Iimermaids zikho ixesha elide njengoko abantu bebalisa amabali olwandle oluvulekileyo. Kwangowe-1 700 B.C.E., amaBhabhiloni ayenqula uthixo onesidumbu esifana nomntu nomsila wentlanzi ezantsi esinqeni. Oomatiloshe bamandulo babechaza amabhinqa anomtsalane awayewatsala ngamaza. Iimermaids kunye ne-mermen ziye zabonwa kuzo zonke iilwandle zomhlaba ukutyhubela iinkulungwane, ukusuka kwi-feudal Japan ukuya kwi-medieval Scotland, ukusuka eChile emazantsi ukuya e-Alaska emantla, phantse kulo lonke ulwandle, umlambo okanye ichibi emhlabeni. Kodwa umbuzo usahleli. Ngaba iimermaids zinyani?
Iimermaids kwimbali
Ibali laseAsiriya elisusela ngowama-2,500 BCE lithetha ngothixokazi ogama linguAtargatis owathi waguquka waba ngunobuhle eziva eneentloni ngokubulala ngempazamo isithandwa sakhe. Iimermaids ziyinxalenye yezithethe zamaGrike, amaCeltic, amaJiphutha, amaJapani, amaInuit namaHindu. Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, amaHindu anqula uthixokazi ongunina. Kwincwadi edumileyo yamabali, i Ubusuku obunye , iimbila zichazwa njengezinobuso neenwele zomfazi kodwa 'zazinemisila enjengeentlanzi.'
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Oomatiloshe kunye nooTiloshe
Kumakhulu eminyaka eyadlulayo oomatiloshe kunye nabo babehlala kwiidolophu eziselunxwemeni ehlabathini lonke babhala amabali bebalisa amabali okuqwalasela iiminada. Iinqanawa ezininzi zazinomfanekiso okroliweyo we mermaid kumphambili wenqanawa ukuze uhambe kakuhle. UChristopher Columbus wada wabhala ngokubona iimermaids kolunye uhambo lwakhe lwaselwandle. Kwingxelo yakhe engalibalekiyo, uColumbus wachaza ukubona iimermaid ezintathu eziziphakamisele phezulu phezu kwamanzi.
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Injakazi encinci
Ngo-1837, umbhali waseDenmark uHans Christian Andersen wapapasha ibali labantwana elinesihloko Injakazi encinci eyathi ngoko nangoko yaba yeyona nto ithengiswa kakhulu. Iklasiki ehlala ihleli kunqabile ukuba iprintwe ukusukela ngelo xesha kwaye iye yavelisa imidlalo kunye neemuvi kuyo yonke le minyaka. Injakazi encinci ithandwa kakhulu kangangokuba abemi baseDenmark bamisa umfanekiso wobhedu we-mermaid ngo-1913. Umfanekiso oqingqiweyo unokubonwa elityeni ngasemanzini kwi-promenade yaseLangelinie eCopenhagen.
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Iimermaids kwiFolklore
UHomer's Odysseus wayezibethelele kwimasti ukuze izandi ezinomtsalane zeesayini zingakwazi ukumenza ukuba aqhube isikhephe sakhe kumatye anqabileyo. Iingxwabangxwaba yayiziimermaid eziqhelekileyo kwimbali yamandulo. Kunokuba ibengezelayo, ephantse yangumntu iLittle Mermaid, iimermaid kwintsomi zazidla ngokuchazwa njengabakhweli beenqanawa abahendayo besiya kwintshabalalo yabo. Omnye umhloli wamazwe wenkulungwane ye-15 wabhala kwiphephancwadi lakhe ukuba iiminingwane awazibona kunxweme lwaseAfrika kwakungelula ukuzijonga ngeenwele zazo ezinoboya nolusu olunamabala.
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I-mermaids kunye ne-mermen
Bekungayi kubakho mermaids, kunjalo, ngaphandle kwe-mermen, kwaye imbali igcwele amabali ala madoda angamadoda olwandle. Kwiintsomi ezivela kwihlabathi liphela, i-mermen ibonwa njengabantu abakhohlakeleyo abanokubiza izaqhwithi ezitshonisa iinqanawa kunye nabasebenzi bazo. Iqela elithile labathengisi ekutyholwa ukuba bazulazula kumanzi eziqithi ze-Outer Hebrides kunxweme lwaseSkotlani. Abahlali bawabiza ngokuba yiBlue Men of the Minch, umjelo wamanzi phakathi kweSkotlani kunye neziqithi. Ama-mermen afumana igama lawo kwisikhumba esinombala oluhlaza kunye neendevu ezingwevu.
