Mermen are mythical male equivalents and counterparts of mermaids – legendary creatures who have the form of a male human from the waist up and are fish-like from the waist down, having scaly fish tails in place of legs. A "merboy" is a young merman.
In contrast to mermaids, mermen were traditionally depicted as unattractive. However, some modern depictions show them as handsome.
In Greek mythology, mermen were often illustrated to have green seaweed-like hair, a beard, and a trident. In Irish mythology, mermen (see merrow) are described as extremely ugly creatures with green hair, teeth and skin, narrow eyes and a red nose. In Medieval Europe, mermen were sometimes held responsible for causing violent storms and sinking ships.
In Finnish mythology, a vetehinen, a type of Neck, is sometimes portrayed as a magical, powerful, bearded man with the tail of a fish. He can cure illnesses, lift curses and brew potions, but he can also cause unintended harm by becoming too curious about human life. The boto of the Amazon River regions is described according to local lore as taking the form of a human or merman, also known as encantado ("enchanted one" in Portuguese) and with the habit of seducing human women and impregnating them. Chinese mermen were believed to only surface during storms or, in some cases, were believed to have the ability to cause storms.
A merman is a half-man/half-fish from mythology.
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One Piece (Japanese: ワンピース, Hepburn: Wan Pīsu) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiichiro Oda. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since July 19, 1997, with the chapters collected into eighty tankōbon volumes to date. One Piece follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy, a funny young man whose body gained the properties of rubber after unintentionally eating a Devil Fruit. With his diverse crew of pirates, named the Straw Hat Pirates, Luffy explores the grand line in search of the world's ultimate treasure known as "One Piece" in order to become the next Pirate King.
The manga has been adapted into an original video animation (OVA) produced by Production I.G in 1998, and an anime series produced by Toei Animation, which began broadcasting in Japan in 1999 and has aired 728 episodes to date. Additionally, Toei has developed thirteen animated feature films, two OVAs, and five television specials. Several companies have developed various types of merchandising such as a trading card game, and a large number of video games. The manga series was licensed for an English language release in North America & the United Kingdom by Viz Media and in Australia by Madman Entertainment. The anime series was licensed by 4Kids Entertainment for an English-language release in North America, before the license was dropped and subsequently acquired by Funimation in 2007.
I'm a sailorman from Wexford town,
I've sailed the seven seas,
I will tell you a true story
Of the sunny southern seas.
We were caught up in the doldrums
While waiting for a breeze
When the stillness of the day was broke
By a merman in the deep blue seas.
Well the captain he slept below
While the crew they lay about
When down in the ocean, boys
We heard this mighty shout.
His hair was red, his eyes were green,
His beard was floating free
He'd a long green tail that could kill a wale
That waggled in the deep blue sea.
CHORUS:
An the mermaids looked so beautiful
As they swam around by the shore
But this merman with his fishy tail
I've never seen before.
And sailors tell the tallest tales
I've never told a lie;
He'd a long green tail that could kill a wale
that wobbled as he swam close by.
Was it Neptune that appeared to us
From his mansions in the deep?
Then the cook O'Toole then he ran below,
Woke the captain from his sleep.
And the captain came on deck at once
Took a look into the deep.
"Oh, I've never seen the likes of this!"
The merman then he soon did greed.
"Then who are you, where do you come from,
What do you want here?"
Then he shook his tail, it rocked the boat,
It filled our hearts with fear.
"You've dropped your anchor on my house,
Its blocking up me door
And my wife, the mermaid, she's trapped inside
and my children can't get out no more.
Chorus
Well, we quickly hoisted anchor, boys
And the merman than did smile:
"Sure, me name is Patrick John O'Rourke,
I came from Erin's isle.
It was many years ago from now,
I was shipwrecked on the reef,
When this pretty mermaid she rescued me,
From the perils of the ocean deep.
And we very soon were married.
Way down in the deep blue seas.
Now I'm happy and contented,
With my wife and family.
Though I oft times wish I could go home
and life on Ireland's shore.
But I'm committed to the ocean deep