Mermaids and Mermen - Lisboa, Portugal
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RuiJSDuarte
N 38° 45.482 W 009° 09.428
29S E 486347 N 4289937
Four Statues of Mermaids and Mermen (Also called Sirens) in a garden lake.
Waymark Code: WMFB5J
Location: Lisboa, Portugal
Date Posted: 09/23/2012
Views: 9
We can find this statues in a lake at the Lisbon City Museu, next to Campo Grande gardin, in Lisbon. The entrance is free, to visit the gardens (The entrance to the museum is paid).
"In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous and devious creatures, portrayed as femmes fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. All locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks.
The Sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as fully aquatic and mermaid-like; the fact that in Spanish, French, Italian, Polish, Romanian and Portuguese the word for mermaid is respectively Sirena, Sirène, Sirena, Syrena, Sirena and Sereia, and that in biology the Sirenia comprise an order of fully aquatic mammals that includes the dugong and manatee, add to the visual confusion, so that Sirens are even represented as mermaids." from wikipedia.
Epic Type: Mythical
Exhibit Type: Figure, Statue, 3D Art
Time Period: Not listed
Approximate Date of Epic Period: Not listed
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