Mermaids: Voices of the Seas

 They swim gracefully underwater like the dolphins that roam the seas. Their voices are powerful enough to drown sailors to their doom. They are the beautiful sirens of the seas, the mermaids.

 Mermaids have been told in many fisherman's tales while they were out at sea. These creatures have bodies that share human and aquatic qualities. The tales of early accounts of these captivating creatures have been used to warn sailors of the long voyages out to sea. In this portion of our monster blogs, we will look at the deadly encounters behind the creation of the mermaids.

1. It doesn't take much to swoon a man to his death. Homer talked about these mermaids in his story the Odyssey as creatures that are part bird and part human, but were later converted to creatures of human and fish in later adaptations on the story of Ulysses. Movies that mention these creatures of death are the notable Little Mermaid (1989).

2. Mermaid Syndrome is an actual thing. Like Werewolf Syndrome that was mentioned in an earlier blog, mermaid syndrome is no different. This disorder is cased early in the cycle of meiosis, or the creation of a baby if you want to look at it that way, the legs are fused together and will not allow the kidneys and bladder to develop normally. When Oprah was the biggest talk show host, she did have a girl come to her show with this deformation. There is treatment now for this disease but those who have mermaid syndrome will have to seek consistent therapy to get a handle of having two legs. The girl, Shiloh Pepin, managed to live up to her tenth birthday, but was unable to live out the rest of her life because she died while battling pneumonia.

3. A Mermaids Tears are the aquamarines pearls around our necks. Aquamarine is the shiny light blue jewel of the sea. Many mermaids who might have cried, were often crying tears of these blue stone. Whenever the stone was obtainable, the men who went to sea were often carrying this precious stone as a means to keep them safe so they could return home to their wives. Some people have heard stories of pearls being the tears of the mermaids. These would have been worn around the mermaids themselves possibly for the way in which they symbolize their love for the men who died at their voice.

4. The voice of the mermaid is a spell for the man. Whenever a man gets hypnotized by a woman's singing, don't be alarmed, he thinks you're a siren from the sea. Before the men die at the hands of the mermaid, they are seduced by the hypnotic sound of the singing. Their songs are very melancholic and depressing, but the resonance that is formed will cause a man to leap off the boat to their death.

As Ariel often said, she desired to have legs so that she could feel the Earth under her feet. But it doesn't mean that a woman has to stop being a woman if she chooses, she can always get her man under her spell whenever she wants to.