A medievalist and cultural historian from the University of Liverpool has uncovered the history of the "mermaids of Staithes", finding the legend of mermaids leaving a curse on an old English fishing ...

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This legend from Staithes, in North Yorkshire, tells of two mermaids who were washed up on the seaside village's beach after a storm, only to be incarcerated, mocked and even stoned by locals.

Mermaid legends popped up like barnacles on a ship's hull across virtually every seafaring culture in history. Ancient Assyrians worshiped Atargatis, a fish-bodied goddess who ruled the waters.

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Dugongs, the now-elusive sea cows that inspired ancient tales of mermaids, have been declared functionally extinct in Chinese waters, according to a new study.

Sighting these strange creatures centuries ago. sailors plowing Asian seas came home claiming that they had seen women with tails like fish—and thereby started the mermaid legend.

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