Influence map for the mermaid

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The character I received was a mermaid so this is the influence map for them. I tried to find as many different examples as I could to get a clearer idea of what has been done with mermaids in the past. The examples here include mermaids from the little mermaid, harry potter, pirates of the Caribbean and from a documentary from the history channel called mermaids the body found which was a hoax but a very convincing hoax that convinced loads of people that mermaids exist until they admitted it was a hoax. The winged creatures are traditional sirens from greek mythology that where winged creatures original but today sirens are seen as the same creature as mermaids.

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