page_title: Mermaid
hierarchical_section_title: Mermaid
caption_attribution_description: English: Mermen. Russian lubok. Русский: «Морские сирены». Лубок.
context_page_description: A mermaid is a mythological creature with a female human head and upper body and the tail of a fish. Mermaids are said to live mostly in the water, although sometimes they are known to come out of the water and sit on the large rocks above the sea. It was thought that they would make boats crash with their siren-like calls.
context_section_description: A mermaid is a mythological creature with a female human head and upper body and the tail of a fish. Mermaids are said to live mostly in the water, although sometimes they are known to come out of the water and sit on the large rocks above the sea. It was thought that they would make boats crash with their siren-like calls.
caption: Mermaid and merman, 1866. Anonymous Russian folk artist.
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