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MERMAIDS

CHIARA POLIDORI

Created on March 27, 2026

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MERMAIDS

D'Argenio, Polidori, Pompilii

What does it look like?
01
The stories
02
Where is it from?
03

Index

The environment
04
First time hearing of it
05
Was it seen by someone?
06
What do people think?
07

What does it look like?

A mermaid is a mythical aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a human woman and the tail of a fish below the waist. Mermaids are typically portrayed as beautiful, enchanting, and seductive creatures, however, in original myths, they were often depicted as dangerous, monstrous, or ominous creatures. Ultimately, their beauty is subjective and rooted in fantasy.

Where are the mermaids from?

Mermaids don’t come from one place, they appear in many cultures throughout history. The earliest known “mermaid” was the Syrian goddess Atargatis, who became half‑fish after diving into a lake. Greek myths about Tritons and water nymphs later shaped the familiar mermaid image. Scientists, however, believe that sailors may have mistaken manatees for mermaids, especially during long sea voyages. Across the world (from ancient Syria to African legends like Mami) Watamermaids remain a widespread and enduring mythical mystery.

Stories

Mermaids haven't always looked the way we imagine them today. In Ancient Greece and Homer's Odyssey, they weren't fish-women, but dangerous bird-hybrids who lured sailors with their deadly songs. The image of the girl with a fish tail only became popular later through European and Celtic legends. While science explains these "sightings" as encounters with manatees or seals (even Christopher Columbus was fooled!), mermaids remained a hit in the "cabinets of curiosities." People even created fake skeletons using dried fish parts to trick the public. Today, the mermaid is a powerful symbol of the sea’s mystery and beauty. Whether seen as scary predators or romantic icons, they still represent our deep fascination with the unknown world beneath the waves.

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Structure your content

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When was the first story about it?

The first mermaid story dates back to around 1000 BC in ancient Assyria. It tells the legend of the goddess Atargatis, who fell in love with a mortal shepherd. After accidentally causing his death, she was consumed by shame and dived into a lake to hide by becoming a fish. However, the water could not fully conceal her divine beauty, so she was transformed into a creature with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish. This myth established the iconic image of the mermaid that eventually spread through Greek mythology and global folklore.

Timeline

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Structure

Chart + text

Contextualize your topicwith a subtitle

Use this space to briefly describe your chart and its evolution.Charts are highly shareable, making them ideal for social media, and, to top it off: they often generate quality traffic to the content we create.

Here you can include a relevant data to highlight

Table + text

Demonstrating enthusiasm, sketching a smile, and maintaining eye contact with your audience can be your best allies when telling stories that excite and arouse the public's interest: 'The eyes, kid. They never lie.' This will help you make a match with your audience. Leave them open-mouthed!

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List / Processes

Synthesis and organization, the two pillars for presentation
3. Social Beings
1. We are visual beings

We need to interact with each other. We learn collaboratively.

We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures.

4. Digital Beings
2. Narrative Beings

We avoid being part of the content saturation in the digital world.

We tell thousands and thousands of stories. ⅔ of our conversationsare stories.

List / Processes

A great presentation...
  • Improve communication on any topic.
  • Matches your audience...
  • And makes them part of the message.
  • Has a color suitable for its theme.
  • Represents data with graphics.
  • Uses timelines to tell stories.

Insert a video

Multimedia content is essential in a presentation, to leave everyone amazed. Additionally, this way you will synthesize the content and keep your audience entertained.
Insert an amazing video for your presentation

And use this space to describe it. Multimedia content is essential in a presentation, to leave everyone amazed. Additionally, this way you will synthesize the content and entertain your audience.

Text + icons

Generates experienceswith your content

Although you should not abuse bullet points, iconsand schemes can be great allies whentelling stories.

Activates and surprisesyour audience
Measures resultsand experiments
It has a WOW effect.Very WOW.
Makes your audienceremember the message
It is orderly, hierarchicaland structured

Audio

Your content is engaging if it's interactive

This is a paragraph ready to contain creativity, experiences, and great stories.

This is a paragraph ready to contain creativity, experiences, and great stories.

This is a paragraph ready to contain creativity, experiences, and great stories.

This is a paragraph ready to contain creativity, experiences, and great stories.

Embedded Content

Your content is engaging if it's interactive
Social Media
Music
Map

Interactive Question

Interactive Question

Interactive question

Interactive Question

Conclusions

Describe the problem you solve and, above all, why your idea is interesting
A great presentation…
  • Represents data with graphics
  • Uses timelines
  • Is animated and interactive
  • Excites the brain
  • Does not exceed with bullet points 🙃​
  • Is clear and structured
  • Tells stories hierarchically
  • Matches your audience
  • Adapts fonts and color to the theme
  • Includes images and entertains

Don’t forget to publish!

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If you want to provide additional information or develop the content in more detail, you can do so through your oral presentation. We recommend that you train your voice and rehearse: the best improvisation is always the most worked!

Write a great headline

We are in the era of the digital information explosion. This causes our way of obtaining information to have changed, we have transitioned from traditional reading to a cognitive strategy based on navigation.

You can use this function...

To highlight super-relevant data. 90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight.

Did you know...

The window allows you to add more extensive content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.

You can usethis function...

To highlight super-relevant data. 90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight.

You can use this function...

To highlight super-relevant data. 90% of the information we assimilate comes through sight.

Did you know...

The window allows adding wider content. You can enrich your genially by incorporating PDFs, videos, text... The content of the window will appear when clicking on the interactive element.

Watch out!

At Genially, we use AI (Awesome Interactivity) in all our designs, so you can level up with interactivity and turn your content into something that adds valueand engages.

Did you know...

We retain 42% more information when content moves? It is perhaps the most effective resource for capturing your audience's attention.

Here you can put aprominent title

When carrying out a presentation, two objectives must be pursued: conveying information and avoiding yawns. For this, it can be a good practice to make an outline and use words that are etched into the brains ofyour audience.

Here you can put a highlighted title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience amazed. You can also highlight a specific phrase or data that will be etched in the memory of your audience, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios... Whatever you want!

Did you know...

In Genially you will find more than 1,000 templates ready to pour your content and 100% customizable, which will help you to tell your stories?

Did you know...

In Genially you will find more than 1,000 templates ready to pour your content and 100% customizable, which will help you tell your stories?

Tip:

Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.

Tip:

Interactivity is the key to capturing the interest and attention of your audience. A genially is interactive because your audience explores and engages with it.

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When we are told a story, it excites us, it can even move us, making us remember the stories up to 20 times more than any other content we can consume.

Here you can put a highlighted title

With Genially templates, you can include visual resources to leave your audience speechless. You can also highlight a specific phrase or data that will be etched into your audience's memory, and even embed external content that surprises: videos, photos, audios...Whatever you want!

Write a great headline

Demonstrate enthusiasm, give a smile, and maintain eye contact with your audience can be your best allies when it comes to telling stories that excite and pique the audience's interest: 'The eyes, kid. They never lie'. This will help you make a connection with your audience. Leave them speechless!