Do mermaids really exist?

It is said that people who live under the sea have their own civilization, but with the current technology of mankind, they can't get in touch with them. The former Soviet Union accidentally captured a mermaid boy. It is said that this mermaid can master human language. At that time, they promised the mermaid that they would let him go as long as they said something about him. The mermaid told him that he came from an underwater city and other information, but the treacherous former Soviet Union did not release him, so the mermaid never spoke again and soon died.

I. Documentation

Pliny Sr. is a natural scientist who describes "Mermaid" creatures. In his immortal book Natural History, he wrote: "As for mermaids, they are also called Nellie, which is not incredible ... they are real, but their bodies are rough and covered with scales, even in parts like women."

Second, archaeological discoveries.

1April 990, Wen Wei Po reported that:

Some scientists are studying it.

Strive to find the most amazing discovery in archaeology today, the origin of the mermaid mummy body 3000 years ago. A team of construction workers found this incredible creature in a grave, where the treasure was placed near the shore of the Black Sea outside Sochi. The news of this discovery was recently revealed to the west by the Soviet archaeologist Dr. Jeremiah. She looks like a beautiful princess with dark skin and a fish tail underneath. This amazing creature is 173 cm long from the top of the head to the scaly tail. Scientists believe that she was about 100 years old when she died.

199 1 On July 2, 2000, Singapore's Lianhe Daily published a report entitled "Mermaid Fossils Found on the Coast of Yugoslavia 65438+20,000 Years ago": Scientists recently discovered the first complete mermaid fossil in the world, which confirmed that this animal that once only appeared in fairy tales really exists in the real world. Fossils were found off the coast of Yugoslavia. The fossils are well preserved, and it can be clearly seen that this animal has sharp teeth and strong jaws, which are enough to tear flesh and bones and kill prey. "This animal is female. It appeared on the nearby coast about 1.2 million years ago. " Dr. Bailey Ogani said. Dr Ogani is an archaeologist from California, USA. He has worked in the sea where mermaids appear for four years. Dr Ogani said: "It was buried alive in a landslide at the bottom of the water, and then it was protected by the surrounding limestone and gradually turned into a fossil. Fossils show that mermaid is 160 cm high, looks like a human above the waist, with a developed head, a big brain, claws in both hands and no eyes of other fish.

Third, the existing mermaid.

(1) "The upper body is human and the lower body is fish"

1991August, two American fishermen discovered the mermaid incident, and the report is as follows:

Recently, two professional sharks in the United States caught eleven sharks in the Caribbean, one of which was a tiger shark 18.3 meters long. When fishermen dissected the tiger shark, they found an unusual bone in its abdomen and stomach. The upper third of the skeleton looks like the skeleton of an adult, but from the pelvis, it is the skeleton of a big fish. At that time, the fisherman handed it over to the police, and the police immediately informed the coroner for inspection. The results of the inspection confirmed that it was a half-human, half-fish creature. For this pair of strange bones, the police asked experts to further study, input the data into the computer, and draw the mermaid shape according to the shape of the bones. Dr. Eduardo, an American who participated in this work, said that from the evidence they have, mermaids are not legendary or fictional creatures, but creatures that do exist in the world.

(2) "The upper body is fish and the lower body is human"

Kuwait's "Torch" reported on August 24th that 1980: Recently, the miracle of the biological park-mermaid was discovered on the coast of the Red Sea. The upper part of a mermaid looks like a fish, and the lower part looks like a woman-she has two legs and ten toes like a human. Unfortunately, it was found dead. ……

(3) Living mermaid under the sea

There are also discoveries about living mermaids. 1962 An incident happened in which a scientist captured a mermaid alive. Many newspapers and periodicals, such as The Sun in Britain and New Evening News in Harbin, China, reported on this matter. Dr. Vino Grader of the Lenin Academy of Sciences in the former Soviet Union told this story: 1962, a probe ship carrying scientists and military experts captured a child who could speak human language off the coast of Cuba. His skin is covered with scales and gills. His head looks like a man and his tail looks like a fish. The little mermaid claimed that she was from Atlantis, and told the researchers that millions of years ago, the continent of Atlantis crossed Africa and South America, and then sank to the bottom of the sea ... Now the survivors live on the bottom of the sea, with a life span of 300 years. Later, the mermaid was sent to a secret research institution in the Black Sea for further study by scientists.

