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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. <cite>Scarecrow17 posted [p:955166637] in What do yo... [t:79518122]...</cite> <quote>cjs28 posted... </cite> <quote>I thought the idea mermaid came from sailors hallucinating from being at sea for months on end and fucking dolphins or something >_></quote> 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.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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