Txawm hais tias thaum ub Greek sirens, uas ntxias cov neeg tsav nkoj kom tuag hauv Homer's Odyssey, tau piav qhia thaum chiv keeb muaj noog lub cev, lawv feem ntau tau piav raws li ntses-tailed mermaids-yog li. Feem ntau qhov kev hloov pauv ntawm lo lus "siren" txhais tau tias yog mermaid hauv ntau hom lus.
Vim li cas dugongs mermaids?
Lub cov qog mammary ntawm cov poj niam nyob rau hauv Sirenia genusyog nyob rau ntawm lawv lub cev sab sauv ze ntawm lawv ob txhais caj npab, uas zoo li yuav tau pab txhawb rau kev tshaj tawm 'mermaid' pom ntawm cov neeg tshawb nrhiav thiab cov neeg tsav nkoj. Thaum manatees tuaj yeem pom hauv estuarine thiab dej tshiab, dugongs yog cov tsiaj hauv hiav txwv nruj heev.
Puas yog dugong a mermaid?
Tus kws yees duab Brian Skerry nthuav tawm tsiaj ib zaug ntseeg tias yog mermaids. Tseeb tiag, manatees thiab dugongs yog ob leeg paub tias sawv tawm hauv hiav txwv zoo li lub suab nrov ntawm Greek mythology, qee zaus ua "tail stands" hauv dej ntiav.
lub sij hawm mermaid tuaj qhov twg?
Zaj dab neeg ntawm mermaids muaj nyob rau ntau txhiab xyoo thiab nthuav kab lis kev cai thoob plaws ntiaj teb - los ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv nyob hauv Ireland mus rau thaj av Karoo suab puam hauv South Africa. Lo lus English mermaid is a compound of "mere" (Old English for sea) and "maid" (girl or young women).
Tsiaj yog mermaid?
Nyob hauv lus dab neeg, ib tug mermaid yog tus tsiaj hauv dej nrog lub taub hau thiab lub cev ntawm tus poj niam tib neegthiab tus Tsov tus ntses. Mermaids tshwm sim hauv cov dab neeg ntawm ntau haiv neeg thoob ntiaj teb, suav nrog Europe, Asia, thiab Africa.
