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1. Mermaids are often misidentified or incorrectly considered to be the same creature as sirens. What is the main difference between these two creatures?
2. The first known lore about mermaids comes from the Assyrian culture where it is said that the fertility goddess Atargatis turned herself into a mermaid for what reason?
3. Which merman, who was nicknamed the Trumpeter of the Sea, is the child of the Greek god Poseidon and Amphitrite?
4. In which culture's mythology can one learn about the nakki, or neck, mermen who allegedly like to pull children underwater and drown them?
5. In one of his journal entrees, Christopher Columbus claimed that he saw mermaids on one of his voyages to the New World. Historians and scientists believe, however, that Columbus actually saw which creatures, which may have inspired the myth of the mermaid to begin with?
6. The Dogon people native to Mali in West Africa believe that the sky goddess Amma created which merman, the first living thing on planet earth?
7. Which of the following is a typical behavior of mermaids in Irish mythology?
8. Which of the following is behavior seen exclusively in mermen in any mythology and never in a mermaid?
9. The Japanese believe that a person who eats the meat of a mermaid will receive what?
10. The merman that was discovered in Banff, Alberta and displayed by P.T. Barnum was actually a dugong.
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