Sereia

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Sereia e Tritão na Cosmographia de Sebastian Münster, 1578.
Sereia conversa com um homem europeu

sereia • Female creature with a fish tail and human body (male counterpart: tritão). Merpeople feature in numerous legends, stories, and even religions. One of the earliest representatives is probably the Sumerian god Ea. Ea was a.o. 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 fish swimming up to him.[1] Greek mythology, too, is rich in references to merpeople (e.g. Triton). Plinius mentions mermaids and mermen in his Historia Naturalis, influencing literature until medieval times. After disappearing from scientific literature, merpeople continued to play a role in folk tales and myths. In the 19th century, authors like J. Grimm and W. Grimm in Germany, H.C. Andersen in Denmark, and P.C. Asbjørnsen and J. Moe in Norway started collecting and recording fairy tales. While H.C. Andersen's "lille havfrue" is probably the most famous mermaid, merpeople are common along the entire Atlantic coast. Their appearance and size can vary from country to country, and from region to region.

Português
Sereia; Serena
Inglês
Mermaid; Siren
Norueguês
Havfrue
Holandês
Zeemeermin; Meermin
Alemão
Meerjungfrau; Seejungfrau; Nixe; Fischweib
Francês
Sirène
Espanhol
Sirena
Italiano
Sirena
Grego

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Referências

  1. Sliggers, B., 1977. Meerminnen en meermannen, van Duinkerke tot Sylt. Krusemans's Uitgeversmaatschappij B.V., Den Haag.