Four. Other relevant findings

1958, Dr. Rothan of the National Oceanographic Society of the United States photographed some wonderful footprints of similar people at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean three miles deep.

1963, in the waters east of Puerto Rico, the US Navy found a "monster" in submarine combat exercises. It is neither a fish nor a beast, but a "ship" with a propeller. It swims on the seabed with a water depth of 300 meters and a speed of 280 kilometers per hour, which is beyond the reach of modern human technology.

1968, Mooney, an underwater photographer in Miami, USA, saw an unusual animal at the bottom of the sea: its face was like a monkey, its neck was four times longer than that of human beings, and its eyes were much bigger than that of human beings. When the animal saw the photographer clearly, it swam away quickly with the "propeller" on its leg.

1973 At the beginning, a captain named Dan Delmoni found a cigar-shaped "ship" under the Atlantic Ocean, with a total length of 40~50 meters and sailing at a speed of 60~70 nautical miles per hour. The captain was afraid of colliding with him and tried his best to avoid it, but it walked straight to the ship "generously". The captain hesitated, but he passed calmly.

After half a year, dozens of NATO and Norwegian warships found an underwater monster named "Ghost Submarine" in Kessner, Wan Qi. Attacking with multiple weapons is completely ineffective. When it surfaced, so many ships' radio communication, radar and sonar failed, and it only returned to normal after disappearing.

Workers picking kelp along rocks in Spain reported that they saw a huge transparent dome building at the bottom of the sea, while people and sailors on the edge of the American continent also said that they saw something similar. American experts think it doesn't look like some kind of national defense facility. So, whose masterpiece is this?

Reminiscent of the pyramids discovered by US Navy Colonel Henry 360 meters underwater in Bermuda Triangle and the "Bimili Underwater Structure" discovered by American explorer Trona in Bahamas, some people think that this is a device used by underwater people to purify seawater, and some even speculate that this is an electromagnetic network used by underwater people to generate electricity. It seems that there really exists another kind of people on the earth? All kinds of bizarre discoveries can't help but remind people of one thing that happened in 1938: On the semi-Minda beach in Estonia, a "toad man" appeared, with a flat nose and a round head ... When he found someone following him, he jumped into the Baltic Sea, so fast that he could hardly see his feet.

After half a century, in the swamp area on the outskirts of Belleville, South Carolina, USA, a kind of "transparent lizard man" appeared many times: 2 meters tall, with red eyes, covered with thick green scales, only three fingers on each hand, with great strength, easily overturning cars and running faster than cars. Witnesses said that it was an underwater man who landed.

Faced with these sparse underwater intelligent animals, American scientists believe that they can live in the "ocean of air" and "ocean air" at the same time, which is another branch of ancient humans. The reason is that human beings originated from the ocean.

Is this a challenge to Darwin's conclusion that humans evolved from apes? Yes, Miguel Auden, a famous French doctor, further emphasized that according to his years of research on the relationship between water and human beings, it is very likely that the ancestors of human beings were some primates in the water rather than apes. As the basis of this argument, Auden listed many differences between humans and apes, most of which were related to water. For example, apes hate water, while human babies can swim almost at birth. Apes do not shed tears, while dolphins (such as "Mermaid" dugong) shed tears.

The "humanoid monster" has an average height of 3.5~4.5, a particularly large head, two round and big eyes without pupils and ears, only two air holes in the nose, only a seam in the mouth without lips, hair and teeth, and webbed hands and feet. These characteristics are similar to those of marine animals.

It is reported that 1984 September, when a UFO crashed near Obi Bay in Siberia, five "aliens" were rescued from the scene. They are covered with thin scales and have no lips, and the rest of their bodies are similar to those of human children. One of the female "aliens" gave birth to a baby, weighing1752g, 0.5m in height, with thick scales on the upper body, clear head like a lizard, small black eyes, no nose bridge, only nostrils and slightly blue skin color.

If the above report is true, it is not difficult to conclude that these "aliens" are related to the races living on the seabed. Moreover, their intelligence lags far behind that of human beings. These underwater intelligent creatures are probably a race of aliens. But what exactly are these humanoid creatures on the seabed remains to be answered by scientists.

