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Topic | What do you think of Shin Megami Tensei's design for the Mermaid? |
Scarecrow17 06/18/21 11:37:38 AM #41: | cjs28 posted... I thought the idea mermaid came from sailors hallucinating from being at sea for months on end and fucking dolphins or something >_> Hm, not really. Mermaids were originally the sirens of Greek mythology. They were depicted as half-bird, half women type creatures. Over time and maybe during the Hellenistic Period (323 BC - 31 BC), the sirens gradually shifted into half fish, half women type creatures. In a naturalist theory, the idea of mermaids came from mistaken sightings of manatees and dugongs by men at sea. --- His foundation lie in the holy mountain. Selah. ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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