Everybody knows there is no such thing as a real mermaid but it’s fun to pretend they are real!

Mermaids in fairy tales are live in the sea and usually have the head and body of a woman and a fishtail instead of legs.

People have been believing and talking about  mermaids, and sometimes  mermen for a really long time.

These underwater sea creatures have been described as being very, very beautiful and are suppose to be very charming.  In some stories the merpeople become real human people.