"Three Classics of Shan Hai Jing Bates" says: "Two hundred miles northeast, Longhou is called Shandong. There are many treasures without vegetation. The decisive water flows out, while the east flows into the river. Among them, the mermaid is shaped like a fish and has four feet. It sounds like a baby, and it is not stupid to eat it. " Guo Yapu's note: "In other words, the mermaid is a giant, like a giant with four legs, and her voice is like a child's crying ...". According to scripture, there are dozens of mermaids. There are herring in Beijing, Hainan, and shad in Chuci, both of which are called dugong. Later, it was said that mermaids are all beautiful women (quoted from the article "Mermaid in the Sea" in Taipingguangji (Volume 464) of Qia Wen Ji) and "Women in the sand are all naked" (quoted from Volume 56 of Tianzhongji) are all the results of myth evolution. See the words "Jiao Ren".

6. The Legend of Mermaid

Memory, there is a touching legend in ancient Greek mythology:

Orpheus, the son of Apollo, the god of music, led the fleet to sail in the sea of Puntos.

There are two reefs at sea. Banshee Lorelei has been seducing the crew of the ship with her charming singing voice for years.

The crew will find the sound and fly away, and there is only one result: being buried at the bottom of the sea.

I think the difference between orpheus and me is that,

He plugged the crew's ears with cotton balls and sang loudly.

And I, perhaps, would rather die in the sea than listen to her sing.

Those sailors who died in the sea should rest in peace.

On his deathbed, he heard the touching voice of his death.

This is a will.

[Edit this paragraph] Jiao Ren, China

The ancients called mermaids [[Jiao Ren]].

It is also recorded in China's ancient Tai Ping Guang Ji.

Taiping guangjijuan no.4 64 aquarium yi

-Taiping Guangji East China Sea Big Fish

Mermaid Mermaid Mermaid was found in the East China Sea of China. The biggest one is five or six feet long and looks like a person. Eyebrows, nose, mouth, claws and head are all beautiful women, and they are all feet. The flesh is as white as jade, without scales, with fine hairs, five colors and soft, one or two inches long. Hair like a ponytail, five or six feet long. There is no difference between a husband and a woman, and there are very few females in the offshore, and they are kept in ponds. In intercourse, it is no different from people and does not hurt people. (From "Moon Hee")

Mermaids were found in the sea. The big one is five or six feet long and looks like a man. Eyebrows, eyes, mouth, nose, hands, feet and head are all like beautiful women, lacking nothing. The flesh is as white as jade, and there are no scales on it. There are fine hairs. Hair is divided into five colors, light and soft. Hair is an inch or two long, and it is five or six feet long, like a ponytail. The shape of genitals is the same as that of men and women. Most widowers and widows who live by the sea catch mermaids and keep them in ponds. When you have intercourse, you are no different from others.

Mermaids sometimes appear in animations, such as The Bubble Prince and The Pearl Mermaid.

The story of mermaid also appeared in TV series, such as miss mermaid and so on.

[Edit this paragraph] Mermaid in Japanese legend

Long ago, in the 29th year of Emperor Tuigu (AD 6 17), he was caught by fishermen in Pu Chuan (Shiga Prefecture). This kind of thing also happened in the Edo period, especially in the 12th year of Kuanzheng (AD 1800), a mermaid was caught in a river near Westinghouse in Osaka, and most people made a sensation after seeing it. This mermaid, more than one meter high, cries like a baby. From this point of view, mermaid is also a legendary magic beast, which can be regarded as a rather mysterious fish family. At that time, it was called shad or hairtail. In this respect, the Japanese mermaid and the fairy mermaid in western legends have slightly different meanings. Its posture is not necessarily beautiful, but grotesque. It appears in Wakayama Bay, Kyushu and Shikoku coastal waters, only when the storm approaches.

Is it a bad omen? Or is it a good sign?

Since ancient times, the appearance of mermaids has been said to be ominous and auspicious. Does it represent a bad omen? Or is it a good sign?

In Tan Liangjuxiang's Talk about People of All Countries,1At the beginning of the 8th century, fishermen hurt mermaids in a narrow country, causing natural disasters. If there is Asakusa Mountain in Dafan County, a narrow country, it is the residence of Asakusa God, and the mermaid is called the messenger of Asakusa God by the locals.

