A romantic lost on a beach with storm and merrow song brewing

So today was not the kind of beautiful beach that most people imagine but it was a wonderland to me! It was cloudy and raining most of the morning and a storm was brewing and coming in over the island we are on. i decided to dress for the beach anyway, I had a little white dress over my suit that is like a romantic prairie kinda dress with lots of flowery lace and eyelets and such. The wind was a blowing. naturally I did not want to really go in the ocean. So we went shell collecting and found all these shells that they (the other girls with me) called mermaid nails, they looked like long nails. So at that point....MY IMAGINATION WENT WILD (hence the title). Since there was a storm coming i thought of Merrow, which is the celtic version of a mermaid and my for sure favorite kind

"The merrow  were capable of attachment to human beings and there are reports of them inter-marrying and living among humans for many years.  However usually they eventually return to their former homes beneath the sea.

Merrow-maidens are reputed to lure young men to follow them beneath the waves where afterwards they live in an enchanted state.  Merrows wear a special hat called a cohuleen druith which enables them to dive beneath the waves, if they lose this cap it is said they have no power to return beneath the water.  Sometimes they are said to leave their outer skins behind, to assume others more magical and beautiful.  The merrow has soft white webs between her fingers, she is often seen with a comb parting her long green hair on either side.  Merrow music is often heard coming from beneath the waves."

"Most of the stories are about female beings; however, there are some about mer-men who capture the souls of drowned sailors and keep them in soul cages under the sea.^[2] Female Merrows were considered very beautiful, but the mermen were basically ugly, another reason why Merrow women sought out human men. ^[1] In most cases, the female Merrow had a cap or cape, normally red, and if a human could capture and hide either so the Merrow never found it, then she would remain on land without a fuss. But if the Merrow should ever find her cap or cape, she would feel compelled to return forever to the ocean, leaving entire families behind."

These are just a bit of information that I have been able to gather from the internet in the past five minutes.=] There are tales of them and incredible descriptions of such strange other worldly creatures. Just google Merrow Folk lore and you can find and incredible amount of information. Now for pictures!

love this! want this!

awesome merrow art

I couldnt find a picture of just the shell so this is the animal in the shell but you can kinda see the long thin shell. so there is my merrow inspired post, there was so much more in my head and still is maybe someday I will sketch it out. see you later! game night!