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Mermaids Over The World - Mermay

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Diferent kinds of mermaids over the world for #Mermay 
Siren, the Greek mermaid, with a bird's body and a woman's bust like the harpies, from which the legend originates.
Ningyo, the Japanese mermaid. 
Mélusine, the Scandinavian mermaid, may be half a snake or a half fish, may have wings or not and sometimes its tail splits in two (yes, it's that Starbucks mermaid).
Kianda, the Angolan mermaid.
Lillend, a winged serpent woman like the alternative version of melusina, she is Indian and music lover.
Iara, the Brazilian mermaid of indigen origin.
And finally, the traditional european half fish mermaid, originating from the medieval bestiaries.
In Brazil there is also the obscure Cotaluna that looks like the medieval fish mermaid.
More mermaids here in the second part: elchavoman.deviantart.com/art/…
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Not to be that person, but Melusine is actually French