no water-babies exist, till they have seen no water-babies existing; which is quite a different thing, mind, from not seeing water-babies; and a thing which nobody ever did, or perhaps ever will do."
-The Waterbabies

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Mermaids by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann, 19th century

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- Haida Tales: Raven and the Coming of the Salmon https://t.co/sg3G3SV79R

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Haliya also helps protect the last moon from being eaten by the dragon.

artwork: godfreyescota on tumblr

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Bakunawa is a Philippine serpentine sea dragon that tried to devour the seven moons before. But before it could eat the last moon, people tried to make loud noise in hopes of frightening the dragon, and it worked.

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Ashrays, (Water Lovers), are translucent water creatures that are often mistaken for sea ghosts. They can be either gender & are only under water. They're completely nocturnal. If captured & exposed to sunlight ashrays melt and only a puddle of water remains.

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The art of John Anster Fitzgerald (English, 1819–1906) - (a) The Artist's Dream (b) Dreams (c) The Captive Robin and (d) The Fairies Banquet. "Fairy Fitzgerald". The Victorians were fascinated with magical subjects - perhaps esp. fairies and the supernatural.

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It's impossible to fall out of love with John Reinhard Weguelin's mermaid art! 🧜‍♀️💙

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The akugyo (悪魚) has the head and arms of a woman and breathes fire, a malevolent Japanese mermaid who ensnares the ships of sailors in rocks and then breaks the ship, devouring them. Japanese lords have tried to take her down, and failed.

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I dreamt you were a siren
And you sang your strange songs to me
I felt a strange kind of magic
And dived into your deep black sea.
- John F Porter


Artist is Kata Kiss

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The Fideal - an evil water spirit or fuath - was said to haunt Loch na Fideil near Gairloch in the Scottish Highlands. The embodiment of entangling bog grasses and weeds, it would tempt passers-by and drag them to the bottom of the loch.

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