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According to legend, the mermaid is a creature that has the body of water like a woman from the waist to the head, while the body from the waist down to resemble a fish. The mermaid is a mythological creature that is half human beings belonged half animal. Mermaids are often associated with adverse events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks and drownings. In other traditions (or sometimes in the same tradition), the mermaid is described as having good nature and generous, bestowing gifts or falling in love with a human.

The story of the mermaid appears in the folklore of various cultures around the world, including the Near East, Europe, Africa, and Asia. The story first appeared in Ancient Assyrian period, about a goddess named Atargatis who changed himself into a mermaid because shame had killed her accidentally. Babylonian society is also worshiped as the god of the sea mermaid known as Ea or Oannes; Oannes is described as a merman.

In Greek mythology, mermaids always tempting to say the sailors are negligent; anyone who is tempted is doomed. Also associated with a mermaid siren creature in Greek mythology, as well as sirenian, marine mammals of the order consisting of mermaids and sea ox. Some notes testimony encounter with mermaids by sailors of old most likely a mistake over the marine mammal observation form. Kolumbus Christopher stated that he had never seen a mermaid while browsing the Caribbean Sea, and there are also reports sightings in the 20th century and 21st in Canada, Israel, and Zimbabwe. In 2012, the National Ocean Service United States declared that the evidence of the existence of mermaids was never found.