Author's Note: One of the most amazing Brazilian myths is about a mermaid named Iara.
Also called the *Mother of the Waters*, Iara is a beautiful young woman connected to a body
of freshwater fish who would sit on a rock by the river, combing her hair or dozing under the sun.
When she realizes that a man approaches, start to sing gently to lure him.
Once under the spell of the Iara a man would leave anything to live with her underwater forever...
(which was not necessarily a bad thing, as she was pretty and would cater for all needs of her lover
for the rest of his life :-)
The legend of the Iara was one of the usual explanations for the disappearance of those who ventured
alone in the jungle. Iara is blamed for boating accidents, the disappearance of adults and children and
water-related disasters of all sorts. The natives of Amazonia (the region around the Amazonas River in Brazil) never go near lakes or rivers at night for fear of Iara.
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