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.

In this less-traveled region of Italy, the scenery is spectacular, the water wine-dark. It has sun and sea, along with important Greek ruins, wild nature, curious legends and medieval religious ...

The Whaling Museum & Education Center announced last month that the special exhibit, titled Monsters and Mermaids: Legends of the Sea, will be displayed in its gallery for the next two years.

Why the latest “Little Mermaid,” played by Halle Bailey, is just one in a long line of Black mermaids.