The mermaid I'm going to talk about today, Ninyo, is a creature similar to a fish, from Japanese folklore.
In ancient times, it was described as a human face, a monkey's mouth full of small teeth, a fish's tail and a shiny golden scale. She has a silent voice, similar to the song of a lark or the sound of a flute.
It is said that catching Ning brings storms and setbacks, so fishermen who catch these creatures will release them back into the sea. Ningyo going ashore is a harbinger of war or disaster.
One of Japan's most famous folk tales is about Ninyo, about a fisherman living in the province of Vakasa who once caught an unusual fish. In all the years he had been fishing, he had never caught anything like it, so the fisherman invited his friends to come and eat his meat.
However, a guest looked into the kitchen, noticed that the fish's head looked like a human face, and warned others not to touch suspicious food. So, when the fisherman had finished eating and invited his guests to eat, they wrapped her in paper, hid her on themselves, and threw her out on the way home.
But a drunk man forgot to throw a package. He has a teenage daughter, and when his father came home, she asked him for some gifts and he accidentally gave her the roast.
Fearing poisoning, her father tried to stop her from eating the strange food, but by then it was too late and her daughter had already eaten it. Because nothing bad happened to the girl, the person stopped caring what happened.
Years passed, and Yao's daughter grew up and got married. But since then, she has never grown old; There was a 15-year-old girl, while her first husband was old and dead.
After years of youth and multiple widowhoods, the woman became a Buddhist nun and travelled around different countries.
Finally, she returned to her hometown in Vakas, where she ended her life at the age of 800. In her honor, a temple was built.