Mermaids are generally considered to be legendary aquatic creatures. Usually, mermaids have the upper body of a human or a monster, and the lower body is a fish tail. The mermaids in European legends are similar to the mermaids in Chinese and Japanese legends. They are completely different in appearance and nature, and sometimes are also different from the "mermaid" appearance. Manatees Today we are told that the mermaid image all started because sailors mistook the manatees that surfaced to nurse their young for women. In fact, in primitive religious beliefs, the mermaid is one of the incarnations of the ocean goddess, and people believe that wishes made to her will come true. But after the male dominance gradually became stronger, it became necessary to capture the mermaid or use her comb as a threat to make his wish come true. Poseidon has also changed from a graceful goddess wearing a blue robe and a pearl necklace to a male god holding a trident, calling for wind and rain, and causing ships to sink in storms and nights. But these male sea gods—Triton, Neptune, and Bo Handong—are still half-human, half-fish Merman images. To this day, mermaids still have their mysterious and charming charm. The trademark of Starbucks is a mermaid with long hair and two fish tails. Sirens Similar to mermaids are the half-fish, half-human Sirens in Greek mythology. She always appears on stormy seas, singing poignant and moving songs on the shore, seducing sailors going back and forth on the sea, causing the boats they drive to involuntarily sail towards the rocks on the shore, smashing them into pieces. When the Greek hero Odysseus sailed through this sea area, he accepted the advice of the witch Circe and asked the crew to plug their ears tightly to avoid hearing the deceptive singing. The ears themselves were tied tightly to the mast of the ship to prevent them from being tempted into madness. Isohime In Japanese folklore, there is also a mermaid-like monster called "Isohime". Her lower body is fish-shaped, much like a mermaid, but her face is very different. The mouth is slit to the ears, has sharp teeth, and has two antlers on its head. It is a very scary sea monster. Hiding on the shore of the stormy waves, whenever someone approaches, it will ride on the waves and attack, twisting the person's body from the beginning. Isohime is a monster about twenty to thirty meters long, so once she is sniped by her, no matter how powerful a man is, he cannot resist her. Lingyu There is a record of "Lingyu" in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" "The Classic of Mountains and Seas? Overseas Western Classic". In this fertile wilderness... the tomb of dragon fish lives in the north, shaped like a raccoon (carp). This passage tells that in the north of a certain fertile land, there is a creature called the dragon fish, which looks like a carp. "Lingju" means that you can live on land, indicating that this fish is amphibious. Some people think that he is the Lingyu mentioned elsewhere in the book. The Aoyu everyone talked about later may also refer to this kind of fish. According to "The Classic of Mountains and Seas? Hai Nei Bei Jing", the Lingyu has a human face, hands and feet, and a fish body, in the sea. The description here is very detailed. The tomb fish is half human and half fish, with a human face, hands and feet, which is different from the mermaid in Greek mythology whose lower body is a fish tail. The dugong is the only herbivorous mammal in the ocean. The biggest difference from other animals of the order Sirenia, such as manatees, is that the tail of the manatee is rounded, while the shape of the tail of the dugong is similar to that of a dolphin. The dugong has a large head, with the largest head-to-body ratio among marine animals. The mouth is huge and longitudinal, and the tongue is large, making it easier to eat seafloor plants and expel sand. The dugong's spiracles are at the top of its head, and it breathes every 15 minutes on average. The skin on the head and back is hard and thick. Dugongs are large and spindle-shaped, with a body length of about 2.4 to 2.7 meters. Individuals over 3 meters are quite rare. Generally speaking, females are slightly larger than males. The skin is smooth, brown to dark gray in appearance, the abdomen is lighter in color than the back, and the hair on the body surface is sparse. The neck is short, but it can still turn the head or nod to a certain extent. The forelimbs are short and fin-shaped, with slightly rounded ends and lack of toenails; the pectoral fins are the main source of propulsion for young dugongs, and become dominated by the tail fins as adults. 1 pair of breasts, nipples located at the base of the forelimbs. Dugongs have no outer ear shells, only small ear holes are visible, and their eyes are also very small. The nostrils are located at the top of the snout and are surrounded by a membrane that covers them during diving. The broad, flat mouth is located under the end of the thick snout, and the short whiskers on the side of the mouth are important tools when eating. Dugongs have 2 pairs of incisors, 3 pairs of premolars and 3 pairs of molars in the upper and lower jaws, but all teeth do not exist at the same time. As they age, they will lose the first pair of incisors, all premolars and the first pair of molars. , the remaining two pairs of molars will grow throughout life.

