Mermaids in Real Life and Modern Fiction

Sorry, the facts show that mermaids are totally fictional, but that hasn’t stopped plenty of people reporting sightings.

Even Christopher Columbus had a mermaid sighting of his own in in 1492. However, his mermaid adventure turned out to be the first written record of manatees in North America.

There was a fake documentary special on mermaids shown the Animal Planet TV channel back in 2013. Straight afterwards the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration was flooded with calls from people asking for the truth about mermaids.

In Ancient Greece, Homer’s Odyssey, the heroic tale of a Greek warrior had mermaids who were described as sirens. They were the darker kind of mermaid, though who who lured sailors to their deaths. So we often see that the word “siren” means mermaid in many languages.  Homer’s  sirens were rather like the ones in J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, but Hans Christian Andersen’s story of The Little Mermaid, also featured in Disney’s 1989 film, was a love story.

The Mermaid Charm Earrings

The mermaid myth becomes real when you wear these Mermaid  Charm Earrings. Sue has hand-made these charming earrings using shiny Tibetan Silver charms and silver-plated ear hooks. They are 3.8 cm from the ear hook to the tip of her tail. The charms are 1.9 cm and 0.8 cm across.

They cost just £4.99 with free postage and packaging to any UK address.