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Merman

A merman (pl. mermen; also merlad or merboy in youth), the male counterpart of the mythical female mermaid, is a legendary creature which is human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape. Sometimes mermen are described as hideous and other times as handsome.

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Worldwide
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Mythological
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Water spirit

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Merman

Nodes174
Edges173
Triples121
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.011494
Components1

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Merman

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related to Literature and popular culture · 33
Merman → Agnete, Although, American, Aquaman, Atlantis, Attar, Cherish, DC Comics, Delany, Dragons, Driftglass, Dungeons, Havmanden, Hogwarts, In, Jerro, Joe Haldeman, Lori Lemaris, Madonna's, Man
related to Antiquity · 14
Merman → And, Assyrian-Babylonian, Berossus, But Berossus, Ea, Enki, Greek, Greeks, However, Oannes, Perhaps, Sumerians, The, Thus
related to Hoaxes and sideshows · 14
Merman → Although, Barnum, Barnum's, Barnum's American Museum, DNA, Edvard Munch's, Fiji, Horniman Museum, Japan, Japanese Monkey-fish, London, New York, The Scream, This
related to Marbendill · 8
Merman → Guðmundsson, Icelandic, Jón, Learned, Norse, Of Marbendill, The Merman, This
related to Abductions · 7
Merman → Danish, Hafsmannen, Hälsingland, In Sweden, Rosmer Havmand, Swedish, There
related to Folklore elsewhere · 7
Merman → Auvekoejak, Canada, Greenland, He, In, In Finnish, Inuit
related to Hafstrambr · 7
Merman → Cystophora, He, In, King's, Konungs, Medieval Norsemen, The
see also · 7
Merman → Be, Cantabria, Haitian, List, Should Turn, Spain, Tezin Nan Dlo
related to Greco-Roman mythology · 6
Merman → Amphitrite, Greek, Neither Poseidon, Poseidon, Triton, Tritons
related to Marmennill · 6
Merman → An, Iceland, In, Ladnámabók, Old Norse, Skálm

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mermen also fish described human mermaid sea marbendill known one modern century man male creature may early folklore called later

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MermanCountryWorldwide1.00infobox
MermanGroupingMythological1.00infobox
MermanSub groupingWater spirit1.00infobox
Nechtaninstance ofwhich may relate to pre-Christian gods0.80text
Mermanrelated to AbductionsIn Sweden0.60section
Mermanrelated to AbductionsSwedish0.60section
Mermanrelated to AbductionsHälsingland0.60section
Mermanrelated to AbductionsThere0.60section
Mermanrelated to AbductionsHafsmannen0.60section
Mermanrelated to AbductionsDanish0.60section
Mermanrelated to AbductionsRosmer Havmand0.60section
Mermanrelated to AntiquityPerhaps0.60section

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