The male's second pair of incisors will penetrate the upper jaw and be exposed when they are 12-15 years old, but they will be covered by the thick upper lip and cannot be seen when the mouth is closed; exposed incisors are rarely seen in females, but a few will remain until 30 years old. About years old. Black-scaled mermaid Black-scaled mermaid is the legendary "mermaid". Many people in the world have discovered the bones of mermaids. The U.S. Navy once captured a living one. It is said that the ointment of the mermaid in the sea not only ignites It is very low, and only one drop can burn for several months. In ancient times, the tombs of nobles often used its oil as ten thousand-year lamps. The East China Sea sharks are the most obscene and bloodthirsty, and they all live together in the sea to form a dead coral. Under the island, there are coral caves under the island. The caves are crisscrossed with unknown depths. There is the nest of mermaids. They make noises in the nearby waters, attracting passing ships and merchants. The victims are all eaten until no bones are left. Someone catches them. He found a living black-scaled shark, slaughtered it, dried it, poured its ointment into it, and made an immortal candle worth three thousand gold beads. There are many records in ancient books: "In the thirteenth year of Taizu, in Jiao County, Dongting, a scholar was crossing the sea and was caught in a strong wind and was lost in the waves. His corpse floated on the shore for several days. A fisherman saw a pearl hanging from his mouth, like a pigeon egg. The Huaguang was shining, and the burning pain was unbearable when touched. I thought it was ominous. I suddenly woke up from the clouds and entered the Dragon Palace to be with the dragon girl. Suddenly I felt the water rolling, and I didn't know where I was... - Ming, Ye Zhuzi. , "Notes of Pingshan Thatched Cottage" "There are sharks in the South China Sea. They live in the water like fish. They do not waste time weaving, and their eyes can weep. ——Jin, Zhang Hua, "Natural History" "Shark people, namely Quanxianye, also known as Quanke." ...There is the Dragon Thread Palace in the South China Sea. Where the spring first weaves yarn, the silk is as white as frost. ” - Southern Dynasties, Liang Renfang, "Shu Yi Ji" · Distribution: Living in the sea, there are also a small number of sharks in a few large rivers and lakes connected to the sea, including underground lakes. The depth and quality of the water mainly depend on the sharks. The sharks do not want to be in unclean places. Life in the water and reproduction: The average life span is seventy years. They can give birth to multiple children, with a gestation period of six months, but they can only be conceived in August or September every year, and most babies are born in February. The air bag will burst after a few hours, and you can swim with a streamlined and slender appearance, good figure, almost human, slightly tall and thin, but there are translucent leather wings and whiskers connected between the upper limbs and both sides of the body, making it look beautiful and elegant, but this is. It is necessary to swim in the sea. The lower body is attached with multiple skirt-like transparent belts that are longer than the legs. When swimming, the legs are wrapped in them to help reduce the resistance of the water flow. According to legend, the sharks are ancient humans. In order to avoid the disaster of war, a certain country used magic to change their physique and hid in the water to form a clan. As a result, they have legs. It is also said that they were fishermen who met the immortals in the sea and were turned into servants. However, no one knows the true origin of the sharks. The legend will always be just Legend has it that the male mermaids have horny fins on their backs, while the female ones have transparent and soft fins, so the male mermaids have hair that comes in various colors. The lower-class mermaids wear them from an early age for labor and fighting. Shave off and have tattoos on the top of the head. Women wear hair tightly or wear silk hats. Mermaid men often wear their hair as a symbol of nobility and superiority. Because their bodies are covered with ribbons and beards, they usually don’t wear any clothes. When standing still or walking in the water, most of the body is covered by the skin wings and floating whiskers. When swimming, the upper body is exposed, and only some nobles ride on the floats (made of aquatic plants and light wood) pulled by the giant fish. It is not necessary to swim long distances by oneself, so in order to express special status and protect the body, smooth aquatic plants or a special fabric called silk (made from the bubble wrap of snapper rolled together with scale powder and fish oil, extremely Smooth and non-absorbent) are made into cloaks, wraps and other clothing. Mermaid clothing is split at the front and back, only connected at the front of the neck and waist. There are many mesh patterns, and sometimes a long skirt is attached to the lower body with a long flowing beard. . Over time, as shark gauze became more popular, some people began to follow suit. Mermaid men usually have the same skin as humans, but when encountering an enemy, they will quickly transform into a fighting physique, forming a hard scale-like skin on the outside of the body. Wear armor. Women do not have this ability. Under normal circumstances, a mermaid with an underwater constitution cannot survive outside the water. After landing, he must take medicine every day and spend several hours in the water to recover, and the effects of non-sea water are not good. It will affect your health. The longer you stay outside the water, the weaker your body will be. If you use drugs for a long time, your health will be damaged and your life span will be shortened. However, there are many things on land that the sharks are willing to take risks to explore, so they can sometimes be found in the deep lakes. Find the secret stronghold of the sharks. Legend has it that the sharks have a magical method that allows people to breathe and live in the sea, but it also comes at the cost of shortening their lifespan. However, no one in the human race knows this secret method.

