| ID | #1607259245 |
| Added | Sun, 06/12/2020 |
| Author | July N. |
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Pliny the Elder was a famous scholar around the first century ad. He wrote several reports in " Natural history» about Nereids (a type of mermaid) that look like women with rough scaly bodies like fish. These Nereids "sat on dolphins or other ocean creatures".
He writes various stories about Nereids found dead on the beach, or how the villagers hear the Titan playing on its shell near the sea shore.
Pliny also mentions a water-fowl seen in the Gulf of Cadiz, which would come up on the deck of ships at night, and no matter where it sat, it would immediately begin to sink due to its weight. If the merman stays there long enough, the ship will go under.
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1ST CENTURY A.D. BY PLINY THE ELDER
Pliny the Elder was a famous scientist around the time of the 1st century A.D. He wrote multiple accounts in Natural History about Nereids (a type of mermaid) which looks like women with rough, scaly bodies like fish. These Nereids were “sitting upon dolphins or other ocean creatures.”
He writes different accounts of Nereids being found dead upon the shore, or villagers hearing Titan playing his conch close to the seashore. Pliny also mentions a merman spotted in the Gulf of Cadiz who would climb up upon decks of ships in the night and whatever spot he sat instantly began to sink due to his weight. If the merman sat there long enough, the ship would go underwater.
As Pily is a scientist, can we trust his writings? Only you can decide!
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