>>529449647
I remember when I was playing Axiom Verge and didn't understand the significance of the ''goddesses'' Rusalka (most of the game has references to sumerian myths yet they are weird water spirits from somewhere else)
And then later I learned that in folktales they fucking drown people. And this is common. Actually Sirens are basically crow women that lure people to eat them. Mermaids being able to allow people to breath underwater is actually some kindness but in some of those tales they kidnap people too. Hans Christian Andersen is the guy that wrote that they fall in love easily and seek men.