Mermaids are actually sexless, hot tempered, territorial, control freaks.
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They were also considered a bad omen in virtually all ancient writings. Mermaids may seem to have a glamorous whimsical life under the sea, but they posses some major character flaws.
Ariel was so desperate for legs that she relinquished her ability to speak.. All for.. a man.. (Thanks again, Disney.)
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When considering the entire history of the Mermaid mythos, we can find some serious character flaws in their kind. Ariel was just a dumb teenager making a mistake over a boy. Real mermaids have existed in legend for thousands of years. A close examination of the Mermaid mythos leads us to Atargatis, the first mermaid.
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At first glance, she’s almost like Ariel 2.0. But actually, she was a Syrian fish goddess that lived in a palace filled with beautiful fish whom she could call by name. The downside here is that you were forbidden to eat or even touch ANY of the fish. So here, this mermaid has a really cool collection that you are forbidden to interact with in any way.
Also, it would be exceedingly difficult to keep any friends if you were this mythical mermaid. She also was known to posess her followers to work into a cacophonous frenzy of flutes, dance, and rattling.
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Scandanavian Havfine mermaids also possessed the ability to see into the future. They were also extremely temperamental. They murdered any sailors trespassing in their sea by delivering them crushing waves. Fun fact: These mermaids were conjured up by our old friend Hans Christen Anderson… Just like our good friend Ariel.
The Hafvine mermaids are closely reminiscent to the Sirens in Greek Mythology, or eh, your Starbucks cup.
Again, mermaids are murderous women luring sailors to their death.
