Mermaid
From Marinelexicon
Female creature with a fish tail and human body (male counterpart: Merman). Merpeople feature in numerous legends, stories, and even religions. The Akkadian (and later Babylonian) god Ea was the god of water, light, and fertility. During the day, Ea came on land, come night fall, he would retreat back to sea. He was thus depicted as part fish, or as a human with swimming up to him[1]. Varies in size from country to country. Features a.o. in H.C. Andersen's "Den lille havfrue".

- English
- Mermaid
- Portuguese
- Sereia; Serena; Nereida; Marinha
- Norwegian
- Havfrue
- Dutch
- Zeemeermin; Meermin
- German
- Meerjungfrau; Seejungfrau; Nixe; Fischweib
- French
- Sirène
- Spanish
- Sirena
- Italian
- Sirena
- Greek
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- ↑ Sliggers, B., 1977. Meerminnen en meermannen, van Duinkerke tot Sylt. Krusemans's Uitgeversmaatschappij B.V., Den Haag.