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SlytherinSistah · 04-11-2008, 04:11 AM

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Originally Posted by shortfry

"I've also heard through muggle lure that Mermaids love to brush their long hair and look into hand mirrors. I read somewhere that a man can capture a mermaid, and make her his wife, by stealing her cherished possessions such as a cap, mirror, or brush. When he had her possesion, he had possesion of her. Pretty cruel, blackmailing someone into marriage, if you ask me. But that's a man for you." Kerry smirked.

Claudian was taking notes on what some of the other students were saying. He stopped dead in the middle of it when he heard Kerry's commentary on men, pouting slightly offended.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shortfry

"I guess, too that they'd want to do this because it was believed that Mermaids made good wives and brought luck to the family - the descendents of mermaids are said to be very good looking and have the gift of prophecy. At the same time though I would venture capturing a mermaid to be a huge risk. I've heard they are very vengeful creatures. If you hurt them or anger them they'll seek vengence upon you and your family with floods and tidal waves. I don't know about you, but that's not a risk I'd be willing to take." Kerry laughed. "Leave it to a man to think of himself and try to kidnap a mermaid."

And, then she did it again! 'G'ah!' He was now, officially frightened of Prefect Brandywine. Until he heard her shriek. He turned around in his seat and watched as a chittering animal that some were saying was a monkey, which one way or another had gotten itself into Kerry's bag, had most of the students as his captive audience. Thank goodness it was only a monkey. He was starting to wonder if it might've been a dark creature snuck into the room by Clark himself to give the students first hand experience.

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Originally Posted by XanaSnape

"In Asia, they say the mermaid is not as a personality but a part of nature, like a storm or an animal. But in Africa there are tales of Mami Wata, the African Mermaid Goddess. She appears as a mermaid, and sometimes splashes about in the water at the end of a rainbow after a heavy storm... she takes people away to her land beneath the water. These people are transformed by the experience. When they return to earth they are different, serene and strangely remote from the world around them. They are more beautiful and have become wealthy. She also appears to people in dreams, counseling them or granting them wealth, good health and children. She also denies children to her favourite women and they are said to be her land-dwelling representatives... so very beautiful but barren women are often called Mami Wata in Africa."

Oh, she was going to fit right in with his grandmother and aunts.

04-11-2008, 04:11 AM	#93 (permalink)
SlytherinSistah DoM Ramora Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Merlin Foresaken PST Posts: 5,432 x9 x3	C.R.E.A.M \| Haitian Sensation \| Shark Patronus \| Your Huckleberry \| T's ClayBaby Quote: Originally Posted by shortfry "I've also heard through muggle lure that Mermaids love to brush their long hair and look into hand mirrors. I read somewhere that a man can capture a mermaid, and make her his wife, by stealing her cherished possessions such as a cap, mirror, or brush. When he had her possesion, he had possesion of her. Pretty cruel, blackmailing someone into marriage, if you ask me. But that's a man for you." Kerry smirked. Claudian was taking notes on what some of the other students were saying. He stopped dead in the middle of it when he heard Kerry's commentary on men, pouting slightly offended. Quote: Originally Posted by shortfry "I guess, too that they'd want to do this because it was believed that Mermaids made good wives and brought luck to the family - the descendents of mermaids are said to be very good looking and have the gift of prophecy. At the same time though I would venture capturing a mermaid to be a huge risk. I've heard they are very vengeful creatures. If you hurt them or anger them they'll seek vengence upon you and your family with floods and tidal waves. I don't know about you, but that's not a risk I'd be willing to take." Kerry laughed. "Leave it to a man to think of himself and try to kidnap a mermaid." And, then she did it again! 'G'ah!' He was now, officially frightened of Prefect Brandywine. Until he heard her shriek. He turned around in his seat and watched as a chittering animal that some were saying was a monkey, which one way or another had gotten itself into Kerry's bag, had most of the students as his captive audience. Thank goodness it was only a monkey. He was starting to wonder if it might've been a dark creature snuck into the room by Clark himself to give the students first hand experience. Quote: Originally Posted by XanaSnape "In Asia, they say the mermaid is not as a personality but a part of nature, like a storm or an animal. But in Africa there are tales of Mami Wata, the African Mermaid Goddess. She appears as a mermaid, and sometimes splashes about in the water at the end of a rainbow after a heavy storm... she takes people away to her land beneath the water. These people are transformed by the experience. When they return to earth they are different, serene and strangely remote from the world around them. They are more beautiful and have become wealthy. She also appears to people in dreams, counseling them or granting them wealth, good health and children. She also denies children to her favourite women and they are said to be her land-dwelling representatives... so very beautiful but barren women are often called Mami Wata in Africa." Oh, she was going to fit right in with his grandmother and aunts. __________________