Sirens

Sirens

Mermaids are beings whose upper half usually has the appearance of a beautiful woman, while the waist down, have no legs but a fish tail. It dates back to Greek mythology, though the sirens have also appeared in the mythology and folklore of different civilizations.

Despite being originating in the mythological realm, with the passage of time the sirens were introduced in the area of ​​folklore, legendary and popular beliefs. Thus, over the centuries there have been many alleged sightings of mermaids, which have decreased in frequency with the advancement of scientific knowledge and the decline of superstition. However, even in the twentieth century there have been sightings.

At the present date there is still no strong evidence to suggest the existence of mermaids, and in the past could have been taken as evidence (fake corpses created by taxidermists , for example), in general terms already enlightened . But nevertheless remains a spark of doubt , to the point that some have made scientific speculation that mermaids could be a missing link in human evolution , and others from pseudoscience or esotericism have claimed that aquatic females are a genetic experiment of aliens, or some other type of entity world, whether spirits, tulpas, or even demons ...

Greek mythology

The history of the sirens is beings with bird body and torso or Woman's Face (harpies), and a musical voice, sexy and hypnotic. It appears after the siren when we all know and that, at least in regard to writings still preserved, first appears in a famous book of Homer: The Odyssey.

The story of its origin (in the mythic fiction) is: Ocean marries his sister Tethys and has several children, such as Nereus, Doris, Aqueleo or Oceánidas, who were three thousand and populated the seas.

Then there was a new incest (mythology is full of incest) between Nereus and his beautiful sister Doris, known as the "beautiful hair". From this union were born the fifty Nereids, each with a special mission, and many of them mothers of heroes like Achilles or Eaco.