This is the situation during the Baoyong period. One day, fishermen in Jianyi village went fishing and found something on the rock. Look carefully, it has a human head, a red meat fold like a comb on the chest, and a fish-shaped lower body. The fisherman felt very sick when he saw it. He picked up the oar, killed the half-man, half-fish monster and threw it into the sea. Results The strong wind and tsunami at sea lasted for 17 days before it stopped, and a major earthquake occurred. The ground from the foot of Yushan Mountain to the seaside cracked and the village sank to the bottom of the sea. There are rumors that Shi Ming in Yushan did this to get back at mankind.

There is also a mermaid version similar to the folk story "Animals repay their kindness". It is said that a fisherman caught a mermaid and set it free. Three days later, the mermaid swam to the shore to see the fisherman off. (See "Generalized Herbs")

Characteristics of mermaids

The establishment of the Japanese mermaid image came from the west in the Edo period. Mainly based on the description in the famous "mermaid princess" story in Andersen's fairy tale, later generations have a clear impression of the appearance of mermaid. Before this, the mermaid did not clearly record its appearance. In the past, even if people witnessed the appearance of mermaids, they only described them by word of mouth and vividly, and there were few specific descriptions in words. Generally speaking, people think that mermaids are half-human, half-fish creatures living in the sea, but no one can tell exactly what they see, so instead of being as beautiful as described in fairy tales, they should be regarded as monsters.

So what does the mermaid in the literature look like? The Secretary of Japan, completed in the 7th century, wrote about "alien things like people" and "both people and fish". Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Nan Jing: "The country of worrying about Bo, the country of keeping ears, the country of engraving, and the country of going north are all in the south of the water. Note: Ear removal, ear removal, ear removal is a pendant, that is, ear removal is in Zhu Yahai; Engraving, revealing his face, painting his body with scales, that is, Jiao Ren also. " Among them, the shape of Jiao Ren is a fish with a head and four feet, which later spread to Japan and became the most primitive mermaid image. There are also some descriptions in Shan Hai Jing that seem to describe aquatic creatures such as mountain pepper fish, giant salamander, eel, catfish, etc., which look like human beings, covered with scales, and feel closer to monsters.

/kloc-In the "Selected Works of Ancient and Modern Times" in the 0/3rd century, it was written that "the head is like an ape and the teeth are as thin as a fish", which makes you feel like a monster. As mentioned earlier, "People Talk about Countries" records that "it has a human head, a comb-like red meat fold on its chest, and a fish-shaped lower body. There is also a detailed and amazing record in Strange Tales of Ancient and Modern Times: "The head looks like a human face, with eyebrows and eyes, white skin, red hair, hands between red fins, webbed fingers, and fish-shaped lower body."

In addition, at the end of Edo, the image of western mermaids was introduced to Japan, and a new record of six things (1786) written by the Dutch scholar OTA Xuanze was accompanied by a mermaid map. The upper part of a man is human and looks like a beautiful woman, while the lower part is fish-shaped, covered with scales and fish tails. The mermaid image in the eyes of ordinary people has finally come. It is also reported that the mummy of mermaid was found, which shows that people at that time already believed that mermaid was a real animal.

Qu Qin (18 14- 1842) wrote a long history of fantasy novel's Biography of Nanba Dog, which was used to describe the fat of mermaid, and it was very useful. As for what kind of use, there is no clear description in the book, but the ancient edition published at that time also drew illustrations of the mermaid's upper body.

Humans have rich associations with mermaids, and they are centered on mermaids in many TV dramas and animations, such as Melody of Mermaid and Mermaid in Love with Sharks, which are deeply loved by people.

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Mermaids in the west

The familiar image of mermaid in the west comes from the beautiful mermaid Lorelei often mentioned in German legends and poems. She often appeared on the Rhine River when it was dark, confusing the passing boatmen with her beautiful appearance of Leng Yan and her sad and moving songs, distracting them, losing their way and finally sinking into the river.

