“Are you some sort of water nymph, or mermaid, some seducing goddess, leading men into waters, and manipulating them at your will?”

“How many times has something as fanciful as a unicorn, a yeti, a mermaid or a werewolf turned out to be based on fact?”

“I've always been fascinated by Japanese mermaid lore, which is very different from our mermaid stories.”

“The mermaiden couldn't help but smile at the scene and kept silent, letting the two get used to their new forms.”

“Tell the class that early explorers in Florida thought manatees were either mermaids or monsters.”

“There are elves and centaurs and unicorns and mermaids and flying lynxes and all shapes of mythical things.”

“Console tables had elaborately carved supports incorporating tritons, putti, and mermaids set amid scrolling vegetation.”