Mermaid MythologyThe oldest form of the mermaid in mermaid mythology is the goddess Atargatis from Syria. A famous statue of Atargatis shows her as a woman from the waist up and a fish from there down. All sea goddesses inherit the sea's qualities. Just as the sea could be gentle and nurturing or violent and deadly, so could they. These are the same contradictory qualities we see in mermaids to this day: beautiful, cruel, tender, loving, destroying, etc. In a larger sense this is man's view of nature. The mermaid, a fantastic creature, is nature herself. 
Mermaid SymbolismMythology is more than a bunch of stories. These stories have relavance to our lives today or they would not have endured as long as they have... Or remained as popular. Click here to see how mermaid mythology influenced, and formed, the life of one woman.
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