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[โ€“] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

IIRC they're undead, which is different. Specifically, suicides by drowning of jilted lovers, which is so particular it's no wonder they aren't often seen. /s

Hmm... Wikipedia says that's a later version, and in the pagan era they were probably much more Naiad-ish, including some being benign. I don't know if I'd say "copy", as it's hard to say for sure it doesn't extend back to the proto-Indo-European days. There's not much evidence of contact with the Greeks until after the Greek epics were written.

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[โ€“] pmjv@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 11 months ago

I appreciate your research content!

I was going off by the aesthetic alone, I'm not surprised their backstories differ, but it's not really something you think about when you're getting pulled to the bottom. You probably would notice a fish tail though.