Today's Weather: Nothing but "September Blue" (Yeah, I wrote it last Friday. Just didn't want to miss another #AureliaBluesDayTuesday, ya know? ;) )for as far as the eye can see. A slight breeze. But temps may go as high as 80. That could mean after school swimming!!
Today's Emotional Barometer: Tears on my pillow, pain in my heart, missing my beloved Axl. Excited for the weekend and to have my favorite young people home and all to myself. :) (We did one last trip of the season to beach!)
Today's Playlist: Broken Arrow by Rod Stewart listen here, Dreams by The Cranberries listen here
Today's Mystical Creature: The Mermaid (special thanks to Peng Blue for her colored pencil drawing below)
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So what do we know? There's a lot we could say, the Merm have been around for most of our written as well as oral history. There was Oann who is storied to have taught us Cuneiform and possibly bridged the Bering Strait for early man to cross. There are stories of Inuit Mother Sedna patrolling the Icelandic seas. And we can't overlook the plethora of ancient French Mythology, including Melusina who often appears as a feminine spirit of fresh waters and sacred springs and rivers (that's her picture on your Starbucks cup), as well as tales of Mary Magdalene being the first Merovingian queen and married to a "fish," in reference to Jesus Christ in certain gnostic gospels. P.T. Barum gave us "The Fiji Mermaid" click here for images Yes, that's a monkey top sewn on a fish bottom.... Ahem, people are morbid, but I digress... but it's rumored Barnum might have had another "real" mermaid stashed away. He was even going to put it on display, but sadly a fire broke out in his museum the day before, and there went history... *sigh.*
There are a lot movies with mermaids in them. SPLASH, starring Daryl Hannah has always been a favorite of mine. But, I'm a child of the 80's, what can I say? There's also that somewhat dubious, but hilarious and even downright fun to watch Animal Planet documentary series. The best part about that one, in spite of the cheesy acting (Which. Is. Epic.) is that many of those pieces of evidence and proof are derived from so many different ancient tales and conspiracy theories that have been, pardon the pun, floating around, since practically forever. And aren't those cave drawings of fish tailed people, awesome? I'm especially fond of the dolphin theory, that demonstrates we aren't the only "culture" that remembers the mermaid. It's actually kind of a compelling thought, Young Lovers. And a nice one at that.
So what do you believe? The discussion is now open. Leave us a comment below?