The upper part of western mermaid is human (mostly female) and the lower part is fish's body, which is the basic form. At that time, people probably misunderstood and regarded dugong and manatee, mammals living in the ocean today, as monsters, so they were widely circulated, but this statement was not based on facts. However, in art, literature or painting, as a symbol of metaphor, this is more credible. Mermaids are often used to symbolize unfortunate things, such as the mermaid in Andersen's fairy tales. In most literary works, mermaids have a tragic ending, and they are not happy in the end. Incidentally, although the familiar mermaid sculpture has only one tail fin in the lower body, in ancient western paintings, mermaids usually have two tail fins, which is quite incredible.

[Editor] Mermaid in Japan

[Editor] Mermaid's Record

In the 29th year (9 17 BC), Emperor Tuiguai was captured by fishermen in Pu Chuan near Shiga Prefecture, and it also happened in the Edo period, especially the mermaid captured in the river near Westinghouse in Osaka in the 12th year of Kuanzheng (9 1800 BC), which caused a sensation after most people saw it. This mermaid, more than one meter high, cries like a baby. From this point of view, mermaid is also a legendary magic beast, which can be regarded as a rather mysterious fish family. At that time, it was called shad or hairtail. In this respect, the Japanese mermaid is very different from the legendary mermaid goblin in appearance and nature. Its posture is not necessarily beautiful, but grotesque. It is found in the coastal waters of Wakayama Bay, Kyushu and Shikoku, and at the seaside in storm warning.

/kloc-in the collection of ancient and modern works and smells in the 0/3rd century, it was written that "the head is like an ape and the teeth are as thin as a fish", which felt like a monster. The aforementioned "Talk of People from All Countries" records that "it has a human head, a red meat fold like a comb on its chest, and a fish-shaped lower body. There is another detailed and amazing record in the book Strange Words of Ancient and Modern Times, that is, "the head is like a human face, with eyebrows and eyes, white skin, red hair, hands between red fins, webbed fingers and fish-shaped lower body".

In addition, at the end of Edo, the image of western mermaids was introduced to Japan, and a new record of six things (1786) written by the Dutch scholar Nozawa Ota was accompanied by a mermaid map. The upper part of a man is human and looks like a beautiful woman. The lower part is fish-shaped, covered with scales and fish tails. The image of mermaid is finally in the eyes of ordinary people. It is also reported that the mummy of mermaid was found, which shows that people at that time already believed that mermaid was a real animal.

During the Meiji period, Xiong Nan, who was also a botanist and folklore scholar, published monographs on the ecology of marine animals such as dugong and manatee. So it is generally believed that mermaids are fictional animals based on these marine animals. However, Okinawa people still believe that mermaids really exist. Some people dare not catch dugong, and eating the meat of dugong is taboo because they worship mermaids.

[Editor] The shape and characteristics of mermaids

dugong

The Japanese image of mermaid came from the west in the Edo period. Mainly based on the description in the famous "mermaid princess" story in Andersen's fairy tale, later generations have a clear impression of the appearance of mermaid. Before this, the mermaid did not clearly record its appearance. In the past, even if people witnessed the appearance of mermaids, they only described them by word of mouth and vividly, and there were few specific descriptions in words. Generally speaking, people believe that mermaid is a legendary creature that lives in the sea, but no one can tell exactly what it sees, so it is better to regard mermaid as a monster than as beautiful as described in fairy tales.

So what does the mermaid in the literature look like? The book of Japan, completed in the 7th century, reads "Aliens on Earth" (aliens like humans) and "Fish on Earth".

[Editor] Legend of 800 Monks

In the edo period, human fish bones could be used as medicine, but earlier, people believed that eating human fish would lead to immortality. According to the records in ancient and modern writings, mermaid is delicious and edible. However, in Wakayama (now Fukui Prefecture), there is a famous legend of 800 monks and nuns. It is said that she ate mermaid and lived to be 800 years old. In addition, there are 800 statues of monks and nuns since the Tokugawa shogunate.

It is said that there lived a man named Gao Qiao in Wakayama. One day, he caught a mermaid and ate it. There are many different stories in this part of the legend. Some people say that Gao Qiao got lost on the mountain or at sea and made a mistake. He brought people and fish back home. I wanted to try it since I brought it back, but everyone dared not eat it because it was disgusting. Only my curious daughter has eaten mermaids. As a result, she lived for hundreds of years, and finally felt that things were impermanent and became a monk, traveling around the world for Nepal. It is said that she returned to her hometown in her later years and lived in a grass temple. By this time, she had lived for 800 years, and finally died of hunger strike in the cave of Housai Mountain.

