because mermaids really want humans i mean they want to marry humans some mermaids they it humans some if they can see beautiful lady she will kill her because mermaids wants that they are the most beautiful at all and the are so very jealousy
Mermaids prefer their meat rum-flavoured.
I'm pretty sure most mermaids aren't evil. But they lure sailors with their beauty and mermaid song and make them crash and drown or something.
sirens are deadly mermaids who lure sailors to their death with their amazing vocal ranges while they sing. because of this, the sailors are attracted to the noise and soon their ship collapses & most of them meet their untimely death.
It is believed that the mermaids or some called them sirens,used to sing to the sailors and lure them over towards the rocks and the ship would get crash and the sailors would drown but it is unsure if this is true. But it is believed that the mermaids/sirens would do this only for the purpose of seeing the men suffer but it is unknown what they did with the body's.
no not really mermaids are known for having tails. The fresh water sprites of Britain known as Morgans do not have tails. The various forms of Nymphs usually did not have tails. But sirens are kind of like mermaids. Though they can not breath underwater they lure sailors to the rocks and their deaths by their beautiful singing voices. I am a siren, but I don't like to lure sailors to their death as much as greek mythology suggests.
In a book called "The tales of crypids" it states that mermaids do catch sailors off guard then drags them down in the water but the mermaids found out when they bring the sailors down, that the sailors cant breath underwater so the sailors end up dying and ever since the mermaids have been hiding to distract more sailors.
Much of the myths come from the ancient Celts.
Yes, mermaids only assist sailors lost at sea.
Mermaids are mythical creatures that are well known for being great singers. Mermaids are famous for pulling sailors to their underwater world, drowning them in the process. Another legend is a Siren, they sang beautiful songs to lure sailors into the water to drown them. ^^^Actually, sirens are famous for pulling sailors beneath the waves and drowning them. Mermaids are mostly famous from Hans Christian Anderson's story "The Little Mermaid". Previous mythology is mostly about sirens, which are close in similarity but really quite different. Mermaids practice magic and mystique, whereas sirens practice song and drowining sailors. --MerAnnabella (Sources: professional mermaid, been mermaid-ing for 7 years)
In ancient myths mermaids were thought to lure fisher men to their deaths with their enchanting voices.
In myths, mermaids lived in the sea and dragged sailors down to "live" with them underwater. Unfortunately, the sailors could not breathe water and drowned. The mermaids hid so that they could catch the sailors off guard and drag them down.
Since a mermaid doesn't exist and is make believe a person can not loose their life by a mermaid. __ According to mythology, mermaids would lure sailors to their death by singing. Sailors couldn't resist their voices and would sail their ships onto rocks and drown.
Mermaids come in all sorts so, the bad side (whom live in the Indian Ocean) the will kill you at any chance the get or eat you alive. Make sure to stay away from hiden areas of the ocean or shore