Beautiful Enchanting Sea Creatures Merman<br />#BeautifulEnchantingSeaCreaturesMerman<br /> https://dai.ly/x800sd6- Mermen, the male counterparts of the mythical female mermaids, are legendary creatures, which are male human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape. Sometimes they are described as hideous and other times as handsome. Wikipedia<br />First Mentioned: 1000 BC<br />Based on: Fish<br />Mythological Origin: Greece<br />Grouping: Mythological<br />Sub grouping: Water spirit<br />Similar Creatures: Mermaid, Havmand<br />Abilities: Causes shipwreck, Foretells and provokes disaster, Stirs up terrible storm<br /><br />What is male mermaid called?<br />The male equivalent of the mermaid is the merman, also a familiar figure in folklore and heraldry. Although traditions about and sightings of mermen are less common than those of mermaids, they are generally assumed to co-exist with their female counterparts.<br /><br />What does a merman symbolize?<br />Merman Swimming or Being Underwater: The dreamer's subconscious thoughts and desires manifested. May also represent a secret desire to move on and leave someone behind.<br /><br />Antiquity<br />AntiquityOannes had a fish head and man's head beneath, and both a fish tail and man like legs, according to Berossus.[a][1] The fish god Dagon of the Philistines, with a fish-tailed body, may derive its origins from these earlier Mesopotamian gods.[2]<br /><br />Greco-Roman mythology<br />Further information: Triton (mythology)<br /><br />Triton with a nymph<br />Triton of Greek mythology was depicted as a half-man, half-fish merman in ancient Greek art. Triton was the son of the sea-god Poseidon and sea-goddess Amphitrite. Neither Poseidon nor Amphitrite were merfolk, although both were able to live under water as easily as on land.<br /><br />Tritons later became generic mermen, so that multiple numbers of them were depicted in art.[3][4]<br /><br />Tritons were also associated with using a conch shell in the later Hellenistic period.[5] In the 16th century, Triton was referred to as the "trumpeter of Neptune (Neptuni tubicen)" in Marius Nizolius's Thesaurus (1551),[6][b] and this phrase has been used in modern commentary.[7] The Elizabethan period poet Edmund Spenser referred to Triton's "trompet" as well.[8]<br /><br />
