Few creatures of myth and legend – especially of the female variety – have captured the fancy of so many while straddling the fence between good and evil more so than the mermaid. Dating back to Greek mythology, it is the rare seafaring culture that doesn’t have tales of half-human-half-fish creatures whose claim to fame
KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture A “mermaid mummy” kept at a temple has been an object of worship, the stuff of nightmares and a source of mystery for hundreds of years.