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Who are mermaids? Detailed answer
Directory / Big encyclopedia. Questions for quiz and self-education Did you know? Who are mermaids? Mermaids have never been in the world, but they are present in the legends and tales of almost all peoples. They are described as beautiful creatures living in the sea, half girl, half fish. In ancient Greek mythology, mermaids were sirens, who enchanted sailors with their singing so much that they died, rushing overboard towards the alluring call. In Germanic lore they were called Rhine maidens, who lived in a castle at the bottom of the river. Even the North American Indians had a legend about mermaids! In most legends, mermaids are represented as creatures that have a human appearance to the waist and a fish tail instead of legs. In addition to mermaids, legends also speak of mermen - male creatures. The latter, as old legends tell, often fell in love with mortal girls whom they caught or lured into a trap. It is difficult to say what these legends are based on. Perhaps their authorship should be attributed to the first travelers and explorers, whose ships plowed the ocean waves hundreds and thousands of years ago. Primitive peoples, who had never seen ships before, believed, seeing them, that they had risen from the depths of the sea, and therefore their crews consisted of half fish, half people. It may be, however, that the reason for the creation of legends was the meetings of people with sea animals, whose appearance vaguely resembles a human one. It is possible that sometimes seals, walruses or sea cows were perceived as mysterious, half-human beings. In different countries, there are different legends about mermaids. In some, they have the ability to predict the future and endow people with supernatural powers and abilities. There is a fairy tale about how a mermaid, having fallen in love with an ordinary young man, left the sea to live with him, but then, because of a broken promise, she returned to her real home. In another legend, on the contrary, a mermaid charms a person so much that he goes to live with her on the seabed. Author: Likum A.
Why did dinosaurs become extinct? Approximately 180 million years ago, reptiles, or reptiles, reigned supreme on our planet. There were so many of them and they had such incredible power that that period is known as the "era of lizards." Scientists call it the Mesozoic era. The largest of the reptiles were dinosaurs, some of which were, apparently, the largest animals that ever lived on Earth. And yet, despite their amazing power, about 60 million years ago, dinosaurs died out, as changing living conditions made their continued existence impossible. The first dinosaurs were probably no larger than a turkey, and, like turkeys, they leaned on two legs when walking. Over time, they grew larger and heavier, until finally their legs were unable to support them on dry land. Therefore, dinosaurs began to spend a significant part of their time in rivers and swamps, where the water kept their huge bodies afloat. One of the most gigantic lizards were brontosaurs. The growth of these animals reached 20-25 m, and the weight was 38 tons. However, some of the lizards still remained on land. For example, a tyrannosaurus is a monster 14 meters long and 8 meters high with a powerful heavy tail and a terrible huge mouth. Most likely, the tyrannosaurus was the largest and most ferocious predator in the entire history of the Earth. Some dinosaurs learned to fly, others to swim. However, none of them developed large enough brains. Perhaps for this reason, dinosaurs disappeared from the surface of our planet, as they "did not have the mind" to adapt to the changed living conditions. Most scientists are inclined to believe that it was global climate change that led to the death of huge pangolins. The swamps gradually dried up, and the dinosaurs could not live on land all the time, moreover, the newly formed mountain ranges prevented their migration to other regions. In addition, climate change also transformed the plant world, and since many of the dinosaurs ate plant foods, they simply died of hunger!
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