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IiMerfolk zaseJapan
E-Japan, isidalwa esidumileyo esinesiqingatha somntu esinesiqingatha somntu sithatha inkangeleko engafanelekanga enobuso obufanayo kunye namaqokobhe oFudo emqolo. AmaJapan azibiza ngokuba yi kappa. Kwintsomi yaseJapan kuthiwa ikappa zithanda iikomkomere ezitsha ngaphezu kwayo yonke enye into, kodwa ziya kubaqwenga abantwana abancinane kunye nabo baziziyatha zokuqubha bodwa kwiindawo ezikude.
Iimermaids kuNcwadi
Iimermaids aziphelelanga nje kuzo UHomer okanye i Intombazana encinci . Uncwadi luzaliswe ngamabali apheleleyo eemermaid kunye nokufika kwabo ngaphantsi kolwandle. Kwi Moby Dick , abasebenzi be-Pequod beva ukukhala okufana nomntu ebusuku abakholelwa ukuba yi-mermaids. T.S. Umbongo ka-Eliot obhiyozelwayo othi 'Ingoma Yothando ka-J. Alfred Prufrock' iqulethe umgca 'Ndiyivile i-mermaids icula, nganye kumntu ngamnye.' L. Frank Baum, umbhali we IWizard yaseOz , wabhala incwadi ethetha ngeemermaids ebizwa IiFairies zoLwandle . Kukho iinoveli ezingaphezu kwamashumi amabini anegama elithi 'mermaid' kwisihloko.
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Iimermaids kwiFilimu
Umboniso bhanyabhanya wokuqala obonisa iimermaids yayiyifilim yemizuzu emine eyaveliswa ngo-1904 nguGeorge Melies ebizwa. I Mermaid . Ukususela ngelo xesha akukho ngaphantsi kweefilimu ze-40 malunga ne-mermaids eziboniswe kwisikrini esikhulu. Ukutshiza ngo-1984 kunye neDisney Injakazi encinci yazisa iisayireni zolwandle kwinkcubeko edumileyo. UKapteni uJack Sparrow udibana neengoma IiPirates zeCaribbean: Kumaza angaqhelekanga .
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I-Mermaid Hoaxes
Ngenkulungwane ye-19, i-mermaid fever yabetha iMelika ngeenoveli ezininzi zeepenny ezinikezelwe kubafazi bolwandle. Ukondla imiboniso bhanyabhanya kunye nemiboniso ehambayo yaqala ukubonisa izidalwa ezingeyonyani abazibiza ngokuba ziimermaids. Eyona idumileyo kwezi nkohliso zaqanjwa nguP.T. Barnum, owaqhayisa ngokuba ngoyena mboniso ubalaseleyo emhlabeni. Kwimyuziyam yakhe yaseNew York, ubonise umzimba wenkawu esemncinci kunye neengalo ezithungelwe kumsila wentlanzi. Wayibiza ngokuba yinjakazi yaseFiji. Nangona abantu babesazi ukuba bayaqhathwa, babesafole ukuze babone obu bubi.
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Iimermaids kuBomi banamhlanje
Ngo-2009 abahlali kwilali yaseKiryat Yam ecaleni konxweme lwase-Israeli babika ukuba i-mermaid yabonwa kufutshane nonxweme. Kuthiwa le nkosazana yenza amaqhinga ambalwa kubantu ababukeleyo njengoko ilanga lalisiya kutshona. Waye, yeha, akazange aphinde abone. Kwaye ukuba awucingi ukuba iimermaids zisekunye nathi namhlanje, jonga nayiphi na ikomityi yekofu ye-Starbucks. Inenekazi likhona linxibe isithsaba sakhe. Ke, ngaba iimermaids ziyinyani? Hayi. Ewe, mhlawumbi.
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