Girls, if you could be a mermaid, what kind would you want to be?

[4465loveyou5577]

Nereid

-Lives in the Mediterranean Sea
-Accompany Zeus
-Patrons of the Sea
-Compassionate to all sea life
-Will rescue sailors

Moon

-Lives near the Middle East
-Largely nocturnal
-Very mysterious
-Hopeless romantics
-Foreshadowers of disaster

Merrow

-Location: Ireland
-Green hair and blue tail
-Always combs her hair
-Kind and affectionate
-Loves to sing

Nixie

-Location: Northern Europe
-Freshwater habitat
-Shapeshifters
-Beautiful voice
-Sometimes mallicous and sometimes caring

Jiaoren

-Location: China
-Has control over dragons
-Sometimes is covered in pink fuzz
-Cries pearls
-Weaves beautiful silk

Sirena

-Location: Philippines
-Patrons of marine life in the region
-Beautiful singing voice
-Sometimes lures sailors to their death (whether or not intentionally is unclear)
-Favorite animals are dugongs, sea turtles and dolphins

Mamiwata

-Location: West Africa and Carribean
-Can control the sea and storms
-Sometimes falls in love with men and sometimes lures them to death
-Also a goddess of fertility
-Strong connections to the spirit world

Nereid

Moonlight

Merrow

Nixie

Jiaoren

Sirena

Mamiwata

[redeyemindtricks]

Well, I guess I'm the Merrow one, because her face looks weirdly exactly like mine.
(Like, when you first posted that picture -- in another one of yr "mythological creature" threads -- I had to do a double-take, to make sure it wasn't me!
I think I once had a local artist draw some kind of picture of me like that, on a beach vacation somewhere. Can't remember now.)

The question is, what the hell's a Latina mermaid doing off the coast of Ireland, of all places?
LOL

I don't comb my hair all that much, but, I SMELL my hair ALL THE TIME.
Am I the only one who does this?
Like, I try to be all slick and stealth about it -- but, let's be srs here, I am not a smooth operator. It's probably pretty obvious that... well, I'm smelling my hair every few minutes, and doing a really bad job of trying to be all sly about it.
LOL
And now my daughter (8 years old) is starting to do the same thing, too. Haha.

Any other hair-smellers?

[4465loveyou5577]

There's an Aztec water/serpent goddess
"Chalciuhtlicue"
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[redeyemindtricks]

Haha, now, THAT one actually looks kinda redheaded/Irish! What's up with that, now?

I'ma go look at a map of world ocean currents, and see exactly how these Mexican and Irish mermaids got all mixed up, like that. lol

[4465loveyou5577]

She has black hair LOL

[redeyemindtricks]

Yah, I mean her facial features, tho. That face could be straight from ol' Hibernia -- both features-wise, and with her distinct lack of melanin. (I don't remember what happens to red hair when it gets wet... lol. I'd imagine it gets at least a little darker, no?)

On the other hand, it doesn't surprise me at all to see an Aztec goddess rendered as pale white -- after all, México, like most of Latin America, is VERY stratified by skin color. (México's upper class is typified by guys like former president Vicente Fox, who's about 6'5" and looks like he could be from Iowa.)

[4465loveyou5577]

Hahaha I honestly think her skin looks purple. Plus she's got the eye and face shape characteristic of Native MesoAmericans

[EmpatheticLady]

Hmm, probably the Merrow or Nereid.

[EmpatheticLady]

Thanks for MHO!

[xXiTacoXx]

Mamiwata xD Who wouldn't want to control bodies of fresh water, salt water, and storms?

[Remembermyname4]

Sirena looks very beautiful. I love her skin color and hair.

[peachblossomluck]

I voted jiaoren but I love all mermaids♡

[Mustachekitteh]

Probably a Nixie

[Tomboy_Cool]

Nixie 💁

[apple24]

MOONLIGHT!

[COCOCHANEL]

jiaoren or nixie

[XoxoXxx]

Moonlight.