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The name mermaid is one that is used to designate one of the most beautiful creatures in the world. mythology, that aquatic being that is half woman and half fish and that dazzles sailors and sailors not only with its pure beauty but also (and especially) with its charming singing. The mermaid is a mythological being, which means that it does not exist, just like the unicorn or the pegasus. She appears in countless works of the literature universal and is also one of the most present elements in the typology of the marine and aquatic world.

The word mermaid comes from the Greek Seiren which means 'chained', making this reference to the effect that a mermaid produces on sailors who hear her voice or see her beauty in the middle of the sea. It is considered that the stories that speak of mermaids and beautiful beings of the style may have been the confusions of sailors who, stunned by spending so much time on the high seas, saw in marine animals these figures.

One of the main characteristics of a mermaid is her beauty, pure and ethereal. Mermaids are always represented or described as very beautiful, young, pale and very fragile women, with long and flowing hair that enchant sailors with their melodic songs and their poetry. Here it is important to note that historically, for ancient cultures, women who wore long, flowing hair used to be associated with professions such as prostitutionTherefore, it is normal to understand that the mermaid as a mythological figure has a high sensual charge due to this.

In mythological and real stories, the presence of sirens is normally understood as the very doom of men, since the songs and the beauty of these creatures are inescapably captivating and generally lead sailors to death, shipwreck or out of control of their ships. In this sense, the story is famous within the Odyssey, by Homer, in which the main character (Odysseus) sails the seas of Greece for ten years and decides to chain himself to the mast of his boat so as not to succumb to the song of the sirens and lead his crew to their death.