1. Mermaids
Mermaid, a fabled marine creature with the head of a woman, a man if a merman and upper body of a human being and the tail of a fish. Being divine beings who appear in European folklore, mermaids and mermen were beings who had magical powers who loved music and often sang, sometimes luring men into darkness with their singing voice, seducing them with the enchantment melody of their voice. Though very long-lived, they were also immortal
Though sometimes kind' mermaids and mermen were usually dangerous to manfolks. Their gifts brought misfortune, and, if offended, the beings caused floods or other disasters.
As such seen on movies in shipwrecks and men drowning into abysses of their doom.
Depicted as the King of mermaids, Triton
rules the sea of mermaids, young such as newborns and up to their teens and marriage age. Ruling the entire species of merfolk and sea creatures, with a trident and depicted as muscular with a large tail, he took one of the mermaids as his wife.Sometimes mortals were lured to live underwater, enticed to be a mermaid themselves and live as being mermaids and marry one themselves.
As such "The Little Mermaid" whose story is about Disney fairytale by Hans Christian Andersen about a young mermaid who longs to be part of the human world and marries a man who then comes to the underworld.2. Kelpie
A kelpie, a mythical sea creature, depicted as a seahorse who has poisonous attached weapons on its body, long-forgotten and rarely told in mythical books, tales or stories. Its body and shape makes it mythical, as the upper body as is shape of a horse, pegasus or a unicorn, and the bottom half of a tailed creature, sirens or mermaids.
Kelpie, a shape-shifting spirit and a black horse like creature, taking many lands and areas under the sea, his speed and agility compared to a horse, fast enough to kill a siren.
They would usually feed on berries, kelp and plants. Kelpie are often depicted as a dangerous shape-shifting water creature who can appear on land as a horse, appearing to their human victims as enchantresses, enticing them to ride on their backs, then carry them down to their grave, also being capable to destroy a living creature.
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