A mermaid is a legendary creature, half woman and half fish, that lives in the sea. The mythological aquatic creature has a human head and torso, but the tail of an aquatic animal, such as a fish or dolphin. Mythologies also include reports of mermen, which would be the male of the species.
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Although the focus of this site is on art depicting mermaids, information is also available covering the mythology, legends and stories of mermaids, water nymphs, and other topics. - Beautiful Mermaid Art
http://www.beautiful-mermaid-art.com/
More than a thousand mermaid resources are available here, including photographs, folklore, movie reviews, and links to articles about the subject of mermaids and mermen. - Mermaids on the Web
http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/mermaids/
Popular sections on this site include a play-the-little-mermaid dress-up game, where children can change the Little Mermaid's hair, make up, clothing, jewelry and tail color online, as well as a history of mermaids, photographs of mermaids from photographers, painters, films and fine art, as well as a section on what may be real mermaids, known as Sirenomella. - Mermaids Online
http://www.mermaid.net/