Mermaids...The Biggest Myth of All

  okay,this is my first post here,so i would first of all start by saying that my objective behind making this blog is to do something productive and all my articles are based on lot of research.

               MERMAIDS...The Biggest Myth of All

  After the release of the cartoon "the little mermaid", it was a common question among the kids whether mermaids exist in real.Since i was a little kid, i was pretty much attached to this mermaid thing cause i found it pretty fascinating.so as I am graduating on 20th and i have literally NOTHING to do till then, i thought of finding more about mermaids.
    first of all,mermaid is an aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and lower body of a fish's tail.There are many legends about mermaids, and even a few dozen historical claims of real mermaid sightings. Though mermaid discoveries are sadly rare in modern times, hundreds of years ago sailors and residents in coastal towns told of encountering the sea-maidens.
      when looking at the the historical myths about the existence of mermaids there are a lot of myths like,"the mermaid wife","the sea Morgan's baby","the fisherman and his soul" and many more. The ancient Greek myths have even regarded the mermaid as one of their goddesses named "Atargatis", a human who later took form of a mermaid. Each of these myths give us a hint that the early people had an idea about something which looks like a mermaid,or there was an incident that led these people to create this fictional(or not)character named the mermaid.
       One reason for this idea could be the syndrome called sirenomelia which is also called "the mermaid syndrome". it is a rare congenital disorder in which a child is born with his or her legs fused together and small genitalia.This disease could be a reason for the birth of the idea of mermaids.Because of  the fish tail like look of the victim's legs ancient people could just make  the idea of mermaids out of it.
      Another reason could be the MANATEES.these animals have adaptations like arms used for steering, a paddle used for propulsion, and remnants of hind limbs (legs) in the form of two small bones. the ancient sailors could've seen a manatee or dugong and misunderstood it for a mermaid.whether they name it sea-maidens or etc, we cant deny the fact that after being under the sun, through the rough seas for literally a LOT of days,it is pretty normal for a person to mistake a manatee for a mermaid.Even the famous sailor Christopher Columbus reported mermaid sightings whereas The U.S. National Ocean Service stated in 2012 that no evidence of mermaids has ever been found.
        finally the last reason i could figure out for these mermaid related myths could be the actual existence of mermaids.even though we have much more proofs about mermaids not being real, we cant ignore the fact that there have been several sightings of mermaids in different parts of the world. there are several pictures,and videos which show real mermaids.however,its still not proved that mermaids exist,even after a lot of sightings.
       To sum up, i would like to say that the ancient people were really imaginative and creative.these myths are a form of their creativity but also we have to consider the fact that these myths have some relation to whats the truth.whether it is about mermaids, or about fairies there would be an incident or factor which gave birth to its idea,and what i have written above is just my opinion about it.i dont know whether mermaids exist or not but what i know is that there were some things and creatures which gave our ancestors an idea about it.