[Editor] Mermaid is in China.

In China's oldest natural history book "Classic of Mountains and Seas: A Classic of the South at Home", it is recorded that "the country that worries about Bo, keeps ears, engraves titles and returns to the north is all in the south of the water. Note: Ear removal, ear removal, ear removal is a pendant, that is, ear removal is in Zhu Yahai; Engraving, revealing his face, painting the body is a scale, that is, Jiao Ren also. " Among them, Jiao Ren's appearance is a four-legged fish, which later spread to Japan and became the most primitive mermaid image. There are also some descriptions in Shan Hai Jing, which seem to describe aquatic creatures such as mountain pepper fish, giant salamander, eel and catfish. They look like people and are covered with scales, and they feel closer to a mixture of people and animals.

In the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian's Historical Records (Volume VI) and Chronicle of the First Qin Emperor (Volume VI), there was a record about "mermaid", which mentioned:

"At the beginning of the emperor's accession to the throne, Lishan was open and the world was merged. All the people in the world sent more than 700,000 people through three springs, and the copper fell, and things changed in Gong Zhongqi. Let the craftsman make a crossbow, and people who wear it at close range need to shoot it. Take mercury as a hundred rivers and seas, instill machines, there is astronomy on the top and geography on the bottom. Taking mermaid cream as a candle will last for a long time. "

Liu Song Pei bamboo slips "Xieji" quoted the ancient explanation of "mermaid" as follows:

"Guangxu said,' The mermaid looks like a fish with four legs.' Guangyi Cloud:' Fish sounds like a child's cry, has four feet and is shaped like a herring, which can cure cattle and produce Iraqi water. Zhiyun:' Mermaid looks like a human figure, more than a foot long. Gross. Sharks with good skin, sawn wood with good wood. There are small clothes around the neck, from which the gas comes out. In the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, mermaid cream is a candle, that is, this fish is also. Out of the East China Sea, there is one in Taizhou today. "Reporter: Today, if the emperor uses lacquer lamps in the tomb, the fire will not go out."

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Japanese catfish is the name of a fish. In today's Yangmingshan National Park in Taiwan Province Province, there are still "Silurus septempunctatus" and "Silurus lunatus", which are slippery and like to inhabit rivers, ponds or swamps.

[Editor] A legendary creature similar to a mermaid

Similar to mermaids, there is Sai Ren in Greek mythology, half fish and half man. She always appears in the stormy waves, singing beautiful and moving songs on the shore, charming the sailors who travel to and from the sea, and making the ships they drive involuntarily sail to the rocks on the shore and smash them into pieces. When the Greek hero Odysseus sailed through the sea area, he accepted the advice of the witch Circe and told the crew to plug their ears tightly to avoid hearing confusing songs and tie themselves tightly to the mast to avoid being confused and mad.

In Japanese folklore, there is also a mermaid-like monster called "Isoji". Her lower body is fish-shaped, much like a mermaid, but her face is very different. The mouth is cracked to the ear, the teeth are sharp, and there are two antlers on the head. This is a terrible alarm. Hiding on the stormy coast, as long as someone approaches, they will jump on the waves and turn people's bodies over from the beginning. Isoji is a monster about 20 to 30 meters long, so once she snipes, no matter how powerful, people can't stand it.

Lingfish:

There are records of "Ling Yu" and "Shan Hai Jing" in Shan Hai Jing. Overseas west longitude, the wild land of all kinds of life ... Arowana Mausoleum lives in the north, shaped like a raccoon (carp).

This passage means that in the fertile north, there is a creature called arowana, which looks like carp. "Lingju" means that it can live on land, which means that this fish is amphibious. Some people think that he is the spiritual fish mentioned elsewhere in the book, and the octopus mentioned later may also refer to this kind of fish.

Shan Hai Jing? The Northern Classic of the Sea tells the story of a fish's face, hands, feet and body in the sea.

Let's describe it in detail here. Lingfish is half man and half fish, with faces, hands and feet, which is different from mermaid whose lower body is fishtail in Greek mythology.