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Tag: merman

Posted on:March 24, 2017February 15, 2022Mythical Creatures

Mythical Creatures: Medieval Mermaids

Mermaids are creatures that appear time and again throughout history and across cultures. Typically a mermaid is portrayed as having the top half of a woman, and the bottom half of a fish, though this sometimes varies slightly. The first known stories of mermaids come from Assyria around 1000BC; the goddess Atargatis, who was the […]

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