Head in the Clouds. Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, and Penelope Cruz co-star in this stilted romantic drama set against the background of Europe between the wars. Former staff reflect on the zigs and zags of life post- Chronicle.
My Season with the Astros, Expos, and Phillies. Poo Poo Platter: Paris Hilton vs. Lindsay Lohan at Elysium. Subscribe to All One click gets you all the newsletters listed below. All rights reserved. Like the Selkies, found off the coast of Scotland, who took the form as seals in the water and were known to abandon their human husbands after years on land.
Or Iara, the green-eyed, brown-skinned Brazilian goddess responsible for downing many ships in the Amazon river. The female merrows of Ireland were peaceful creatures, but their green-haired male counterparts were extremely cruel — so cruel that female merrows often took to marrying human men instead, and having babies with webbed feet. The Rusalka of Russia have the most tragic origin story of all — Rusalka were all human girls who became mermaids after dying violent deaths, usually by drowning.
The Ningyo of Japan are something else entirely. Typically, the Ningyo had reptilian or ape-like heads, attached to the body of a fish. Their mouths were full of fangs — just like the mermaids of Siren.
And they possessed magical abilities, from shape-shifting to crying actual pearls. As legend goes, if a person consumed the flesh of a Ningyo, he or she would have eternal life and youth. But doing so would bring plague and pestilence upon his community. What these disparate legends have in common is that the real action begins once humans collide with mermaids, creatures who use their alluring familiarity to mask what makes them utterly foreign.
Siren is sure to introduce its own spin on the mermaid legend, and we can't wait to find out more. Looking for more theories, recaps, and insider info on all things TV? Join our Facebook group, Binge Club. Join here. Maybe you know Paula Patton for her role in Oscar nom, Precious.
Perhaps you were a fan of the background vocals she laid for Usher in the mids. On the Mermaid Days banner, it says the festival includes live music, rides, a photo booth, beach events, and perhaps most tellingly, a clambake. According to a blog post from chef Marcus Samuelsson , Native American tribes have been eating clams and lobster, cooked in pits, well before there was ever a United States.
As a result, this geographical location is more closely associated with clambakes than anywhere else in the United States. After all, British Columbia shares a similar climate and is also a coastal area. Florida's Weeki Wachee even has a "mermaid show" featuring human performances of the mythical creature. And, cities filled with mythic folklore are abundant worldwide.
Siren actor Alex Roe told Bustle during the Freeform Upfronts in that Bristol Cove is "a made up town, [but he's] sure there's a town like it. For instance, Roe said that Bristol Cove "reminds [him] of Cornwall in England," which is heavily centered around witchcraft, sort of similarly to the Siren town's penchant for the mythic mermaids.
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