The document discusses myths and legends around the world, with a focus on mermaids. It provides background on mermaids, describing them as half-woman and half-fish creatures. It also defines myths and legends, noting that legends are semi-true stories passed down over time that reflect cultural values, while myths convey symbolic truths rather than recorded events. The document examines how mythical figures exemplify a culture's values and how myths illustrate a culture's belief systems and customs. It includes pictures of mermaids and their symbols.

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2. Participants
 Marisa Kapadia- Group Leader
 Reva Kapadia
 Dhrishti Jhaveri
 Anushka Jhaveri
 Suhani Jain
 Riti Jain
 Yovna Kothari
 Deborah Hauzel
 Disha Kale

3. More about Mermaids…
 A mermaid is a mythical creature that is half
woman and half fish.
 The name comes from 'mer' meaning sea. The
male version is called a merman.
 Although some mermaids are described as
monstrous and ugly, they are more usually very
beautiful.
 Above the waist they appear as a lovely young
woman, whilst from the waist down, they are like a
fish with fins and a spreading tail.

4. What are Myths & Legends?
A legend is a semi-true story, which has been passed on from
person-to-person and has important meaning or symbolism
for the culture in which it originates. A legend usually
includes an element of truth, or is based on historic facts,
but with 'mythical qualities'. Legends usually involve heroic
characters or fantastic places and often encompass the
spiritual beliefs of the culture in which they originate .
A myth is a story based on tradition or legend, which has a
deep symbolic meaning. A myth 'conveys a truth' to those
who tell it and hear it, rather than necessarily recording a
true event. Although some myths can be accounts of actual
events, they have become transformed by symbolic meaning
or shifted in time or place.

5. How are they different from written
stories with an oral tradition?
 The seeds of a mythic story run deep.
 Myths were before art was, before language or the written
word
 Myths sprung up before religion
 The great mythic themes were known before literature. All
great works of literature are based upon mythic themes or
stories.
 Myths and mythic symbols are the elementary particles of
imagination and creativity.
 Myth is before philosophy and science.
 There is no better way to understand a culture deeply than to
know and appreciate its mythos, its stories, its dreams.

6. How do the traits of a legendary hero exemplify the
values of the culture from which the legend
originated?
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• A mystical, mythical, or legendary creature is a creature
from mythology or folklore (often known as "fabulous
creatures" in historical literature).
• Mythical creatures have been part of human culture
throughout the ages and across all parts of the world.
• Mermaids are from the legend of being so attached to a fish
that it became a part of its body.
• Mythical creatures are in themselves beyond normal reality,
often composites of existing animals or animals
and humans.
• According to the definition, a heroic creature is one who
embodies the values of their society.

7. In what ways do myths illustrate the beliefs system
and customs of the culture that create them?
 Today people still believe in inanimate
objects, spirits, gods, angels, ghosts, alien
UFOs, without ever questioning the reliability
of their sources.
 Belief and faith can overpower the mind of a person
to such an extent that even in the teeth of
contrary evidence, he will continue to believe in it
for no other reason than others around him believe
in it or that people have believed in it for centuries.

8. Mermaids pictures along with their symbols

9. Mythology is all around us, have you seen it?
Mythology can refer to the collected myths of a group of people—their
body of stories which they tell to explain nature, history, and customs.
As a collection of such stories, mythology is a vital feature of every
culture and is all around us.
A culture's collective mythology helps convey belonging, shared and
religious experience, behavioral models, and moral and practical lessons.
The study of myth, mythology dates back to antiquity.
Legends and myths give us clues about the cultural values and beliefs of
the people who originally created them and their presence is indeed all
around us!

10. Mythology makes other people interesting,
the bearers of more fascinating stories to listen to around the
campfire of dazzlingly bright colors, languages and customs.
Lovers of myth have many books to read, and all of them are
entertaining, if not wondrously enlightening.
I personally would feel poorer if I only had one book to read, only
one lake to dip my toes into and to drink from only one church,
temple or mosque that was the handwork of God..