Siren mermaid anatomy

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Stephanie Law - watercolor painter, botanical illustrator and artist of fantastical dreamworld imagery.

Stephanie Law - watercolor painter, botanical illustrator and artist of fantastical dreamworld imagery.

Mermaid anatomy

1. If you eat the flesh of a mermaid you become immortal. 2. The mermaid, or syrenka, is the symbol of Warsaw 3. In Greek Mythology the Sirens were the companions of Persephone, turned into birds by Demeter, her grieving mother for refusing to say what happened to her daughter after she was abducted by Hades. Over time mythology changed the sirens to 1/2 bird 1/2 fish and eventually they became the familiar woman/fish hybrid of the mermaid. 4. Alexander the Great's sister Thessalonike…

Siren anatomy

Mermaids, Tritons, Sirens or the overall class of Sirenia is a vast and wide net of varying aquatic dwelling humanoids. Highly dimorphic, no two species are identical. However one thing you’ll see pretty consistently across the various species of Merfolk is the unique “false face” adaptation.This illusionary facial feature is believed to have evolve as a defense mechanism. The “true eyes” are located on the far side of merfolk heads. While it’s “false eyes” sit where a human’s would. These…