There have been a large number of different stories and folktales which have been written about mermaids. These legendary creatures are simply in the seas and oceans on the planet in accordance with the stories. In many of those stories, they describe the mermaid as having the lower portion from the body of your fish, as well as the upper section of the body of a woman. There are many different cultures around the globe that tell stories about mermaids. In some from the stories, mermaids are harmless and fear humans they do not know anything about them.