Bewitching Beauties

    When I was a kid, I once watched the very famous Disney movie The Little Mermaid. As a kid, I was so amazed about the kingdom of mermaid because of how enchanting the atmosphere the kingdom has. It made me think how amazing mermaids are. I believed that mermaids exist. At present, I think that kind of belief became blurry.

   

     A lot of people who are exposed to media, especially with the internet media, will often encounter discussions about the possibility of mythical creatures existing. This includes the mermaids. Most of the people are actually giving positive feedbacks on mermaids actually existing. These opinions from the people may have been influences greatly about the mermaids’ image shaped by media.

       

One of the strongest influences would be the movies. A lot of movies or T.V series about mermaids have already been shown to the people. The more- famous movies showed a more positive image of mermaids. These movies/series include The Little Mermaid, Aquamarine, H2O. Also, here in the Philippines series about mermaids actually became famous. In those series they are still portrayed as beautiful creatures.

                  Usually in these famous movies/series they are in, people would see them as creatures with incomparable beauty. They are also portrayed as great singers enough to enchant and attract people’s attention. They are even seen as the ones who would help the ship-wrecked sailors to return to the shore. How much of these formulated ideas could be really true about them?

            In terms of being beautiful, mermaids would fit the bill. They are very beautiful that in fact they use their beauty to bewitch sailors. The unlucky sailors who would be tempted with their songs and enchanting beauty would be robbed of their ship’s treasures and be pulled down to the sea. According to the stories of the old, sailors like these were never to be found again. A similar movie portrayal of this was shown in the Pirates of the Caribbean: On stranger tides

        Despite of the true nature of the mermaids, a lot of people would still continue their fandom over these creatures. There are people who would even wish to be like these mermaids. There is even a session, found in the island of Boracay, wherein a person could actually be mermaid-like. They wear mermaid tails and even taught to swim like mermaids. This is a luxury for people who are willing to splurge money for the experience.  

       The mermaid idea has already become very popular. People who are willing to prove that they actually exist had even shown videos on the internet. The videos showed evidences that mermaids might actually exist. But other people commented that these are doctored videos. As for me, believing that mermaids actually exist is an open option. If reliable and concrete evidence would be shown, then I would think that mermaids existing would be cool.