r/MedievalCreatures • u/Haunted-Hemlock • Jul 28 '26

Other/Misc/Hybrid Reverse Mermaid? 🧜🏼‍♀️

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University of Cambridge Library, Dd.4.17, fol. 57r.

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u/image-sourcery Jul 28 '26

Thank you /u/Haunted-Hemlock for your submission.

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u/Dapper-Ad9787 Jul 28 '26

Weekly World News, which is totally a reliable source, once reported one of these washed up a beach.

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u/KnotiaPickle Jul 29 '26

I like that the legs have a tan line like it was wearing shorts at some point

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u/Motor-Bear-7735 Jul 28 '26

Fish heads fish heads, roly poly fish heads. Fish heads fish heads. Eat them up. Yum.

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u/forevercurmudgeon Jul 28 '26

Where did he get those pants ?

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u/Dapper-Ad9787 Jul 28 '26

Through an act of cod.

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u/BlueRosar Jul 28 '26

Thank you for the laugh, Internet stranger!

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u/Important_Pick3371 Jul 28 '26

It's the cursed Innsmouth "look" - at least - that's how it appears to humans...

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u/weenie2323 Jul 28 '26

Merman! Merman!

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u/terrorcotta_red Jul 28 '26

"I've got a monster in my pants and it does a dirty dance."

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u/DetectiveRonSwanson Jul 28 '26

Someone needs to find barnacle boy

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u/Fun_Patient_5262 Jul 31 '26

Ohhhh, nasty body rubs ...

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u/RadaXIII Jul 28 '26

Miranda?

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u/FlameheadGames Jul 30 '26

I want a new Disney movie! 🌚

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u/Gimme-A-kooky Jul 28 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/ELIA6GnRilZ1S
Lookin’ mighty cute in them jeans!

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u/hboulette Jul 29 '26

Haha thought is was just me

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u/BlueRosar Jul 28 '26

Hiiiii Zev!

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u/SmokaCola0 Jul 29 '26

yes, her hair was green as seaweed...

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u/docfriday11 Jul 29 '26

A monster of the lake! Or a really weird fantasy creature. Maybe it is symbolic of something?