·Language: The sharks use a chant-like language and use a song-like tone to convey messages in the sea, so that they can be transmitted very far in the sea. Speech communication in close proximity also uses a rapid audio tone produced by vibrations of the interlaryngeal bones. Other races are extremely difficult to understand. Most do not understand human language. When humans hear strange singing overseas, they know they have encountered sharks. swimming. However, there are many natural enemies in the sea and the survival rate is poor. Therefore, the rate of racial reproduction is still slower than that of humans. Interactions with Ground Races Many shark races regard the waters as their own territory and hate other races swimming or sailing in the water because they believe that the ground is a dirty world, and if ground races enter the water, it will make the water dirty. Therefore, the sharks often launch attacks on the sailing ground races, which also greatly hinders the development of the seafaring civilization of the ground races. The sharks are often seen in the three seas in Kyushu. The sharks do not use bows, but only use fish tendon crossbows or water-pressure catapults. The underwater range is relatively short, less than a hundred feet, but when launched outside the water, it can reach several Ten feet, hitting people on distant ships. However, the hydraulic catapult is inconvenient to use on land because it cannot be launched again without pressure and water injection. But with the increasing contact and understanding of the race, some Mermaid tribes began to become friendly, and they were allowed to go to the sea after the humans held a sea sacrifice ceremony and cleaned their ships with wine. The sailors kept spilling wine into the sea during the voyage, and the sharks stopped attacking when they smelled the aroma of wine on the ship. Of course not all shark tribes are like this. Mermaids and humans can intermarry, but it is extremely difficult to give birth. Even if a child is born, the child is human. Although it is born in the air sac, it no longer has the physical characteristics of a shark. If it is given birth in water, the child will drown after the air sac ruptures. For the marriage between sharks and other races, please refer to the setting of racial miscegenation. The interactions between the sharks and the races on the ground are mostly seaside trade, or fishermen sailing to coral islands in the sea. Since there are mermaids in the three Mediterranean seas, land races are becoming increasingly familiar with mermaids and are not surprised by them. The sharks are good at weaving a very thin silk called shark gauze using raw materials from the sea. It is light, tough and has an extremely smooth surface. Used in offshore construction and clothing. In Kyushu, this is an extremely precious silk fabric. Legend has it that the "mirage" that occasionally appears on the sea is the market where sharks sell and exchange this shark gauze. Anyone who can go there can buy this treasure. In fact, the mirage is the result of the shark tribe rising to the water and applying magic to fog it. The shark tribe appeared on the water for various reasons, such as performing star-gathering ceremonies, being carried away by rising sea currents, avoiding seasonal dangerous cold currents in the deep sea, or using the stars to determine directions when migrating. Since there are tribes that are willing to trade with the ground races and tribes that hate the ground races, going into the sea to eliminate the "mirage" of the sharks is an extremely dangerous and tempting challenge. Another legend says that when a shark cries in sorrow, the tears that roll down are beautiful pearls. In fact, it is the crystallization of the tears shed by the shark when he cries. Due to the composition of the shark's human body fluids, it will quickly condense in the water and air after leaving the body. When the sharks are on land, they often shed tears due to physiological reasons of not being able to touch water. The vast majority of shark tear crystals are fragile, mixed in color, and worthless. However, under certain circumstances, such as the influence of star power or the influence of special physical and mental conditions at that time, there is a one in ten thousand chance of condensing into an indestructible and luminous pearl-like treasure, so the shark himself also regards it as a gift from God. , and it is said that shark beads can improve people's spirituality in sensing nature. Legend has it that when the sharks cry on a full moon night, the shark beads that roll down are particularly round; and when the moon is missing a corner, the shark beads also have strange shapes. This may be an example of the influence of the stars on the sharks with corresponding physiques. The shark has difficulty moving on the ground, often tripping over his own ribbon. Even if the sharks capture the seaside city, they will not occupy it because it will be uninhabitable unless sea water is introduced to fill it. Because the human race believed that there were a lot of treasures in the ancient ruins cities under the Mediterranean Sea, people often ventured into the sharks' territory, and some evil people even thought of expelling the sharks. Of course, there are also some Shark Sea Whisperers who are thinking about how to make the sea water rise and clean the world. The almost only land stronghold of the sharks is Min Zhongshan in the center of the Three Mediterranean Seas. There is a large lake in the mountains that leads to the sea, which is one of the common bases of the sharks. It is also the place where the legendary Mermaids and treasures gather, and the dream place of countless wild sailors.