An Argumentative Essay On Mermaids

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Mermaids
A mermaid is a creature of the sea with a tail of a fish and the upper body of a female human. One can argue no such creature could exist and dismiss these aquatic wonders simply as mythological creatures. Now it’s time to think again; mermaids have been included in religious text, there has been reported sightings and body discoveries of these mermaids.
In Hinduism and Afro-Brazilian belief the mermaid goddesses are still worshipped. Many of their gods and goddesses were based off existing living organisms in this case the mermaid.
Stories of real mermaid sightings and encounters have been dated as far back as the 1600s. There is textual evidence which states the arrival of a mermaid into Holland through a rocky passage along the

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