Ocean and Mermaids
Damaris Garcia
Professor Winchester
ENG – 010-21
November 26, 2013
The Myth of Mermaids
Mermaids are a myth believed to begin centuries ago, in Greece, which people still think exist today. A mermaid is an upper body resembling a human and a lower body resembling a fish tail. People still believe mermaids exist today. Mermaids are believed to come from a myth started in Greece. They where first seen by the Arab and the Greek sailors during the medieval era. The myth started in Europe and then was passed down to Africa and America. The sailors claimed to see mermaids while traveling across different parts of the ocean. They say that Christopher Columbus claimed to see three mermaids in the oceans near Haiti in January of 1493. He said that they were not as pretty as everybody said they were. A mermaids description entails a human upper body and a lower body resembling a fish. Some feel that they are beautiful women with a long colorful fish tail, and are always combing there hair sitting on a rock. They also live for a very long time without aging one bit. Others consider mermaids to be ugly creatures because of their human upper body and lower fish tail. There has never been any documented or taped sightings to prove that mermaids truly exist. Even though there is a lot of speculation, people still believe mermaids exist. If anybody sees anything odd in the sea they may think it could be a mermaid. Most people do not believe in mermaids because there hasn 't been a proven sighting. There are some unknown creatures in the sea but to our knowledge are not considered to be mermaids. With all the centuries that have past since the first documented sighting there still has not been anything else recorded that could be considered a mermaid. Mermaids are just a myth that was past on from centuries ago to get people thinking about whether this phenomenon could exist. “ In short, the whole thing appears to be another urban myth, one of those weird
Professor Winchester
ENG – 010-21
November 26, 2013
The Myth of Mermaids
Mermaids are a myth believed to begin centuries ago, in Greece, which people still think exist today. A mermaid is an upper body resembling a human and a lower body resembling a fish tail. People still believe mermaids exist today. Mermaids are believed to come from a myth started in Greece. They where first seen by the Arab and the Greek sailors during the medieval era. The myth started in Europe and then was passed down to Africa and America. The sailors claimed to see mermaids while traveling across different parts of the ocean. They say that Christopher Columbus claimed to see three mermaids in the oceans near Haiti in January of 1493. He said that they were not as pretty as everybody said they were. A mermaids description entails a human upper body and a lower body resembling a fish. Some feel that they are beautiful women with a long colorful fish tail, and are always combing there hair sitting on a rock. They also live for a very long time without aging one bit. Others consider mermaids to be ugly creatures because of their human upper body and lower fish tail. There has never been any documented or taped sightings to prove that mermaids truly exist. Even though there is a lot of speculation, people still believe mermaids exist. If anybody sees anything odd in the sea they may think it could be a mermaid. Most people do not believe in mermaids because there hasn 't been a proven sighting. There are some unknown creatures in the sea but to our knowledge are not considered to be mermaids. With all the centuries that have past since the first documented sighting there still has not been anything else recorded that could be considered a mermaid. Mermaids are just a myth that was past on from centuries ago to get people thinking about whether this phenomenon could exist. “ In short, the whole thing appears to be another urban myth, one of those weird
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