Rainbow Serpent

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Mermaid

Iraq; Turkey

The Mermaid is a mythical sea creature with the head and upper body of a female and the tail of a fish. She is often associated with storms, shipwrecks, and drownings. The first mermaids appeared in the legends of Ancient Assyria but are now in the folklore of many cultures.

This entity appears in the story “14. The Ancient Middle East”.