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» 0:00 - Mermaids: Friend or Foe? (or Fish?)» 0:55 - What are Mermaids?» 9:55 - Evolution of Mermaids» 20:36 - MERMAIDS DO HAVE SOULS» 23:21 - Final Thoughts

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» my favorites: https://messeduporigins.com/books» Native American “Mermaids” – https://www.native-languages.org/mermaids.htm» Diodorus Siculus – https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/e/roman/texts/diodorus_siculus/2a*.html» The Nun’s Priest’s Tale – https://englishiva1011.pbworks.com/f/NUNSTALE.PDF» No, John Smith did Not See a Mermaid – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/no-john-smith-did-not-see-mermaid-1614-180955692/» Vaugh Scribner, Historian – https://www.vaughnscribner.com/» Nereids: https://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Nereides.html» Deciphering Spaces: The Mermaid and the Soul – https://escholarship.org/content/qt4r9436b3/qt4r9436b3.pdf

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